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The Grug Brained Developer is one that always sticks in my head, but didn't make the list (to be fair, maybe more because I already agreed than because it trans

The Grug Brained Developer is one that always sticks in my head, but didn't make the list (to be fair, maybe more because I already agreed than because it transformed my thinking). https://grugbrain.dev/ https://grugbrain.dev/

gouggoug 1y ago
As a bilingual, non-native, English speaker, grug brain is particularly hard to read and understand. I don’t understand what « grug » is supposed to mean for example. That being said I still enjoy the blog.
- ViscountPenguin 1y ago
  "Grug" in this context basically just means a kind of simplistic caveperson-like mindset. For whatever reason, the sound "Grug" is associated with cavepeople in English.
  - Jtsummers 1y ago
    Grug was a caveman character in a movie, I figured that's where the name came from.
  - unwind 1y ago
    Seems to be a reference to "The Croods" [1], a 2013 animated movie in which Nicholas Cage (!) voices the caveman Grug. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Croods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Croods
- wild_egg 1y ago
  Grug is simply the narrator's name. He's speaking in the third person. Meant to be some generic "caveman" name/character.
- jibal 1y ago
  Whenever I run into such a problem I use google (or the web search of your choice). You may not have expected it (and you won't always be this fortunate), but this immediately makes the identity, nature, and meaning of grug evident.
- kitd 1y ago
  This is one instance where an AI might shine. Ask it to summarise the article in the style of an articulate intelligent person.
- amiga386 1y ago
  grug is grug name grug neighbours ugg, oog, thog, thag, tragg, yog, grr, argh not use computer https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HulkSpeak https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HulkSpeak
- arcxi 1y ago
  search for a plain english translation, it's out there
vindex10 1y ago
Very nice! I liked this one: > grug quite satisfied when complexity demon trapped properly in crystal, is best feeling to trap mortal enemy!

gouggoug 1y ago

As a bilingual, non-native, English speaker, grug brain is particularly hard to read and understand. I don’t understand what « grug » is supposed to mean for example. That being said I still enjoy the blog.

ViscountPenguin 1y ago
"Grug" in this context basically just means a kind of simplistic caveperson-like mindset. For whatever reason, the sound "Grug" is associated with cavepeople in English.
- Jtsummers 1y ago
  Grug was a caveman character in a movie, I figured that's where the name came from.
- unwind 1y ago
  Seems to be a reference to "The Croods" [1], a 2013 animated movie in which Nicholas Cage (!) voices the caveman Grug. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Croods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Croods
wild_egg 1y ago
Grug is simply the narrator's name. He's speaking in the third person. Meant to be some generic "caveman" name/character.
jibal 1y ago
Whenever I run into such a problem I use google (or the web search of your choice). You may not have expected it (and you won't always be this fortunate), but this immediately makes the identity, nature, and meaning of grug evident.
kitd 1y ago
This is one instance where an AI might shine. Ask it to summarise the article in the style of an articulate intelligent person.
amiga386 1y ago
grug is grug name grug neighbours ugg, oog, thog, thag, tragg, yog, grr, argh not use computer https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HulkSpeak https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HulkSpeak
arcxi 1y ago
search for a plain english translation, it's out there

vindex10 1y ago

Very nice! I liked this one: > grug quite satisfied when complexity demon trapped properly in crystal, is best feeling to trap mortal enemy!