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Yeah. As codinghorror's userbase goes up, its relevance declines. I'm still waiting for a "Wiley Coyote and The Don't Repeat Yourself Rule" post or something eq
by redrobot5050 18y ago
Yeah. As codinghorror's userbase goes up, its relevance declines. I'm still waiting for a "Wiley Coyote and The Don't Repeat Yourself Rule" post or something equally nonsensical.
Zed Shaw actually wrote a blog post about how these two guys were at a conference and he called him out on his shit. You can't talk tell everyone something like "real software is written by people who's income is directly proportional to their user base" when you've spent your whole life as a consultant to in house IT departments.
- codinghorror 18y agoyou know Zed worked at Bear Stearns, right.. on in house IT stuff? I was one of the people at CUSEC urging him to get the hell out of there. Ultimately BS went out of business while Zed was there, so I guess it's moot.
- redrobot5050 18y agoYeah, he was quick to point out he was razzing Atwood. And Its been been written that the Zed Shaw personality that writes online and the Zed Shaw personality that you'd meet in meatspace are complete opposites. But still..."Ferengi Programmer" metaphors are unclear at best, terrible at its worst. There's a way to highlight the danger you're talking about ("religious adherence to coding standards / design patterns without comprehension") without being so gimmicky and still be entertaining.