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What does that mean?
by read 13y ago
What does that mean?
- officialjunk 13y agoIt's a common term for a bicycle without the ability to change gears; a fixed gear (aka fixie). They generally are low maintenance and simple to repair. I think he's making an analogy that static sites are also low maintenance and easy to repair.
- chc 13y agoI thought the point was that they are both hipster status symbols.
- minikomi 13y agoThey're both hipster status symbols, and purely functional through their simplicity and ease to maintain. Very few moving parts, yet a way to show you appreciation for simplistic design while simultaneously very easy to customize.. It's a pretty good analogy I think.
- tacticus 13y agoActually you're thinking of a single speed here. A fixie is one that runs with a fixed gearing (without a freehub [0]. When the wheels turn the pedals must turn. many hipsters also run them without brakes which requires them to use their legs to slow the bike. these are most commonly seen on velodromes and anywhere with lots of coffee shops. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehub
- officialjunk 13y agothanks for the clarification.
- mortenjorck 13y agoMy sister has an old mountain bike that she only ever rides in first gear. I assume it's first because she told me she leaves it in "whatever the lowest one is." She is the intended market for a fixed-gear bike (or "fixie"). People who advocate the use of static sites are the ones who simply don't have a use for the features of more complex CMSes or blogging platforms. A dynamically-generated site is overkill for their writing in the same way that a mountain bike is overkill for my sister getting to work.