About Hackers
Regular Programming
English - March 01, 2023 06:59 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBTechnology technology programming software developers code development javascript python elixir Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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About Hackers Thinking about the term "hacker". Time to take it back to mean something rather down to earth, rather than a pedistal requiring years of C and a black hoodie?
What do airlines have against Erlang anyway?
There's also the mindset angle: the hacking mindset can be when exploring, versus when needing to solve a specific problem.
The discussion goes into labels one feels comfortable with, switching between different modes, and the ever present, ever hard to find dark matter developers.
Over time, labels can easily go bad in one way or another. But regardless of labels, we can all agree on duct tape and enthusiasm, right?
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So security, very programmingJoy and playfulnessMy mind goes offCreative systems thinkingThink through as many eyes as possibleMany things are intended as complete packagesHanding you the fun bitsThings that provide you the entire worldNot very together-bashableThe media version of ViCreating SQL that you didn't intendMostly mindsetWhat happens in the outliersNeutron programmersThe unsung programmersDuct tape and enthusiasm