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0 pointsd4mi3n2y ago0 comments

Lots of folks build software for the heck of it and I'm in full support of any poetic license any author wants to take with their work product. We could all do with a little more silliness. If you were involved with the Ruby community back cica 2005 - 2012, you may remember how beloved _why was and their attitudes around programming and creativity.

I think I'll need to start saying I write code with American cynicism or Californian gusto.

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layer82y ago

“Made with love” is just cringe though, and after having become pervasive also can’t be taken at face value anymore. That aside, if a product is made with love, it will show by itself. No need to declare it in case someone wouldn’t notice.

scubbo2y ago

"Being made with love is like being powerful. If you have to tell people it was, it wasn't"

sph2y ago

You can be silly and original. Being another team of young engineers that really love coffee and call themselves code artisans is anything but original.

It's like the widespread humanistic art style that 99% companies have adopted in the 2010s to show they are not another faceless corporation, but instead are a friendly business where you matter.

Turing_Machine2y ago

I think you may be talking about "Corporate Memphis" and yes, it is hideous.

Makes me think of a Stepford kindergarten.

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