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Re:I’m Joining LinkedIn by WillEngler on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:18PM (#13323497)

I thought "artisanal, shade-grown code" was such a delightful phrase. I took it to mean not bad, but rather too costly for practical/mass use. Like some people can afford to buy $6 lattes, and those are likely very tasty lattes, but Folgers is going to move more beans.

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Re:I’m Joining LinkedIn by sekou on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:49PM (#13323708)

This is what I took it to mean. It wouldn't be horrible if Starbucks was the only option for coffee, but take away all the small cafes and you miss out on a lot. There may be some trouble with that analogy but the idea is there's value in specialization.

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Re:I’m Joining LinkedIn by refractiveco on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:23PM (#13323540)

I think it's referencing middle-out compression.

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Re:I’m Joining LinkedIn by lomnakkus on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:41PM (#13323656)

It's an amazing phrase. AFAICT it doesn't actually mean anything. I certainly understand why such a high-profile developer would choose such a "bland, yet poetic" phrasing; my issue is just with trying to interpret it as somehow insightful.

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Re:I’m Joining LinkedIn by zem on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:48PM (#13324305)

it pretty clearly meant "code that has been lovingly handcrafted to the specifications of the problem", as opposed to "churned out using a mass-production framework". the analogy works for me.

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