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Re:Inkscape is hiring: Accelerating the GTK4 migration by KwanEsq on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:18AM (#35651060)
Cascade of Attention-Deficit Teenagers, I believe. A coining of jwz's.

Invoked for the tendency to do rewrites instead of maintaining and bug fixing, since rewrites are more "interesting".

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Re:Inkscape is hiring: Accelerating the GTK4 migration by prox on Friday April 21, 2023 @08:11AM (#35652549)
Could also be a side coinage if I read it correctly as “Shiny Object Syndrome” , wanting to use the latest new techniques that are in the hype cycle.
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