babagan0ush

> Just don't use `*`

Well but, alas, a non-zero number of user probably do use it, though and "upgrade X" is a clearer and better instruction to communicate than "change this setting where maybe you don't even know what it means and it might break your workflow, but saves you an upgrade".

> baking something and sharing it with others brings people together, there's smalltalk

I think this is a really good point that is or was also correct for programming.

Yes, maybe no-one was ever going to use my python-clone of grep. But the experiences I made along the way were something I liked to share and when I went online I could see other people making similar experiences and we'd laugh about the silly errors we made and the absurd abstractions we build and whatever else.

I think this experience is under threat.

A love supreme

On a side note: It's not called a "conservatory" because we are conserving the art in it. The name seems to originate from a place where orphaned children were taken care off (i.e. conserved) and part of that was through musical education.

Agreed. Does someone have a summary of the article?

Good writeup

this comment is satire right?