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   tech? no! man, see... (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2023 02:06:58 JST tech? no! man, see...

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   • Christine Lemmer-Webber

   @cwebber I know this was about social networks but I'm thinking about it with languages

   like way back in the day when I started with Ruby you were considered to have really good luck if you got to use Ruby at work

   then Ruby took off and later I switched to Clojure and it was the same way; most people at the conferences were there because they loved it and only a few were employed with it

   nowadays there's plenty of people who are using Clojure because their boss told them they have to, and the vibe is really different!

   I wonder if this is why Haskell has the motto "avoid success at all costs"

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2023 02:06:59 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

     remember, it's always awesome in the beginning when the only people using your thing are the curated set of people who care deeply about that thing