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   Tim Kellogg (kellogh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 00:58:15 JST Tim Kellogg

   i use the word “hack” a lot to mean “writing code”. it’s been used that way a long time, but it’s still not common. i like it, because the sort of code i write when i’m hacking does indeed have a lot of overlap with the infiltration kind of hacking, in that it often starts from, “i wonder how this thing works”, and evolves from there. the other kind is also about building as well, in a different way. btw “hacking” is distinct from SCRUM board coding

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 00:58:55 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     Not being an IT pro, how so?

     "btw “hacking” is distinct from SCRUM board coding"

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     Tim Kellogg (kellogh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 01:26:15 JST Tim Kellogg

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

     @HistoPol the origins of the word are "using it for something it wasn't designed to do"

     e.g. here i used cardboard for a guitar stand https://hachyderm.io/@kellogh/111721658155606039

     when i say "i'm hacking", it's that kind of ad hoc solo building.

     programming on a SCRUM team is more about the team itself. at some point, it's less about the code you write or the things you create, and more about how the rest of the team can work on it. it's a different skill, the fact that code is involved is incidental