the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
@zachleat Was there a time before developer celebrities?
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@zachleat Was there a time before developer celebrities?
@mia only in the time before developers
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
this poll toot will probably self destruct at some point
*runs away*
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@mia only in the time before developers
@zachleat oh, well the rise of developers has clearly made software worse, so
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@zachleat oh, well the rise of developers has clearly made software worse, so
@mia hahaha
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
I'm struggling to articulate this point so bear with me... I think it's good in the sense that it leads people to think about the underlying philosophy of a product, rather than jumping onto a tool bandwagon and then getting mad it's not all things to all people. Like if I know something about Zach Leatherman and how he thinks about software, I know better whether Eleventy would be a good fit for me and my use case.
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
@zachleat case in point: math is hard.
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I'm struggling to articulate this point so bear with me... I think it's good in the sense that it leads people to think about the underlying philosophy of a product, rather than jumping onto a tool bandwagon and then getting mad it's not all things to all people. Like if I know something about Zach Leatherman and how he thinks about software, I know better whether Eleventy would be a good fit for me and my use case.
On the other hand, I've seen a *lot* of really good products collapse because being good at managing celebrity status is a very different skill than managing software, and a lot of people just can't do it. (I certainly could never!)
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@zachleat case in point: math is hard.
@krusynth the poll is multiple choice for no good reason other than to make the poll invalid for statistical usefulness
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On the other hand, I've seen a *lot* of really good products collapse because being good at managing celebrity status is a very different skill than managing software, and a lot of people just can't do it. (I certainly could never!)
@webbureaucrat it’s a very fair point!
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the rise of developer celebrity has made software:
@zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com was there a rise in developer celebrities? Perhaps I’m just not aware.
I think software devs have been desperately trying to find somebody to emulate ever since the early days. It’s all part of our massively shared imposter syndrome that all devs have to some degree
It just gets icky when you call it thought leadership.
