Friend who is not a software person sent me this tweet, which amused me as it did them. They asked if “runk” was real, which I assume not.

But what are some good examples of real ones like this? xz became famous for the hack of course, so i then read a bit about how important this compression algorithm is/was.

  • oldfart
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    1 month ago

    The curl author writes a lot about his struggles, but he’s also employed to maintain curl, so not really a good example