Taran Rampersadknowprose@mastodon.social
Nov 8, 2026, 8:55 PMSenior software folks always understand it as soon as they hear it, for the reasons above and more.
It has a Wikipedia page.
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Nov 8, 2026, 8:58 PM@knowprose @cwebber I mean I understand it /intuitively/. I didn't realize there was a Wikipedia article and academic work done on it, tho!
- Taran Rampersadknowprose@mastodon.socialNov 8, 2026, 9:01 PM
@gaditb @cwebber Yeah, I remember thinking it was some original thought I had back around 2015 as I slogged through some *really terrible code* at one company.
I mean REALLY terrible.
So in a meeting I mentioned that I was the Software Archaeologist, and after the meeting the Director of Software Engineering showed me the Wikipedia article and said, "Holy shit, that's a real thing!"
And I said, "Holy shit, it IS a real thing!"
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Maximilien Dantoninfidel@mastodon.socialNov 8, 2026, 11:38 PM@knowprose @gaditb @cwebber this is crazy because I also found the term independently while working at my first job.
- Taran Rampersadknowprose@mastodon.socialNov 8, 2026, 11:41 PM