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A brief history of software manifestos

How software manifestos sounded twenty years ago

  • EATING BURNING HOT LAVA OVER GETTING ICE CREAM

  • TRANSFORMING INTO A HUMONGOUS STAR-SHAPED ENTITY OVER KEEPING YOUR HUMAN FORM

  • LIVING OUTSIDE SPACE AND TIME OVER ACCEPTING PHYSICAL REALITY

  • KILLING GOD WITH YOUR BARE HANDS OVER LIVING A HAPPY LIFE

WE AGREE THE ITEMS ON THE RIGHT EXIST, BUT WE’LL MOCK YOU MERCYLESSLY IF YOU THINK THEY HAVE ANY VALUE, A̶L̴L̵ ̴H̶A̷I̸L̸ ̷T̶H̸E̴ ̴D̸A̶R̴K̸ ̵L̷O̷R̴D̵.

How software manifestos sound now

  • working code is nice, in some cases it may be better that non-working code

  • trying to do useful things instead of things you don’t need may be something to explore, but no biggie

  • software development is often easier if you have a computer at your disposal, but ymmv

  • this is a little fourth item, because all software manifestos should have four items

we hope you have a pleasant day, xoxo