I had to read an XML book because of that hype, but no one was able to tell me for what I was learning XML. I asked so many questions about what use cases they thought about but got no answer. A few years later I used XML standards for API's and data sharing. https://tech.lgbt/@lettosprey/112551320638344920
Like the "fast - good - cheap" ever worked as an argument by an employee. If you can't do all three you're not a real developer and neither a 10x engineer. (Back to the old memes) https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/112531173217672455
Why does this remind me of an old way to rise in the ranks of search engines?
It was possible to influence search engines by having text that's colored the same as the background color in the early days of automatic indexing webpages.
Friendly reminder: All the news you get where you're not sure if they're real or if they're a parody. We are the descendants of the people of Golgafrincham after all. #towelday
Talks at user groups or conferences are infotainment. While information and structure are important in a talk and the main reason why someone wants to see it, it's also true that the attention span of people differs and also depend on the event:
People come right after work to user groups. Maybe being already a bit tired or they had a bad day.
People go from one talk to another at conferences, always trying to keep up their concentration.