12/13   Why are many new hires today obsessed with Design Patterns?
        \_ I think it's the CS fad/perceived silver bullet of the decade, much
           the same way as OOP was supposed to solve everything in a decade
           past.  Lack of experience + impressionable young minds = sycophancy
           -dans
           \_ why are you up at 5:02AM? are you actually hoping your hardwork
              will pay off if/when your company ever goes public?
              \_ I'm up writing.  I try not to pull two double-shifts in a row
                 for work if I can avoid it. -dans
                 \_ writing about what, startups? Like what Philip Greenspun
                    wrote a while ago?
                    \_ A bunch of things actually.  At the moment, I'm
                       focusing on a talk I'm doing on the performance
                       benefits of JSON vs. XML for justin.tv's HackerTV
                       series in late February.  I think the talk will be
                       titled: Rise of the Stupid Data Exchange Format:
                       JSON vs. XML, when all you have is a hammer, everything
                       looks like a nail. -dans
                       looks like a nail.  I'm curious, what's your take on
                       Phil Greenspun?  It's indisputable that ArsDigita
                       detonated in part due to severe mismanagement.
                       Nonetheless, based on his writing, Greenspun seems like
                       a pretty clueful guy. -dans
                       \_ dear dans:  SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
                          YOU FUCKING MORON.
                          \_ Dude.  You're really hostile. -dans