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Ask HN: Hacker Philosophy?
I was wondering if there is a philosophy that most encompasses what most hackers on this sight seem to live by.
i.e.: Release early release often,
Sharing work vi open source,
Simple and well designed vs. feature bloated,
etc.
Is there already a name for this philosophy? Is it just the hacker philosophy? What else does/should it include?
- Travis 16y agoI'm not sure it's a formal philosophy, but I think the attributes you're describing are lean and open.
- elcron 16y agoI didn't think there was, but I was wondering if there was and it just had a name I was unaware of.
- mindcrime 16y agoWell, the "Unix Philosophy" is a big part of what is widely regarded as "hacker culture" so you might give this a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy There's also the "Hacker Ethic" to look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic And his stuff doesn't necessarily have a name, but Eric Raymond's writings have been pretty influential to a lot of hackers. http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/
- elcron 16y agoThank you!