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		balaji1 on May 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are your most used self-hosted applications? I didn't get the joke exactly or dunno if it is a reference. But it seems like the right response to this thread lol

mcbuilder on May 4, 2022 | [–]

It's an old programming "meme", going back to 80s if not further.

see: https://jcarpizo.github.io/tao-of-programming.html

monocasa on May 4, 2022 | | [–]

Well this is more master foo's unix koans than the tao of programming, but they're for sure cut from the same cloth.

http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/

monocasa on May 4, 2022 | [–]

http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/

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