Folklore Glossary

Browse 3 folklore terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Folklore Terms

Brown M&M Test
A small deliberate requirement used to check whether someone actually read or followed the important details in a larger set of instructions.
Code Witch
A playful label for a programmer who seems able to fix strange bugs, coax unstable systems back to life, or navigate opaque legacy behavior through intuition...
Wizard Developer
A playful label for a programmer whose technical skill or intuition seems almost magical to others, especially in debugging, performance work, or obscure...

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