• canpolat@programming.devEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago
    • Linus Torvalds
    • Kent Beck
    • Dylan Beattie
    • Ian Cooper
    • Simon Brown
    • Martin Fowler
    • Daniel Terhorst-North
    • Sam Newman
    • Andy Hunt
    • varsock@programming.devOPEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      let’s try this again :D

      @ChatGPT@lemmings.world why are these people notable figures in technology:

      • Linus Torvalds
      • Kent Beck
      • Dylan Beattie
      • Ian Cooper
      • Simon Brown
      • Martin Fowler
      • Daniel Terhorst-North
      • Sam Newman
      • Andy Hunt
      • canpolat@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        By “lurking” I understand: they would be here reading and voting but not engaging otherwise. In practice, is it any different than not being here at all?

        If by “lurking” you mean that they would be here posting under pseudonyms and asking me if I would be able to identify them… Then it’s a more interesting question. But I don’t think I would be able to identify them from their style.

    • varsock@programming.devOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      man he is just razor sharp and all business, really interesting person to listen to. I feel he wouldn’t have time to lurk here 😅

  • vampatori@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Tim Berners-Lee would be interesting I think, given the direction he’s gone into personal ownership/control of data.

    • varsock@programming.devOPEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      the idea of service and instance federation is blowing my smooth brain. I wonder if Tim is in awe or to him this would’ve been the next logical progression

      • vampatori@feddit.ukEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        He’s pushing for a decentralised web, he’s specifically focussed on personally owned data through his Solid project. But it feels like maybe this month or so could be a tipping-point, so it would be great to get his input and/or for him to see how we all work away at it!

        • varsock@programming.devOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          to my shame, this is the first time I heard of the Solid project. I’ve glanced at the page and plan on researching more, but in your opinion what is its practical goal and current impact?

          • vampatori@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I’m new to it too, I’ve known about its existence but have been thinking about adding support for it to a project I’m starting soon - really to learn more about it (I tend to learn best by doing!)

            It’s goal is for each of us to have personal ownership of all our data online, and full control over who can access what. That’s certainly something I can get behind! You do this by creating a “pod”, which is essentially a database of all your data (I think organised into groups, e.g. each organisation can have their own group of data), which you can self-host if you like, along with the ability to control access.

            It’s current impact I would say is near zero. But TBL is a person with a reasonable amount of pull, and he’s setup his own company providing commercial services (presumably, consulting). My guess is they’re dealing with governments and mega-corps - there seems to be very little effort pushing it to “the masses” (i.e. application developers).

            The theory sounds interesting but the practicalities of it seem to offer a lot of challenges, so I think the best way to get a real sense of whether it has legs or not is to build something!