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[โ€“] _stranger_@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's a meme, but! This is an excellent analogy. A "full stack" dev will definitely make a taco truck app, but maybe that's all the customer needs.

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup. In addition to the above, "When I spend a Saturday evening adding a shitty perl hack to fix a critical system flaw in production", it can be illustrated by a UN emergency food drop. It may be 99% rice, but it'll keep you from starving and it'll have to do for now.

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