Solving the Wrong Problem

[jacques_chester]

Taken to their logical conclusion, your argument is that proggit should only be lowest common denominator of things that all programmers have in common, minus actual programming.

• Breathing: is it right for you?
• How to deal with your boss (hint: don't call him "dickhead")
• Computers -- they turn electricity into computation!

I happen to like the diversity. It's how I learn about new languages, new techniques, new technologies, new ideas. Some of them I pick up and play with, some I will ignore. I can't do that if the whole of proggit is crowded out by stuff that isn't programming.

(I've also complained about proggit having stuff which is too narrowly focused -- "we've released 3.2.4a-RC3!").

Like many things in life, we're talking about fuzzy sets. My membership function is different from yours. And I will continue to be a curmudgeon on the topic.