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We're Gonna Build a Framework

We're Gonna Build a Framework on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2018–2024.

Dylan Beattie

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Dylan Beattie's parody of 'We Didn't Start the Fire' with lyrics made entirely of real software framework names, ending in the chorus about building yet another framework.

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Shared as a funny programming joke poking at the endless proliferation of web frameworks.

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“Man, those Dylan Beattie's videos are out of this world!! I laughed way too hard on a number of them”
— thunderbong, Jan 2021, in “Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?”

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3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

thunderbongJan 2021Strongly recommends

Man, those Dylan Beattie's videos are out of this world!! I laughed way too hard on a number of them - You give REST a bad name - [link] We're Gonna Build a Framework - ▶ this video Enterprise Waterfall - [link]

in “Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?” · View on HN

082349872349872Aug 2024Joke

If you're aiming for the eternal, a message board full of computer geeks may not be the best place to find it. Lagniappe: ▶ this video

in “Parochialism in time and space (2021)” · View on HN

ashelmireJan 2018Joke

"This framework is 95% ideal, let's build another framework for my personal 5%." This attitude is why we have a hundred different relevant frameworks right now. How about instead of a building a new framework, you contribute to an existing one? You even say that Next is close to what you want... why not help to make it better? Relevant song about this issue: ▶ this video

in “Show HN: Sapper.js – towards a better web app framework” · View on HN

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Satire & parodyWeb developmentMusic performance & songsframeworksparodyweb developmentdylan beattiemusic