I was thinking I'd write the same thing: "I love these 'smallest X' posts". I was thinking of the Muppetlabs "smallest ELF file" article, in particular, and Russ Cox's Zip file that decodes to a zip file (turtles all the way down).
But won't there always exist a few people who just happen to have a talent or obssesion for the details? What name do we give those people? The word "hacker" is taken, and has a more impish, generalist connotation. "Engineer" has way too formal baggage associated. We need another word that means about the same thing as "docent", I reckon.
But won't there always exist a few people who just happen to have a talent or obssesion for the details? What name do we give those people? The word "hacker" is taken, and has a more impish, generalist connotation. "Engineer" has way too formal baggage associated. We need another word that means about the same thing as "docent", I reckon.