I. vim vs emacs
II. ruby vs python
III. coffeescript vs javascript
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Stage 1 : Damage Control
- Person A : CS sucks, useless abstraction. QQ.
- Person B : CS is a tool, preference blabla!
- Person A : CS still suck!
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Stage 2 : Circle Jerk - When everyone finally agrees with either person A or B
IV. rails vs other frameworks
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Stage 1 : Damage Control
- Person A : framework X sucks
- Person B : framework X is a tool
- Person A : No, framework X still sucks
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Stage 2 : Circle Jerk - When everyone finally agrees with either person A or B
V. nosql vs sql
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Stage 1 : Damage Control
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Stage 2 : Circle Jerk
VI. Too masochistic/Feministic/Ultra-sexist
- Stage 1 : A member (most likely a girl) points out that using ‘hey dudes’ or ‘hey guys’ is gender-insensitive.
- Stage 2 : Escalation
- Stage 3 : exchange of TLDR responses
- Stage 4 : Someone is told to leave
- Stage 5 : Behavior toned down
VII. Rockstar behavior
- Stage 1 : Issue is raised
- Stage 2 : exchange of TLDR responses
- Stage 3 : Someone is told to leave
- Stage 4 : Behavior toned down
VIII. Hyper passivity
- Stage 1 : Issue is raised
- Stage 2 : Someone is told to leave
- Stage 3 : Behavior toned down
IX. Freelancing vs dev shops vs corporations
X. Remote work vs office work
- Stage 1 : Remote working person says he’s glad he doesn’t work at an office.
- Stage 2 : Office working people keeps shut about it.
- Stage 3 : Remote working person gets talked about in the next dev meetup.
XI. Beer
- Stage 1 : Issue is raised
- Stage 2 : Someone is told to leave
- Stage 3 : Behavior toned down
XII. Vulgarity
- Stage 1 : Issue is raised
- Stage 2 : Someone is told to leave
- Stage 3 : Behavior toned down
XIII. World/Local Politics
- Stage 1 : Some guy keeps on posting blogs posts/news articles about Politics and how some arm of government sucks at doing their job.
- Stage 2 : Someone tells the person from #1 that most of the people in the circle are not interested
- Stage 3 : Hilarity ensues
XIV. Get muscling (or perceived to be) big-named companies to sponsor your event
- Stage 1 : A disliked sponsor attaches their name to the title of an event on an RSVP page
- Stage 2 : Some members go ‘WTF’, organizers gets called out.
- Stage 4 : Hilarity ensues
- Stage 5 : Sponsors go “wtf? you approached us and this is what we get?”
- Stage 6 : Community gets split, members who don’t care about the drama reluctantly joins both and now has 2 separate groups to follow and post their stuff to.
XV. Why X meetup happens in Y city? I came from Z city and I have to fight with Y traffic Alt+QQ
- Stage 1 : A tech group hosts meetup in Y city
- Stage 2 : Some members go ‘OMG WTF BBQ’, why not in Z city?.
- Stage 4 : Hilarity ensues
- Stage 5 : Offending party washes hands clean, tries to make peace
- Stage 6 : Offending party will not attend said tech meetups ever.
XVI. Android vs iOS
- Stage 1 : There’s a new release of Android/iOS
- Stage 2 : Fanboiz will OMG they copied X feature from Y OS!
- Stage 4 : Hilarity ensues
- Stage 5 : After 3 months, cold war again
- Stage 6 : Windows Phone is meh
XVII. Have your own definition of a Buzzword
- Stage 1 : Fix a misconception by introducing your own opinion on what a buzzword means
- Stage 2 : YOLO