2018

21 posts

A few wonderful words have accumulated:

Stephen Kniga

like Stephen King: Russian “kniga” means “book”

Vyrastalker

like Stalker that has grown up: Russian “vyrastal” means “was growing up”

Slit audience

like Target audience: Russian “tselevaya” means “target” and “shelevaya” means “slit”

Slowcoaster

like lowcoaster: a made-up blend of “slow” and “coaster”

Nightingale the Parser

like Nightingale the Robber, Solovey-Razboynik: Russian “razboynik” means “robber” and “razbor” means “parsing”

@ilyabirman

The gray-brown-crimson color (a Russian description for a mythical color that is a jumble of everything imaginable)

At last, it has been found!

x.com/sehnaoui

When a client wants a 6 week job done in one week, show him this: Quality vs Time ratio is important.

x.com/WrtrStat

You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.

— Bill Watterson