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I’m happy that the author was able to become a chicken. I am! However, I think he is a bit brazen with regards to this attitude of his:

> Bwok bwok bwok, puk puk pukaaak! Cluckity cluck cluck, puk puk pukaaak! Bwwwaaaaaaaaaak!

I know many engineers who would love to become chickens. But they also have responsibilities. They can’t just drop everything and commit to the faunamorphosis. Not to mention that faunamorphosis costs so much that pretty much only FAANG salaried folks can go through with their chicken dream -- and especially now in this economy.




On a similar note.

"It's not a question of wanting to be a mouse — it just sort of happens to you... All of a sudden you realize… that's what you want to be."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_Problem

Of course, becoming a mouse is ambiguous in the programming world. If you want to become a mouse, please specify the correct namespace first.

Becoming a chicken is much easier. It just autoloads without any extra specification.




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