| ▲ | trueno 2 hours ago |
| if AI never happened there's like zero chance I would've ever used or noticed the usage of the word "dogfooding" lmao i hate this timeline |
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| ▲ | andybak 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That's odd. I've been aware of that word for decades. |
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| ▲ | Terr_ 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Ditto, it's been around for a decade or three, especially if we include longer phrase "eating your own dogfood" and not just the verbification. | | |
| ▲ | andybak an hour ago | parent [-] | | I can't be sure but I vaguely recall it being associated with the big Microsoft antitrust court case? Along with the delightful phrase "knifing the baby" |
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| ▲ | fragmede an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Same as "load-bearing", but I guess that depends on everyone's non/pre-swe background. | | |
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| ▲ | compiler-guy an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Wikipedia has the introduction of the term "dogfood" to the corporate world as a Microsoft internal memo.... ... in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food |
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