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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So the guy running WordPress.com (business model: Uber for LAMP stack, not to be confused with WordPress.org, winner of Drupal's Drag Race) is angry that WP Engine (business model: Lyft for LAMP stack, not to be confused with MediaWiki, the engine of WP) offers hosting for the same GPL licensed CMS as they do, am I understanding this correctly?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also, I just now realized that Automattic (business model: Uber for not posting female-presenting nipples) is a pun on this guy's name.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

and perhaps a little bow to lem's “cyberiad” (automateusz, translated as automatthew, from the story automatthew's friend)

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

I really really doubt it. It's a pun on his name.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

yeah this guy doesn't seem bright enough for that

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

my brain keeps telling me his social media username photomatt must be a pun for matte photo paper or matting your photos for an exhibit, but something tells me Matt thinks matting your own photos is for poor people (because it’s a lot of frustrating labor) and I doubt anyone’s demanding prints of his “rich boy with an expensive Nikon” photos

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] self@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

you’re right! now I’m trying to think back to which kiosk chain was active in my area growing up. I do know they’d take my dad’s awfully shot film and make even worse prints, and that feels weirdly appropriate for Matt

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

matt spends his money on Leica kit, so that's the one good thing i've ever heard about him

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

I recognize this style. Shame they stopped posting their weekly hackernews sneer.