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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 3 months ago (11 children)

It makes more sense when we assume it's software development terminology instead. Alpha means the software is immature and full of issues.

I am a release candidate male.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago

Hello ladies, I'm legacy code nobody wants to refactor and is being slowly converted into microservices.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

I'm just a beta male... they doubt I'm ready for release... but I'm far more stable than any alpha male.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I too am a release candidate, but my marketing sucks.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

I am a minimum viable product male

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I’m barely a proof of concept then. Or minimum viable product. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm an old version male. I'm out of date but stable and used by people who generally know what they're doing and don't want something new that'll likely blow up in their face.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm Concord. Only out for a week and then swept under the rug like I never existed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Well, I am a god damn mess as a person. So I'm like pre-alpha. I guess that makes me a proof of concept, or maybe even a thought exercise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I think of myself as code-complete but not necessarily bug-free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think I might be a vertical slice...