Not just making it seem like a new idea, but a shiny and trendy one.
jere 2 days ago [-]
Good one.
venning 2 days ago [-]
The earliest reference on Wikipedia is 2011, but I was saying "Shiny Object Syndrome" and even specifically abbreviating it "SOS" by at least 2005.
I know that I first heard it from somewhere else, but I do not remember where. I'm pretty sure it was a TV show.
Does any one remember where it originated from?
nomel 2 days ago [-]
And its strategic use through "nerd sniping".
d4v3 2 days ago [-]
"Shiny object syndrome is the situation ..."
'The situation'? Can't help but feel this is very imprecise and unserious language.
onemoresoop 2 days ago [-]
Like Magpie developers? It may be somewhat humorous but that’s what these analogies look like from the outside. People chasing new things or trends for its own sake is a thing.
Ozzie_osman 2 days ago [-]
I call it Toddler Soccer Syndrome. Ball's over there? Let's all chase it. Oh, moved over here now? Everyone run the other way.
rf15 2 days ago [-]
I know it as dogs-with-ball syndrome, and rather used that analogy to teach my son what not to do when learning to play football.
Dilettante_ 2 days ago [-]
They're just letting anyone make a Wikipedia page these days huh
xandrius 2 days ago [-]
Why is such a small article being upvoted? It's basically just a definition page.
zzunkie 2 days ago [-]
If anything, there's so much new stuff these days that I don't even get the FOMO to try it all.. building it myself is easy too.
mcphage 2 days ago [-]
In boardgame communities, it’s called “Cult of the New”.
gspr 2 days ago [-]
I wonder if this has any relevance at all to a bunch of new stuff that people on HN seem very obsessed over these days.
rf15 2 days ago [-]
No no, this is a genuinely new and unrelated thing few people have seen so far.
nilail 2 days ago [-]
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jan_m_savage 2 days ago [-]
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duke_sam 2 days ago [-]
An aspect of this I find interesting is that previously effort was a reasonably good barrier to making something new. If a feature/library existed someone cared enough to put the work in to make it exist.
Now it’s just a question of tokens. The presentation/feature list is no sign of effort or caring. So we get limitless new shiny things to try and filter through
drawfloat 2 days ago [-]
Pretty sure bringing up tokens immediately is itself an example of this.
Sharlin 2 days ago [-]
It’s possibly a good thing in disguise. Maybe it will make software dev finally more inclined to focus on tested and true technologies rather than chasing trendy novelty stuff.
(Oh, who am I kidding, it’s AI that do tech decisions now and they choose whatever stuff that’s overrepresented in their training data, or just NIH stuff, which has inexplicably become a virtue, like measuring progress by lines of code spent has become. )
add-sub-mul-div 2 days ago [-]
It's the Eternal September of open source software projects.
I know that I first heard it from somewhere else, but I do not remember where. I'm pretty sure it was a TV show.
Does any one remember where it originated from?
'The situation'? Can't help but feel this is very imprecise and unserious language.
Now it’s just a question of tokens. The presentation/feature list is no sign of effort or caring. So we get limitless new shiny things to try and filter through
(Oh, who am I kidding, it’s AI that do tech decisions now and they choose whatever stuff that’s overrepresented in their training data, or just NIH stuff, which has inexplicably become a virtue, like measuring progress by lines of code spent has become. )