The word hacker has always held a negative connotation for me and I am sure for quite a few other people. Phrases like “its a hack” are generally used to describe a poor but functional implementation and usually the number of hacks in the codebase are used as a metric for its lack of quality. [...]
Software Engineer at Comcast Innovation Labs, Creative Technologist, Open Source enthusiast, amateur illustrator, manager Philly Android Alliance User Group. The content on this blog do not reflect the views of my employer.