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Film Documents Software Creation

Posted by Zonk on from the nerds-in-the-movies dept.

vasanth writes "Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks a story of intern programmers at New York-based Fog Creek Software creating a product from scratch to shipping, is now finished, one of the first films to delve wholly into the life and culture of coding. And though it may not be the next Harry Potter, it's an engaging film that focuses more on the personalities of the people than on the technology, bringing to life a process ordinarily wrapped in geek mystique."

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  1. No, you are incorrect by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

    There is another engaging film that focuses more on the personalities of the people than on the technology

    I especially like the jiffy-pop ending

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  2. Bill Gates cloned!! by wiredlogic · · Score: 4, Funny

    It looks like one of them is a clone of Bill Gates. Note the peculiar neck implant. This can only be the work of the Borg as they try to infiltrate our planet.

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  3. Software Creationism... by rubberbando · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the Beginning, there was 0....

    On the 1st day God said, let there be 1's and it was good...

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    1. Re:Software Creationism... by Stephen+Williams · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm shocked that a website such as this, frequented by technologists and scientists, is promoting the so-called "theory" of software creation. It is a well-documented, proven fact that software comes into existence by evolving slowly over time. Don't even get me started on those fools who believe software to have been intelligently designed.

      -Stephen

  4. Re:A bit on the movie's costs, profits, and succes by CodeBuster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe next time around he could get a group of 20 prospective interns and then, in a high-pressure software company version of the board room (Joel's office maybe), fire one of more of them each week until only one remains as Joel's Apprentice! Of course, finding type-A personality geeks who would appeal to the same audience as Trump and Martha might be difficult...

  5. Re:Joel by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll tell you waht I'm jealous about -- I'm jealous of that sweet UID you have. Bastard.

  6. Finally, a reality show my WIFE will hate!!! by AngryNick · · Score: 4, Funny
    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

    After years of putting up with the crappy reality shows that my wife likes to watch, this will make the perfect gift for her! Sweet payback for all the nights I've had to endure her [bleeping] "Real World" addiction with its 20-year old mindless babble.

  7. Re:Versa by Drantin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just out of curiosity, what is it like over there in Soviet Russia?

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  8. Re:What? by Mossarian · · Score: 4, Funny

    More than likely the projector will crash during the show and they'll have to issue a patch for a security flaw in scenes one and four. Version 2.0 is due out next summer (maybe). Not to mention that it went over budget and over time with scenes in it that no one asked for and in future the entire production will be outsourced to Bollywood. :-)