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A group of wolves is called a pack.

A group of crows is called a murder.

A group of developers is called a merge conflict.

Dec 11, 2022 at 3:20pmWeb
Show threadRedstoneLP2Dec 11, 2022
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Well, it also depends on their fursonas
Show threadUnixornDec 11, 2022

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A group of SREs is called an outage.

Show threadTakiro 🎨Dec 11, 2022
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A group of developers is actually called an array.
Show threadRyanDec 11, 2022
@Takiro @nixCraft Brilliant.
Show threadScott CainDec 11, 2022
@Takiro @nixCraft only if they are ordered, which they mostly aren’t. I’d be more inclined to call them a hash
Show threadJosh SorefDec 12, 2022
@scottcain @Takiro @nixCraft I would have called them a set.
Show threadSteve Fenton ➜Dec 12, 2022
@Takiro @nixCraft a queue of people at Plain of Six Glaciers is called an array of type T.
Show threadAnnamalDec 12, 2022
@Takiro @nixCraft or an array out of bounds
Show threadChrisAshtearDec 11, 2022
@nixCraft think a group of developers being called a stack would fit. Then when theres too many itd be a stack overflow
Show threadD C RossDec 11, 2022

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Then what is a "Friday Afternoon Meeting" a group of?

Show threadAndyDec 11, 2022
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Show threadJaakko NissiDec 11, 2022
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I would go with the same as a group of witches. An argument.
Show threadrobDec 11, 2022
@jiinissi A coven is a group of witches. I've never heard of an argument of witches.
Show threadJaakko NissiDec 11, 2022
@rob you have obviously never read books by sir Terry Pratchett. Shame on you. 😅
Show threadrobDec 11, 2022
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"You needed at least three witches for a coven. Two witches was just an argument."
Show threadJaakko NissiDec 11, 2022

@rob that's the first google result. 😅

I'm sure there's a longer quote buried in one of the books I read lately. Probably Equal Rites. Along the lines of "people think the collective noun for a group of witches is a coven when it's actually an argument".

Show threadJey 🇵🇸 Dec 11, 2022
@nixCraft I laughed waaay to hard at this
Show threadRabiesDec 11, 2022
@nixCraft Vultures have three different names for their movements ! A KETTLE of vultures flies. A COMITTEE of vultures Perch, and finally ... a WAKE when they have gathered for a meal.
Show threadzhenechDec 11, 2022
@nixCraft so, when are we teaching crows to code?
Show threadArneBabDec 11, 2022
@zhenech just one month before we deeply regret it ☺ @nixCraft
Show threadaevaDec 12, 2022
@nixCraft I think it should be a bikeshed
Show threadJanne MorenDec 12, 2022
@nixCraft A standup of developers?
Show threadNugget Dec 12, 2022
@nixCraft A group of musicians is called chaotic noise.
Show threadFadeDec 12, 2022
@nixCraft I was thinking "developers" in the sense of building subdivisions just outside of a city, and looking at what those do to traffic nearby... Yup, still holds true.
Show threadcanusfeminacanisDec 18, 2022

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I thought it was a segfault.

Show threadEvansJan 6, 2023
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Not if they use Trunk Based Development! Hehe.
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