We're Gonna Build a Framework

Dylan Beattie · 231K views · 2016-05-05 · 4:08

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Overview

Dylan Beattie's parody of 'We Didn't Start the Fire' with lyrics made entirely of real software framework names, ending in the chorus about building yet another framework.

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Shared as a funny programming joke poking at the endless proliferation of web frameworks.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2024

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Satire & parody Web development Music performance & songs

What people said

thunderbong · 2021-01 · Strong recommendation
Man, those Dylan Beattie's videos are out of this world!! I laughed way too hard on a number of them - You give REST a bad name - [LINK] We're Gonna Build a Framework - [VIDEO] Enterprise Waterfall - [LINK]
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082349872349872 · 2024-08 · Joke / meme
If you're aiming for the eternal, a message board full of computer geeks may not be the best place to find it. Lagniappe: [VIDEO]
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ashelmire · 2018-01 · Joke / meme
"This framework is 95% ideal, let's build another framework for my personal 5%." This attitude is why we have a hundred different relevant frameworks right now. How about instead of a building a new framework, you contribute to an existing one? You even say that Next is close to what you want... why not help to make it better? Relevant song about this issue: [VIDEO]
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