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stdout the rapper · 18K views · 2019-02-12 · 3:53

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Overview

A four-minute programmer rap by stdout about abandoned side projects and the promise to finish them someday. The lyrics poke fun at dev procrastination and big app ideas.

On Hacker News

HN shares it as a relatable, funny song when threads turn to the struggle of finishing side projects.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2019–2021

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What people said

kubanczyk · 2021-04 · Joke / meme

[VIDEO] I've finally finished, Go to Hacker News and put up a post But that shit had zero upvotes Somebody left a comment Telling me my home page ain't responsive Who that?

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inoda · 2019-03 · Reference

This is too fitting for this thread...a rap song about the woes of actually finishing a side project: [VIDEO]

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stdoutrap · 2019-02 · Reference

Looks like the url isn't clickable (in similarly formatted previous posts, it has been...) Clickable url: [VIDEO]

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Video by stdout the rapper, played through YouTube.

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