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by zigo3 3900 days ago
parallels with 'The Little Prince':

draw me a system ~ draw me a sheep

proud senior engineer ~ the king

rails -> nodejs -> meteor guy ~ the accountant counting stars

anyone have more?

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"..based out of the Little Prince, because as in true software fashion, nothing is truly original.."

https://youtu.be/EWdqtMdcNkE?t=23s

If you don't pronounce "printf" as "print-F" but closer to /'print(h)f/ it kinda sounds like someone saying "prince" with a lisp (or with a local anaesthetic impairing the range of movement of their tongue).

I think Northern European languages like Dutch, Swedish or maybe even Polish might have a word which could better describe the sound? I can't think of any Croatian words that get close to it.

Additionally, the little printf their self looks eerily similar to The Little Prince.
"The essential is invisible to the computer" ~ "The essential is invisible to the eyes"