Ask HN: What did early Netscape programmers put on their teammate's desk
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I don't know, but if you are interested in that era I hope you have seen this awesome (now free) documentry on those days at netscape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Rush
Upgraded to foam darts at some point https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/08/weaponized-tinderbox/
PLASTIC LEMON
The idea was that you wouldn't want to be the one with the [object] on your desk ALL the time for obvious reasons, but you also wouldn't to NEVER have [object] on (around? over?) your desk either because it meant you weren't moving quickly enough or taking enough risks.
I swear I read this somewhere but I am clearly forgetting enough key details of this anecdote that it is impossible to search and verify. It is driving me crazy and any help would be greatly appreciated.