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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 day ago (11 children)

It makes more sense when we assume it's software development terminology instead. Alpha means the software is immature and full of issues.

I am a release candidate male.

[–] Sylvartas 7 points 8 hours ago

I am a minimum viable product male

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

I am about v4.1 right now

[–] Test_Tickles 4 points 1 day ago

Well, I am a god damn mess as a person. So I'm like pre-alpha. I guess that makes me a proof of concept, or maybe even a thought exercise.

[–] Psaldorn 52 points 1 day ago

Hello ladies, I'm legacy code nobody wants to refactor and is being slowly converted into microservices.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

I'm just a beta male... they doubt I'm ready for release... but I'm far more stable than any alpha male.

[–] buddascrayon 7 points 1 day ago

I'm an old version male. I'm out of date but stable and used by people who generally know what they're doing and I don't want something new that'll likely blow up in their face.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I’m barely a proof of concept then. Or minimum viable product. 🙃

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 13 points 1 day ago

I too am a release candidate, but my marketing sucks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm Concord. Only out for a week and then swept under the rug like I never existed.

[–] LovableSidekick 3 points 1 day ago

I think of myself as code-complete but not necessarily bug-free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think I might be a vertical slice...