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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 month 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.

[–] Psaldorn 59 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

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

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 15 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Sylvartas 13 points 1 month ago

I am a minimum viable product male

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] buddascrayon 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 I'm out of date but stable and used by people who generally know what they're doing and don't want something new that'll likely blow up in their face.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I am about v4.1 right now

[–] Test_Tickles 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] LovableSidekick 3 points 1 month ago

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

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

I think I might be a vertical slice...