We're Gonna Build a Framework

Dylan Beattie · 230K views · 2016 · 4:08

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Satire & parodyWeb developmentMusic performance & songscomedy

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared as a funny programming joke poking at the endless proliferation of web frameworks.

What it is

Dylan Beattie's parody of 'We Didn't Start the Fire' with lyrics made entirely of real software framework names, ending in the chorus about building yet another framework.

Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2018 to 2024.

What Hacker News said

Strong rec thunderbong · 2021-01 · on “Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?”

Man, those Dylan Beattie's videos are out of this world!! I laughed way too hard on a number of them - You give REST a bad name - [LINK] We're Gonna Build a Framework - [this video] Enterprise Waterfall - [LINK]