Code Monkey
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly brought up as a joke or nostalgic reference when the term 'code monkey' comes up.
What it is
A fan-made music video for Jonathan Coulton's song 'Code Monkey', about the life of a programmer, using World of Warcraft footage. It was made by Mike Spiff Booth.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends DonHopkins · 2020-04 · on “Jarrett Heather presents: Word Crimes (2014)”
I'm delighted your stopped by! Thanks to you and Weird Al for all of your dastardly animated criminal words. Your Shop Vac cartoon led me to discover Jonathan Coulton's other geeky music, like Code Monkey! He makes his songs available via the Creative Commons license, so people have made some really cool videos to them, including yours. [LINK] [LINK] Shop Vac: [LINK] Code Monkey videos: [this video] >Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. >Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at A