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I got the impression that the author of this article doesn’t understand what a stack is. The examples he gives are all over the place.

The article was generally cringey but this sentence stood out:

Stack logic is only just finding its footing in the corporate world, and it hasn’t spilled into mainstream conversation just yet.

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You nailed the lack of understanding. This awfulness stuck out for me:

> “Stack,” in technological terms, can mean a few different things, but the most relevant usage grew from the start-up world: A stack is a collection of different pieces of software that are being used together to accomplish a task.

>Stack logic is only just finding its footing in the corporate world, and it hasn’t spilled into mainstream conversation just yet.

When it comes to mainstream conversation, Discord appears to be picking up the slack.

EDIT: Welp, this is what I get for only glancing at the headline and not reading the article before commenting. I'll leave my mistake here rather than delete it for posterity's sake.

The term "LAMP stack" is at least 15 years old and even RMS commented on it a long time ago. That's as mainstream as it gets.

In what world do you live in where RMS is a mainstream figure? Or LAMP stack is a mainstream term?

That's like saying differential equations aren't mainstream just because not everyone takes university-level math. Stacks are a mainstream technical concept in a mainstream technical profession. The relevant domain for determining prevalence is "Programmers." Non-technical people don't count.

I'd actually say the relevant group is "people trying to understand the domain" (given the question in the headline).

Which, generally, boils down to a group that is largely programmers, and even those that aren't programmers DO (AFAICT) have familiarity with the "stack" concept (non-technical Eng Managers, non-technical PMs, etc)

I'm not saying you're wrong in any way, just pointing out that it can be said in a way that doesn't sound like "programmers are all that matter" (which I don't think was your intent anyway).

Heh maybe you’re too young? LAMP stack is probably at this point so old nobody cares. But having worked with decisionmakers in corporations with large IT needs most were quite aware of LAMP-I mean it was in many ways the killer app of Linux.

Also this notion that stack was invented in tech is ridiculous. Stack ups have been referred to in manufacturing and medicine for years prior.

"Mainstream" as in outside of technology circles.

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