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Oxitis [oks - ahy - tis] -Noun Acute or chronic anxiety toward sharing code online; this anxiety is usually caused by fear of public ridicule or excessive criticism regarding imperfections in code. Origin: 2008, Josh Schwartzberg (n.); Oxitephobia; avoidance of placing imperfect code online; initially referring to Microsoft Oxite
Oxitis [oks - ahy - tis] -Noun
Acute or chronic anxiety toward sharing code online; this anxiety is usually caused by fear of public ridicule or excessive criticism regarding imperfections in code.
Origin: 2008, Josh Schwartzberg (n.); Oxitephobia; avoidance of placing imperfect code online; initially referring to Microsoft Oxite
December 17. 2008 17:11
haha, well put.
travis
December 17. 2008 18:22
A friend of mine said: " I thought it was going to be a fear of the fictional star wars mineral http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Oxite "
Josh Schwartzberg
December 17. 2008 19:04
Not to be nitpicky, but medically speaking, the suffix "-itis" usually refers to a condition marked by some sort of swelling (i.e. arthritis, swelling of the joints, or phlebitis, swelling of the veins, etc.) so in that sense, the joke doesn't really work -- unless of course, you are talking about "code swelling," perhaps?
Lee
December 17. 2008 19:20
@Lee: Medically speaking, this is a programming blog. I'll have to keep that in mind for next time though. Cheers!
ryan
December 17. 2008 20:01
I was just talking to my friend Derik about this yesterday night. If you criticize too much there is not much up side to releasing your code early and often. People need to calm down and work constructively with Oxite.
Nick Berardi
December 18. 2008 20:08
@Ryan: Well, it's pretty obvious it's not a comedy blog. ;)
December 18. 2008 21:42
You can go read mine. It's pretty f-ing funny ... and neglected.
Scott Sanzenbacher
December 22. 2008 14:08
Ah, this is why my last job was so against code reviews, the majority of the staff there had Oxitis and hoped no one would ever see their code in public.
Chris Marisic