Amazon, Etsy, Launch Categories With 'Gifts For Programmers' (thenewstack.io) 20
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: It's a question that comes up all the time on Reddit. Etsy even created a special page for programmer-themed gift suggestions (showing more than 5,000 results). While CNET sticks to broader lists of "tech gifts" — and a separate list for "Star Wars gifts" — other sites around the web have been specifically honing in on programmer-specific suggestions. (Blue light-blocking glasses... A giant rubber duck... The world's strongest coffee... A printer that transfers digital images onto cheese...)
So while in years past Amazon has said they laughed at customer reviews for cans of uranium, this year Amazon has now added a special section that's entirely dedicated to Gifts for Computer Programmers, according to this funny rundown of 2023's "Gifts for Programmers" (that ends up recommending ChatGPT gift cards and backyard office sheds):
From the article: [Amazon's Gifts for Programmers section] shows over 3,000 results, with geek-friendly subcategories like "Glassware & Drinkware" and "Novelty Clothing"... For the coder in your life, Amazon offers everything from brain–teasing programming puzzles to computer–themed jigsaw puzzles. Of course, there's also a wide selection of obligatory funny t–shirts... But this year there's also tech-themed ties and motherboard-patterned socks...
Some programmers, though, might prefer a gift that's both fun and educational. And what's more entertaining than using your Python skills to program a toy robot dog...? But if you're shopping for someone who's more of a cat person, Petoi sells a kit for building a programmable (and open source) cat robot named "Nybble". The sophisticated Arduino-powered feline can be programmed with Python and C++ (as well as block-based coding)... [part of] the new community that's building around "OpenCat", the company's own quadruped robotic pet framework (open sourced on GitHub).
So while in years past Amazon has said they laughed at customer reviews for cans of uranium, this year Amazon has now added a special section that's entirely dedicated to Gifts for Computer Programmers, according to this funny rundown of 2023's "Gifts for Programmers" (that ends up recommending ChatGPT gift cards and backyard office sheds):
From the article: [Amazon's Gifts for Programmers section] shows over 3,000 results, with geek-friendly subcategories like "Glassware & Drinkware" and "Novelty Clothing"... For the coder in your life, Amazon offers everything from brain–teasing programming puzzles to computer–themed jigsaw puzzles. Of course, there's also a wide selection of obligatory funny t–shirts... But this year there's also tech-themed ties and motherboard-patterned socks...
Some programmers, though, might prefer a gift that's both fun and educational. And what's more entertaining than using your Python skills to program a toy robot dog...? But if you're shopping for someone who's more of a cat person, Petoi sells a kit for building a programmable (and open source) cat robot named "Nybble". The sophisticated Arduino-powered feline can be programmed with Python and C++ (as well as block-based coding)... [part of] the new community that's building around "OpenCat", the company's own quadruped robotic pet framework (open sourced on GitHub).
Alcohol and clean T-shirts (Score:2)
What else do we need that we don't have already?
Re:Alcohol and clean T-shirts (Score:4, Funny)
Soap.
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He said WE need. Not "everyone around us would really love if we finally had and used some".
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What do you need a clean T-shirt for?
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Meetings.
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What is a "meeting" ?
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What is a "meeting" ?
Fair point. Thank fuck Zoom calls are not shit-streaming in 4D yet.
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Just keep the cam off and you're fine.
Goatse Mug? (Score:3)
What programmer doesn't need another mug [etsy.com] on their desk to remind them of their favorite meme
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My jobs have given me so many mugs over the years that I packed up a crate of them and keep them in storage now. I should have thrown them out because I'm never going to go in there to get one unless I break the 5 I keep in the kitchen.
A doctor, a lawyer and a programmer (Score:5, Insightful)
A doctor, a lawyer and a programmer were discussing the relative merits of having a wife or a mistress.
The lawyer says: “For sure a mistress is better. If you have a wife and want a divorce, it causes all sorts of legal problems.”
The doctor says: “It’s better to have a wife because the sense of security lowers your stress and is good for your health.”
The programmer says: “You’re both wrong. It’s best to have both so that when the wife thinks you’re with the mistress and the mistress thinks you’re with your wife, you can go to the office and write code."
Don't get your programmer friends stereotype gifts. It's like gifting women kitchen utensils. Don't be that jerk, not even in jest. Don't use your friend as an opportunity to be "funny". Give things they want but wouldn't buy for themselves. Novelties don't fit that description.
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"Give things they want but wouldn't buy for themselves."
That is, unfortunately, a rather tall order.
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E-ink mouse pad.
But ... who'd buy them? (Score:3)
Wait, do other programmers have friends that actually buy them gifts?
Or ... friends in the first place?
Or give a damn about their family?
That article opened up more questions than it answered.
Reminds me of ... (Score:3)
Thinkgeek.
Ahhh, the good old days. Even if I didn't buy everything that caught my eye (and I did buy a few), it felt good to see choices available that seemed to have me in mind. It made me feel, for lack of a better word, seen.
I miss that.
Stipey stocking (Score:1)
The modern gift for the modern programmer
Link Fail (Score:2)
At least for Amazon, the link is failing.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Gif... [amazon.com]
[John]