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0 pointsbb882y ago0 comments

I feel like you're hijacking a term at least 15 to maybe 20 years old though. It's kind of a brilliant marketing idea, but you're just confounding the vocabulary.

It's not to say this isn't a fucking great idea (because it is!). But you know, just don't piss in the community well.

Further, PostgreSQL means one and only one thing. But Monkey Patch means 2 now, apparently!

For reference: Here's the google ngram viewer link for "monkey patch" from 2000 to 2019.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=monkey+patch&y...