Hacker News new | comments | show | ask | jobs | submit login gh02t 14 hours ago | link | parent > we'd be in a much better place what code-archaeology is concerned. This sounds like a great setup for a sci-fi novel. 500 years into the future, the infrastructure their distant ancestors coded has begun to fail. Now Biff Miffington, code-archaeologist, must sift through millions of forgotten messages using a mysterious tool remembered only as "git." Its interface is arcane and the remaining messages broken, tainted by the destructive influence of Mountain Dew and Cheetos. Will he unravel the mystery that's causing Candy Crush Saga MCCXXXI to kill its users? Edit: On what OP actually said, I'd also like to say that Postgres is an awesome product. arethuza 13 hours ago | link Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky actually has a role described as "programmer archaeologist": http://en.wi...