It is not new nor invented at Netfix (and I don't see the article suggesting tha...

cheez · on March 12, 2020

I was not very clear in how I stated it. The originality of invention is unimportant.

What is important is this likely politically astute developer saw an in with this and made it a thing.

You've seen it often enough, I'm sure.

goto11 · on March 13, 2020

I don't follow. This is a well-known software pattern. Where does the politics come into it?

cheez · on March 13, 2020

A politically astute developer is able to take ideas and make them "important" while other developers look on and say "really"?