this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2025
573 points (99.0% liked)

Programmer Humor

26932 readers
1127 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, the bubble is a pure speculation (growth) game. As long as the new shiny makes more people want in on the stock (public or private) continually, share prices grow and the company has continued runway.

Eventually, private equity exits with an IPO and the public gets a chance to be left holding the bag too.