Geek Code 4.0+
a.k.a. The Code of the Geeks
Author: jeremyrutman / unclejerry9466728
Date:
Geek Code 4.0 is an independent successor of Geek Code, started in 2019 by jeremyrutman / unclejerry9466728.
Geek Code 4.0 Proposal
Some categories have been removed , others added , some altered. The v3.x undergraduate weltanschaung has been supplanted by a more seasoned outlook.
Though these versions were originally a part of the main Geek Code entry, there is no indication that original author Robert Hayden endorsed the entries past 3.12 as a direct continuation. (Besides, the Geek Code was a media phenomenon and the direct inspiration for over a hundred codes, so listing this unauthorized modern reboot seemed not to recognize that this is a different code with different authorship.)
Decoder notes
As of 2025-12-14, some values are missing in the spec, and otherwise there are
some ambiguities in the spec (such as how () interacts with : in
multi-valued fields).
Example
----- BEGIN GEEK CODE VERSION 6.0 ----- GCS^/GM^ A++(a?) B_:--:+:-:+ C++(C-) D+:+ CM++(++++) MW11+++@ ULD++++$ MC-- Lbash+++/LC#+/Lj+/Lpy++/Lvb IO+++:---(+) G:exarobibliologist E++ H+ PGP PSG PE TDW+/TEX+++/THRO++++/TMON+++/TOB+++/TSTsnw+++/TSTld+++/ TSTdsc-- RPG+++(*)>$ BK+++ KX+++ INTJ-A R-- he/him+++ ----- END GEEK CODE VERSION 6.0 -----
Details
Successor of (1):
Articles and pages:
- telavivmakers/geek_code GitHub Repo - This project's home page. Also contains a history of Geek Code.
- https://git.telavivmakers.space/tami/geek_code - Mirror of GitHub Repo
Added to sig.codes:
2025-12-03
Known versions
Geek Code 4.0 ():
- Specification: unclejerry9466728.wordpress.com (canonical, )
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 4.0 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - Last 4.0 commit
Geek Code 4.2 ():
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 4.2 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - Last 4.2 commit
Geek Code 4.5 ():
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 4.5 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - Last 4.5 commit
Geek Code 4.55 ():
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 4.55 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - Last 4.55 commit
Geek Code 5.0 ():
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 5.0 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - Last 5.0 commit
Geek Code 6.0 ():
- Specification: github.com (ongoing, ) - First 6.0 commit
- Specification: github.com (ongoing)
- Decoder: sig.codes (6.0)
Timeline
| Details | Date | Detail | Relationship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geek Code 0.1 (predecessor) | Geek Code 0.1 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 0.2 (predecessor) | Geek Code 0.2 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 0.3 (predecessor) | Geek Code 0.3 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 1.0.1 (predecessor) | Geek Code 1.0.1 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 2.0 (predecessor) | Geek Code 2.0 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 2.1 (predecessor) | Geek Code 2.1 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 3.0 (predecessor) | Geek Code 3.0 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 3.1 (predecessor) | Geek Code 3.1 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 3.12 (predecessor) | Geek Code 3.12 | predecessor | ||||
Geek Code 4.0 | ||||||
Geek Code 4.2 | ||||||
Geek Code 4.5 | ||||||
Geek Code 4.55 | ||||||
Geek Code 5.0 | ||||||
Geek Code 6.0 | ||||||