I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I've never heard of it, so I'm your single data point that contradicts "why is everyone so excited about it".
I can't think of any service that's been released in the last decade and is invitation-only or waitlist that's worth my time. That trick is just there to create artificial scarcity to make people want something they can't have, and to generate a buzz. It's usually covering up a mediocre product, and I view it in the same way as films with review embargoes until the day after their release.
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I've never heard of it, so I'm your single data point that contradicts "why is everyone so excited about it".
I can't think of any service that's been released in the last decade and is invitation-only or waitlist that's worth my time. That trick is just there to create artificial scarcity to make people want something they can't have, and to generate a buzz. It's usually covering up a mediocre product, and I view it in the same way as films with review embargoes until the day after their release.