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Hacker Fables - A satirical cyberpunk novella you can read as a man page
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Great question! Yes, Backbone appears twice.
First, it's artistic license. I think the Backbone.js school is the "backbone" of our current front-end era, for better or worse. So, it fits that the backbone of the hyper-cubical cross is represented by Backbone.js (duplicated twice). Spoiler alert: The cover art's meaning becomes clear around the halfway point on the book, if you're curious.
Second: Yeah, that was a "happy accident" by genAI. To be fair the first $50 that gets donated for this book on my Kofi link go directly to commission a real artist for a cover remake.