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> This is why every project maintainer dreams of being Linus... Most people who try do it poorly though. You have to be super smart to reject unneeded stuff wh
by joelthelion 10y ago
> This is why every project maintainer dreams of being Linus...
Most people who try do it poorly though. You have to be super smart to reject unneeded stuff while still allowing useful features to go through.
- okwhatthe2 10y agoNo you don't, you just have to fight for it.
- simonh 10y agoFighting hard isn't en end in itself. We'd have idiots fighting to the bitter end for cruft they happen to be personally invested in. It's really about taking responsibility for all the consequences of your decisions seriously.
- okwhatthe2 10y agoIdiots fighting to the bitter end is a large part of what molds society today, unless I have severely missed something. Please educate me if I have. I'm not sure "it's" really about taking responsibility for all the consequences of your decisions seriously, as much as it is creating the space and mechanisms for your ideas to come to fruition. We cannot "see" the consequences of our actions, but we can create systems that stabilize the world. Perhaps this is what you're talking about?