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Pieter Hintjens is a huge inspiration to me, even though I've never met him in person. I have yet to find a statement of his that I don't agree with. He writes
by veli_joza 10y ago
Pieter Hintjens is a huge inspiration to me, even though I've never met him in person. I have yet to find a statement of his that I don't agree with. He writes technical documentation in a no-bullshit way that is very easy to read and understand. You really feel smarter after going through his writings.
His life-long accomplishments in building open source community and ZeroMQ legacy is impressive.
It was really painful to read his blogs for last few months, especially the Fighting Cancer piece (http://hintjens.com/blog:123 http://hintjens.com/blog:123). I'm sad to see him gone.
- amirouche 10y agoI used to not understand this tip from http://cultureandempire.com http://cultureandempire.com: There is. «TIP: When there is something that people are asking for, and you don't know how to do it yourself, announce publicly that it is impossible." Or, propose a solution that is so awkward hopeless that it annoys real experts into stepping up.»
- akeruu 10y agoFor those, like me, who also have trouble understanding this, I found Hintjens answered this very question [0] by mentioning a post on his blog [1]. [0] https://github.com/cultureandempire/cultureandempire.github.io/issues/11 https://github.com/cultureandempire/cultureandempire.github.... [1] http://hintjens.com/blog:73#toc4 http://hintjens.com/blog:73#toc4
- icebraining 10y agoSounds like Cunningham's Law: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law