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Linus Torvalds Shows His New Polite Side While Pointing Out Bad Kernel Code

• brokenmachine 8y ago
  There's still just a little room for improvement there...
• thrower123 8y ago
  There needs to be somebody that says no once in a while, and calls out poor quality work. This isn't 'Nam, there are rules here. It is distressingly common in software to see code pushed that literally could not have ever worked correctly if it had actually been run. And even more common to see code that clearly has only been run on the happy path. And that is just lazy, and should be unacceptable.
• Corrado 8y ago
  I actually work with someone like this and didn't even realize it until I read this article. This person will immediately berate anyone that has done anything slightly "wrong" and imply that they are stupid and shouldn't be wasting everyone's air. Seeing how Linus changed his phrasing and still kept the message really opened my eyes. Fortunately, this is my last week working with this person so I won't have to put up with it much longer. :)
  • brokenmachine 8y ago
    That's pretty terrible that you're dealing with stuff like Linus' first message there at work. I'm no bleeding-heart cream-puff, but that's really an unacceptable tone to adopt for a work environment. I would not accept that tone from a colleague. I wouldn't call his second message fantastic either TBH.