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It's a different story when you have 3 or 4 code librarians responsible for a repository that's used by a dozen teams (ENVY/Developer). > … relationship to the

by igouy 8y ago

It's a different story when you have 3 or 4 code librarians responsible for a repository that's used by a dozen teams (ENVY/Developer). > … relationship to the rest … insular Smalltalk community… Perhaps not the image per se, so much as the ability to change anything and everything. Every developer could play god; and they did.

stcredzero 8y ago
Every developer could play god; and they did. Turns out that not every god is as wise and as benevolent as every other god.
- igouy 8y ago
  That's exactly the point! There were awesome people who did awesome stuff; and there were others — unprepared to be ordinary.