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This is absolutely ridiculous, but probably sounds plausible to anyone who isn't a software developer. """ Earlier Thursday in Twitter’s San Francisco headquar

by clpm4j 4y ago

This is absolutely ridiculous, but probably sounds plausible to anyone who isn't a software developer. """ Earlier Thursday in Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters, product leaders showed Tesla engineers the company’s code, so they could assess and explain to Musk what the company needs, according to one of the people. """

toomuchtodo 4y ago
I’m surprised not surprised Musk didn’t request access to code for due diligence review prior to closing.
- deminature 4y ago
  The contract Musk signed relinquished any right to diligence. >It added another degree of uncertainty to whether Mr. Musk would complete the deal, even though he had waived his rights to do due diligence on Twitter when he bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/technology/elon-musk-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/technology/elon-musk-twit...
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Elon don’t care. I don’t say that in a good way. As Matt Levine said, “Musk did not become the world’s richest person by always honoring the letter and spirit of his commitments.”
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akomtu 4y ago
30 years ago he would subpoena Twitter and have lawyers review the mountain of printed code books.
skissane 4y ago
It probably wasn't a "code review", it was probably a technical architecture review - docs, diagrams, slides, conversations. And then maybe the journalist (or some non-technical source they are using, such as some PR person or executive) doesn't understand the difference between a "code review" and "architecture review". Or maybe the journalist actually does understand, but they called it a "code review" (or maybe even the editor changed it on them) because they think that's easier for an uneducated general audience to understand.
labrador 4y ago
I translate this as "Musk sent his crack team of engineers to Twitter to assess the engineering culture at Twitter. He needs to find out which engineering department is weak and needs attention"
oxplot 4y ago
> This is absolutely ridiculous. Asking people whose work you trust to evaluate something you can't evaluate yourself is ridiculous now? EDIT: however, it does leave a bit of a bad taste in Twitter employees mouths, in that it basically indicates that Musk doesn't trust them. Hmm, that's not optimal.
- hexage1814 4y ago
  Exactly! The thing is about trust. And I would even add that in this case here, due to ideological differences between both Elon and Twitter employees, there is more space for distrust to happen and it justifies even more Musk calling people he knows and who have a general idea of what is going on the code and notice some weird red flag.
- coffeeblack 4y ago
  I disagree. If I was a trustworthy employee at Twitter, I would be glad to finally have all those ideologists be found and removed.
  - solarkraft 4y ago
    That's going to be hard work Musk owning the company now.
  - weeblewobble 4y ago
    Which ideologists are those?
    - raspberry1337 4y ago
      The ones who have been striking down conservatives, christians and every one else that does not agree with California-level progressive values.
- treeman79 4y ago
  He’s going to fire most of them. Many will quit fast as they can. Being “nice” is not a goal.
coffeeblack 4y ago
On the contrary, this is the most sensible and efficient approach to solve one of the main problems Twitter has.
water8 4y ago
If your logic made any sense, then how would anybody ever change jobs? It’s really funny when people just become so stupid to try to make a political point. You also act like Twitter some really complex architecture it’s a freaking message board.

by clpm4j 4y ago

toomuchtodo 4y ago

I’m surprised not surprised Musk didn’t request access to code for due diligence review prior to closing.

deminature 4y ago
The contract Musk signed relinquished any right to diligence. >It added another degree of uncertainty to whether Mr. Musk would complete the deal, even though he had waived his rights to do due diligence on Twitter when he bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/technology/elon-musk-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/technology/elon-musk-twit...
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Elon don’t care. I don’t say that in a good way. As Matt Levine said, “Musk did not become the world’s richest person by always honoring the letter and spirit of his commitments.”
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akomtu 4y ago

30 years ago he would subpoena Twitter and have lawyers review the mountain of printed code books.

skissane 4y ago

It probably wasn't a "code review", it was probably a technical architecture review - docs, diagrams, slides, conversations. And then maybe the journalist (or some non-technical source they are using, such as some PR person or executive) doesn't understand the difference between a "code review" and "architecture review". Or maybe the journalist actually does understand, but they called it a "code review" (or maybe even the editor changed it on them) because they think that's easier for an uneducated general audience to understand.

labrador 4y ago

I translate this as "Musk sent his crack team of engineers to Twitter to assess the engineering culture at Twitter. He needs to find out which engineering department is weak and needs attention"

oxplot 4y ago

> This is absolutely ridiculous. Asking people whose work you trust to evaluate something you can't evaluate yourself is ridiculous now? EDIT: however, it does leave a bit of a bad taste in Twitter employees mouths, in that it basically indicates that Musk doesn't trust them. Hmm, that's not optimal.

hexage1814 4y ago
Exactly! The thing is about trust. And I would even add that in this case here, due to ideological differences between both Elon and Twitter employees, there is more space for distrust to happen and it justifies even more Musk calling people he knows and who have a general idea of what is going on the code and notice some weird red flag.
coffeeblack 4y ago
I disagree. If I was a trustworthy employee at Twitter, I would be glad to finally have all those ideologists be found and removed.
- solarkraft 4y ago
  That's going to be hard work Musk owning the company now.
- weeblewobble 4y ago
  Which ideologists are those?
  - raspberry1337 4y ago
    The ones who have been striking down conservatives, christians and every one else that does not agree with California-level progressive values.
treeman79 4y ago
He’s going to fire most of them. Many will quit fast as they can. Being “nice” is not a goal.

coffeeblack 4y ago

On the contrary, this is the most sensible and efficient approach to solve one of the main problems Twitter has.

water8 4y ago

If your logic made any sense, then how would anybody ever change jobs? It’s really funny when people just become so stupid to try to make a political point. You also act like Twitter some really complex architecture it’s a freaking message board.