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How come people take Zed's rants so seriously? Honest question, I'm oblivious to how he got so much credibility in the first place.
by agscala 14y ago
How come people take Zed's rants so seriously? Honest question, I'm oblivious to how he got so much credibility in the first place.
- arctangent 14y agoHe's shipped a lot of useful code, including the Mongrel web server.
- gfodor 14y agoAmong other things, he wrote mongrel, the only non-terrible rails server for many years.
- superxor 14y agoThis post specifically is arguable. But Zed's an excellent programmer and teacher. I even heard a first person account that he is a very pleasant guy.
- zedshaw 14y agoBecause I can write. Whether people love or hate what I say, I'm at least entertaining and informative at the same time. Even if my essays are full of hilarious bile I still make sure that there's a kernel of awesome information that's very true, or an informed opinion I can defend. As for my credibility in technical matters, well I do make stuff people use, but more importantly I make stuff that helps other people be awesome. That's my niche.