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primeagen's view He's a content creator on youtube, a celebrity, not a serious programmer.
by b40d-48b2-979e 5mo ago
primeagen's view
He's a content creator on youtube, a celebrity, not a serious programmer.
- love2read 5mo agoWho cares what you think of someone else’s qualifications? It’s just someone quoting someone to help ground their position. What if it was a journalist writing about a security vulnerability then a programmer quoting them, would that count then?
- jmull 5mo agoIf it doesn't matter, why did the previous poster mention them? It's pretty clearly a type of argument called an "appeal to authority", where an authority is cited to add credibility to a position. It's usually considered a pretty weak form of argument, but it can be effective. So the credibility of the cited authority is relevant.
- GuB-42 5mo agoHe was a software engineer at Netflix before turning to content creation. It is also clear watching his videos that he knows his thing. As an experienced programmer myself, I find his commentary to be way too relatable to be just bluff. He may not be Don Knuth, Linus Torvalds, John Carmack or Fabrice Bellard. But he is definitely a serious programmer. That he livestreams doesn't make him less of a programmer.
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- b40d-48b2-979e 5mo agoIt is clear watching his content that he just chases whatever the talk of the day is and chiming in on things he has no knowledge of.