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No, Steve Klabnik being an asshole makes it so hard for him to not accidentally be an asshole. Look at this quote: > nothing's _wrong_ with it, but I don't wa
by dos1 14y ago
No, Steve Klabnik being an asshole makes it so hard for him to not accidentally be an asshole.
Look at this quote:
> nothing's _wrong_ with it, but I don't want to build my app on top of others' code who are at this level of understanding
What a prick!
- calinet6 14y agoYeah... criticizing code is one thing (perfectly acceptable IMHO), but turning it personal made him into an asshole. Note that of course there's an element of "uncomfortable truth" to this—evaluating programmers' ability is probably a good thing, and he's right to a degree. We all know amazing and experienced programmers who write libraries that are like diamonds in the rough compared to other coders' work, but 1) you have to be tactful; you don't put people down for their code no matter what, because 2) you have to help them get there, and negativity is not how you do that.
- spooneybarger 14y agothat quote is from where?
- dos1 14y agohttps://twitter.com/harthvader/status/293829635823792128 https://twitter.com/harthvader/status/293829635823792128