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I hate the implication that busywork is somehow less valuable than other kinds of work. Much of software development isn't intellectually rigorous. Many deficie
by freerobby 13y ago
I hate the implication that busywork is somehow less valuable than other kinds of work. Much of software development isn't intellectually rigorous. Many deficiencies in OSS could be resolved by people willing to do the same kind of gruntwork that you linked to here. I see this and think major props to @sferik for working hard to maintain public code, even when it's not glamorous.
- jamii 13y agoI agree, actually. My comment was a pedantic correction and added nothing useful to the conversation. Props to sferik for the hard work.
- baddox 13y agoI'm not familiar with this developer or that project, but what I inferred is that perhaps he deliberately spread out these relatively minor commits in order to keep his streak going. Of course, I have no idea if that's true. Busy work can be valuable, but purposefully spreading out minor commits makes the streak statistic less impressive (especially considering how easy it would be to automate).