I strongly dislike the spin of the headline – „Linus told a Google engineer that…” as opposed to „Linus told a developer that…”.
What is the headline implying? That Google engineers are gods? That Google engineers don’t make mistakes?
Also, reading through the code, Linus does have a point. I’m with Linus on this one.
pyman · 2h ago
It's the first sentence of the tweet. The engineer Linus emailed is also the Chair of the UNIX-Class Platform Specification. Anyway, the point is to discuss why Linus thinks his code is garbage, not the tweet's title.
ncruces · 3h ago
He's not wrong, though, certainly not in the example he gave.
pyman · 2h ago
Yeah, but what's really going on here? Palmer is the Chair of the UNIX Class Platform Specification and has apparently been working on a RISC-V spec since 2019.
tuatoru · 3h ago
Interesting that this is worthy of comment. The inference I draw from the use of the words "Google engineer" is that Google and/or the tweeter now have a culture of deferring to authority, the job title, not measuring merit.
Doesn't bode well for Google.
d00mB0t · 4h ago
He's right btw, it was garbage.
spacedcowboy · 4h ago
This is the kinder, more empathetic and approachable Linus, right ?
;)
WCSTombs · 4h ago
Yes, and I'm not being ironic. The earlier Linus would have called the coder garbage, where here he's only insulting the code. I cannot emphasize how big of an improvement that is.
pyman · 2h ago
Do you think the way he reviews PRs sets a bad example for engineers who've just graduated and look up to him? I mean, there are different ways to reject a PR, even if the code is garbage.
Or maybe he was upset because he expected a lot more from someone who works at Google and has been working on RISC-V since 2019?
I don't know Linus, so I'm not sure what to make of this.
What is the headline implying? That Google engineers are gods? That Google engineers don’t make mistakes?
Also, reading through the code, Linus does have a point. I’m with Linus on this one.
Doesn't bode well for Google.
;)
Or maybe he was upset because he expected a lot more from someone who works at Google and has been working on RISC-V since 2019?
I don't know Linus, so I'm not sure what to make of this.