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The github issue is a gem.

The reporter is basically being fobbed off by being flooded by random buzzwords and data points, none of them specific, but he keeps trying to drill down to specifics by asking questions.

The tone gets quite condescending towards him.

He gets out of all this with flying colours. He should consider adding that Github issue to his resume.




He is already well-known enough in his field past the point of writing a resume, and I don't think he really would want to enter the corporate IT world that he intensely despises (even with lots of cash). Plus he's already busy on his own working on various projects: the video game 1935 (which we don't really know that much of), Star Code Galaxy (a CS course focusing on fundamentals), and Handmade Hero (A live recording / tutorial of making a game from scratch). He's already really


Damn, my brain died while writing that one.


Yeah, typical Microsoft developers (https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362). That issue was pretty mild, they felt threatened and used CoC principles ("combative") to shut down the threat.

This is how they also ruin "open" source projects like Python now.


That's a pretty terrible interpretation of events here. Along side the "combative" phrasing was a bit of self reflection

> Setting the technical merits of your suggestion aside though: peppering your comments with clauses like “it’s that simple” or “extremely simple” and, somewhat unexpectedly “am I missing something?” can be read as impugning the reader. Some folks may be a little put off by your style here. I certainly am, but I am still trying to process exactly why that is.

That post is literally not trying to shut down the conversation, it's simply reflecting on the tone of the commentator. elsewhere in the comment he even prompts for more discussion on the topic. At no point is the CoC invoked.




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