Most people aren’t trying to build bad software. They’re trying to build as best they can within fixed constraints. One constraint is when industry voices attack and belittle them rather than reaching out to help. Who could read this and ever feel safe asking him for help?https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/1251668620335214592 …
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Replying to @sangster
There have been multiple teams in my DMs over the past day that I've been helping
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Replying to @slightlylate
That’s really heartening to hear! I’d love to see you writing about or tweeting about those stories, rather than shaming people. There’s enough awfulness going around right now. Why not choose to champion the good things and set an example people can aspire to?
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Replying to @sangster
There's an asymmetry here: I don't post most of what I see to spare folks embarrassment; it's rare that folks want the before/after comparison public. I make exceptions for public sector work as we're all paying for that...but you should know that brokenness is now pervasive.
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Replying to @slightlylate
I guess what I’m saying in this case is that Etsy (for example) has perf problems, but we know it and we’re working hard on it. If this kind of tweet came out about our site, I’d be embarrassed, angry, and hurt. I wouldn’t be _more_ motivated.
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Replying to @sangster @slightlylate
I think it's really important for developers to stop thing their self-esteem and worth to the things they build. Alex isn't talking about who's a "good developer". He's saying people can get to potentially life-saving information and people don't seem to care about that.
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Replying to @polotek @slightlylate
I’m not disagreeing with him on his point — that the site is slow and that user experience needs to be better. I’m upset about his methodology. I would love to see a leader trying to inspire rather than put down.
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Replying to @sangster @slightlylate
Yeah I know what you're getting at. I'm not misunderstanding you. What I'm saying is I'd love to see people address the actual issue before worrying about the tone of one person on the internet.
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Are you ready to spend your energy being that inspiration Ben? Or is your contribution just to tell people that you don't like it when they go on their own personal space and show perfectly understandable frustration about the issue they have made essentially their life's work?
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We spend a lot of time coddling developers. I personally think more people need to get yelled at. Especially when we're talking about delivering timely information during a global pandemic.
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A literal billionaire excluded poor users with bad tech...IDK where the invisible line is, but this isn't it.
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Replying to @slightlylate @sangster
Not to mention that "inspiration" has never resulted in devs giving a shit about slow devices. None of these arguments have anything to do with better outcomes. It's all about folks hurt feelings.
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Replying to @polotek @slightlylate
Etsy hires people out of boot camps pretty frequently. A lot of these folks learned React there bc that’s what’s taught. As a senior dev, I can’t send these people to follow him when they ask for who knows a lot about perf, bc I don’t want to send them to another angry white guy
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