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The senior engineer death spiral

285 points · 150 comments · nsavage

  1. ungreased0675 · · focus · HN ↗
    I didn’t understand this because of the stream-of-consciousness delivery.
    1. nchmy · · focus · HN ↗
      I concluded long ago that anyone who writes without capitalizing the first letter of their sentences is not worth paying attention to, due to some combination of hubris, delusion, etc...

      Combined with the inner monologue stream of consciousness style, and it is certain that this article is devoid of insight

      1. rpdillon · · focus · HN ↗
        I kind of feel this way except I have a guy on my team that I actually really respect, that for some reason can't capitalize things. It's just one of those quirks I'm willing to work around because he's otherwise awesome.
        1. nchmy · · focus · HN ↗
          What is he writing that doesn't get capitalized? Code comments or entire multi-hundred or thousand line issues, specs, etc? The context matters.

          Moreover, the lack of capitals in this article is accentuated by the stream of consciousness writing style. It requires a very significant amount of effort to parse, so simply isn't worth it.

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