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Originally Posted by jammies
If he could articulate specifics about what is wrong with the Twitter code he'd be much more convincing when saying it needs to be rewritten. Anyone can throw around buzzwords like "agile" or "efficient" or "extensible", that's visionary bafflegab used by marketers and salesmen, not serious technical folk.
I very much doubt he even knows what the stack currently is, he just knows he didn't have his meddling fingers in creating it, so it's lacking in the distinctive musk of Musk he loves so well.
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It’s fascinating insight into what it actually takes to get to Musk’s level (and what it doesn’t). One of the most interesting parts around Musk is how his fanboys and casual viewers alike are determined to treat him with kid gloves. From stuff about him being an unquestionable genius because he is a billionaire to stuff suggesting the actual problem with asking him questions he handles like a grenade is “people are being rude.”
He paid his way into multiple major companies he now pretends to deeply understand the technical aspects of. He’s a billionaire. The questions should be hard and the expectations high. But he’s formed this weird atmosphere around him where people believe hard questions and high expectations are some kind of “attack.”
I think part of the reason developers laugh at him isn’t to be cruel, it’s all you can do when you realize whatever knowledge and talent you haven’t doesn’t actually matter as Musk is living proof you don’t need it.