Re:I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
by golergka on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:01PM
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> Is "don't be an asshole when it's actually not helping the other person like you told yourself if you look closely" actually controversial enough on that site to be considered a troll?
In Russia, yes. Like the OP comment author, I'm familiar with both IT cultures, and there's a dramatic differences in the amount of politeness.
I have actually seen people get into a physical fight because of work-related dispute, more than once.
Re:I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
by foobarian on Thursday September 16, 2021 @09:19AM
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That's interesting; the article did seem like something more common in Russian and other East European cultures. Maybe it's a side effect of intellectualism being more highly valued (a good thing) but then leads to these superiority contests where "good enough" is derided if it is not done in some intellectually interesting way. Which can be a disadvantage in software engineering.
Re:I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
by eu on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:21AM
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> I have actually seen people get into a physical fight because of work-related dispute, more than once.
Do tell, please
Re:I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
by spdionis on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:47AM
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Probably some tabs vs spaces issue.
Is "don't be an asshole when it's actually not helping the other person like you told yourself if you look closely" actually controversial enough on that site to be considered a troll?
Honestly, the article comes across to me as someone publicly acknowledging their shortcomings in an attempt to combat them. If that's trolling Russian developers that frequent that site... maybe they deserve to be trolled in that way?