Re:BetrFS: an in-kernel file system that uses Bε trees to or...
by SkyMarshal on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @01:38PM
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The grandparent comment is an example of the kind of “middlebrow dismissal” [1] that isn’t really welcome here.
It sets the tone with dismissive snark (“find and dandy”), then implicitly asserts that the project is not interesting because it’s not production-ready.
Of course it’s obvious to everyone here that version 0.2 beta software is not production-ready, so obvious that comments to that effect are at best superfluous, at worst annoying.
But its production-readiness is clearly not the focus of the discussion, rather its novelty and potential is. That’s what makes it interesting and worth discussing here.
It sets the tone with dismissive snark (“find and dandy”), then implicitly asserts that the project is not interesting because it’s not production-ready.
Of course it’s obvious to everyone here that version 0.2 beta software is not production-ready, so obvious that comments to that effect are at best superfluous, at worst annoying.
But its production-readiness is clearly not the focus of the discussion, rather its novelty and potential is. That’s what makes it interesting and worth discussing here.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4693920