Re:Are pull requests bad because they originate from open-so...
by SkyBelow on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:14AM
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>trust but verify
If you have to verify, is there really trust?
We need to get to the point that a lack of trust isn't some inherently bad thing. I don't trust myself to never make mistakes. A PR is a way to get others to add a layer of verification to help catch bugs. I don't even trust the PR to catch all bugs, but it is a cost effective for the amount of bugs it does catch. Why is this lack of trust a bad thing? Humans are imperfect, we should build systems that require verification because we cannot trust ourselves to never make a mistake.
If you have to verify, is there really trust?
We need to get to the point that a lack of trust isn't some inherently bad thing. I don't trust myself to never make mistakes. A PR is a way to get others to add a layer of verification to help catch bugs. I don't even trust the PR to catch all bugs, but it is a cost effective for the amount of bugs it does catch. Why is this lack of trust a bad thing? Humans are imperfect, we should build systems that require verification because we cannot trust ourselves to never make a mistake.