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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by LPisGood on Saturday August 30, 2025 @02:07AM (#45072275)
What kind of thing is bad enough that it warrants multiple discussions without the junior engineer getting the hint that it’s a bad idea?
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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by knorker on Saturday August 30, 2025 @03:49AM (#45072742)
A junior engineer can make an API that can basically live forever as tech debt.

(Especially if it's an "API" persisted to disk)

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by lokar on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:37PM (#45076494)
I can’t say much without it being clear who it was, but a critical low level thing.

And the Sr was generally a very nice person who did not give much weight to levels, willing to engage with anyone.

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