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Re:Matt Mullenweg Overrules Core Committers; Puts Akismet on... by stackghost on Sunday April 19, 2026 @04:52PM (#47827531)
>You adjust your approach depending on the stakes. That shouldn't be a controversial take.

At no time have I suggested that one cannot adjust one's approach. That's a straw man you invented.

I'm refuting the point that business considerations should always trump engineering considerations because profit.

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Re:Matt Mullenweg Overrules Core Committers; Puts Akismet on... by kstrauser on Sunday April 19, 2026 @05:08PM (#47827663)
Sure, but in this case, the engineering consideration was whether a specific plugin should be added to the list of other suggested plugins. It was literally just a business decision of whether to configure it to be one of the featured options users might want to install.
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