open source 4
- A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code.
- When the leadership of a technology someone depends on makes a decision they dislike, forking is rarely a realistic option.
Andrew Kelley
Creator of the Zig programming language; president and lead developer of the Zig Software Foundation.
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agency 2
- Jumping into problems you're not yet equipped to solve, even if it leads to mediocre engineering, is a healthy way for young people and students to learn and grow.
- A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code.
design 2
- Computers and software should always serve the person directly using them, not the interests of third parties.
- Reusable code should take an allocator parameter only if it allocates, and an I/O parameter only if it performs I/O.
software quality 2
- Bugs are eliminated mainly by dedicating engineering resources to finding and fixing them, not by choosing a particular language or style guide.
- Software quality has historically been maintained by engineers' own will combined with their strong negotiating position in the job market, rather than by other forces.