some-quality-shitposting.md (1509B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Some quality shitposting" 3 date = 2021-02-10 4 updated = 2022-06-15 5 +++ 6 7 I was doing my daily HN and Lobster trawling, when I stumbled on [a 8 post] by [boringcactus] which sounded somewhat familiar. About half way 9 through I realized it was a truly epic shitpost and genuinely burst out 10 laughing. 11 12 <!-- more --> 13 14 The story begins on February 2, 2021, on Drew Devault's blog, with a 15 post entitled [*I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit*]. It's a good 16 read – Drew's a smart guy (he makes [Sourcehut]). In it, he disparages 17 detractors of Wayland and says that much of the people who criticize it 18 haven't given it a close enough look and should think about what they're 19 saying before they go shitting on maintainers of an all-together pretty 20 dope project. 21 22 Seven days later he wrote [*Rust: "Move fast and break things" as a 23 moral imperative*][rust], in which he criticizes the Rust Foundation's 24 attitude toward stability and platform support. A fatal mistake. In one 25 fell swoop, and one `s/Wayland/Rust`, boringcactus ended this man's 26 career. Check it out: 27 28 [*I'm tired of this anti-Rust horseshit*][a post] 29 30 [a post]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210224202137/https://www.boringcactus.com/2021/02/09/anti-rust-horseshit.html 31 [boringcactus]: https://www.boringcactus.com/ 32 [*I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit*]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/02/02/Anti-Wayland-horseshit.html 33 [Sourcehut]: https://sourcehut.org/ 34 [rust]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/02/09/Rust-move-fast-and-break-things.html