Post #2416802
2026-05-11 21:06 UTC
Replies (7)
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@robpike@hachyderm.io 2026-05-11 21:07
I spent my time trying to make it better. Not just write code, but find better or at least different ways to do so. Simpler, cleaner, more general, more comprehensible. What's happening today is a complete repudiation of everything I was trying to achieve.
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@petrillic@hachyderm.io 2026-05-11 21:07
@robpike@hachyderm.io while I deeply agree, “lose” feels far too passive for this. This is an industry actively trying to sell it to anyone and everyone.
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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 16:31
@h0nkhawnk@mastodon.social @rl_dane@polymaths.social @randomgeek@masto.hackers.town @dabeaz@mastodon.social @robpike@hachyderm.io Heh. Joined last night just to spew anonymously. Buh-byyyyyye!
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@davecb@hachyderm.io 2026-05-12 21:33
@h0nkhawnk@mastodon.social @robpike@hachyderm.io I'm sorry, could you try to describe this again? I'm a philosopher and logician, but still worry that I'm not getting your theses.
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@mike@sauropods.win 2026-05-11 21:07
@robpike@hachyderm.io I'm so sorry. I feel very similar. Just know that your own work, especially on Go, is one of the bulwarks defending us against the encroaching tide.
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@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io 2026-05-11 21:13
@robpike@hachyderm.io This is the feeling I had in the 90s dropping out of journalism school because everything had been so debased by 24 hour news channels managing to devote 20 of those hours to OJ Simpson's trial for months on end, and nearly every other news source including NPR joining the frenzy. So then I went to become a full time computer geek and, well, you know.
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@buckfiftyseven@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 21:22
@robpike@hachyderm.io I love you, and all your work, Rob. I hope this is just a transition to new tools, and that methods will catch up. A rough patch. But best practices have not been universally found and adopted (obviously). Risks abound.