Apparently the birdsite is having some issues this morning because of its API changes that took down its own analytics and have now broken all images and outbound links.
Meanwhile, images and outbound links continue to work just fine (and without tracking analytics) here in the fediverse.
Lol. So, his go to excuse: blame the old regime for his own fuckups.
@mmasnick
Oh, how many times I have heard people say that rather than working with the code they have inherited, they need to rewrite it all.
@jeffjarvis @mmasnick Yup. It all comes down to one simple truth: writing computer code is 10x easier than reading computer code.
And people like Musk simply aren't willing to put in the work. Which makes his decision to not pay people who already put in the work twice as insane.
@Green_Footballs All of what exactly? Obliterating his net worth? What, did he decide he was too rich and the best way to fix that was to piss it away by ruining something millions of people enjoyed?
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis @mmasnick he’s not interested in code. He’s interested in fascism.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis @mmasnick Regarding "writing computer code is 10x easier than reading computer code", that might not hold true if you change that to "writing GOOD (including comments/documentation) computer code"
@BillCamp I mean, that might bring the ratio down a notch, but I'd argue it's still much harder to read good code than it is to write it.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis @mmasnick What if he’s not insane, and all of this is completely intentional?