I don’t know him and never met him so my opinion is colored purely by the content of his I have seen, and I get the same impression. For someone being poised as Sagan’s successor, I’m not convinced he’s got the right approach.

They look like normal humans.

Linux’s power is coincidentally its weakness. I don’t think the broader community wants that simplicity imposed.

Oh fuck I hate encountering this level of commenting. If it’s complicated, you should have a design doc. Source code is not where you write your dissertation. Simple explanations are good, especially since the code could be updated while the comment is likely to remain unchanged. Long expositions are usually the result of bad coding or improperly allocated design.

This hits close to home.

It’s less about putting up as much as fulfilling requirements. I know several software houses will tailor and vary their testing directly as result of classification. The higher the rigor, the higher the cost. There are customers that spare no expense in certifications like government.