[causalmodels]

It is fine to have criticisms of this, I have many, but saying that Yegge hasn't built real software is just not true.

[anonymous908213]

Yegge obviously built real software in the past. He has not built real software wherein he never looked at the code, as he is now promoting.

[causalmodels]

Ok but this entire idea is very new. Its not an honest criticism to say no one has tried the new idea when they are actively doing it.

Honestly I don't get the hostility. Yegge is running an experiment. I don't think it will work, but it will be interesting and informative to watch.

[swiftcoder]

> saying that Yegge hasn't built real software is just not true

I mean... I feel like it's somewhat telling that his wikipedia page spends half its words on his abrasive communication style, and the only thing approximating a product mentioned is a (lost) Rails-on-Javascript port, and 25 years spent developing a MUD on the side.

Certainly one doesn't get to stay a staff-level engineer at Google without writing code - but in terms of real, shipping software, Yegge's resume is a bit light for his tenure in BigTech