[quotemstr]

> I find OP's communication style abrasive and off-putting

Your comment is hilarious on a meta-level: it's an example of exactly the sort of socially-mediated gatekeeping the author of the article (machine or human, I don't care) criticizes. It is, in fact, essential to match authority and responsibility to achieve excellence in any endeavor, and it's a truth universally acknowledged that vague consensus requirements are tools socially adept cowards use to undermine excellence.

Competent dictatorship is effective. Look at how much progress Python made under GVR. People who rail against hierarchy and authority, even when deployed correctly, are exactly the sort of people who should be nowhere near anything that requires progress.

Imagine running a military campaign by seeking consensus among the soldiers.

[mapontosevenths]

Consensus works in a Democracy because the best thing the government can do to help people is usually nothing.

[sgarland]

> Look at how much progress Python made under GVR.

Or, you know, Linus Fucking Torvalds. If you were carrying the success or failure of most of the world's digital infrastructure on your shoulders, you also might be grating to some.

[whattheheckheck]

Ah so not at the whims of lone men egos?