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New comment by two_tasty in "Git commands I run before reading any code"

two_tasty — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:38:34 +0000

I partially disagree. Technical leadership at the micro/mid level should be able to set and enforce standards like "you must have semi-meaningful or meaningful commit messages." If and only if they set those standards, and the team does not follow them, then we can say that either the leadership is lacking, or there is a structural barrier/disincentive to following the rules. Within that framework, I do think using process-smells like this is valid for judging technical leadership.

To the point of other commenters however, I wouldn't lay something this micro at the foot of the CTO in all but the smallest of organizations.

New comment by two_tasty in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

two_tasty — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:54:54 +0000

"...free to scrape the web yourself and train your own model."

Yes, rich and poor are equally forbidden from sleeping under bridges.

New comment by two_tasty in "“Collaboration” is bullshit"

two_tasty — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:04:34 +0000

Not just you. For all the interesting ideas in this essay, it is quite negative about groups of people working together in general.

New comment by two_tasty in "Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated"

two_tasty — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:31:45 +0000

Very well said. So many engineers balk at "coming off as positive" as a form of lying or as a pointless social ritual, but it's the only thing that gets you a seat at the table. Engineers who say "no" or "that's stupid" are never seen as leaders by management, even if they're right. The approach you laid out here is how you have _real_ impact as an engineering leader, because you keep getting a seat at the table to steer what actually happens.

New comment by two_tasty in "How we hacked McKinsey's AI platform"

two_tasty — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:18:13 +0000

I previously worked at BCGX, their tech arm. It's not quite as bad as you point out here, but tech workers are very much second-class-citizens. There's a "jock" vs. "nerd" dynamic between BCG business consultants and BCGX tech folks, even at senior levels. I think it's changing, but it will take a long time and many technical folks being admitted to the partnership.

New comment by two_tasty in "Kimi Released Kimi K2.5, Open-Source Visual SOTA-Agentic Model"

two_tasty — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:17:05 +0000

I love how Tiananmen square is always brought up as some unique and tragic example of disinformation that could never occur in the west, as though western governments don't do the exact same thing with our worldview. Your veneer of cynicism scarcely hides the structure of naivety behind.

New comment by two_tasty in "ChatGPT Health is a marketplace, guess who is the product?"

two_tasty — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:12:40 +0000

I certainly understand this perspective.

But is it really so hard to imagine a world where your individual choice to "opt-out" or work for companies that don't use that info is a massive detriment to your individual life? It doesn't have to be every single company doing it for you to have no _practical_ choice about it (if you want to make market rate for your services.)

New comment by two_tasty in "My experience with Claude Code after two weeks of adventures"

two_tasty — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:41:55 +0000

Ah yes, can't wait to tell my auditor / regulator "I don't understand the code because Claude wrote it, but it's fine, because understand the code is for boomers." That will get a big laugh in a deposition.