insane alpha in countersignaling

if the sky is falling, I desire to believe the sky is falling

it's kinda sad that English is the de facto lingua franca. but also, thank goodness.

insane alpha in saying "but is that true?"

that's high-modernist slop. you only like it because it's legible.

my heuristic for determing the level of a SWE.

intern: can't trust their code to compile.
junior: trust it compiles; can't trust it's well-written.
senior: trust it's well-written; can't trust it achieves business outcomes.
staff: trust it achieves business outcomes.