[0xfeeddeadbeef]

I would like to extend this point: "I'd rather have Linus Torvalds telling me I'm an idiot and my code is shit, than ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot".

[elcomet]

But this is a false dichotomy.

They could just refuse your code without calling you an idiot.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

Of course there exist examples of Linus calling or even implying that individual people / organisations are "idiots" and they are wrong (and he has acknowledged this). But in the vast majority of cases the criticism is aimed at the code itself and I genuinely don't see the issue with this.

[elcomet]

Neither do I

[TeMPOraL]

> ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot

Or, "releasing kernel with my shitty code and ruining the day for a lot of people."