[stoned]

Instead of being constructive and contributing positively to humanity, ddevault takes his talents and attempts to play scorched earth at every turn in the road.

There are constructive solutions to this problem. The solutions do not entail breaking literally millions of builds and suggesting that a developer should torch their reputation for, what, $710 (LOL, give me a break, Drew).

What we have here is performative attention-seeking, known clinically as "maladaptive coping." It's a shame to see this stuff day after day voted up to the HN homepage.

[randomhodler84]

If a million builds can break for $700, maybe those builds deserve to break. Then the million developers might actually write resilient software. Where do I send my $700??

[cjbconnor]

It's satire.

https://drewdevault.com/2021/11/16/Cash-for-leftpad.html#con...

[stoned]

How is this "satire"? What is this satirizing?

[pseudalopex]

You could call it a modest proposal.[1]

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modest_proposal

[stoned]

You could, that’s interesting, had never heard of that. Thanks.

[dym_sh]

back in my day we called them shitposts

[stoned]

Shitposts belong on Reddit.

[dym_sh]

whats the difference lol

[lp0_on_fire]

Because he openly, in black and white, says it is satire?

[stoned]

How does this fall under the definition of satire?

“the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.”

Where’s the humor? Where’s the irony?

What is he “satirizing”?

He’s trolling and calling it “satire.”

[dym_sh]

its just a prank bro

[stoned]

I'm not your bro.