Gregory's Server@gakisstylianos @billjings I have serious issues with his behaviour, but not with his choice of languages and libraries. Android allows for diversity of approaches, and (for me) is better for it. The same diversity that allows things like circuit, also allows his "unique" approach. I feel this diversity of approaches makes the platform different from Apple's stricter approach.
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@gakisstylianos @billjings though the general rule of thumb increasingly seems like single contributor/decision-maker codebases suffer from this. People who were ahead of curve, but with no one to constructively challenge them, get stuck in their success. I get this smell from a bunch of other places, like whenever I look up issues or PRs on ktlint. |
@gakisstylianos @billjings What's abhorrent is his behaviour - choice of language, dumping on SkyDove's post, and behaviour on Mastodon Android repo.
In contrast, I remember the lead dev on Signal's Android repo refusing to adopt Kotlin a few years ago. He was curt, made it clear that it wasn't up for discussion, but never rude to contributors.
It's possible to stand up for unpopular choices without being a jerk.