Reply to post: Re: What's all the hoopla about ?

'Pure technical contributions aren’t enough'.... Intel commits to code of conduct for open-source projects

Phil Lord

Re: What's all the hoopla about ?

"There is no such thing as 'poor code' in the post-meritocracy world."

The idea behind the "post-meritocracy" is that we should get passed the point where we can use spurious or ill-defined notions of "merit" to justify what ever kind of injustice or nastiness we want.

The way that "meritocracy" is used is pretty close to the "divine right of kings". Good code, bad code, of course, still exists. I write both, and sometimes unable to distinguish between the two. That makes me pretty normal I guess.

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