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@andrewrk Love the whole vibe and migration off github, but calling people monkeys and losers is disappointing
@danvolchek I care about how what I say makes people feel, so, even though I personally believe taking shots at Microsoft employees is fair game, and that they can take it, I do regret causing people to feel upset and/or disappointed with that word choice.
However, since it's not serious enough to warrant some kind of apology/retraction, and it's more honest to let people read the article as it was intended, I'll just live with the discomfort of knowing people don't like it.
I was looking hard at Zig for future projects but when the project lead callously refers to me and my fellow hubbers as “losers” and “monkeys” I can easily skip his project.
If he shows that lack of compassion towards anonymous people, I can’t imagine how he would treat people whose PRs he doesn’t like.
And saying “I believe taking shots at MSFT employees is fair game” out of one side of his mouth while also saying that he “regrets causing people to feel upset” is duplicitous at best.
Andrew absolutely should apologize to the other human beings he denigrated - otherwise I would strongly encourage anyone thinking of using or contributing to Zig to examine the type of culture he is promoting.
From @andrewrk
https://mastodon.social/users/andrewrk/statuses/115620138939386546
@veverkap I do feel bad for hurting your feelings but I also strongly believe that you should not be proud of working for Microsoft, and particularly on GitHub for the last 5 years. I truly am sorry but you need to be called out.
Are you really willing to take responsibility for safe_sleep.sh?
Do you really have no other options in your career besides MS?
yikes what a privileged take you have. You know absolutely nothing about me and judge me based on my employer?
Do you really have no other options in your blog post than to shit on other human beings that you have never met?
Your absolute lack of empathy is appalling and makes me and many others not interested in your community.
Also stop gaslighting by saying you’re “sorry” and then doubling down. Own your rude and insensitive take.
@andrewrk since GH is so evil I’m sure you refused the $150k you made in GH Sponsors last year.
What is your beef with GH? I’m assuming it’s AI since that’s been the major change in the last few years. Then again part of your salary comes from AI companies so maybe not.
@andrewrk finally safe_sleep isn’t something I wrote so I won’t take responsibility for it. It’s also not something written by an employee - it was contributed by an external developer. Unlike your sponsor Blacksmith, GH open sourced their runner (the public repo you linked to)
A subset of Microsoft employees and other folks in the industry have been asking MSFT to cancel their contracts with ICE since uh.. like 2018 at least. They asked the same of the contracts with Israel which were for services directly utilized in furthering the Gaza genocide. There's no question that MSFT is an evil company.
@yungterraism I’m well aware as I am one of those employees.
I’m stating that those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
@HugeGameArtGD @andrewrk it’s listed on the Zig website, buddy.
@veverkap ZML is a corporate sponsor and AI framework written in Zig, not sure how it is related to GitHub Copilot
@veverkap
Well said. Hope you're having a great 
day otherwise.
@andrewrk @veverkap Bro, you're a fucking DICK! I know TONS of great people at Microsoft even though I hate Microsoft. You're systematically trying to blame their employees for things they probably didn't do. People are not their jobs. Way to wave your hands around and scream "I'm a douche" Now put on your douche hat and stand in the corner.
"People are not their jobs" is such a tiring thing to hear from the most highly paid workers in the world
@LockeDann @praetor This didn't work in Neurenberg.
@trcwm @LockeDann Not in the mood this morning for people's moral high-horses or calling other fellow tech workers "monkeys" or comparing them to nazis, so drift og Dra *shoo*
@praetor @LockeDann There are moral high-horses and there are facts.
@trcwm @LockeDann then you must be a jockey.
@LockeDann @praetor the narrative of individual responsibility is at least as tiring though. The linked post is peak deflection. It doesn't call for regulation or some other kind of collective action. It doesn't even call for shaming executives for giving sociopathic orders. It calls for the biggest sacrifices to be made from those with the least amount of leverage. Anything but structural change. Classy.
@siguza @LockeDann Exactly! It's not the frontline devs fault for what these companies do. And in this current market, it's also inescapable. Every company currently, unless they are small guys, are doing the EXACT same shit!. So that says it's not the developer. It's not the grunt at Microsoft. It's a systemic leadership problem with value put above ethics. Microsoft is doing it, Meta is doing it, Google is doing it, even Apple is doing it. Because they can, and the market encourages it.