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		ferguess_k 87 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse 'David Cutler' types are definitely not popular, in his prime time or in nowadays. My only regret is that I have never worked under such a person.

themafia 87 days ago [–]

People assumed they could "modernize" software engineering, but, at the end of the day, it's still mostly engineering and very slightly about software. People optimized for the wrong thing.

ferguess_k 86 days ago | [–]

Yeah, system programming is especially similar to real engineering I guess, which requires a certain characteristics.

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