> loading a cross repo issue is a much slower experience
Why not solve the real problem instead of putting in a janky workaround?
At risk of being cliche, it seems like you guys could benefit from the 5 Whys approach here: "Why is loading a cross repo issue slow?" and iterate until you discover the root cause, and fix that.
I suspect fixing the root cause is going to be a lot less glorious career-wise than implementing a UX change that is easier to tout at review time (well maybe not so much after this debacle).
Ironically, when your identity is tightly coupled to opposing a thing you hate (Capitalism in your example), you feel personally threatened by a potential solution to it.
I love how the author thinks developers write commit messages.
All joking aside, it really is a chronic problem in the corporate world. Most codebases I encounter just have "changed stuff" or "hope this works now".
It's a small minority of developers (myself included) who consider the git commit log to be important enough to spend time writing something meaningful.
AI generated commit messages helps this a lot, if developers would actually use it (I hope they will).
The thing is, falling down (ie. failing at things) can take a lot out of you, physically, mentally, financially, spiritually.
For most of us, taking calculated risks is better than simply taking more risks.
And the risk calculation changes based on your personal circumstances: physically falling has a greater impact on an old person than a young person, making a financial mistake has a greater impact on someone who has no savings than someone who is wealthy, etc.
So "let yourself fall down more" isn't really one size fits all advice.
I am sure IRC was good for some people, but I can say for me personally it was a net negative and real life was so, so much better. I wish I never used IRC.
I also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.
I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.
https://github.com/DapperLib/Dapper