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Back at Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request

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31 pointszora_goron16 comments

"Several dozen engineers gave the request LGTM approval"

I'm picturing a caricature of a software engineer drooling onto his keyboard with excitement as he slams his greasy fingers onto the "L", "G", "T" and "M" keys. Please, Sergey, notice me senpai.

In reality, it was a SWE complaining that Sergey didn't punctuate his comments.

and that is why we need static typing because people do not want to be labeled as nitpickers, and therefore anything allowed by computer will be merged eventually.

Or do away with both the static typing and the nitpicking

This is so silly. He added his username to a permissions config file. I've looked at the CL. It's really not exciting.

It means it's not automated :) And why not? It only happens during onboarding (and the revert for offboarding).

So, plenty of chances to make a typo or break the linter conventions. Is it your numeric email or first name/last initial; is it @gmail.com like the whole world or a different corporate one?

It's exciting because it speaks of things to come. Maybe they will see a living legend on campus.

It makes me think of skunkworks projects: the next day, your manager is on some team downstairs. Along with a couple of guys in the silo across the hall. And the guy who rolled his own distributed mutex pub-sub.

That's my outsider's perspective. I'd be giddy too.

has anyone ever used the term "code request" in this context before?

Clearly not written by anyone familiar with the topic :)

At least it’s not ‘codes’. That one sets my teeth on edge.

This is pretty common in non-CS academia for some reason. Maybe a sociology PhD can write some codes to quantify it.

Just like code, the plural of training is training, but here we are with "trainings" everywhere. On a more relevant note one has to wonder if Sergey is really going to contribute code regularly? Seems like his time would be better spent thinking about the metaphorical bigger picture and letting engineers do the engineering.

Let me share my learnings on this with you…

The plural of the singular noun “code” is “codes”, but the plural of the mass noun “code” is... well, there isn't one, because “mass noun”.

Proper spelling is "c0dez"

I'm sure it originally said change request, and somebody said "what's a change request? Gotta say CODE or nobody will know what it means!"

The inverse of a "pull review."

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