primeagen's view
primeagen's view
He may not be Don Knuth, Linus Torvalds, John Carmack or Fabrice Bellard. But he is definitely a serious programmer. That he livestreams doesn't make him less of a programmer.
It’s just someone quoting someone to help ground their position.
What if it was a journalist writing about a security vulnerability then a programmer quoting them, would that count then?
It's pretty clearly a type of argument called an "appeal to authority", where an authority is cited to add credibility to a position. It's usually considered a pretty weak form of argument, but it can be effective. So the credibility of the cited authority is relevant.