This person doesn’t seem to be a real technologist, unlike Spolsky. That maybe OK in most compsniea, but seems like a risky choice for a company so developer-focused.
“This article is not meant to be a literary nor an exhaustive topical critique of the novels, which I am cannot fully do, because simply, I did not read the original novels. ”
Slack spends a lot of time promoting itself as a “work hard, them go home” culture. Do others fimd tat to be true? If so, why would burnout be a risk for someone at Slack?
It’s a serious paper by serious people — the headline may oversimplify, as headlines often do, but the fundamental point is right on: deidentifucation is very hard.