Comment by whimsicalism

5 years ago

Is this not what the CEO of repl.it did, moving from codeacademy to repl.it?

I don't know about what the CEO of repl.it did. It shouldn't matter. I only know what the author has chosen to publish on his blog post.

He corresponded with his previous employer regarding a free project that competes with them. When he got a negative response he then decided to air his dirty laundry on the Internet.

  • > It shouldn't matter.

    It matters in that it gives us a sense of what the norms are.

    repl.it's differentiator isn't just being a repl that can run different languages, it hardly competes directly with them.

    > When he got a negative response

    when he got threatened to be sued* he posted about it, I see no reason why doing so is somehow bad form while threatening to sue is not bad form.

  • >I don't know about what the CEO of repl.it did. It shouldn't matter.

    Calling out hypocrisy absolutely matters. It matters a lot.

    In this case, it also provides a very important precedent.