Comment by mmastrac
5 years ago
What's interesting is that the redacted full thread alludes to some of these invisible aspects, and Radon appears to have a justification for doing things that way (though it's all blacked out so we cannot evaluate the merits of that argument).
https://github.com/replit/upm is likely one of the blacked-out bits in that email, as Radon says he wrote the README.
I find it telling that Radon wrote out an extensive explanation of why he believes his project is not based on replit, and Amjad basically responds with "you're wrong, you copied it" without addressing anything Radon said.
To be fair, there’s only a few ways to say that the correct solution seems obvious in hindsight.
I agree with Amjad there. I just don’t think that working with something means you can never use those patterns again. That’s ridiculous. If I couldn’t use any of the patterns that I learned about in previous jobs I would still be programming as if I had 1 year of university experience.
Have you read Radon's redacted email that goes over the technical details? It doesn't look like post-hoc rationalization.
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"It is unethical and would be obviously so to outside observers as well. Feel free to consult with your mentors or people with more experience than you in the industry."
Wow. Amjad basically invited Radon to post about this online.
And it comes across as very condescending imo. We are in a world where a brilliant intern may know or sense as well as any CEO, from YC or not. That what makes this world interesting.