@feditips I think it’s a reasonable short term measure to help avoid chaos as people migrate en masse from Twitter, but yeah I agree long term it should not exist.

@tenderlove @searls I find that if I can’t clearly convey the change and its purpose in written form then the change is probably bad.

I forget who said “writing is thinking; to write well is to think clearly,” but I really feel it. I can’t tell you how often I go back and modify the code after trying and failing to write a clear commit message.

@adamdavidson @Gargron I respect other admin’s right to make their own decisions, but I agree with your thinking on this 👍

@searls Good post. In my experience, people start out thinking that GraphQL is going to save them from having to understand how a client will use their API, but soon learn that it actually requires them to understand every possible way any client could ever use it.

Turns out the old way is easier!

@tenderlove @searls I find that if I can’t clearly convey the change and its purpose in written form then the change is probably bad.

I forget who said “writing is thinking; to write well is to think clearly,” but I really feel it. I can’t tell you how often I go back and modify the code after trying and failing to write a clear commit message.