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Anytime I hear repl.it I get annoyed by the time their CEO was threatened by and shut down an ex-employee’s weekend project

by hstan4 4y ago

d3nj4l 4y ago
It's a shame that that incident seems to dog them around on HN so much. I don't like what the CEO did in that case either, but I don't think their entire company should sink due to that one incident
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- ionforce 4y ago
  What have they done since to repair their image?
  - d3nj4l 4y ago
    They apologized in that very thread? What else do you want them to do?
alephnan 4y ago
Please link.
- pm90 4y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 It sounds like a shady org and the CEO sounds like a total jerk. I too remember having a really poor impression after reading this.
  - 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
    Did you read the bottom of the blog post? The CEO apologized and told him he could put his project back up.
    - jahewson 4y ago
      Sure. What’s a little threatening with layers between friends? He also publicly slandered said employee and never corrected himself. It’s a big thumbs down from me.
    - hstan4 4y ago
      I don’t need to add much more commentary than the original post already has, but this is hardly considered an apology in my eyes: > While I still think that the totality of the design decisions was a clear a privileged copy, I don't think it warranted my reaction. I'm sorry for that, and I give you permission to publish Riju. Like thanks for giving me permission to publish MY weekend project that you have 0 say over what I do with, and blame the project as being a copy over “design decisions”. Meaning, a square box with the name of the language overlaying it? Instead of owning his mistake as he should he basically claims “I have to remember I’m not the struggling kid from Jordan anymore” to avoid taking responsibility and shifts the blame to this ex-intern anyways.
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      - 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
        But he still apologized, and the project was reinstated. The issue is resolved. You can continue to be mad about it, or you can forgive and forget. If it were me, I would want to move on and not carry around a little package of resentment. I've got enough to carry as is...
        ZephyrBlu 4y ago
        He basically says "I still think you stole from me and I'm only saying sorry and letting you publish your project because of the backlash". You think he would have apologized if the guy's post didn't get massive amounts of attention on HN? If you're making a sincere apology you don't try to cover your ass ("While I still think that the totality of the design decisions was a clear a privileged copy") at the same time.
marktolson 4y ago
Same here. However it did point me in the direction of the ex-interns awesome project which I use often for technical interviews: https://riju.codes/ https://riju.codes/
alexyz12 4y ago
He also uses the word alpha un-ironically in his tweets

Anytime I hear repl.it I get annoyed by the time their CEO was threatened by and shut down an ex-employee’s weekend project

by hstan4 4y ago

Anytime I hear repl.it I get annoyed by the time their CEO was threatened by and shut down an ex-employee’s weekend project

d3nj4l 4y ago

It's a shame that that incident seems to dog them around on HN so much. I don't like what the CEO did in that case either, but I don't think their entire company should sink due to that one incident

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ionforce 4y ago
What have they done since to repair their image?
- d3nj4l 4y ago
  They apologized in that very thread? What else do you want them to do?

alephnan 4y ago

Please link.

pm90 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 It sounds like a shady org and the CEO sounds like a total jerk. I too remember having a really poor impression after reading this.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
  Did you read the bottom of the blog post? The CEO apologized and told him he could put his project back up.
  - jahewson 4y ago
    Sure. What’s a little threatening with layers between friends? He also publicly slandered said employee and never corrected himself. It’s a big thumbs down from me.
  - hstan4 4y ago
    I don’t need to add much more commentary than the original post already has, but this is hardly considered an apology in my eyes: > While I still think that the totality of the design decisions was a clear a privileged copy, I don't think it warranted my reaction. I'm sorry for that, and I give you permission to publish Riju. Like thanks for giving me permission to publish MY weekend project that you have 0 say over what I do with, and blame the project as being a copy over “design decisions”. Meaning, a square box with the name of the language overlaying it? Instead of owning his mistake as he should he basically claims “I have to remember I’m not the struggling kid from Jordan anymore” to avoid taking responsibility and shifts the blame to this ex-intern anyways.
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    - 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
      But he still apologized, and the project was reinstated. The issue is resolved. You can continue to be mad about it, or you can forgive and forget. If it were me, I would want to move on and not carry around a little package of resentment. I've got enough to carry as is...
      - ZephyrBlu 4y ago
        He basically says "I still think you stole from me and I'm only saying sorry and letting you publish your project because of the backlash". You think he would have apologized if the guy's post didn't get massive amounts of attention on HN? If you're making a sincere apology you don't try to cover your ass ("While I still think that the totality of the design decisions was a clear a privileged copy") at the same time.

marktolson 4y ago

Same here. However it did point me in the direction of the ex-interns awesome project which I use often for technical interviews: https://riju.codes/ https://riju.codes/

alexyz12 4y ago

He also uses the word alpha un-ironically in his tweets