Yes. They are con artists with a proven track record of lying and stealing. We shouldn’t take anything they say seriously, especially when the reporting reads much more like marketing rather than an incident report.

He hasn’t done any real software development in decades, and it shows. His books are chock full of terrible ideas and his ideas of “clean” anything are anything but.

One of the best examples of his hackery is this tweet: https://xcancel.com/unclebobmartin/status/982229999276060672#m

Completely false misinformation presented as fact from an “authority”.

Also apparently probably a fascist, based on this and some other tweets I came across while trying to find that one: https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/1398671193922805761 (apologies for the X link, can’t seem to find this one on xcancel?). I would need to look further since it’s news to me, but it’s hard to imagine any other interpretation of that tweet.

Bob Martin is a complete hack. He should not be regarded as an authoritative source and indeed, any claim he makes should be treated as highly suspect. He’s not worth reading.

Fave: vim First: vim Future: vim Honorable mention: vim Loathed: anything other than vim Current: vim Longest: believe it or not, vim

It’s not getting POSIX compliance done, that’s for sure. Or compatibility with normal scripts.

How is this a response to a comment about AGI?

LLMs are not currently, nor ever will be, anything remotely resembling AGI. AGI is still entirely within the realm of science fiction, like teleportation or time travel.