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minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago I thought it just allowede easier debugging, sorry What the fuck, this dude is making a browser and he doesn’t know what shit in the code he’s shipping even does?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt turns out hobby forks of a web browser is a dumb idea.
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNot really an excuse but I expect writing a browser is an extremely intensive project and perhaps they were unprepared. Navigating any code base that isn’t your own adds it’s own challenge on top. So at this point I think it’s a “deer in headlights” case with some “head in sand” thrown in.
What the fuck, this dude is making a browser and he doesn’t know what shit in the code he’s shipping even does?
It turns out hobby forks of a web browser is a dumb idea.
Not really an excuse but I expect writing a browser is an extremely intensive project and perhaps they were unprepared.
Navigating any code base that isn’t your own adds it’s own challenge on top.
So at this point I think it’s a “deer in headlights” case with some “head in sand” thrown in.
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