Zed's flaming exit from the Ruby community, however, is not something I would recommend everybody does. Things generally work differently for different people in different situations. (Good luck trying to pin me down on that one!).
Rants come in different shapes and sizes. They also have different targets, but they are usually about blowing off steam.
The history of alt.sysadmin.recovery is full of rants against the cluelessness of users, the stupidity of vendors, the irrational behavior of management and the absurdity of day-to-day tech work. In fact, that's what the whole newsgroup is about.
However, ranting against general situations that (some) people can identify with is different from ranting against specific people. Once you do that things turn into a mud-slinging fest very fast.
I enjoy Zed's rants, but I really could do without the personal attacks he launches. They may or may not have some basis, but I really don't care. In addition, they distract from the technical message he's usually trying to get across in his rants.
Zed's flaming exit from the Ruby community, however, is not something I would recommend everybody does. Things generally work differently for different people in different situations. (Good luck trying to pin me down on that one!).
Rants come in different shapes and sizes. They also have different targets, but they are usually about blowing off steam.
The history of alt.sysadmin.recovery is full of rants against the cluelessness of users, the stupidity of vendors, the irrational behavior of management and the absurdity of day-to-day tech work. In fact, that's what the whole newsgroup is about.
However, ranting against general situations that (some) people can identify with is different from ranting against specific people. Once you do that things turn into a mud-slinging fest very fast.
I enjoy Zed's rants, but I really could do without the personal attacks he launches. They may or may not have some basis, but I really don't care. In addition, they distract from the technical message he's usually trying to get across in his rants.