Experience and theory

I’m very much an outsider here, but wanted to make the following observation:

I admire Kent for trying to not hold grudges; the world would be a better place if more people were like that. Paradoxically, though, from some comments I’ve read here and on LKML, I wonder whether an attitude like that in the quote above, sufficiently extrapolated, could result in interactions like some people complain (fairly or unfairly) about having had with Kent? More specifically, from my own personal experience, I am inclined to believe the following:

Assuming that someone who swears at me is simply having a bad day is almost always a good thing.

Assuming that someone who tells me I’m wrong, even if they can’t explain why other than reference nebulous “experience”, is simply having a bad day, is generally a bad thing.

At any rate, I have certainly made the latter mistake. Experience, in my experience (excuse the repetition), almost always trumps theory, at least when the context surrounding the experience is applicable.

At any rate, from Kent’s comments elsewhere, he has more than one option for keeping bcachefs alive in or out of the kernel. Similar to what another commentator said below, Kent, keep up the good work, we all need better technology!