There was no computer scientist ever so against Java (Rob Pike) and a company that was so pro Java (Google). I think they were disassociated along time ago, I don’t think any of the senior engineers can be seen as anything other than being their own persons.

This. Folks trying to nullify his current position based on his recent work history alone with Google are deliberately trying to undermine his credibility through distraction tactics.

Don’t upvote sealions.

Yup. A legend. Books could be written just about him. I wish I had such a prestigious career.

His viewpoints were always grounded and while he may have some opinions about Go and programming, he genuinely cares about the craft. He’s not in it to be rich. He’s in it for the science and art of software engineering.

ROFL his website just spits out poop emoji's on a fibonacci delay. What a legend!

Just the haters here? Is what was written not hateful? Has his entire working life not lead to this moment of "spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society?"

  Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable 
  equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile 
  machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

> To purely associate with him with Google is a mistake, that (ironically?) the AI actually didn't make.

You don't have to purely associate him with Google to understand the rant as understandable given AI spam, and yet entirely without a shred of self-awareness.