On: "... so now I will jiggle things randomly until they unbreak" is not acceptable'

[watmough]

I've worked with programmers who also would have argued with Linus, but there's no way I would have been able to be as direct as Linus has.

This definitely struck a chord, though, and I have my own saying for silent retorts:

"It's a computer program, not a #$%^ing Advent calendar."

The point being, I want to see analysis and process, not just the right numbers popping up in the right boxes.