“Twit boss” Elon Musk lost it when talking about Twitter’s encryption and software engineering Tuesday night, calling the questioner “idiot” for pressing on specifics.
In a Twitter Space hosted by the famous hacker George Hotz, who resign from Twitter Earlier in the day, Musk said that Twitter would need a “whole rewrite” if it wanted “really high speed,” prompting Netflix engineer Ian Brown to interrupt with some obvious questions.
“Wait, seriously, rewrite the whole thing? Which is your prediction for velocity? Brown wondered.
“Yes,” Musk quickly replied.
“Well, when you say rewrite the whole thing, do you mean starting with the skeleton?” Hotz interjected. “Or a bunch of engineers sitting down with a whiteboard and saying, ‘What is Twitter?’ Revolution or reform?”
Musk, after faltering for a few seconds, finally saying that “you need to either modify the existing crazy stack or rewrite it,” Brown jumps in again to ask the Tesla founder what he clearly means. and whether he can “break it”. down.”
After an awkward silence, Musk questioned if Brown had “seen George’s diagram,” causing the Netflix staff to burst out laughing.
“You… who are you?!” an increasingly confused Musk shot back.
“You mean who am I? I do not know! You gave me the damn mic! Brown retorted. Meanwhile, Hotz admits he gave Brown a chance to speak while calling for it to be “more civilized” in his Space.
“I mean, man, you’re in charge of servers, programming and whatever,” Brown continued. “What is a stack, Elon? Take me from top to bottom. What does the stack look like right now? What’s crazy about it? What’s so unusual about this stack compared to every other large-scale system on the planet, man? Any!
Instead of answering Brown’s questions, Musk resorted to ad hominem attacks instead.
“Amazing! You’re an asshole!” Twitter CEO furious.
“Haha okay! I have no credibility here, man,” Brown countered before Hotz unplugged his mic.
“Good! What an idiot,” Musk added, having the last word.
The Daily Beast has reached out to Brown for comment.
Musk, ai also likens Twitter to a plane crash on Tuesday night to justify “crazy” cost-cutting, recently said he will step down as CEO of the site once he finds someone “stupid enough to take the job.” At the same time, Musk has announced that he will continue to lead Twitter’s server and software teams.
Since buying the company for $44 billion in October, Musk’s turbulent reign at Twitter has been marked by chaos, hypocriteand heartburn to investors in its other businesses.
