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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow that was quite a read. What the actual fuck? Good news is that when I googled "Michael Novati" (on a browser and device not linked to the one I read this on) this article and a ycombinator post with Mr. Novati attempting clumsily to refute it are both on the first page of results. Googling Codesmith similarly brings up the information about Michael Novati and his trolling.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe there is some justice. But unfortunately only when someone finds these abuses. So many must be going undetected

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently Codesmith has at one point, 70 employees. Imagine getting fired from an amazing company because of some lies from a piece of a shit.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah. I feel bad for you owner but even worse for those employees who were fired or who quit to avoid it. Well maybe I feel terrible for both