It's always difficult finding any objectivity when it comes to Musk. People get _so_ ideologically charged when it comes to him, be it pithy hero worship (his replies on X) or obsessive hate-stalking (/r/EnoughMuskSpam) - it seems rare for otherwise smart people to share their honest technical thoughts when it comes to any Musk endeavors.<p>As described, the author has some reasonable pedantic takes on the loop, but they're drowned out by what's otherwise pretty dull character critiques. I just... don't care how you feel about Elon as an individual. It's not interesting reading. It reminds me a bit of 2000s forum culture when it was difficult for people to explain their critiques on Windows without reaching for the satanic Bill Gates image.<p>"Teslas are bad cars and I realized this when Elon bought Twitter" has become a pretty table-stakes position amongst my more progressive peers. Am I incorrect in thinking this is a silly way to judge the quality of engineering?