I mean that just diplomacy right?

This is the best job I’ve had in my life and of course I’m not looking, until I give notice.

I’m your best friend, until I stick a knife in your side.

Don’t mistake diplomacy for weakness. That’s how you end up with a knife in your side.

It’s worse: they are banking on fusion and SMR, which are pipe dreams even at twice the time scale:

“We are looking at fusion and new-generation fission with completely different tools compared to large-scale nuclear plants of the past,” he stated.

I hope they are lying knowing they are lying.

Scary woke branch name triggered you? Need to get back to your safe space?

This is obviously crazy talk, but so is keeping feature branches alive over extended periods of time. Depending on the development tempo of your project and the number of people involved, you should figure out a way to land things into main (in pieces if needed) within a few days.