I don't know if it's authentic either, but this bit from the thread sure is interesting:

> autopilot had _really_ high turnover at one point before release because some guy from space x came in and gave the entire dept a C pointer/memory test because Elon said they were "late" to ship.

https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939642243309569/...

And yet their software is 100x better from a features aspect than other auto companies, has been for 10 years, and as new VW EVs show, still is.

Some of the described pearl-clutching issues are garden variety big enterprise data management stories.