There's a sort of resignation about the tone here, both in the article and the comments, which is very depressing. Let's take that punch, roll with it, and red

There's a sort of resignation about the tone here, both in the article and the comments, which is very depressing. Let's take that punch, roll with it, and redirect its energy. If centralized efforts, much like BDFLs, are looking like a good option for development cycles, okay. How can we wield that knowledge, but also build lifecycles around it that can help us buy back the powers and critical freedoms of federated systems?