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My brief experience has been similar. Elm is a dictatorship that could be wonderful if it didn't exist in the realm of messy html/js. I experience an icky feeli
by mercer 7y ago
My brief experience has been similar. Elm is a dictatorship that could be wonderful if it didn't exist in the realm of messy html/js. I experience an icky feeling of stockholm-syndrome part of the time, and just plain frustration at other times when dealing with Elm.
What's infuriating is that I do see the benefit of some degree of strict stewardship. It's just that it's too much in this case.
- billman 7y agoI totally agree with this fustration. There seems to be some innate paradox between growing a community and being a BDFL. I think this also expresses is self in our current political environment.
- holtalanm 7y agoi'm not sure if we need to be bringing politics up in a programming discussion, but hey, that's just my opinion.
- jwalgenbach 7y agoThis isn't a programming discussion. It's a discussion of the policies around an open source project. It's totally politics, albeit not on a national scale.
- smoyer 7y agoThe use of "dictatorship" in your comment brought a smile to my face because I thought of the BDFL title given to Python's creator ... and then imagined the Elm team forgot the "B" at the beginning of the acronym. Note that I have no personal experience with Elm and am in no position to take sides. The comment just describes the mental image I got from your comment's ink blot.
- int_19h 7y agoMost dictators believe that they are benevolent, as does their close circle (which is then often seen as "the community", because it has the loudest voice). From the blog, it definitely sounds like this is the case for Elm.
- _bxg1 7y agoI think Clojure is actually a good example of strict stewardship that works well