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> I've seen mature groups of contributors and maintainers admit, and articulate, really difficult mistakes in public. And do it right here on HN. Just the oth
by rstuart4133 5y ago
> I've seen mature groups of contributors and maintainers admit, and articulate, really difficult mistakes in public.
And do it right here on HN. Just the other day a member of the Python core team said the Python2 to Python3 transition was be a never to be repeated mistake.
> Granted, these are small groups ranging from six to twenty-ish.
And big groups do it too, apparently. In community groups I'm in saying things like "we tried this but it didn't work" is a regular occurrence. They make for entertaining, self depreciating war stories, letting newbies know things aren't judged too harshly around here.
In fact it happens so often, I wondering if all the posts here saying "of yes - that's right" is some sort of group confirmation bias at work. I wonder if it will be self correcting - and the group later come to the conclusion it was wrong.
- kashyapc 5y ago> And do it right here on HN [...] And big groups do it too, apparently [...] Indeed; all this is old news for anyone who has worked in open source communities for a decent chunk of time (say, six years at least). It's the "angels" that are disconnected from real world that tend to stretch a small observation into a sweeping generalization, in the name of "insight". The cynic in me says, "they're doing it for the clicks and brand-building."