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My sincere apologies to those who knew her: this is a question from someone who didn't, and in fact had not seen her name until stumbling on this thread. What i

My sincere apologies to those who knew her: this is a question from someone who didn't, and in fact had not seen her name until stumbling on this thread. What is she so well-known for? Which communities was she a part of? I read this whole thread, followed some of the links, and still am mystified.

lproven 3y ago
I was in the same boat. Lots of people expressing grief but nobody explaining who she was. It seems to be one of those instances of "well if you know you know" which I personally find very irritating indeed. I tried Googling her but it just results in a lot of people expressing sadness over her passing. I do not want to intrude on anyone's grief here, but I'd never heard of her before and I've not been able to find any solid info about her life or work. In another place, someone said she did the best talk of FOSDEM 2023. I was at that event, but I'd never heard of her, nobody mentioned this talk, and he did not link it so I don't know for sure what talk it was. I've googled that too -- this is way more work than I should have to do, frankly -- and I think it might be [this one](https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/hachyderm/ https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/hachyderm/), but the blurb is fairly content-free and tells me nothing useful. But the talk is also [mentioned here](https://medium.com/@dotdc/fosdem-2023-highlights-163cb96a1906 https://medium.com/@dotdc/fosdem-2023-highlights-163cb96a190...) and that gives a little context. Apparently she ran Hachyderm. I hadn't heard of that, either. Apparently it is a Mastodon instance -- I see little to distinguish these, TBH, and while I'm on Mastodon/Fediverse, I find it little to no use. But the second blogger there, David Calvert, said: > mostly known for hosting the tech industry at hachyderm.io since Musk bought the bird site. That's more info than anywhere else in this thread. Hachyderm is apparently > a safe space, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, primarily comprised of tech industry professionals world wide powered by Mastodon and ActivityPub.
- hu3 3y ago
  That explains a bit better what she did. Thanks. I guess Mastodon is bigger than I thought since running an instance gives you so much recognition. Perhaps I should seek openning an account there to get to know better.
  - tetromino_ 3y ago
    > I guess Mastodon is bigger than I thought since running an instance gives you so much recognition. That part threw me off too. It almost sounded like people were damning her with faint praise: talking about her Mastodon instance as one of her big accomplishments sounded to me about as insulting as saying that one's big achievement was running a really cool Minecraft server. But I guess the modern world is a weird place.
  - jauer 3y ago
    Running Hachyderm wasn't what gave her all the recognition. It was years of work (writing books, coding, talks) around go, k8s, and system software in general while being a kind person.
    - hu3 3y ago
      Thanks! Could you link some of her work so I could learn more? Her website doesn't have much: https://krisnova.net/ https://krisnova.net/
      - mmlvx 3y ago
        I knew her mostly from Twitch; and I didn't know her well, but she made a strong impression on me with her evident humanitarian concern for people -- all people, but marginalized persons is who she championed. (Non-marginalized persons don't need it as much, I guess.)
- _wf2l 3y ago
  > I do not want to intrude on anyone's grief here while also saying > which I personally find very irritating indeed. I don't think youre trying very hard with that "want", with the way you are speaking

lproven 3y ago

I was in the same boat. Lots of people expressing grief but nobody explaining who she was. It seems to be one of those instances of "well if you know you know" which I personally find very irritating indeed. I tried Googling her but it just results in a lot of people expressing sadness over her passing. I do not want to intrude on anyone's grief here, but I'd never heard of her before and I've not been able to find any solid info about her life or work. In another place, someone said she did the best talk of FOSDEM 2023. I was at that event, but I'd never heard of her, nobody mentioned this talk, and he did not link it so I don't know for sure what talk it was. I've googled that too -- this is way more work than I should have to do, frankly -- and I think it might be [this one](https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/hachyderm/ https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/hachyderm/), but the blurb is fairly content-free and tells me nothing useful. But the talk is also [mentioned here](https://medium.com/@dotdc/fosdem-2023-highlights-163cb96a1906 https://medium.com/@dotdc/fosdem-2023-highlights-163cb96a190...) and that gives a little context. Apparently she ran Hachyderm. I hadn't heard of that, either. Apparently it is a Mastodon instance -- I see little to distinguish these, TBH, and while I'm on Mastodon/Fediverse, I find it little to no use. But the second blogger there, David Calvert, said: > mostly known for hosting the tech industry at hachyderm.io since Musk bought the bird site. That's more info than anywhere else in this thread. Hachyderm is apparently > a safe space, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, primarily comprised of tech industry professionals world wide powered by Mastodon and ActivityPub.

hu3 3y ago
That explains a bit better what she did. Thanks. I guess Mastodon is bigger than I thought since running an instance gives you so much recognition. Perhaps I should seek openning an account there to get to know better.
- tetromino_ 3y ago
  > I guess Mastodon is bigger than I thought since running an instance gives you so much recognition. That part threw me off too. It almost sounded like people were damning her with faint praise: talking about her Mastodon instance as one of her big accomplishments sounded to me about as insulting as saying that one's big achievement was running a really cool Minecraft server. But I guess the modern world is a weird place.
- jauer 3y ago
  Running Hachyderm wasn't what gave her all the recognition. It was years of work (writing books, coding, talks) around go, k8s, and system software in general while being a kind person.
  - hu3 3y ago
    Thanks! Could you link some of her work so I could learn more? Her website doesn't have much: https://krisnova.net/ https://krisnova.net/
    - mmlvx 3y ago
      I knew her mostly from Twitch; and I didn't know her well, but she made a strong impression on me with her evident humanitarian concern for people -- all people, but marginalized persons is who she championed. (Non-marginalized persons don't need it as much, I guess.)
_wf2l 3y ago
> I do not want to intrude on anyone's grief here while also saying > which I personally find very irritating indeed. I don't think youre trying very hard with that "want", with the way you are speaking