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> where people assume that collaboration is for low-IQ people I've also seen a phenomenon where developers believe their code is so valuable and amazing that t
by hypeatei 2y ago
> where people assume that collaboration is for low-IQ people
I've also seen a phenomenon where developers believe their code is so valuable and amazing that they don't share it; it's really ordinary code but useful to novices nonetheless. Some communities I participated in when I was younger (e.g. PS3 jailbreak scene) were very protective of their code for no reason. Executables were obfuscated, nothing was open source, and developers were very hostile or intentionally trolled you when asking questions about their software.
- usefulcat 2y agoI've met some people like this before, and I think this phenomenon has a lot to do with having one's identity closely bound to the code. Any criticism of the code is interpreted as a personal attack. Conversely, the attitude of "I'm so awesome therefore my code must be super important and really important to protect".
- bruce511 2y agoYeah I've seen this a lot too. I've also seen the reverse - perhaps more. People need advice but don't want to share their code because they are embarrassed by it. They wrote it thinking "no one will ever see this". By contrast I sell code, so I know it'll be seen by lots of people, so I tend to spend time making sure style is consistent, things are well named, and so on. But equally, to me, it's just code. Feel free to comment on it - there's always room for improvement.
- Jerrrry 2y agoThat was all the console modding scenes. Toxic, necessarily so.