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One reason for the somewhat separate open source ecosystems that the author doesn't touch on is language. In my experience, the dev communities are already pret
by emilamlom 2y ago
One reason for the somewhat separate open source ecosystems that the author doesn't touch on is language. In my experience, the dev communities are already pretty separate simply because the languages are so different from each other. Japanese dev communities follow a similar pattern from what I know.
While I'm sure the geopolitical issues cause some division, I'd be willing to bet the main reason is much more fundamental and the two ecosystems just naturally developed separately.
- ikanreed 2y agoGoogle is too "helpful" in assuming what I want instead of what I say for me to find it anymore, but there was a Linus Torvalds quote about how it didn't even occur to him to write linux in anything but english, even though that's not his native language. Those days are done. The world now has plenty of internet for any language you speak, and there's no need for standardizing on the "biggest" language.
- emilamlom 2y agoAgreed. I think a lot of native english devs don't realize just how much english permeates every aspect of software. Another post on HN talking about the process of digitizing Tibetan mentioned how line breaks aren't really a thing in that language. But of course, they're everywhere in software and required for things to even function. So many decisions are based on language that go beyond actual communication. It's kinda wild to think about.