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The number of software engineers who either don’t understand social contracts or only understand them when it benefits them to do so is frankly appalling. You
by hinkley 2y ago
The number of software engineers who either don’t understand social contracts or only understand them when it benefits them to do so is frankly appalling.
You said you’re going to do something and now people depend on you having done it. Volunteer organizations fall apart if they can’t trust each other.
- from-nibly 2y agoPeople depending on you is not somethng in your control, therefore you can't be responsible for that. It's up to the people depending on you to make a judgement on whether or not that's a good idea. Social contracts are not contracts, they do not end up in court, and if you depend on them you have no recourse. The most anyone can say about social contracts is that you are allowed to be disappointed privately. And even then...
- hinkley 2y agoNo, they end up in the court of public opinion. <gestures around> And they make you lonely if you keep losing.
- water-data-dude 2y agoThis blog post is from another domain, writing, but it’s stuck with me over the years and colored how I see things like open source projects: https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.html https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.ht...