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How can we as a development community rationally expect to grow the open source ecosystem and encourage people with this type of snobbery? There's one lesson t
by MartinCron 14y ago
How can we as a development community rationally expect to grow the open source ecosystem and encourage people with this type of snobbery?
There's one lesson that I'm personally taking from this, after unsolicited ridicule, one sincere apology, one bullshit non-apology, and one arrogant I have nothing to apologize for! If I build a small thing to scratch my own itch (which I often do) I'm going to think twice about sharing it with the world at large. Or, more succinctly, I've become yet more of a misanthrope.
Thanks guys!
- CodeMage 14y agoLet's face it, there seems to be nothing anyone can share on the Internet without someone else demonstrating John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory [1]. I'm not saying everyone should always just let it slide, but try not to let it get to you, either. [1]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
- MartinCron 14y agoI have shared literally thousands of photos on Flickr. Nobody has told me that my photos shouldn't exist of that my photos make their eyes bleed. Can we, as a community, be at least as nice as serious amateur photographers?
- SyneRyder 14y agoPerhaps you haven't found "You Are Not A Photographer" yet. Some photography communities have a similar level of snark and calling out others, sadly.
- MartinCron 14y agoI thought about that site, which is terrible. It feels a little different in that it seems to be fueled by insecure pro photogs who want to instill fear of hiring second-rate hacks. Maybe I should be, but I am generally unafraid of sharing my photos. http://Flickr.com/photos/martincron http://Flickr.com/photos/martincron
- benatkin 14y agoThis doesn't apply as neither Steve Klabnik nor Corey Haines are anonymous.
- sillysaurus 14y agoThis is in fact exactly why I use Bitbucket private repos.
- reinhardt 14y agoMissing option: grow a thicker skin and don't take everything personally.
- carbocation 14y agoI, for one, look forward to the day when someone stumbles across my code and finds it worthy of commentary. Good or bad, just not indifferent, please.
- MartinCron 14y agoDo you want meaningful commentary or empty snarky ridicule?
- carbocation 14y agoI'm simply saying that at the moment, either of those would be more interesting than total ignorance.
- MartinCron 14y agoActually, this makes me think... I don't think I've ever given feedback on an open source project. Maybe I, as someone horrified by Heather Arthur's story, have some sort of ethical obligation to provide constructive and helpful feedback to people. I'm not a great programmer, but I've been at this for long enough to have some useful opinions. Open invitation for my fellow HN community members: point me at a repo and I'll try to say something actually helpful.
- ncallaway 14y agoThis reminds me of the recent ShowHN of criticue (http://criticue.com/ http://criticue.com/). You could do something similar (or those guys could do it) where you provide feedback on other people's repositories in exchange for feedback on your repository. Sort of a community code review process.
- dvo 14y agoThinking about code in terms of "good" and "bad" is not very useful. Don't worry about what developers on the internet think about the quality of your code unless they offer specific suggestions in a constructive and instructive manner. If someone offers specific and thoughtful suggestions or criticism, learn everything you can from them.