The ultimate software taboo
I have written before about the hidden dangers of unstructured or “flat” organizations. A microcosm of the structure wars is the debate over whether Open Source software projects should adopt…
On Gatekeeping, Complicity, and Arrival
The Ruby Rogues Years Tell me if you’ve heard this one: four white guys ask a fifth white guy to join their podcast. Being invited to Ruby Rogues in 2011,…
A case study on civility and constructive criticism
The other day Gregory Brown posted a remarkable story on Parley. He told how he had given Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin some heated Twitter criticism about one of his recent…
I’m sorry too.
I didn’t say mean things about Heather Arthur’s code. But I could have. I didn’t see the tweets about her “replace” project that started things off. But I do share…
I am my code
Almost five years ago I released my first Rubygem, NullDB. It was based on ideas from a couple of other libraries, namely ARBS and UnitRecord. In the README I said:…