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So what’s next (personal news from developer of popular CoreJS polyfill)

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Post by sgammon »

SergeAx wrote: post #69

I do understand that not a lot of people here really understand the sheer direness of his situation. He stuck in Russia because of unsettled problems regarding his conviction. He almost certainly cannot immigrate into most of the countries because of said conviction - to have a work permit one have to provide a certificate of good conduct. He is cut off most options to receive money from abroad and several means to r…

i believe it only takes a national ID to cross the border into Armenia, where there is a flourishing Russian expat community full of IT experts but sure

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Post by sgammon »

5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #140
__m wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least that's how he frames it

The court documents on that case are publicly available if you're willing to look for them (and can read Russian). I haven't read everything, but I didn't see anything contradicting his side of the story.

he said he was "driving home at 3am," you know, as one does, and two girls were "crawling on the highway." i am honestly not sure i've ever heard a less believable story

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Post by sgammon »

yunohn wrote: post #139
white_dragon88 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Polyfills aren’t some dark art, a 2nd year comp sci student could write them quickly as needed.

Your attitude/POV is common, and yet no one has built a comparable competitor to core-js? Maybe you are wrong then, and could show some empathy.

99% of these projects include core-js by accident through Babel...

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Post by mylidlpony »

green_on_black wrote: post #21
phpnode wrote: post #16

It's definitely time for him to let this project go, working on it is a literally thankless task and the level of entitlement shown towards his work has been infuriating to watch. The outrage towards him daring to ask the community for help , something done in an act of desperation, is a real wake up call for open source maintainers - the community doesn't give a fuck about you, they want your code and they want it f…

The guy literally went to prison when he didn't have to. Holy shit.

I mean, that part isn't really surprising or noteworthy. Lots of people in russian prison don't deserve to be there (the ones detained on protests, political cases etc).

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Post by kypro »

a_bonobo wrote: post #111
kypro wrote: post #106

I always heard people talk about how "open source is broken", but I'm honestly in shock after reading this. Is this normal? That one guy can contribute code that is used on thousands of the top websites worldwide and not one of the numerous multi-billion dollar companies that use his code are even willing to donate an amount equivalent to an average developer's salary? I mean, how is this that possible? It's not like…

>It's not like when a company the size of Spotify uses core-js they just add it to their project without thinking. No, they know how important the project is. The devs at Spotify know how important that project is. But the people who control the money, middle and upper management, might now even know what Javascript is. Why would they spend money for something that's free? They're under pressure to cut costs anyway.…

> Why would they spend money for something that's free? They're under pressure to cut costs anyway.

But isn't this like saying, "what's an AWS? Why do we need that thing?"

Is there really no one technical saying, "look we need to offer support to core-js because core-js is the software that ensures our website works for everyone using it".

And you're a large company who project depends on core-js (like Spotify) it just seems sensible to offer a little support to the project to ensure it continues to be well maintained, and also so if you need anything the maintainers will prioritise you.

Even if your only concern is money, then it probably pays to ensure your software works and isn't dependent on some guy in Russia continuing to make his life a living hell just so your product is functional.

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Post by Jcowell »

sgammon wrote: post #174
5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The court documents on that case are publicly available if you're willing to look for them (and can read Russian). I haven't read everything, but I didn't see anything contradicting his side of the story.

he said he was "driving home at 3am," you know, as one does, and two girls were "crawling on the highway." i am honestly not sure i've ever heard a less believable story

I can envision many ways that can happen in America.
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