Rust: The wrong people are resigning

Post by cookieperson » Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:30 PM UTC

waboremo wrote: post #146

cookieperson wrote: post #15

Fasterthanlime is something like my spirit animal. Prolific and educational blogs that have challenged my knowledge with whimsy joy and catharsis. Also apparently emotionally intelligent and making the right moves here. Sometimes it's better to drop out and start something new. An unofficial convention would be fantastic. I'm sick of the clout chasing in these niche tech areas, it always drowns out the real passion a…

Ain't that the old problem, the ones who should be in those positions tend to run from them and those that shouldn't run towards those positions. I don't think it's a problem we're anywhere close to solving unfortunately. We just sort of assign someone who seems reluctant about it but won't run from the position, but in most cases we just let whoever asks first!

Post by dralley » Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:31 PM UTC

usrbinbash wrote: post #83

dralley wrote: post #41

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It is not as if the C++ standards committee, or Google (go) or Oracle (Java) are free from drama. It just tends to leak into public view less frequently.

C++ and Java are huge. Drama or no drama simply stops to matter at that size. These languages are here to stay. Golang is also becoming rather big, although doesn't make a big deal out of it imho, as the community is barely ever evangelizing about it. And so far, the only actual drama I am aware of, was the telemetry stuff, and that resolved itself nicely.

Post by asguy » Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:31 PM UTC

jeremyjh wrote: post #134

denvercoder904 wrote: post #95

It's not JeanHeyd Meneide's (PhD) first time rage quitting. He has a history of this. He previously rage quitted from the C++ community and moved to the C community. I wonder where he's moving to next. https://youtu.be/vaLKm9FE8oo

So we should blame the victim?

Post by Kwpolska » Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:32 PM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #130

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Post by josephg » Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:33 PM UTC

caust1c wrote: post #99

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Wish we had more role models these days who were willing to disagree with decisions and work to fix them rather than loudly resign or point fingers. Feels like there is a lot of pressure these days that if you are part of a "bad" system then _you_ are bad, even if you are trying to improve it from the inside. So it's understandable people quit instead of taking on the burden of having to prove their "goodness", it's…

Golang has lots of good examples of design discussions without vitriol in their RFCs and proposals. There is the occasional bikeshedding and needless bickering granted, but it mostly stays civil and is the most mature language community I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of.