Source for theguardian.com

Great idea for recruitment. Also, didn't knew it is mostly Scala with server-side templates, though their comment system must be something like React or plain JS.

Re: Source for theguardian.com

#5

Post by tomalpha » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:13 PM UTC

The Guardian has moved to a voluntary-subscription model for revenue - a gentle nagware if you like. No adblocker-blocking and (relatively) few actual adverts on the pages.

I don't always agree with their opinions or editorials, but I do respect the quality of the journalism and the fact that they are a non-profit [0]

I can't see more commercially-oriented paper/website open-sourcing any of their code, even if it's a (good imho) recruitment ploy.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust/2015/jul/26/the-...

Re: Source for theguardian.com

#6

Post by 666lumberjack » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:13 PM UTC

Always nice to see Scala being used for something like this

Re: Source for theguardian.com

#7

Post by JorgeGT » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:15 PM UTC

IANAL, but this seems to collide with their EULA with Commercial Type [1], since third party hosting of the font files is "strictly prohibited" and the font files are in fact all available in the repo, which certainly doesn't sound like "reasonable effort to prevent access/use by unlicensed parties".

[1] https://github.com/guardian/frontend/blob/88cfa609c73545085c...

Re: Source for theguardian.com

#8

Post by duckson » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:22 PM UTC

The docs include a recipe for Breton crêpes. :)

[1] https://github.com/guardian/frontend/blob/master/docs/99-arc...

Re: Source for theguardian.com

#9

Post by matt4077 » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:22 PM UTC

tomalpha wrote: post #5

The Guardian has moved to a voluntary-subscription model for revenue - a gentle nagware if you like. No adblocker-blocking and (relatively) few actual adverts on the pages. I don't always agree with their opinions or editorials, but I do respect the quality of the journalism and the fact that they are a non-profit [0] I can't see more commercially-oriented paper/website open-sourcing any of their code, even if it's a…

> I can't see more commercially-oriented paper/website open-sourcing any of their code, even if it's a (good imho) recruitment ploy.

  https://github.com/nytimes
  https://github.com/BostonGlobe
  https://github.com/npr & https://github.com/nprapps
  https://github.com/theatlantic
  https://github.com/wsj
  ...

I really wish people wouldn't always assume the worst of the media. Especially when it takes about two seconds to verify (disprove) one's prejudice. I know one such post isn't going to have much of an effect. But considering every tangential mention of "mainstream media" brings out a thousand cynics, being an underpaid journalist trying to keep our society's discourse somewhat together must be endlessly frustrating.

Plus, of course, it's just impossible to make informed decisions in a democracy when all trust in the media has been eroded by this hysteria.

Re: Source for theguardian.com

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Post by ceolin » Mon, Sep 03, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

One more reason to support them. Even if you don't always agree with their opinions, it's nice to move away from commercial journalism and keep things as open and transparent as possible.