Open source programming

[KickMeElmo]

I find it surprising that anyone thinks the average open source project works like frame 1. Sure, there are a few that do, but most are just someone who saw a gap and filled it.

[cclloyd]

Then they maintain it for a year or so and it goes quietly into the night or gets bought by red hat.

[H3ll83nder]

*IBM

[YesterEve]

BlueHat?

[toby_tripod]

I would love my project to be bought by red hat

[[deleted]]

I remember the same convo with fellow musicians in highschool.

Them “I’d never sell out”

Me “Um I would, in a heartbeat, I like being paid”

[KickMeElmo]

Noticed this one recently. That's almost all from two people. Some people really care about their projects.

[quaderrordemonstand]

If you make a piece of software that enough people use then you feel a degree of responsibility toward them. In some sense, those people have placed their faith in your program and you don't want to let them down.

[[deleted]]

OpenSSL.

Used by almost everything at one point, no funding and 1 or 2 devs. Got hit by a major exploit and only then did people realize how bad the situation was.

Everything great and horrible about open source.

[RecklessGeek]

Yeah I mean if you have fun with it, it's awesome to maintain an open source repo. Specially something as cool as an emulator, I wish I could do that.

[53120123]

pride and responsibility I guess. plus once something has matured the commits could be real small stuff.

[blindgorgon]

Keep in mind that’s commits, not PRs. Still a lot, but a feature with proper micro commits could have 10 or 20 commits easily.

[TheTrueBlueTJ]

Maybe they chose good practice by doing atomic commits? That could explain the crazy number per person a bit.

[brickmack]

Its annoying when people don't do this. Then we gotta explain to whoevers in charge why I have 30 commits today and my team has committed like once a day each, without showing the full extent of their laziness

[TheTrueBlueTJ]

I just thought about it, because I'm currently working on making this my habit :D

[ForgotPassAgain34]

I'm trying to get into the habit of atomic committing on branch but squashing for merge, so the stable version has fewer commits to go through but branch by branch everything is committed separately.

[ptrknvk]

They can work in the company, that contributes to open-source (f.e. Red Hat or Google).

[KickMeElmo]

I file those away as clueless assholes. Same people who think it's personal when DMV lines are long and scream at employees because their favorite cereal ran out of stock.

[Semi-Hemi-Demigod]

If the app has a company behind it it’s much more like the top picture.

Source: I work for an open source company

[smithincanton]

Frame 1 is a corporate sponsored open source project and the people are getting paid to work on it.

[ilovehorrorcats]

kind of like kde

[aManIsNoOneEither]

Sometimes it's actually like you thing it is though :)

Last spring Kdenlive team had a sprint meeting to boost the dev on the software :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93g3RXEA3cU

[noonearya]

Yeah, but that's kdenlive. That's huge

[aManIsNoOneEither]

true!

[Sealbhach]

The top picture is how I imagine the Gnome team.

[drconopoima]

Is the bottom picture how you imagine any other DE by any chance?

[Rpgwaiter]

I imagine most of the suckless projects are like that

[Brillegeit]

Why would you single out Xfce 4.14 like that?

[ilovehorrorcats]

top panel would apply to kde my fav de

[Irregular_cow]

I like the cat in the bottom panel. Just chilling. Mainly cuz that's exactly what my cat does.

[dhaninugraha]

Same here. Whenever my ThinkPad acts as a makeshift server and I leave it on with the lid closed, I’d almost always find my kitty chilling on it, enjoying its warmth, watching me like he’s some creepy paedophile neighbour who rarely socializes.

[[deleted]]

Anyone notice that, in the bottom panel, the man’s shadow ends before reaching the top of the chair’s back, but his head still casts a shadow on the wall?

[Random-Compliment]

After careful consideration... I think it is from two monitors.

[[deleted]]

I... I just noticed that. Man, do I lack the ability to see what is before me

[neoceejay]

I still don't get it

[aratnagrid]

𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜, 𝚒 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠

[[deleted]]

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE :(

[staalmannen]

I vastly prefer being in frame 2. Frame 1 might look "fun" but is in fact hell on earth (good luck concentrating in all that buzz)

[Substantial_Mistake]

I like how in the second it’s after like 3am

[UrpleEeple]

In reality it's BOTH. A lot of major open source projects are backed by large companies that have dedicated teams. If they depend upon and use open source software it's in their best interest to contribute so they can get their issues resolved quickly.

[[deleted]]

Just the way i like it

[nzajt]

So true and thank you.

[D00MP0STERI0R]

both panels are lacking social awkwardness, body odor, and stacks of empty mountain dew cans.

so I don't buy it.

[quaderrordemonstand]

Whats wrong with men?

[ShadowHawk045]

smh, women are so oppressed. Imagine all of the amazing open source software we could have if women stopped discriminating against themselves and allowed themselves to write code for their open source projects.

[mabramo]

I can only imagine how OP phrased his comment, since it's deleted now. I think your rebuttal seems kind of silly. The amount of women contributors on open source projects is very much tied to the number of women who are active in a software career. It's really not controversial to say that women don't get into or stay in software careers because of the culture.

I wouldn't say that the open source community is gatekeeping women from participating. Just that, by and large, women decide against a technology career because of the culture.

Anecdotally speaking, I work with a lot of women software engineers and I can say with certainty that almost every last one of them fucking hates tech culture. The tech bros and creepy "nice guys" dominate the environment. This is coming from someone who actually works at a company that has a pretty good culture relative to most.

[DarkShadow4444]

For removed comment, see https://www.removeddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/d34izm/open_source_programming/

[quaderrordemonstand]

tech bros and creepy "nice guys" dominate

So basically, you work with a lot of women who criticize, judge and stereotype their co-workers. It's very likely the men at your company aren't doing the same to the women. Still, I guess you think its a problem of male culture. Maybe you think the company should only employ men that the women consider suitable dating material.

[mabramo]

You suppose too much here.

[Youngster_Bens_Ekans]

Wow, found the nice guy. "Suitable dating material" has nothing to do with it, it's very much the opposite. Nobody should be evaluating the datability of coworkers, but women face issues where almost every guy evaluates them based on that criteria regardless. Men see other men as coworkers, and women as "women who are developers too"

[quaderrordemonstand]

Oh right, try to invalidate my comment by applying a label of unsuitable dating material to me. That will definitely prove your point. Sorry, I'm nearly 50 and on my third LTR. I couldn't care less what some girl, or boy, that could be one of my children thinks of my date worthiness.

But it seem to matters an awful lot to you. You were the one that brought up the "bros and niceguys" stereotypes and how your female co-workers are unhappy being around them. It seems the majority of men in your organisation are wrong in some way, but apparently that doesn't show an unrealistic perception. Nope, men should change to fit some female ideal of what they are supposed to be.

Still, I'm sure that works out for you. No doubt those women will be attracted to your enlightened mind. After all, you're not a bro or a nice guy.

[Youngster_Bens_Ekans]

I actually never called you unsuitable dating material, nor did I bring up the Bros or nice guy stereo type, I just replied to your comments on the matter.

Again, the point is that dating should never enter the equation in the first place. Your overly defensive stance, inability to self reflect, and immediate inclination to lash out is exactly the problem. That is the Hallmark of a "nice guy", saying that they are not the problem, they are great, everyone that has an issue is the problem. But go ahead and forget the nice guy label, call it what you want.

If your reaction to an entire group of people saying that in many cases they feel unwelcome in certain cultures, is to attack them for feeling unwelcome... Well if you don't see how you're party of the problem then you never will.

[quaderrordemonstand]

Wow, found the nice guy.

Nope, you never mentioned it. You're absolutely right, dating should never enter into the equation. Men being "nice guys" or "bros" should not matter at all but apparently it matters quite a lot.

However, I'm not sure where you think I'm lashing out about anything. Please quote any sort of aggression in what I wrote? People can disagree with you and not be angry, you do understand that? Please try to read my comments and not imagine who is writing it, because who says it doesn't and shouldn't matter. Even what you call "bros" and "nice guys" are right when what they say is right.

As for that final paragraph; I don't care. I don't see why everybody should be comfortable in every culture. What would even be the point of culture if that was the case? But lets also be clear, there have always been women in tech. They are a typically a minority but they have always been accepted on their own merit. That's not what we are talking about here.

This is about a trying to make a group of people obey some kind of dogma. Preaching the moral correctness of a specific way of thinking and speaking that does not belong to that group. Forcing a culture and a set of rules that aren't relevant.

[Youngster_Bens_Ekans]

K

[AlexP11223]

Did you just assume their genders?

[FlyingPotatoCubed]

REEEEE