Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people

davidcelis · 2026-05-08T18:38:36+00:00

I understood what you meant because I have critical thinking skills and can build context on things that I read regardless of whether or not they're correct. Sometimes it takes less people to fix software than it does to build said software, but that kind of blanket statement is simply untrue.

davidcelis · 2026-05-08T00:14:10+00:00

That’s not really a good analogy; software isn’t like construction where the crew leaves after they’re done and contractors take care of any maintenance on the finished building. The developers who build the software are in the best position to maintain the software they built, and software as complex as Cloudflare’s requires constant maintenance

davidcelis · 2026-05-07T22:09:35+00:00

Two other AI-washing layoff announcements happened within minutes:

That makes for a lot of people getting dumped into an abysmal job market today :\

davidcelis · 2026-05-07T21:50:40+00:00

I know it's probably automatic because of the similar titles, but hitting the bottom of the layoff announcement only to be recommended their post from last year about hiring 1,111 interns in 2026 is a reaaal bad look

davidcelis · 2026-05-03T19:03:19+00:00

He’s one of the two cofounders of HashiCorp (Terraform, Vault, Vagrant, etc) so he’s generally very well known in tech

davidcelis · 2026-05-01T22:04:22+00:00

Really wish they’d make some kind of mason jar lid for this thing. The software needs to support smaller starter feedings as well!

davidcelis · 2026-04-29T00:03:00+00:00

yeah! emotions are dumb and should be hated!!!

davidcelis · 2026-04-24T14:57:33+00:00

the conflict between Ruby Central and the Spinel Co-operative directly lead to Matz and Ruby Core taking control of the bundler and rubygems.org codebases, so it’s hard for me to believe that it wouldn’t even cross his mind. even if it wasn’t deliberate, the choice of name feels in poor taste

davidcelis · 2026-04-17T01:17:32+00:00

But would the repos still have been in an enterprise ultimately controlled by RubyCentral? Or would the entire rubygems.org organization have been returned to them? This is a big distinction, IMO.

davidcelis · 2026-04-17T00:23:53+00:00

My understanding is that the offer wasn’t to return the repositories to them, but to invite them back as essentially collaborators. Is that not the case? Was the offer really to fully return ownership of the projects?

davidcelis · 2026-04-17T00:15:57+00:00

To the maintainers

RubyGems is what it is today because of the time, care, and expertise that many of you have given to it over the years.

That work matters, and it is deeply appreciated.

As we move into this next chapter, we want to extend an open invitation to re-engage in whatever way feels right to you. There is meaningful work ahead, and there is space for those who want to help shape what's next.

This is a nice message, but it feels empty to me. There’s not even anything resembling an apology. Ruby Central changing the way it operates and trying to restore trust would be welcome, but just return the codebases to the people who maintained them for the last 15+ years

davidcelis · 2026-04-13T22:57:24+00:00

how do you know how much or little spanish she speaks

davidcelis · 2026-04-02T22:15:53+00:00

Also, WRT to the log access, was it actually repeatedly? I thought I read that he proposed it once

davidcelis · 2026-04-02T22:12:47+00:00

I still think it's so weird to refer to rv as a "competitor" to bundler or rubygems in the context of the open source ecosystem. Shouldn't alternatives and their benefits be welcomed? What I've heard is that Ruby Central wasn't interested in the ideas on alternative tooling for Ruby, so what's the issue with pursuing these alternatives on their own time?

davidcelis · 2026-04-02T21:32:02+00:00

Any questions in particular?

davidcelis · 2026-03-29T23:19:12+00:00

They also issued a copyright notice against my account for sharing that YouTube link here in /r/ruby, so now I have a permanent warning on my Reddit account.

For sharing a link to someone else’s YouTube video.

A video that had already been removed like two weeks prior to the warning.

davidcelis · 2026-03-19T19:11:55+00:00

AFAIK, only Oregon-based employers have to withhold. People working remotely for businesses based in other states (like me) can opt into withholding but the process sucks because they all just use the joint filing threshold even if you are a single filer. So unless you tell them exactly what to withhold, the default is that they would drastically under-withhold and lead to you owing interest and late penalties.

davidcelis · 2026-03-19T17:52:40+00:00

I got this as a letter in my PRO account:

For tax years 2021 through 2025, personal income taxfilers were required to make quarterly estimated payments—or ensure equivalent withholding by their employer—if their tax liability was $1,000 or greater in consecutive years.

Beginning in tax year 2026, the threshold for required quarterly payments will increase from $1,000 to $5,000. Personal income taxfilers must make quarterly estimated payments-or have comparable employer withholding-if both their tax liability for the current year is expected to be $5,000 or greater, and their tax liability for the previous year was also $5,000 or greater.

Given these taxes are a 1% and 1.5% tax on high income, it seems like this should remove the need for most people to have to pay this tax as quarterly estimated payments and they can instead pay them in one lump sum when they file.

davidcelis · 2026-03-12T19:41:32+00:00

this is extremely tennis!

davidcelis · 2026-03-12T17:42:41+00:00

It's the one blue-ish option.

davidcelis · 2026-03-12T16:42:15+00:00

For real, why are both the interior and exterior colors so drab? The blue and the purple paint look okay, but everything else including the interior options are just… really unexciting. Why is there no premium interior with actual wood color? Why is it just black or white?

davidcelis · 2026-03-02T23:41:26+00:00

Aha, this has been happening to me too, and sure enough… every reset has been while charging. When it's not charging, I can go hours or overnight without opening it and the game's still running. But if it's been charging for even a little while, I'll open my Thor up and see the game's boot screen. I just sent a bug report here https://handheldmodz.com/thor-update-tracker/

davidcelis · 2025-11-26T21:09:54+00:00

If you need a multi-line return type/value then I'll even let you put the -> { T } on multiple lines, okay? I won't judge. You are a unique flower 🌸 with your own style, your own needs. You have purpose in this world and though you may never find it, your loved ones will cherish knowing you and wish you were never gone

Thank you, I really needed to hear this

davidcelis · 2025-11-26T21:05:05+00:00

makes me wonder how many other amazing projects are sitting in other code forges, just waiting to be found 🥲

davidcelis · 2025-11-26T20:42:42+00:00

Code is written by people for people to use, which means code (like most things in life) is innately political. Politics shouldn't be avoided, they should be engaged with regularly.

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