- Dec 2021
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news.ycombinator.com news.ycombinator.com
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I'd argue it's slightly different--
It is different. However, they're similar enough to draw lessons from.
I use similar, non-specced canaries all the time. E.g. small fixes for things in projects that are nonetheless obvious errors, or determining whether someone is going to try to frame my attempt to contribute by "upperhanding" me, whether they're hostile to messages attached to a name that they don't recognize, etc.
For example, if it takes too much back and forth to get a typo or link fixed in the docs (or any sort of review process for content on what is purported to be a "wiki"), then odds are, things are messed up at a greater level that are going to be a source of frustration later. At that point, I'm out.
A surprisingly large number of projects fail these, in what we are otherwise expected to consider the present Renaissance of FOSS...
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- Aug 2018
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edu522.networkedlearningcollaborative.com edu522.networkedlearningcollaborative.com
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Incessentaly correcting graamer
This may be my favorite line of the entire code of conduct! I'm doing my best to resist....
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