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66 stories and discussions about culture, aggregated from every source we track.
FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents, second maybe to Lincoln. Both were men the establishment assumed were one of them until, to their horror, they governed like they weren't. Both could trash the…
Homebrew experiences on entitled behaviour in open source, why boundaries matter for maintainers, and definitions for users, contributors and maintainers.
The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments.Simply spend a bit of time playing the eponymous game every day for a few weeks.A...
Some time ago some fascists took a copy of Mastodon and made Truth Social with it. Arguably the damage caused by Truth Social to the world is greater than the good Mastodon brought to a few of us. This is my greatest…
Using the wiki on GitHub makes life more difficult for your users, and you as a maintainer. Use the `/docs` folder and GitHub Pages instead and keep your docs in sync with code
Watching discussions happening online, I see a frequent unfortunate tic I’ll call the Expert Asterisk. A beginner is asking for help, and experts are answering.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that many of us here today like to see our work as a continuation of say the Tech Model Railroad Club or the Homebrew Computer Club, and certainly the terminology and the values…
<p>Hey guys,</p> <p>I just started my internship yesterday (first internship woo!). I feel awkward and new, especially because they have me using Windows and Java (my two least liked things!) but at least I get to use Jira and Stash.</p> <p>I was wondering what other people's workflows, or just the assets you use on a daily bases, are. So, if you feel comfortable sharing yours go ahead!</p>
This is a translation of this article in Russian. Far from perfect, but understandable, I hope. Written by Ilya Zverev, CC-BY.
<p>This is the weekly thread to discuss what you have done recently and are working on this week.</p> <p>Be descriptive, and don’t hesitate to ask for help!</p>
A year and a half ago I attended Brewster Kahle's Decentralized Web Summit and wrote: I am working on a post about my reactions to the fi...
On the state of open source 3D printing in 2023
Being good at building and being good at shipping are two separate skills. In the short term, they’re actually countervailing: if you have a gift for building…
<p>Come determine what programming language matches best with what anime. Come prepared to defend your decisions.</p>
@thegrugq wrote a brilliant piece a while back on the state of infosec conference talks. He wrote: Essentially (most) security cons are comic / star trek conven
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Johannes Doerfert, on September 17, 2026, at the age of 36, after a battle with cancer.
You have never heard of me, and depending on who you are, god do I hope you will forget my name as soon as you finish reading this. Quite frankly, I am unimp…
<p>I found this to be a very interesting article on the gentrification of hacking, and how startupistan is assimilating it.</p> <p>A sample:</p> <blockquote> <p>This process of gentrification becomes a war over language. If enough newcomers with media clout use the hollowed-out version of the term, its edge grows dull. You end up with a mere affectation, failing to challenge otherwise conventional aspirations. And before you know it, an earnest Stanford grad is handing me a business card that says, without irony: ‘Founder. Investor. Hacker.’</p> </blockquote>
<p>The talk is given by <a href="https://github.com/ceejbot" rel="ugc">C J Silverio</a>, ex CTO of npm, Inc.</p>
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and other groups.
Two major publishers will remove more than 120 papers created with random paper generator SCIgen, according to Nature. Richard van Noorden, who has the scoop, reports:
I was pleasantly surprised when somebody shared my traveling salesman animation to reddit and the post made it all the way to reddit’s default front page (i.e. the top 25). The gif racked up over 1.3 …
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This is based on my keynote at RubyConf 2026. Video, references There’s a philosopher in Naples, Italy, way back in the 1700s who understood something important to software today. Giambattist…
The "Dark Matter Developer" moniker has been floating around for several years. Scott Hanselman introduced the term to describe developers who do not have
Lessons about good work and company culture.
Jeanne Tsai and Batja Mesquita show how emotions are shaped by cultural logics that orient our relationships and judgments. Their conversation raises a broader question: what does it mean to understand others in…
The algorithm drives negativity online, but my Hacker News and Lobsters experience showed that humans spread toxicity just fine without one
We’re joined by Ernie from Code for Miami and Mike Sarasti from the City of Miamia to talk about how local government can work together to open up data to enable developers to build amazing s…