Hazel Weakly
Y'know how there's a pattern of behavior where someone says something is bad about the tech industry or community or OSS software or something, and then every single nerd within a 50 square mile radius says *WELL ACKTUALLY*??
I just realized that if, like, even 10% of them just... Sat down and spent some energy fixing the problem instead of insulting someone for experiencing it, we would've solved all those issues by now
Thomas 🔭🕹️
@hazelweakly “next year” has been when Linux desktop apps catch up since I started using Linux (for servers) in the mid-90s
Hazel Weakly
*deep breath*
GUIs are broken on Linux
Good OSS photo editing tools don't exist
That goes for video editing as well, and audio, and literally anything that isn't blender
Mobile and touch screens? In this OSS? Pffh
"Coding on an iPad means you're a fake loser" is a sentiment that needs to stop
WordPress and PHP are real, useful, and your ego won't die if you admit you use them
CSS is a real programming language, so is html
Hazel Weakly
*deep breath continues*
Low code isn't trash, you're just bad at building tools your coworkers can use
"Technical user" doesn't mean "I use vim". The people from $NOT_ENGINEERING are fuckin awesome, stop refusing to acknowledge they exist
Your ETL pipeline could've been an excel spreadsheet if you weren't elitist about it
Your whole startup could've been a pivot table + some visual basic, honestly
Algorithms™ aren't all bad, you just hate being reminded that you're susceptible to feelings
Hazel Weakly
*deepest breath ever*
Most of y'all will never understand or respect the deep intellect required to function on a daily level that is manifested by a black woman living under the poverty level feeding 5 people on a shoestring budget. You want to change the world? Feed people.
Most startups fail, not because startups are hard, but because two affluent dudes from an ivy league have no context with which to understand what a problem worth solving actually looks like and they never will
Hazel Weakly
*deeper breath*
The amount of "I think logically without emotion" tone policing that goes on is absolutely outrageous. Especially when it's targeted at women and not all the people that fork every single OSS project at the slightest hint of disagreement
"Communication skills are useless" says person who just spent 12 days reading the documentation wrong because they feel less manly if they ask for help
"Irreplaceable" and loud toxic people suppress invaluable and quiet brilliance
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