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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@ricmac Love the design changes they've made to this that puts people in control of if they want to be included in packs and if so, which ones they want to be in.

Bluesky not even *notifying* you that you were in a starter pack was always weird.

Here's hoping they keep the dunbar's number […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

As a software developer, if you do not genuinely believe in the value of what the people who pay your bills are producing, you have a moral responsibility to seek alternate work long term.

This is not to deny the reality of how complicated that will be for most, and long term may mean years […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

In June, we proposed new Terms of Service for registered users of on our mastodon.social and mastodon.online servers. We did not do enough to consider the full impact of the terms, and the community was very clear that we needed to reconsider.

We've done that over the past few months. Today […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

"Half Right", or... the most dangerous place to be when working with any technology.

https://skillstopractice.com/posts/half-right

Half Right - Skills to Practice

Half right is the most dangerous place to be when it comes to anything involving technology. I think about this every time I see something cobbled together in a weekend...

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

... UML sort of does this but to some extent feels like it was created by mapping coding concepts to a visual representation, rather than seeking a natural representation.

But to be honest, I need to spend more time with it. It's sort of sad that something that *in theory* could be incredibly […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

This is perhaps going to sound a bit strange but part of what makes code so unnatural to read is its lack of distinct shapes.

A hammer looks like a hammer. A saw looks like a saw. A screwdriver, a screwdriver.

It's pretty important for humans to have a clear hand->eye->brain connection.

We […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I am informed that the rubygems leaders who were ousted in the coup have regrouped at https://gem.coop/ with a new gems server.

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André Arko @indirect.io · 3d

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 4d

If new people are coming go check out those #introduction posts and do some boosting. We need to build an ever wider, more inclusive network.

If there's something that sets the fediverse apart is that we can build authentic social relationships here. This isn't just a surrogate of old media […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@adarsh Thanks. We agree about the PSF idea and long term one way or another I hope Ruby gets there.

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@adarsh It was a corporation since its inception and that doesn't mean it needs to communicate like a 200 billion dollar company rather than the max few million dollar non-profit it needs to be.

Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@adarsh And this is where I worry about the difference of growth and scale.

Of course we cannot do things in the "old ways", especially not in the pre-Rails adoption days.

But it is *not* a foregone conclusion that we must bend ourselves to fit the standard way a few giant companies expect us […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@adarsh To be honest I worry the people who are on board now don't know or remember what it was like to be in older days of Ruby community in which governance, adhoc though it may be, was something that was discussed and sorted out in the open, on mailing lists and IRC channels, with deep input […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@adarsh Ruby Central was instrumental in starting my career and I have great regards for the founders.

I've been in the Ruby community for 21 years now and spent a few of the more recent years mostly down a few rabbit holes that made me not pay attention to what was going on.

So I admit, I […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Ruby Central has posted their weekly update:

https://rubycentral.org/news/weekly-update-friday-october-3/#how-to-engage

I do recommend sending questions in to them. None were answered in this update, but we'll see if they get addressed in future updates.

If you are not comfortable with the […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Messages sent. Took me five minutes.

Not expecting replies but will be grateful if I hear back, even to hear "Sorry but I don't want to talk about this."

Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

To be very clear, I am only advocating directly reaching out to individuals if you genuinely appreciate them and you're not a stranger to them.

To simply ask "Why is everyone silent on these issues?" and also to express, "I like you but I feel like you've got a responsibility to speak up here […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

One tactical error I think we're making by addressing "Rails Core" is that collective groups never can take responsibility.

Their names (according to rubyonrails.org) are Jeremy, Aaron, Xavier, Rafael, Guillermo, Carlos, Matthew, Eileen, Ryuta, Jean, and John.

Do you know and like any of these […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

The "Questions for Ruby Central" repository I set up for people to go on record with what they're asking Ruby Central got its first pull request, which I've merged.

See the newly added questions here:
https://github.com/community-research-on-ruby-governance/questions-for-ruby-central

And then […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

I like the idea of lobste.rs but have never gone and went to create an account there.

I'd like to now. Does anyone have a spare invite?

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Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Old articles and blog posts too often get removed from the web or neglected, left to rot on broken pages. Replanting lets you migrate legacy content to your current site so it can thrive again. Here's how I'm doing it... https://cybercultural.com/p/replanting/ #replanting #savetheweb

Replanting Articles: Bring Legacy Posts to Your Website

Old articles and blog posts too often get removed from the web or neglected, left to rot on broken pages. Replanting lets you migrate legacy content to your current site so it can thrive again.

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

These are very good questions and I hope someone submits them to Ruby Central and then logs them in the public record repository.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1nw17fn/comment/nhdlz58/

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

And with lower overall costs, it's easier to establish community funded stewardship, either directly via memberships, by mid-sized donations from small business, and by larger donations from bigger companies that are still capped to prevent a dependent relationship.

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NeoNacho/115302738985783377

Putting caps on overconsumption and corporate freeloading would bring costs way down. Both for hosting and for maintaining operations.

I agree decentralized packaging is a more complete fix. But we shouldn't throw away the commons and […]

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Gregory Brown @skillstopractice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

The README for the repository I set up has some details on why I think a public record is important for any Q+A with Ruby Central.

See the screenshot below for details.

And to add your own questions, go here:
https://github.com/community-research-on-ruby-governance/questions-for-ruby-central

README from https://github.com/community-research-on-ruby-governance/questions-for-ruby-central

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