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February 28, 2007
burnout and the late night rantI've been thinking about this for a while now. The OSS burnout is a bit high right now. (Pardon my French.)
Posted by zenspider at February 28, 2007 12:38 AM
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So what kind of projects would you like people to do with your code?
I got halfway to extending your ruby2c into a ruby2java, but got annoyed with Sun's evil C API.
Posted by: GrEp at February 28, 2007 11:57 AM
GrEp,
Ouch! I can feel your pain wrt sun's C API. ruby2java wouldn't be too fun, esp with all the things that we can do that just doesn't fit in the java object model (singleton methods).
As far as what kind of projects I want people to do with my code goes... that isn't the type of expectation I have. Do what you want with my code, but be ethical and kind about it. I'm mostly tired of people with this bitchy tone and a false sense of entitlement that they use just to be rude.
Posted by: zenspider at February 28, 2007 2:38 PM
Ryan, it is often too easy for us to allow too much time to pass before expressing our gratitude. Thank you, thank you for sharing your code.
I think for many of us, we would like to contribute. For others, sadly they are ungrateful.
Hang tough.
Posted by: Ken Barker at February 28, 2007 6:17 PM
Do what you love, Ryan, and let the leeches go. Although I have not directly used your work, I know that open source coders like you have changed the world in ways that most people do not realize.
You are the unsung heroes of virtual freedom.
Posted by: Michael Brooks at March 1, 2007 4:15 AM
I agree with your comments about the web and the internet in general being all about greed. The "Web 2.0" shit is all about greed. Everything up to then has simply been a learning process about how to implement greed into the everyday workings of the internet. Web 2.0 has most of the "greed kinks" all worked out, they know how to implement their greed flawlessly. As a user of open source software (as appossed to a contributer) its all about not having to reinvent the wheel. No matter what you do, it is likely that someone else has already done it, so why create it all over again. Thats the lure of using open source software but appreciation is duley noted and in some cases compensated for as well as supported. You have to grow a thicker skin when dealing with people who do nothing but bitch and complain about your work. You have to know that there always will be f**ks like that wherever you go and with whatever you do. You just have to tell them to not use your stuff and create it themselves if they can do such a better job, come on "sticks and stones...".
Posted by: Doooh_Head at March 1, 2007 4:48 AM
Totally agree with the issue at hand ;)
Posted by: Constantin Baciu at March 1, 2007 5:00 AM
Dude, reply to all bitching with:
Hello, I banged you mom last night but she needs a lot of work. Would you teach her how to give a proper BJ before I nail her again? Thanks.
That is all :-)
Posted by: rushonerok at March 1, 2007 9:32 AM
Ryan,
I constantly deal with many of the same issues you face and what keeps me going is my enjoyment of the "craft".
So:
- Code for you, period.
- Do what YOU think is right.
- Omit the bad language, it only hurts your credibility.
Item #3 seems silly at first, after all it's your blog, and you SHOULD be able to say what you want to the way you want to, but (like e-mail) once you post something in cyberspace you can never take it back.
Many of the "business types" that give us daily headaches look for ways to diminish our (IT guys) influence so that they may increase their own, and the vulgar language an easy way for them to do this.
Posted by: wwwjames at March 1, 2007 10:53 AM
It might seem a rather contrary posiiton to take, but those guys who never contribute and just bitch the whole time? They're your users.
If the only people who use the code you're writing are your co-contributors, then you're not really 'sharing' your code in any wide sense - you're just developing something for yourselves.
They're a mirror - admittedly, a cracked, distorted, and whiny mirror, but a mirror nevertheless - use them wisely...
Posted by: scofflaw at March 4, 2007 5:47 PM
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