Open Source Civility

I think the comment below in the github thread sums up the attitude of the developer. It's definitely not a "neutral" attitude. It's somewhat chip-on-shoulder and somewhat aggressive. > Setting the technical merits of your suggestion aside though: peppering your comments with clauses like “it’s that simple” or “extremely simple” and, somewhat unexpectedly “am I missing something?” can be read as impugning the reader. Some folks may be a little put off by you

must we check any semblance of emotion at the door? i am simply trying to put into words the emotions invoked having used their product.if we want to suggest I'm opening up a potential argument by being "unnecessarily inflammatory", id say that GitLab as a product is the unecessary inflammation that started the argument.I didnt insult anyone- I have a ton of respect for the GitLab guys and I genuinely wish them the best of luck. which is why I'm not going to step on egg

"Someone helpfully summarized the article and got a dumb fucking comment in response" No, they didn't. They got a reasonable disagreement. You reacted to it arrogantly. I jovially suggested that your assertion was wrong and you went super nova! The whole thread is there for all to see. You need to work on you people and communication skills. Some free advice. Lose the attitude. Like it or not, that 'schmuck' has contributed significantly to the world of computing. What he has to say is

No offense, but you don't come off very nicely in that thread. Perhaps you could rephrase your criticism in a way that would make the maintainers more likely to listen to you?

What's up with the many insults? A bit of professionalism amongst developers would be nice...

This is a touchy subject. I think this kind of behavior is very counterproductive and we (programmers) seem to do it a lot. It's something that needs to be talked about and fixed. Miguel de Icaza wrote a great blog post about "well-actuallys" a year ago and it's definitely worth reading: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.htmlThat being said, it makes me uncomfortable that an article called "Why you should

If you want people to take you and your projects seriously, you are going to have to stop being so antagonistic. I've seen you act this way here, on Reddit, and on GitHub...The sarcasm, childish comments, and resorting to insults the second someone criticizes your code isn't giving me any hope that you can competently maintain a project like this.Take a look over the HN Guidelines [1] and the "Approach to comments"[2] sections of the site.[1] <a href="https:/&#x

I don't really think it's offensive, looks like people here are just trying to get attention. You don't need to be a great coder to know that your developers aren't that good. He accepts making a mistake, and really, talking about this issue is beneficial for other companies that will try to prevent this. So it's rather helpful.

I am not talking about a toolset. I'm talking about how I believe you have a "I'm right, you're stupid and wrong" attitude. So I'm not disputing your opinion about Gitless, I'm criticizing how you presented it. I don't think the sentiment is ridiculous, because I think it's correct; clearly if you write it off as ridiculous then we're just talking past each other. Similarly, I don't think I am labeling you in a negative light for &quo

Easy there, this is someone's personal project- you aren't being forced to use, evaluate, contribute to, or provide a review. You should focus on your own goals and excuse yourself from topics of discussion you don't care for. Someone on the project is likely reading this and -not- feeling good about your needlessly hateful comments. Next time just keep it to yourself and move on.