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'Primary' and 'Replica' aren't especially bad choices, but they're also wrong. The correct terms are `master` and `slave`. They've been used in databases, hardware setups, server setups and god knows what else for god knows how long.
Social Media

The Brogrammer’s Guide to Derailing

by nina de jesus on June 30th, 2014
Soon enough, you'll have defeated all those misguided Social Justice Warriors, for the good of mankind (where mankind = brogrammers)!
Prints of multiple hashtag symbols on a concrete street.
Social Media

#TwitterPanic

by Dorothy Kim on June 30th, 2014
Feminist Killjoys, #TwitterPanic, And AAPI Feminist Digital Disruption
Screenshot of The Save Wįyąbi Mapping Project webpage. The map shows most of Canada and the United States. The map illustrates the number of unsolved missing and solved and unsolved murders of Indigenous women with glowing, numbered red circles transposed on the map. The numbers shown in this view total nearly 1000, with high concentrations in the southwest corner of Canada (317), and the upper Midwest US and bordering area of Canada (191).
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No IVAWA

by Lauren Chief Elk-Young Bear on June 30th, 2014
Often absent from the mainstream discussion of global and domestic violence against women is the recognition of the state as a perpetrator.
A large 3D hashtag erected by painted boards of wood against a concrete background.
Social Media

More Than the Message

by Sydette Harry on June 30th, 2014
Media, Safety and Attribution in Online Activism
A student holds a sign that says No One Should Have to Live in Fear. Two students embrace in the background.
Social Media

The Hashtag: Building #StandWithLeah

by Brianne Huntsman on June 30th, 2014
Powerful institutions speak two languages: media and money.
The Gittip Github Issues page, featuring open technical issues on the platform.
Management

An Interview About Gittip With Ellen Marie Dash (duckie)

by The Editor & Ellen Marie Dash (duckie) on June 9th, 2014
Community management, open company principles and more.
Photo of a white wall covered with sticky notes as part of the design process. Many of the notes are difficult to make out, but say things like 'What I want to know', 'What community?' 'Existing efforts? Who is doing what?'.
Management

It’s Not You, It’s The System

by Janani Balasubramanian on June 9th, 2014
Design and Technology for Social Good
Photo of the author speaking at an event, holding a microphone and gesturing.
Management

Articulating and Advocating for Accessibility

by Matt May on June 9th, 2014
Tech workers should be advocating for accessibility - how to get started and what to expect.
A diagram of a letter.
Lean Out

An Open Letter on Feminism In Tech

by The Editor on May 22nd, 2014
We are tired of pretending this stuff doesn’t happen.
A portrait of the author.
Queer

Class Mobility, Mentorship and Getting Started in Tech

by The Editor & Lynn Cyrin on May 19th, 2014
An Interview with Lynn Cyrin

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