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MRI scan of a head and brain.
Open Source by Dimas Guardado on July 21st, 2014
How our assumptions about the skill and capability of our technical workforce keeps us from building more diverse -- and more successful -- organizations.
'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 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)!
Early interface of Microsoft Paint, showing simple colors and large shapes being made.
Mythology by Misty De Meo on March 17th, 2014
Or, how I quit programming and returned.
Screenshot of the section of the libuv pull request comments. In it, bnoordhuis comments: Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that. User coderanger comments: +1 for merging this change. Alex, who opened the request, comments: I'm sorry to hear that. I don't really see why you wouldn't merge it if it's so trivial though. Surely making the library less hostile is worth a few seconds of our time to press the merge button?
Lean Out by Tim Chevalier on February 24th, 2014
How open source enforces male domination through shaming and hostility.
Women Who Hack Group.
State by Kronda Adair on January 13th, 2014
Experiences, Thoughts and Advice From Experienced Technologists