‼️the situation now
Throughout the world, winter is a season of calm, tranquility, and warmth, except in #Gaza, where you are in a tent made of torn blankets. Winds come and tear down this tent, leaving you in the open. You lose your dignity as a #human being and wish for death!
If you have a little #compassion and #humanity, help us buy plastic sheeting to replace the torn ones. #Donate now and spread the word. https://chuffed.org/project/help-mai-and-the-gaza-camp-kids
#GazaWinterCrisis #GazaWinter #freepalestine

Wishing a peaceful and happy Friday. Please stay safe and sound.

"The people are the only ones capable of transforming society." ~ Rigoberta Menchu (* 9 Jan 1959)

Photo: https://www.catmanfromaleppo.com

Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist, Nobel Prize laureate and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Menchú is known for promoting indigenous rights of the Guatemalan K'iche' ethnic group.

#catsofmastodon #mastodoncats #cats #pets #catsdaily #catoftheday #animals #compassion #rescue #shelter

Wishing a peaceful and happy Friday. Please stay safe and sound.

"The people are the only ones capable of transforming society." ~ Rigoberta Menchu (* 9 Jan 1959)

Photo: https://www.catmanfromaleppo.com

Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist, Nobel Prize laureate and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Menchú is known for promoting indigenous rights of the Guatemalan K'iche' ethnic group.

#catsofmastodon #mastodoncats #cats #pets #catsdaily #catoftheday #animals #compassion #rescue #shelter

One of our developers just spent an hour assessing and reviewing a pull request on one of our security projects in Rust. About 2000 lines of code changed, backed by a 200 line description which, luckily, explicitly stated: "I am not a Rust developer or security expert" and "This code was generated with assistance from Claude".

I asked "Why did you spend an hour on this?" and they replied "This seemed to be coming from a young, enthusiastic coder trying to do their best for an open source project. I didn't just want to shut the door in their face without a proper explanation."

This made me think. There's a lot of AI-slop bashing, and sure, we now definitely need a policy too to protect ourselves from it becoming a time sink. But I think we shouldn't forget the often good intentions that are behind these contributions. There is an educational aspect here as well, especially for a younger generation of software developers who think AI gives them programming powers beyond their wildest dreams.

We honestly welcome contributions, but as guardians of our code base we often feel that the timing doesn't quite line up with our planning, the design choices don't quite match the existing or desired architecture, and now, with AI, it becomes easier than ever to put a lot of code on our doorstep to review. Contributors may feel they're doing something good, without considering the consequences on the receiving end.

So, I think our contributing guidelines should start with "Before you start coding, talk to us first."

#Compassion #MentalHealth #OpenSource #AI #AISlop #SoftwareDevelopment #ProductManagement #rustlang

One of our developers just spent an hour assessing and reviewing a pull request on one of our security projects in Rust. About 2000 lines of code changed, backed by a 200 line description which, luckily, explicitly stated: "I am not a Rust developer or security expert" and "This code was generated with assistance from Claude".

I asked "Why did you spend an hour on this?" and they replied "This seemed to be coming from a young, enthusiastic coder trying to do their best for an open source project. I didn't just want to shut the door in their face without a proper explanation."

This made me think. There's a lot of AI-slop bashing, and sure, we now definitely need a policy too to protect ourselves from it becoming a time sink. But I think we shouldn't forget the often good intentions that are behind these contributions. There is an educational aspect here as well, especially for a younger generation of software developers who think AI gives them programming powers beyond their wildest dreams.

We honestly welcome contributions, but as guardians of our code base we often feel that the timing doesn't quite line up with our planning, the design choices don't quite match the existing or desired architecture, and now, with AI, it becomes easier than ever to put a lot of code on our doorstep to review. Contributors may feel they're doing something good, without considering the consequences on the receiving end.

So, I think our contributing guidelines should start with "Before you start coding, talk to us first."

#Compassion #MentalHealth #OpenSource #AI #AISlop #SoftwareDevelopment #ProductManagement #rustlang