David Heinemeier Hansson
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.
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52 positions on record, and 6 documented changes of mind. Every one is a word-for-word quote linked to where it was said — that is what this site calls a korent.
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A formal code of conduct is not worth adopting, because those became struggle-session processes; courtesy without one is what actually wins.
Omarchy is not going to adopt a formal Code of Conduct because those turned out to be struggle-session processes in the last turning. But we are going to play nice. We're going to be courteous, professional, and composed…
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Returning fire to a troll costs you your reputation and costs the troll nothing, because the audience judges you and not them.
But if you return fire with fire, the only thing that'll burn is our reputation. The troll who triggered you into flashing your teeth won't face any consequences, but every spectator who saw it will judge you.
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Omarchy could reasonably switch its packaging system to Nix.
Maybe Nix is like Rust: Amazing if you don't have to look at the code! I'm open to the idea that Omarchy Cinque could switch packaging system if I never have to look at nixlang, there are no ergonomic regressions, and we…