Conversation

Graydon Hoare
@graydon_pub
You know what's the saddest thing as a language engineer? When excited users proselytize the project so much that other potential users get resentful and preemptively reject it _out of annoyance_. I see this happening a lot and it produces FEELINGS.
Quote Tweet
ashley williams
@ag_dubs
·
hey, if you are in the Rust community and you think it's funny to talk about/act out the "Rust Evangelism Strike Force", can u please... not? being pushy evangelists that are rude and insist it's all a joke are a huge pain in the ass. no one likes this. it's a bad look.
Show this thread
3
114
Brendan Zabarauskas
@brendanzab
Do you have any ideas on how we might combat this bug early on in a language's life cycle? Maybe this is the next frontier new language communities can attempt to tackle, beyond just fostering friendly, supportive communities internally. 🤔
1
1
Graydon Hoare
@graydon_pub
Dunno. I’d hesitate to suggest anything short of inclusive universalism, as it could so easily mutate into distasteful systems-programming elitism and gatekeeping that’s even worse. Maybe just be excessively honest about its actual shortcomings? It has plenty of problems!
2
5
Brendan Zabarauskas
@brendanzab
Haaaaahahaha! Yeah, but don't sell yourself short. Your initial work in Rust's community development has had a huge impact on many people. Rust's community is a huge improvement on so many others out there, and is inspirational to many of us. I could see it even way back in 2011.
1
Show replies