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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Nah I do believe that it was right to open an issue, and also that the code should’ve been credited. But it is now. Also I mean… yes? How else would you expect for them to find the code? /kbin is a project with quite a few eyes on it now. If you upload a project that nobody looks at, of course things like that go unnoticed. Doesn’t make them less wrong.
    But all is well that ends well. If you do anything in the public, you gotta be prepared to deal with people who might not be the friendliest. That’s fine. I think defusing the situation like was done here and immediately fixing the problem was exactly how this kind of thing should have gone. It’s on all of us to defuse tense situations, whether we’re bringing up an issue or responding to an issue brought up by someone that might be offended. Kinda like how you should be driving defensively to avoid any accidents before they can begin to happen. I guess? Oh god I’m making too many driving analogies today I really gotta stop.
    [edit]: I’m also not trying to call out the person opening the issue. There are many ways why it might have been worded like that, including past experience. People are very complex and seeing just a snippet of them like this isn’t what we should immediately base all of our judgements on.


  • And this is kind of what I believe will contribute to healthy growth, not unsustainable or unreasonable growth. I keep repeating myself like a broken record but the fewer voices there are, the more you hear.
    We don’t need everybody to be here. We need enough people to be here to want to keep being here ourselves. That’s all it takes.
    And as OP said, communities will die, platforms will die, and we’ll still be here later to welcome them, because these platforms exist because of us. As long as we want it to exist, it will exist. Comfy villages didn’t stop being a thing because someone invented the city.


  • It’s alright. I do think the actual issue was worded perhaps a bit harshly and combative, and I think you responded correctly. Very much appreciate the accountability here. To be honest if anything, this probably gives me more faith in you in the long run. There are many ways you could have dealt with it, but as far as I can see you’ve dealt with the issue as honorably as you could have.
    Proper attribution can be tricky. We all learn. We all make mistakes. A lot of us will never release a project that makes it as far as yours has so even our issues don’t become even nearly as visible.
    Keep your head up and stay calm. You’re doing great. We got you.



  • It seems like a small thing you said on the side, but it is really important that you actually understand and can explain the code it gives you that you’re copying into your project. Otherwise you’re taking in an unknown, unmaintained and unexplained dependency, and that can lead to problems once that dependency fails.