An Open Letter to Everyone I've Butted Heads With
12 days ago
- #Community
- #Open Source
- #Reflection
- The author reflects on their decade-long journey with the Zig programming language and their interactions with the community.
- Despite negative interactions, the author expresses a deep love for people, including those with differing opinions.
- The author acknowledges the frustration of users who lack agency in choosing or influencing the technologies they use daily.
- They admit to their own hypocritical behavior of complaining about technologies they depend on but can't contribute to.
- The author apologizes for past grumpiness and expresses a desire to show more warmth in future interactions.
- They emphasize that disagreements aren't personal and that they value the opinions and feelings of others.
- The author commits to increasing empathy in interactions while continuing to develop and protect the Zig project.