I really dig this post by Charlie about recent unpleasantness in a supposedly “tech” community that is entirely people-driven. Toxicity, privilege, protectionism, and silencing critics (especially minoritized voices).
All problems are people problems. Even more so when what we build can affect so many lives.
Charlie Owen
So, Reactgate has become a thing. What's been fomenting for a while blew up last week, with two prominent White Men In Tech having little tantrum Twitter breaks, and a wonderful woman of colour working as a dev/designer feeling she is no longer welcome in our industry and …
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I read this earlier today — great read. Brings back some of the points we talked about during a few HWC meetups last year.
Also that article linked to this one that I hadn’t read in a while and it is just so good. I feel like I should read it as a morning meditation. https://www.sonniesedge.net/posts/progressive-enhancement/