Re:Try Gleam
by jmcgough on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:00AM
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People working on an open-source language aren't 19-year-olds on twitter, you're using the wrong heuristic here. They're there mostly to talk programming and work on a project together. The CoC is pretty standard language that you'd find at most conferences you attend. It specifically enumerates bigoted actions because several contributors are members of the LGBT community. The last thing many of them want is to deal with culture war nonsense seeping into their fun hobby.
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Re:Try Gleam
by surgical_fire on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:14AM
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> The last thing many of them want is to deal with culture war nonsense seeping into their fun hobby.
This is bullshit.
Typically we are talking about the same category of people that become Reddit mods. Those are full blown adults where internet drama and culture war nonsense is their actual hobby. The open source thing beneath it is the side project.
It's the reason why I avoid getting involved with open source communities like billionaires avoid taxes.
That said, my original point is not to avoid Gleam as a language. The language itself looks pretty interesting. You don't need to stare at the CoC to use the language.
> People working on an open-source language aren't 19-year-olds on twitter
You don't say? https://x.com/louispilfold
> "the maintainer is a legitimate communist. i will not be supporting this language"
What type of individual attaches their identity to this type of quote? Cringe.
Re:Try Gleam
by ModernMech on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:03PM
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I mean, sure he's on Twitter but he's in his 30s...