Regardless of the (undoubtedly funny) nature of that very document, I wish that “codes of conduct” weren’t such a big thing. “Don’t be a dick” is the only rule one would ever need, and there is not much bureaucracy needed to enforce that.

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not everyone has high emotional intelligence. There’s a fair bit of overlap between programmers/engineers and people on the spectrum. A good code of conduct effectively spells out how to avoid being a dick.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Being autistic, I am perfectly comfortable with “don’t be a dick”.

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

What you’re comfortable with as a contributor is irrelevant. What matters is whether you understand the maintainers’ intent and whether the people you’re interacting with think you’re acting like a dick. Someone who’s bad at understanding how other people feel will likely be bad at predicting what behavior will come across as being a dick.

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