What is opensource and why do I feel so guilty? (2012) [video]
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Furthermore, not including a description of the issue along with the stack trace makes it impossible for other users to determine if they are experiencing the same issue or something else (since it is possible for two different bugs to produce the same stack trace, or even the same error message).
Opensourcing a project that becomes popular induces guilt, because it needs your time and attention to thrive, but you can't afford to give it, especially if you're interested in creating other things.
By definition, the title of a talk given at a conference can't be clickbait.
Furthermore, how can you claim the title's content wasn't represented until 20 mins in? The title has two parts, one of which you seem to completely ignore.
The "why do I feel so guilty?" portion of this title does not efficiently convey the content of the talk and instead preys upon the reader's fear, uncertainty, and curiosity. When we read this title we say to ourselves, "Hey, I use/make open source software! What should I feel guilty about?". This does generate interest, but at the expense of being less descriptive than a more prosaic title would have been.
If I were at a conference and saw this title without an abstract, I'd consider it unprofessional. It really is "clickbait" in the truest sense of the word, only that "clicking" in the context of a conference takes half an hour of my time and might prevent me from attending another talk that I would have been more interested in, had I not been led astray by an intentionally seductive and vague title.
It is entirely appropriate to call this title "clickbait".
The only guilt should come from just straight up abandoning the project. Unfortunately the open-source world is chock full of those.
To suggest I should feel guilt for admitting I can't maintain all the personal code I've opensourced for other users suggests I ought to have kept it closed source, which seems like a net loss all around.
All you have to do is find someone else to lead (or at least maintain) the project before moving onto something else.
Fortunately, someone offered to take it up recently so I feel much better now.
So, out of thousands of vids on the net on OSS or programming... each 20+ min long... why watch this unless I'm already a fan of the authors work? Not even critiquing the presentation as much as saying: give us a matching article or slides that lets us determine if we really want to watch the video. If it strikes a chord, people watch the presentation. Otherwise, most will just skip it and miss out on any gems it might have had. And that's a rational decision given the flood of info on the web.
This applies to a ton of videos rather than just @fat's. Anyone having to do a lot of research or want to get most out of their time relies on summaries. People not doing them are reducing impact of their own work.
I'm re-watching it right now.
Unless you are talking about open-source boobs, or something. Then I understand completely.
Maybe it helps to point out how silly it is to filter based on the TLD.
.org is by convention and usage largely reserved for nonprofit organizations. As such use of .org (intentionally or otherwise) communicates that the website in question is for a nonprofit.
xxx is, at merely 4 years old, brand spanking new. There hasn't been time for intent and practice to diverge meaningfully, ergo it's perfectly reasonable to assume a site that uses the .xxx tld is in fact a porn site.
The term "safe for work" refers specifically to a lack of sexual and...medical... content. Looking at cat pictures might get you fired, but it's still "safe for work".
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