@joshuakgoldberg.com - Josh Goldberg

16 May 2026 21:01 +0000

me trying to explain behind-the-scenes open source maintainers drama https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/ff/5b/G0qnkZzQ.gif?hh=315&ww=498&mp4=z4GeWEMwVV0YtAMrKwMO&webm=cVHnEUehbxxW

16 May 2026 14:09 +0000

We have the *Contributor* Covenant (code of conduct template). Has anybody made a *Maintainer* Covenant equivalent? Context: I'm writing a proposal for expectations of how a project's maintainers should act (basic civility, de-escalating conflicts, confirming perceived negative intent, etc.).

15 May 2026 11:55 +0000

npm is so messed up for me right now that visiting any package a few images triggers the Cloudflare DDOS protection, making the images unviewable. Is anybody else seeing this?

08 May 2026 18:29 +0000

This 100%. My approachability and willingness to help have gone down across the board. It's not joyous anymore. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

02 May 2026 17:17 +0000

Today in bad internet forms: my prospective new vet signup form has a date picker that doesn't let you change years or enter manually, only hitting < > on months. This date picker is for cat birth date. 😮‍💨