Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception. GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating consequences for our users, and we make these mistakes all the time. No matter how much we try, GNOME developers will fail write secure code...
I think the empathy gap is challenging here. At this point, people have a different sense of how important code is. Some people have gotten really used to shipping products quickly. Friction is anathema to them.
For some work projects, I found myself writing detailed replies to some PRs only to have them answered immediately. That indicated to me that the person didn’t even read what I wrote. They just told Claude, “hey, there is a reply. Go handle it.”
I fear that approaching an overwhelming onslaught of automated contributions with empathy is just fuel for burn out.
I think the empathy gap is challenging here. At this point, people have a different sense of how important code is. Some people have gotten really used to shipping products quickly. Friction is anathema to them.
For some work projects, I found myself writing detailed replies to some PRs only to have them answered immediately. That indicated to me that the person didn’t even read what I wrote. They just told Claude, “hey, there is a reply. Go handle it.”
I fear that approaching an overwhelming onslaught of automated contributions with empathy is just fuel for burn out.
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