Woke (modern, post 2010-version) looks like a psyops campaign, designed to destroy the social cohesion of western societies.

Looking at what has happened since 2010 and how the vibe has changed, it seems to have been extremely successful.

It started soon after Russia's demands around European security were denied, and it initially spread from the places where Russia historically had most support: universities.

The statement's recent place in the public consciousness is largely because it was used as a pro-police slogan against the BLM/"police abolition" movement in the US. The Rust community, being overwhelmingly progressive, is already sensitive about supposed dogwhistles, as well as words that cause them negative associations, in computing (in the vein of "master"->"main" renamings); having that slogan used as a metaphor for keeping out changes that they want in a technical debate would be felt by some of them as an open taunt or provocation.

> The moment I made up my mind about this was reading the following words written by a maintainer within the kernel community:

> "we are the thin blue line"

> This isn't okay. This isn't creating an inclusive environment. This isn't okay with the current political situation especially in the US. A maintainer speaking those words can't be kept. No matter how important or critical or relevant they are. They need to be removed until they learn. Learn what those words mean for a lot of marginalized people. Learn about what horrors it evokes in their minds.

I opened the article relatively certain about the nature of the complaint. 100% confirmed.

Seriously? Really? It seems Herbst is the one that wants a non-inclusive environment (ie. exactly conforming to his personal political preferences). Additionally this looks like an excuse as he was already admittedly burned out.

In any case, good luck to Herbst in his future endeavors, hopefully he can develop a thicker skin.

>am I right to feel like they're... publishing all their secret sauce?

This would make perfect sense if the goal is to devalue existing players more than it is capture the market.

> Nothing because I’m a senior and LLM’s never provide code that pass my sniff test, and it remains a waste of time.

I am constantly surprised how prevalent this attitude is. ChatGPT was only just released in 2022. Is there some expectation that these things won't improve?

> LLM’s never provide code that pass my sniff test

This is ego speaking.