My Wayland Your Wayland Our Wayland – Mike Blumenkrantz – Super. Good. Chair.

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2024-09-26 17:00:07

That should be obvious by now, right? I’ve been out here blogging about Open Source stuff for over a decade, and occasionally I still have time to actually write code.

I believe in Open Source. I believe in the collaborative development model, the teamwork, the shared vision of contributing to projects that can stand up to and even surpass big-name proprietary products.

I believe in getting shit done. I believe in discussion, in deliberation, in review, but at the end of the day I also believe that people need to be realistic and accept compromises rather than dying on every fucking hill of a gitlab review comment. I believe in it enough that I’m sleeping five or fewer hours a night this week.

I work for Valve. I’ve blogged about what it’s like working for Valve, and nothing has changed since then. It’s still great, and Rhys Perry (not you, the other one) is still an unsung hero.

As I mentioned in that post, one of the great things about my job is the freedom to improve projects without managerial overhead. To self-determine. To see the goal in the distance and get there in a way that suits me.