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Discussion on: Docker Desktop Changes

 
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Jamie Gaskins

I don’t think folks always know what their engineers are using, and I suspect there will be some engineers who are in a legitimately difficult position.

There are also engineers who don’t know how to ask for what they need, and this may require them to have a difficult conversation.

That’s fair, however the people I’ve seen complaining about this change the most don’t come across as the people that need this kind of assistance. Highly anecdotal and scoped to my own field of view, admittedly.

While I agree that systemic misogyny and systemic racism (and the surrounding intersectionalities) in our field is massive and in need of attention, this is a huge shift in how one of the most commonly used tools. It’s like if you now had to pay royalties for your tool box if the construction site is large enough. It is worthy of critique and rebuke, it’s just not as big a deal as some have made it out to be.

My interpretation here is that the reactions to this change you and I have each observed have very different intensities. I’m talking about people I respect (not even just the usual suspects on HN) virtually frothing at the mouth over the change, which is why I made the comparison to more serious issues.

But that’s also the reason I asked here instead of asking those people about it directly. Based on their clearly passionate reactions, I couldn’t expect a dispassionate explanation.