Ah, no, I was speaking generically. I know nothing about this guy except he was popular with the sort of teens I would have avoided in highschool.

But apologies are sometimes sufficient, if the harm is small.

I upgraded immich without breaking everything. That’s always reason to celebrate.

Changing is insufficient. Apologizing is only sometimes sufficient.

Sometimes to undo damage you need to actively push against the thing you did.

You don’t just say “sorry I said the N word, that was bad”. You educate people on why it’s not ok to say and call out others who say it. You put in the effort to make things better, not just good enough.

Kernel driver maintainer

Yeah, but how effective is it really?

I disagree. Open source thrives on attention. Install count is like their cocaine.