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2025-11-11 06:11 UTC

@wndxlori @phillmv Lori, is there a place we can go to read about that episode? I vaguely remember it from back when it happened, but I was a very different person then, and I doubt I allowed it to affect me as much as I should have. I'd like to give myself another go.

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@wndxlori@ruby.social 2025-11-11 07:02

@galtzo @phillmv Here’s a blog post from that time, that has links to a lot of reactions as well as links to the precipitating event https://blog.sciencewomen.com/2009/05/attracting-women-to-rails.html?m=1 This is a more formal write up https://geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/CouchDB_talk And to be fair, some of the things David posted seemed mild, but he got a LOT more aggressive/obnoxious on Twitter when challenged about his views.

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@wndxlori@ruby.social 2025-11-11 07:05

@galtzo @phillmv And my behind the scenes view at the time - that panel was my first opportunity on a conference stage, because TWO of the original panel members backed out in the face of all the controversy. Desi asked if anyone else in DevChix would step in so I volunteered. No regrets.

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