indiecomputing
A combination of "indie" (short for "independent") and "computing".
A term that I came up with, set to be the spiritual successor of the original Free Software movement in the age of FOSS, because modern FOSS is not to be trusted.
The idea behind this is that:
- Any structure of power imbalance will be abused in one way or another.
- When the structure separates people based on properties that are not (directly) related to the ability to make good software, one cannot guarantee that any conduct being carried out under said structure will not hurt the overall quality of the software.
- Thus any structure that allows power imbalance to exist, especially the ones that are able to come to be with properties that are not (directly) related with one's ability to develop good software, should be completely avoided.
- This results in a tendency of favouring anonymous engagement and pure meritocracy.
see-also: https://indiecomputing.org
2024.7.28