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Linux file system developer: we're severely under-resourced (lore.kernel.org)
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I've said this previously, and I'll say it again: we're severely under-resourced. Not just XFS, the whole fsdevel community. As a developer and later a maintainer, I've learnt the hard way that there is a very large amount of non-coding work is necessary to build a good filesystem. There's enough not-really-coding work for several people. Instead, we lean hard on maintainers to do all that work. That might've worked acceptably for the first 20 years, but it doesn't now.

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Dave and I are both burned out. I'm not sure Dave ever got past the 2017 burnout that lead to his resignation. Remarkably, he's still around. Is this (extended burnout) where I want to be in 2024? 2030? Hell no.

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

How does someone like me, a PhD candidate who has a background in Human-Computer Interaction, contribute?

Start a blog where you get users to try and complete a task on a stock Linux install, and write about it.

"Given a stock Debian XFCE install, users were tasked to connect their Airpods pro. Here's what happened"

(Even doing this for Lemmy, I.e. "find a community about birds", would be insanely helpful)

A blog like this would help give focus for developers on what needs to be improved, in every part of the stack!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I like that. It seems the internet with theoretically good answers for things that can be difficult to find. Blog format is much easier to skim that SO, and as long as the post titles are valid and meaningful, it’s a quick check for usefulness before reading.

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