Toxic Open Source Gatekeeping

if every open source project had someone as toxic as this man (or more) gatekeeping every commit, we would all reach the gates of eden in under 5 years

Linus Torvalds sits outdoors in a park beneath a caption joking that toxic gatekeeping of every open-source commit would make all projects reach perfection within five years. The punchline references the stereotype of strict, blunt open-source maintainers and is used as a reaction to excessive code review, elitism, or hostility in software communities. EN: Linus Torvalds sits outdoors in a park beneath a caption joking that toxic gatekeeping of every open-source commit would make all projects reach perfection within five years. The punchline references the stereotype of strict, blunt open-source maintainers and is used as a reaction to excessive code review, elitism, or hostility in software communities.

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