This is a fucking awful blog post. Just because you aren’t offended by it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be changed. That’s an awful argument.
It’s trivial to avoid these racially charged words when programming. So just do it.
Like, if a subordinate at work came to me and was like, “I wish we could do X, it would make me feel better about working here,” and X is some trivial thing, it kind of doesn’t matter what it is. It doesn’t matter if I don’t understand it. I just fucking do it. It’s trivial, it makes them happy. It costs me nothing to do. I happily pay $0 to make a happier employee.
This principle isn’t hard, and pays huge dividends in life: listen to people, and when they tell you something bothers them and it costs you little to fix, fix it, even if you don’t understand it.
It’s trivial to avoid these racially charged words when programming. So just do it.
Like, if a subordinate at work came to me and was like, “I wish we could do X, it would make me feel better about working here,” and X is some trivial thing, it kind of doesn’t matter what it is. It doesn’t matter if I don’t understand it. I just fucking do it. It’s trivial, it makes them happy. It costs me nothing to do. I happily pay $0 to make a happier employee.
This principle isn’t hard, and pays huge dividends in life: listen to people, and when they tell you something bothers them and it costs you little to fix, fix it, even if you don’t understand it.