i was more than anything, angry, yesterday, about the mozilla layoffs. which is weird because it's been 2 years since i worked there

but watching it struggle is like watching my own dream die, and i think a lot of others, even folks who never worked at mozilla, feel that way too

and in before someone says something about chrome, the dream could be about a healthy competitive browser ecosystem but honestly that's too narrow for me to feel this strongly about

the dream is about doing good being an effective way to survive

i have an intensely long list of grievances against mozilla, for one they never figured out how to manage all the brilliant folks they collected there, mgmt was huge weakness and it was most evident the higher up the chain you got...

i am angry with mozilla leadership because they never figured out how to wield the incredible team and incredible plan they had. such a fucking INCREDIBLE opportunity lost

i don't know why they never figured it out. i want to know tho.

part of me thinks that the reason for this failing will be profound, and shed an incredible insight on how to do good better.

part of me thinks they failed because it is no longer possible to do the thing they were trying to do, the moment has passed.

this thread should have a conclusion. but it doesn't.

i'm in grief. and it's deeply personal. it's dramatic, but it feels like something died yesterday, i'm just not exactly sure what it was yet.

(also for the love of fucking god get out of my mentions with the fucking browser shit i do not even give a single fuck about that right now, your lack of ability to imagine something larger and more profound than a free browser market makes me grieve for the human race)