There& #39;s some inane gatekeeping pushback on this absolutely mild take, so let me say it loud and clear:

I& #39;m a Senior Software Engineer at Google who works on cryptography and open source, and I find email-based patch submission a meaningful barrier. https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/25/linux_kernel_email/">https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/2...

Let me double down on the take though: mailing lists are intimidating and lack essential moderation tools, kernel development (and cryptography engineering) needs more young folks and https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">sparkleshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Funkelndes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Funkelndes Herz">, and gatekeepers can yeet themselves into the sun.

An OS developer I won& #39;t name blocked me for this tweet after he said plaintext email is only a problem for "people born 5 days ago, who want emoji in source and output".

Gatekeepers are fragile as fuck.