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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago (3 children) What's this about killing MDN? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bobo@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (2 children) In 2020 they fired the entire MDN writing team, slashed the budget, and basically left it in maintainance mode. The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] demonsword@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 child) The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit this would be a very good use of money, if the money actually reached the target audience permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bobo@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I've got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it's not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity. MDN is a proven resource that's helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l But nah, let's feed money into "partners" that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke. Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they're paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (2 children) In 2020 they fired the entire MDN writing team, slashed the budget, and basically left it in maintainance mode. The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] demonsword@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 child) The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit this would be a very good use of money, if the money actually reached the target audience permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bobo@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I've got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it's not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity. MDN is a proven resource that's helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l But nah, let's feed money into "partners" that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke. Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they're paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 child) The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit this would be a very good use of money, if the money actually reached the target audience permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bobo@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I've got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it's not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity. MDN is a proven resource that's helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l But nah, let's feed money into "partners" that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke. Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they're paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I've got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it's not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity. MDN is a proven resource that's helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l But nah, let's feed money into "partners" that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke. Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they're paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties. permalink fedilink source parent