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ddorian43today at 12:19 PM5 repliesview on HN

https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784

> I've closed off access to issues and discussions.

> I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1rl5kuq/anyone_know...


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solox3today at 1:25 PM

Did this move improve the ratio of gender representation in the software development community?

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philipallstartoday at 12:22 PM

It's like that time I started a primary school and then closed it because I hated that the overwhelming majority of employees were women.

porridgeraisintoday at 12:39 PM

This has happened in many packages contributed to by this person. Mkdocs e.g

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dgellowtoday at 1:30 PM

That’s fair, good for the maintainer to consider his personal values with regards to projects he wants to spend his time on