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title:   Bridging the In­die­Web Ge­ne­ra­ti­on GapA week or two ago Ke­vin Marks poin­ted the IWC chan­nel to a must-read …
date: "2016-06-05T16:37:00+02:00"
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#   Bridging the In­die­Web Ge­ne­ra­ti­on GapA week or two ago Ke­vin Marks poin­ted the IWC chan­nel to a must-read …

![*](https://root.wirres.net/favicon.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkylewm.com%2F2016%2F05%2Fbridging-the-indieweb-generation-gap) [Bridging the IndieWeb Generation Gap](https://kylewm.com/2016/05/bridging-the-indieweb-generation-gap)

> A week or two ago Kevin Marks pointed the IWC channel to a must-read talk called Inessential Weirdness in Open Source given by Sumana Harihareswa at OSCON this year. Weirdnesses are quirks of your project, community, or culture that might intimidate/discourage newcomers. Essential weirdnesses are foundational; without them, you'd be doing a different thing. Inessential weirdnesses are everything else, losing them might slow you down or make it less fun, but it wouldn't change any fundamental aspect of the project. She makes a point of saying that inessential doesn't mean unimportant or bad - your weird tools (ahem, git) help you get stuff done; jargon is useful shorthand; in-jokes are part of a group's culture.