Coraline Ada Ehmke

Software developer and open source community activist · United States · Developers

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Coraline Ada Ehmke is an American software developer, open source advocate, Founder and Executive Director of the Organization for Ethical Source. She is the author of We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech, published by Apress in 2025.

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2017“As a seasoned developer I have certain quirks, opinions, and common patterns that I fall back on.”In their words5 July 2017Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub (5 July 2017)Read the whole statement

“is sometimes necessary on a distributed team, but never in my career have I seen it taken to the level that GitHub has.”In their words5 July 2017Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub (5 July 2017)Read the whole statement

“Values that are expressed but that don't change behavior are not really values, they are lies that you tell yourself.”In their words5 July 2017Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub (5 July 2017)Read the whole statement

“GitHub has made some very public commitments to turning its culture around, but I feel now that these statements are just PR.”In their words5 July 2017Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub (5 July 2017)Read the whole statement

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As a seasoned developer I have certain quirks, opinions, and common patterns that I fall back on.
5 Jul 2017 · Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub, Own words
is sometimes necessary on a distributed team, but never in my career have I seen it taken to the level that GitHub has.
5 Jul 2017 · Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub, Own words
Values that are expressed but that don't change behavior are not really values, they are lies that you tell yourself.
5 Jul 2017 · Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub, Own words