Whos the Benevolent Dictator of Drizzle?
First, let me get the BDFL question out of the way. We’ve made a big deal in the Drizzle community and mailing lists that anyone and everyone is encouraged to participate in the development process — so why would I say that Drizzle has a benevolent dictator? Well, although he would probably disagree with the tile of BDFL, Brian Aker does have some dictator-like abilities with regards to the development process, and rightfully so. Brian came up with many of the concepts that Drizzle aspires to be, and Brian has more experience working on the code base than any other contributor. After having worked closely with Brian now for 18 months or so, I can definitively say that Brian’s brain works in a very, well, interesting way. Those of us who work with him understand that sometimes his brain works so fast, his typing fingers struggle to keep up, resulting in something I call “Krowspeak”. It’s kinda funny sometimes trying to translate With this wonderfully unique noodle, Brian tends to knock
