Our Philosophies¶
Core Tenets¶
As outlined in the dc312 v18.09.11 meeting, the following are the key values we look to hold strong on while we grow the 312 crew:
All Are Welcome, But Participation Is A Must¶
Whether a n00b or 31337, we welcome all knowledge and skill levels across the diverse universe of hacker culture. However, you must participate and put forth an effort and not be only a leach on others in the group.
Maintain Accessibility, Inclusion, and Privacy¶
dc312 does not bias based upon any physical characteristics or beliefs, and believes character and what’s in your brain maters. Events should be low to no cost, not require surrendering personal information, and be accessible to all willing to participate.
Break and Build Things All While Learning¶
Continuously be learning through the breaking and building, whether it be following an existing project or creating ones for others to learn with.
Do No Harm¶
To people’s lives, the random things on the internet, and physical property.
Open Source and Self Build Whenever Possible¶
Whenever possible, we should strive to build or use open source over commercial off the shelf solutions and grow it ourselves if reasonable.
Represent dc312 in the best way possible¶
Whether in person at cons or online, you represent the 312. Don’t embarrass yourself, and don’t embarrass the crew.
Tech¶
We focus on self hosting and building the services we can for a variety of reasons in alignment with the above philosophies.
Increased Costs¶
While many "cloud" services offer free tiers of their services, they always come with some limitations which pushes many of our needs to a paid tier that would exceed a side-project budget. While we open dc312 for contributions and reward those who contribute either financially, intellectually, or through time and sweat.
To show an approximate break-down of what costs could be if we were to do the same thing that we do self-hosted:
Cost of Main Stream Services¶
| Role | Service | Cost Per Month | Reason For a Paid Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | Slack - Chat | $8 | Integration Limits, Tiered Permissions, and Annoying 10k Limit Message :p |
| Repo | GitHub* | $9 | Private Repositories that are centrally managed and LFS |
| GSuite or O365 | $5 | ||
| TOTAL | $22/Month | $264/Year |
Non Financial Cost Services¶
| Role | Service | Reason For Paid Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Chat | Slack Free | asdf |
| Repo | GitLab Cloud | asdf |
| GSuite | asdf |
Open Source and Do It Yourself Mission¶
Hackers have always been about building things and, in many cases, sharing that work for all to use. When less and less people use, contribute, and support open source, these projects die and make way for the corporations we used to despise.