It's busy work. Reviewing it to make sure they didn't fuck it up takes away time to do literally anything else. It adds zero value, it only has downsides.

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I would say being more inclusive is bringing value.

There's a massive issue with women being under-represented in STEM and little things like this only further cement that.

It's casual sexism. I'm not suggesting they are intentionally hating on women.

Assuming it's a man because it's programming is fundamentally sexist.

What downsides would they be?

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -2 points 1 month ago

The downside is the time taken.