Going to such lengths suggests this is morally the wrong thing to do.
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BB_C@programming.dev 11 months ago
Meh, everyone scaring you into thinking you don’t own your own mind.
Assuming your boss is not the dangerous kind (beyond legal threats), and if the goal is to make it FOSS, then do it using an alias first. Do it differently. Use components/libs/algos from other people at first, even if they are not perfect. Make those parts easily pluggable/replaceable which would be good design anyway. The code then wouldn’t be wholly yours, not even your alias self.
You can join the project later with your real identity as an interested domain expert (maybe a bit after not working for the same boss). Start contributing. Become a maintainer. And maybe take over after a while. You can start replacing non-optimal components/libs/algos with better ones piecemeal.
Oh, and if Rust wasn’t the choice of implementation, use it this time.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 11 months ago
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
“Make those parts pluggable/replaceable which would be a good design anyways”.
Following best practices = Morally Wrong?
Sure, fren, whatever you say.The only reason OP might not have done it this way in the first place would have been to save the company worrying about licensing, or getting shitty with OP about not using enough orignal/proprietary code to ensure lock-in with future clients … is THAT somehow morally superior in your book.
0x0@programming.dev 11 months ago
Also, don’t use company hardware; don’t do it during working hours (especially commits - if you’re paranoid, use tor) either; resist the temptation of giving the old code a look, do it from memory.
BB_C@programming.dev 11 months ago
I wanted to mention not using personal emails or committing from home IP addresses, but thought that was needless to say.