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Dylan M. Taylor is not a household name in the Linux world. At least, he wasn’t until recently.

The software engineer and longtime open source contributor has quietly built a respectable track record over the years: writing Python code for the Arch Linux installer, maintaining packages for NixOS, and contributing CI/CD pipelines to various FOSS projects.

But a recent change he made to systemd has pushed him into the spotlight, along with a wave of intense debate.

At the center of the controversy is a seemingly simple addition Dylan made: an optional birthDate field in systemd’s user database.

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[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago

He barely went into developing systemd for two weeks before shoehorning in his bootlicking, he can fuck off. You're supposed to stick it to the man, not stick up for him

this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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