Microsoft Mesh, Accusations of Sexism and Racism at Mailchimp, & more on DevNews
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Published: 2021-03-04 19:18:46

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title: Microsoft Mesh, Accusations of Sexism and Racism at Mailchimp, & more on DevNews
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description: Listen to S3E8 of the DevNews pod!
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### The season finale of DevDiscuss is here already 😢

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Is it just me or did season three fly by faster than the 24-hour news cycle churns?

### **In S3E8, @saronyitbarek and I talked about a few stories that range from fascinating to upsetting. The common thread? You don’t want to miss them:**
- Microsoft Mesh — the next step in the company’s mission to bring mixed reality to the masses with HoloLens.
- The French government requiring manufacturers to give a “repairability index” score to their products
- A super-modular 13.5-inch laptop from the startup, Framework, that promises to be easy to disassemble, modify, and repair. 
- A very upsetting report in The Verge about rampant racism and sexism at MailChimp.


### **We also talked to not one, not two, but THREE guests about a few different developer news headlines...**

- [Kerry Sheehan](https://www.twitter.com/kermaeve), US Policy Lead who chatted with us about the repairability index story
- [Kevin Purdy](https://www.twitter.com/kevinpurdy), Technology Journalist at iFixit who went in-depth with us about the Framework laptop 
- [Jaime-Alexis Fowler](https://www.twitter.com/JaimeAlexis), Founder and Executive Director of Empower Work, who talked about navigating workplace challenges like the one MailChimp employees are experiencing right now. 


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_Acknowledgements_ 
- _@levisharpe for producing & mixing the show_
- Our season three sponsors, [SendBird](https://sendbird.com/) and [Rudderstack](https://rudderstack.com/) ❤️ 

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