What We Protect
Siggu exists to protect the conditions that make it possible to keep building: the courage to start again, the safety to share unfinished work, one another's time and focus, and the rhythm of showing up, building, sharing, and returning.
We want Siggu to be open and welcoming. But an open community cannot stay open if it allows behavior that humiliates, excludes, threatens, or drives people away.
Social Rules
Siggu is a working space, not a stage. The way we talk affects whether people can keep building.
No "well, actually"
Technically correct corrections can still derail a conversation or make someone feel small. Before correcting someone, ask whether the correction helps the work move forward or simply proves that you know something.
No acting surprised
Avoid responses like "You do not know that?" or "That is basic." Siggu includes people who are restarting, learning, switching fields, or returning after care work or burnout. Not knowing something is not a character flaw.
Avoid "just"
"Just" often makes hard work sound trivial: "Just deploy it," "Just connect the API," or "Just add payments." If something is simple for you, it may still be hard for someone else.
No unsolicited advice
Advice that was not asked for can interrupt the work. Before giving feedback, ask whether the person wants feedback or is only sharing progress.
Expected Behavior
- Respect other people's work and context.
- Value progress over performance.
- Treat questions as part of the work, not as weakness.
- Avoid making people feel ashamed for not knowing something.
- Give feedback only when it is wanted, and make it specific.
- Critique the work, not the person.
- Avoid mocking someone's pace, method, background, or tool choices.
- Avoid ranking people by whether they use AI tools, code from scratch, or come from a traditional technical path.
- Protect Build Space as a focused working space.
- Raise safety or conduct issues with organizers instead of publicly shaming people.
Unacceptable Behavior
- Offensive comments related to identity, background, body, age, religion, nationality, education, career history, or employment status.
- Unwanted sexual attention, sexual jokes, or sexual images.
- Threats, intimidation, violence, or encouragement of self-harm.
- Stalking, monitoring people for harassment purposes, or continued contact after someone asks you to stop.
- Sharing another person's work, messages, failures, identity, or personal story without consent.
- Putting people down for skill level, career path, education, English ability, coding experience, or AI tool usage.
- Responses that imply "how do you not know this?"
- Unsolicited code review, business judgment, career judgment, or advice.
- Public feedback designed to embarrass someone.
- Sustained disruption of discussion or Build Space.
- Bad-faith reports or retaliatory reports.
- Referral links, affiliate links, sales messages, or repeated self-promotion.
This list is not exhaustive. Organizers may act on behavior that violates the spirit of this Code of Conduct even if it is not listed here.
Reporting and Enforcement
If you experience or witness a Code of Conduct violation, contact the organizers through Discord organizer DM or email at hello@siggu.xyz. When possible, include what happened, when and where it happened, message links or screenshots, and whether there is a specific action you want organizers to consider.
We will protect reporters and affected people as much as reasonably possible. We will not publicly name someone who experienced harassment or harm without their explicit consent.
Organizers may take action to protect the safety and focus of the community, including removing messages, private warnings, public reminders about community standards, limiting channel access, removing someone from Discord, limiting access to offline gatherings, or ending membership in serious cases.
Reports made in bad faith, or reports intended to silence legitimate criticism, may be closed without response. Organizers may not explain every decision publicly, especially when privacy, safety, or the protection of affected people is involved.
Repair Over Perfection
This Code of Conduct is not a tool for pretending that only perfect people belong here. People make mistakes. What matters is how you respond when harm is pointed out: pause, listen, repair what you can, and avoid repeating the behavior.
Siggu's Code of Conduct is a shared commitment for people who want to gather around the same standards, keep showing up, and keep building without being worn down by loneliness.