"I started in the digital forensics community about five years ago, and I already feel old, and I am a Johnny-come-lately. This post may come off as a “Hey, you kids, get offa my lawn!” rant. Rather than a rant, I really hope that people start talking about a way to find a small number of safe lawns for all the kids to play on.
In those five years I’ve noticed that the computer forensics community has become *less* supportive, not more supportive. This runs contrary to trends to other communities such as software engineering tools, web frameworks, and startups. I have some feelings and thoughts on why this is. I wish I had some good ideas on how to turn this trend around…"