https://438punk.house/@xyhhx/117171061039804114

Oof... Might be time to look into alternatives. Riseup being targeted next looks very plausible, indeed.

Okay, this just keeps getting worse. Neovim is so fucking #fashware it's not even funny.

https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117168410053407103
https://circumstances.run/@mawhrin/117167738907856218
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@jornane/117168853176167780
https://hachyderm.io/@davidculley/117169370327880381
https://todon.nl/@einsiedlerspiel/117167662937768002

https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons/117163897321081902
Big oof.
Switching away will be difficult, with the requirements we have and muscle memory already developed. But sheesh, holy fuck. We are now decidedly unexcited about the project and will preface every talk about Neovim with the disclaimer that they platform white supremacists.

#FairScan is simply an amazing piece of software. It's an Android app for turning photos of documents into PDF files.

As somemany without a dedicated scanner and frequently on the go, it's a lifesaver. It genuinely makes really good scans in the overwhelming majority of the times. Its UI is dead simple: has only the bare minimum of necessary buttons. It does its job well and doesn't overstay its welcome: no extra menus to click through, no pop-ups, no notifications. You open the app, do a photo, save the scan.

It's not flashy, but it is nonetheless exciting. It is a feat of a lot of effort and care to reduce friction so much.

https://social.stealthy.club/@esoteric_programmer/statuses/01KFPAZ1BW6PR1HMPYPTXQESQ6

💯

"open-slopware" repo that was trending yesterday up and vanished.

So I forked it! (EDIT: decided to start over, in same spirit). Here's the link: https://codeberg.org/ai-alternatives/open-slopware

I have integrated the PRs that I found through the explore of public forks. Old contents are in legacy branch. I can't really restore the issues or discussions, unless someone has them cached.

Most importantly: seems the repo got the attention of the wrong crowd. I've seen someone try to advertise their pet project. There was also someone trying to impersonate Jujutsu's lead developer and present dubious evidence for git being AI-tainted.

So, a few things I'd like to say:
1. I can't do this alone! Submissions are appreciated, but consider becoming a co-maintainer; I'm not stringent with permissions.
2. I'd like to clarify the "ground rules" a bit, so that rule lawyering is impossible.
3. Once we're out of the immediate messy beginnings, I'd like to launch a few governance things.

Please boost and help me out!

#AI #NoAI #LLM

Okay, I want to create a webring. Where do I start? Is there any kind of ready tooling I can use or take reference from? :boost_love:

#AskFedi

The Github thread is genuinely mind-boggling. I don't have words to comment on it. People just *begging* to feed them with more AI soup, and some guy advertising his fucking TikTok. What the fuck is even happening there.

Tailwind CSS CEO says he laid off 75% of the technical team, citing AI as the reason the business is losing revenue and sales: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957

Tailwind CSS website, meanwhile, lists 7 AI companies as highest-tier support and provides AGENTS.md to individual donors: https://tailwindcss.com/sponsor

The CEO has been tweeting how amazingly well AI accelerates his coding, too. LOL

Reference for Tailwind CEO being fash: https://mstdn.games/@zzt@mas.to/115275351329751820

#Tailwind #TailwindCSS

Btw, I'm thinking of changing the DNS name, but have no ideas. Suggestions welcome!

I've been in ever more exasperated state for the past few years about software, which is my passion. Feels really bad when you try and do your hobby, and then just *can't*, because it burned you out so much.

It occurred to me that I'll basically never start writing, which I wanted to start for a few years already, because I was being extremely stubborn about improving my website first, and that's for sure not happening with how little I want to do software.

So I wrote a little something about my experiences and thoughts, and what spurred this change of mind. Starting off with a wheeze, but hopefully it'll finish with a bang, eventually. Already writing further posts.

https://nixalted.com/starting-writing.html

I wonder if I should post more about my life, or something... I guess I tend to talk with other people and discuss things in replies, but there isn't much I myself post or talk about.

Sigh, but then, I also get severely depressed thinking about it... I don't have much to share that isn't just pain and being exhausted. Sigh.

So, news came out that #ClairObscur #Expedition33 used #AI in production. This sucks.

The thing is... I love the game. I really do. The journey was an amazing experience. It was profound. It had soul. It was art. It had things to say, and it enjoyed itself, and so did I.

Using "AI" is horrible. I hate it. I'm not being apologetic over it - nor do I care to argue about it right now.

I'm just... Sad. Disappointed. Confused. I feel betrayed. For the game that is so about art, to have used something so anti-art? How can I trust the game to be genuine now? How can I not second-guess my feelings?

I'm somewhere between denial and bargaining. "It's not that bad", I think, "it's only one overlooked texture". "They may have used it during prototyping, but release is genuine". I bargain to know how much "AI" was used.

I am also so sad that there is, apparently, an angry cheering crowd that is mad because the game got a lot of awards. I fear this is the reason why my bargain will be pointless. I'll never know. Fuck.

Today, I once again wake up worrying about #Rust 's future.

Why is a shitbag such as #dtolnay still allowed to single-handedly maintain fundamental libraries for the ecosystem? Why is he part of Library API team? How is he not permabanned for single-handedly permanently damaging Rust by killing off comptime reflection over his racism? How is he not permabanned for the power play he attempted to pull with his "RFC" after pushing pre-compiled binary to serde without notice? Why are MIC companies routinely tolerated at Rust conventions? Why does no one talk about it, despite the problems not being solved? Has #Ruby takeover taught people nothing? Will Rust survive another year without turning into #fashtech?

So many questions. I think about them every time I use Rust, which is often.

Apropos of nothing.

#RustLang #serde #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource

For everyone that is disappointed with #Calibre 's decision to introduce LLM bullshit, there's now a Rereading Project, which is going to maintain #Arcalibre, a sustainable fork. Read more about it here: https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/115691478523497546

I wish it was named Excalibre! But that aside, I think it's a good effort. Calibre was a BDFL project, and its author is not the most approachable person. His efforts in creating and maintaining Calibre are appreciated, but one-person systems are very fragile. Rereading Project has a very good mindset - starting with community and governance, instead of rushing headfirst to do code. That's a way chosen by such great projects as #Comaps and #Forgejo, and it pays off greatly.

Please give the project a boost, whether on Fedi, in discussions, or in code!

Recently, srid, Jon Ringer and other banned nazis have put out a voting guide. Needless to say, they advice voting for 100% fash candidates, while also making legendary comments such as "prioritizes community health over tech, BAD".

Fear not! There's now a good voting guide. Spread wide and far, folx! :boost_love:

https://rentry.co/nixos-sc-election-guide-2025

#Nix #Nixpkgs #NixOS #NixPol

Today in #NixPol: wolfgangwalther shares their experience of taking *8 hours* to talk to 3 SC members. After reaching the conclusion that all of them are interested in a solution in words only, wolfgangwalther shares the details of their communication, including such gems as "since we no longer have a mod team, let's shut down all official discussion platforms" and accusing Winter of "character assassination".

Then, the thread is unlisted because of a "massive violation of COC". Not even by a mod of any kind (didn't SC want to hold mods accountable?). I guess calling out specific SC members on their bullshit violates COC, but those members spreading conspiracy theories about Lix and dismissing criticism as "mob attacks" is perfectly in line.

Thread: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-dire-state-of-the-sc/70426
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20251006081433/https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-dire-state-of-the-sc/70426

Oh, and while I was writing this all, another thread got hidden: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-sc-prepared-to-lie-to-us-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-whistleblow/70103/75?u=zimbatm

#Nix #NixOS #Nixpkgs

Asked my fellow nerds where to migrate from #NixOS, considering it's being overtaken by fascists, and there's no realistic way out of it. Here's what they came up with.

- Desktop: Opensuse Tumbleweed. Fairly new packages, rolling release, atomic updates with easy rollbacks, thanks to package manager and BTRFS snapshots.
- Dotfile manager: Chezmoi. Natively integrates with Git, has templating, integration with secrets managers, age.
- Service management: Cockpit. Not declarative, but a GUI; I'll take it. Provides handle to all server ops: updating packages, managing systemd services, managing containers, etc.
- Fleet management: Kubernetes on Talos Linux. Needs decent hardware and multiple machines, and is somewhat complex, so you'll know if you need it.

Share your other suggestions! Let's help each other migrate from a fascist distro.

#Linux #Nix #Nixpkgs #SelfHosting #LinuxDesktop

Robert Hensing of SC has accused me of being "desperate to recruit new Lixers" 🥴

I can't even be mad, it's just funny and ridiculous. I guess I'm now HR of Lix. This wasn't in my bingo sheet, but the promotion is welcome nonetheless!

#Nix #Nixpkgs #NixOS #NixPol

Was made aware of this thanks to marshmallow's post on the forums.

Founder of Anduril publically commented that people who don't want MIC overtake are "biased" and "fringe": https://xcancel.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1972037286192992320 (archive: https://archive.md/sWbsY ).

He KNOWS that Anduril is trying a corporate overtake. Tom Berek KNOWS who he is working for. SC was hiding Tom being employed by THIS company.

All masks are off now. We now have direct confirmation that Anduril is trying to overtake Nix community. Everyone who claims otherwise is supporting fascist overtake - conciously or not, we no longer have luxury to consider.

#NixPol #Nix #NixOS #Nixpkgs