Comment on Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service

vogi@piefed.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I love that Codeberg exists, but there’s one thing I kinda dislike.

  I’d like to use the same forge for my private projects (hey, a couple of them may make money one day! I gotta eat too) as I do for open source stuff, but Codeberg is explicitly open source only.

  It’s a minor thing, really. Which I could get past by using another Forgejo instance, like Codefloe. But these smaller instances, how long will they be around?

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  • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I see this as a feature not bug, and tbh kinda resent those who hoard information and try to extract wealth from it. Extremely rude to the giants whose shoulders your work is built on. I’m the person who’s going to crack and redistribute your shit as soon as you publish it, nice to meet you :)

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m the person who’s going to crack and redistribute your shit as soon as you publish it, nice to meet you :)

      Out of curiosity, how do you crack and redistribute backend code as soon as a service is published?

      Client-side code is usually Javascript for everything made in the last 10 years anyway, it doesn’t need a lot of cracking lol, it’s usually just minimized.

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      • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That was somewhat facetious and self-aggrandizing, “cracking” something isn’t always possible or necessary. If your service was unique/useful enough, I would contribute to reverse engineering enough of that backend to replicate its functionality. More likely I’d just refuse to use it and support open alternatives

        Unsolicited advice though, giving stuff away generates a huge amount of goodwill that can be way more useful and rewarding than revenue. Contributors instead of employees, love instead of money, place and purpose instead of points in your bank account. I’m not wealthy by any means, but I’m comfortable enough and haven’t had to buy a laptop since high school

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