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gexla commented on Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg ziglang.org/news/migratin... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

pyrale · 22 days ago

> There is a purity spiral that organizations can enter when they start doing this

You are the one summoning that spiral by making a cheap gotcha wrt codeberg using Paypal.

The project apparently could and did move because the swith from github to codeberg wasn't that big of an impact, and because, while the new forge is not perfect, they feel the association is less severe. There is no "purity spiral" in that, just a pragmatic choice factoring in ethics.

gexla · 21 days ago

Right, that seemed like a minor issue. There was also the minor issue of the increase of AI code PRs. Seems like the greater issue was a perception of deterioration of the platform (in their sites for years) and a reasonable path towards migration to another platform.

gexla commented on AI has a deep understanding of how this code works github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pu... · Posted by u/theresistor

joelreymont · 22 days ago

Why would you be unwilling to merge AI code at all?

Consider my other PR against the Zig compiler [1]... I was careful to make it small and properly document it but there's a strict anti-AI policy for Zig and they closed the PR.

Why?

Is it not small? Not carefully documented? Is there no value it int?

I'm not complaining or arguing for justice. I'm genuinely interested in how people think in this instance. If the sausage looks good and tastes great, and was made observing the proper health standards, do you still care how the sausage was made?!

[1] https://github.com/joelreymont/zig/pull/1 [2] https://ziggit.dev/t/bug-wrong-segment-ordering-for-macos-us...

gexla · 22 days ago

> Why would you be unwilling to merge AI code at all?

Because structurally it's a flag for being highly likely to waste extremely scare time. It's sort of like avoiding bad neighborhoods,not because everyone is bad, but because there is enough bad there that it's not worth bothering with.

What sticks out for me in these cases is that the AI sticks out like a sore thumb. Go ahead and use AI, it's as if the low effort nature of AI sets users on a course of using low effort throughout the cycle of whatever it is they are trying to accomplish as an end game.

The AI shouldn't look like AI. The proposed contributions shouldn't stand out from the norm. This include the entire process, not just the provided code. It's just a bad aesthetic and for most people it screams "low effort."

gexla commented on AI has a deep understanding of how this code works github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pu... · Posted by u/theresistor

skeledrew · 24 days ago

Another consideration here that hits both sides at once is that the maintainers on the project are few. So while it could be a great burden pushing generated code on them for review, it also seems a great burden to get new features done in the first place. So it boils down to the choice of dealing with generated code for X feature, or not having X feature for a long time, if ever.

gexla · 24 days ago

Their issue seemed to be the process. They're setup for a certain flow. Jamming that flow breaks it. Wouldn't matter if it were AI or a sudden surge of interested developers. So, it's not a question of accepting or not accepting AI generated code, but rather changing the process. That in itself is time-consuming and carries potential risk.

gexla commented on The death of tech idealism and rise of the homeless in Northern California lithub.com/on-the-death-o... · Posted by u/pseudolus

joshtbradley · a month ago

Well written, but it says nothing. No real breakdown of the problem, certainly no solution. Just generic hatred for the rich and empathy for the poor. Like most people who use the word "unhoused," it's performative. If you want to help, volunteer. I have. It's heartbreaking. You realize how dehumanizing it is to try to help someone who is unstable. Mental health, addiction, and deep trauma cannot be solved with money, or shelter, or food. Real treatment is necessary. A modern asylum, crushing drug markets, and taking responsibility for those who cannot take responsibility for themselves needs to be seriously considered. We did this poorly in the past, but the current paradigm clearly is not working, and it might be time to try again. Hard problems need hard solutions, not soft words.

gexla · a month ago

Right, it's an issue that requires intensive care to address mental health issues. The human resources required for this is always going to be a bottleneck. Much more so than housing shortages or funding for programs that are largely self service (if you can navigate the system, you may not be homeless for long.) Building, staffing, and funding such an institution seems like it would be extremely difficult.

gexla commented on Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts theguardian.com/society/2... · Posted by u/pseudolus

monero-xmr · a month ago

SSRIs literally saved my life, no question about it. Night and day difference, from daily panic attacks destroying my life, happiness, and career, to being almost completely better in 2 weeks after starting. I tried exercise and diet and meditation and you name it, for years!, before I gave medication a go.

Do not care what the science says. It 100% worked for me. Please get help if you need it, tens of millions of people use this medicine successfully

Articles like this are part of the narrative that SSRIs in general are no better than placebo. Absolutely not true for me!

gexla · a month ago

Spitballing here. I always understood stuff like this as "the system doesn't care about you, it cares about the masses." If the result is overwhelmingly looking no better than a placebo, then the small number of people it actually helps is sort of irrelevant. The exception might be cases where people are willing to drop a bomb of cash for lifesaving drugs for rare diseases (Pharma Bro got a lot of flack for massively jacking up the price of one of these drugs.) I don't know what implications such a study may have in a complex space. I imagine the drug will still be available for those who want to try, but far less prescribed as a sort of safe default. I doubt drug companies will care much for this, since the patent has long expired.

gexla commented on Show HN: Quibbler – A critic for your coding agent that learns what you want github.com/fulcrumresearc... · Posted by u/etherio

gexla · 2 months ago

More explanation here that I found by Googling around. Though not sure it has more info than the Github page.

https://fulcrumresearch.ai/2025/10/22/introducing-orchestra-...

gexla commented on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China wsj.com/tech/details-emer... · Posted by u/Mgtyalx

mullingitover · 3 months ago

This seems like the microwaved corpse of the original 2020 deal. Bytedance keeps all the IP, sells Oracle the nearly worthless right to operate the US infra. They can't even call their franken-app Tiktok. The US user data already sits in the US but they'll expect everyone to forget about that so they can brag about this token win.

They'll probably get what they really want, which is an admin console for the algorithm that has a 'political slant' slider that they can slide as far to the reich as they wish.

gexla · 3 months ago

It will be interesting to see how this plays out though. People follow the money. Investors wouldn't be interested if they didn't see the value. If the new app can snag the network effects, then it will win. What is TikTok worth without the US audience?

gexla commented on Boring work needs tension iaziz786.com/blog/boring-... · Posted by u/iaziz786

truelson · 3 months ago

I disagree. Boring work needs meaning, not tension. Some times boring, done consistently, is where the truly great things come from.

Tension is, imo, ephemeral. If you keep chasing it, you are chasing dopamine loops. Little good comes from this.

But meaning is different. When you can remind yourself a truly great "why" you are doing something, can re-frame it, it can help.

Most importantly, boredom, irritation, and anxiety are temporary. They are emotions. They do not define us or the work. It was a joy when I realized that all these emotions will pass. They really do. You can sit with it. You really can. You can't make it go away, but it will pass.

gexla · 3 months ago

He does sort of mention "story" several times. The story is the meaningful part. It's just that he says meaning follows tension. Maybe you don't agree with that either (not sure I do) but he does mention this.

gexla commented on The Deletion of Docker.io/Bitnami community.broadcom.com/ta... · Posted by u/zdkaster

gexla · 4 months ago

Snooping around, it seems the license costs $50K+ annually. I'm not their target market. ;)

gexla · 4 months ago

It's a bit tricky to work through all the jargon, but it's my understanding that they are simply pulling the mass of things that they provide for free. You can still get the Docker files for their offerings (not sure they offer all tags though?") and you can even use the images from Docker Hub.

But. What they are offering is considered "development" regardless of what you are using it for? In other words, NOT a production environment, because they aren't giving you a production environment (or at least what they define as a production environment.) What they give you for free is the "latest" and on a Debian system.

What they offer as "secure" is running on Photon OS and goes through a security pipeline, etc. They aren't holding anything back aside from the services they provide.

gexla commented on The Deletion of Docker.io/Bitnami community.broadcom.com/ta... · Posted by u/zdkaster

Valodim · 4 months ago

From TFA

> BSI is effectively democratizing security and compliance for open source so that it doesn’t require million-dollar contracts from vendors with sky-high valuations.

I suppose 50k isn't a million dollar contract, but it's certainly also not "democratizing" anything

gexla · 4 months ago

Depending on your needs, this could be a bargain as advertised. It's only expensive relative to what you can build on your own, or what competitors offer.