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@yaxu@post.lurk.org
2026-06-16 08:40:43

Maintaining a project on microsoft/azure github seems as bad as maintaining a profile on X. Reputational damage for maintaining a github repo will hopefully catch up to reality soon.
It's bonkers that we let the free/open source community get so comprehensively captured by closed source, inhumane corporate tech.
If your community on there doesn't have an exit plan, it might be worth applying some pressure !

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-06-02 09:27:19

RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11666293
Vielen Dank an @… für diese Ini…

Cropped screenshot of the https://www.ehrenamt-opensource.de/ website showing logos of various open source projects supporting the initiative
The classic XKCD modern infrastructure comic, a Jenga-like tower of chaotically and precariously arranged building blocks of various sizes (labeled "all modern infrastructure"), with a large part resting on a tiny piece near the bottom, labeled: "a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003"...

Image credit/source: https://xkcd.com/2347/
@sean@scoat.es
2026-04-29 14:56:49

I spend a lot of effort on noise reduction. Turning off alerts, reducing the size of (especially redundant) messages I don't really need to see—that kind of stuff.
It's REALLY disruptive when software I use decides to get rid of those filters. Like not even just turning the noise back on, but fully removing my ability to even filter things.
I regularly mourn the wonderful period of time when software worked for us. (This *is* open source, but maintaining a fork is more wo…