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@lyse Yeah, you’re right. The quality aspect is lacking, too. Sigh. 😅
Focus on quality, focus on “doing it right”, make that your primary goal. And everything else shall fall into place.
If it only were that simple. 🫤😅
@lyse Yeah, it’s hard(er) with family members. I shouldn’t have started that Matrix stuff – before that, they had an easier time accepting that I don’t use WhatsApp. Now it’s more like “why don’t you switch?”
“Joy of missing out”, eh? :D
@lyse Yeah, it’s hard(er) with family members. I shouldn’t have started that Matrix stuff – before that, they had an easier time accepting that I don’t use WhatsApp. Now it’s more like “why don’t you switch?”
“Joy of missing out”, eh? :D
@lyse Yeah, it’s hard(er) with family members. I shouldn’t have started that Matrix stuff – before that, they had an easier time accepting that I don’t use WhatsApp. Now it’s more like “why don’t you switch?”
“Joy of missing out”, eh? :D
@lyse Yeah, it’s hard(er) with family members. I shouldn’t have started that Matrix stuff – before that, they had an easier time accepting that I don’t use WhatsApp. Now it’s more like “why don’t you switch?”
“Joy of missing out”, eh? :D
@prologic I’ll look into it. 🤔 The good thing is that I *think* some people already use Signal. We’ll see.
@prologic I’ll look into it. 🤔 The good thing is that I *think* some people already use Signal. We’ll see.
@prologic I’ll look into it. 🤔 The good thing is that I *think* some people already use Signal. We’ll see.
@prologic I’ll look into it. 🤔 The good thing is that I *think* some people already use Signal. We’ll see.
If WhatsApp was just a messenger, I probably wouldn’t be so reluctant to join. But it’s an app that *insists* on running on a smartphone. It has access to so much metadata … Fuck this shit. 🫤
If WhatsApp was just a messenger, I probably wouldn’t be so reluctant to join. But it’s an app that *insists* on running on a smartphone. It has access to so much metadata … Fuck this shit. 🫤
If WhatsApp was just a messenger, I probably wouldn’t be so reluctant to join. But it’s an app that *insists* on running on a smartphone. It has access to so much metadata … Fuck this shit. 🫤
If WhatsApp was just a messenger, I probably wouldn’t be so reluctant to join. But it’s an app that *insists* on running on a smartphone. It has access to so much metadata … Fuck this shit. 🫤
The “Matrix Experiment”, i.e. running a Matrix server for our family, has failed completely and miserably. People don’t accept it. They attribute unrelated things to it, like “I can’t send messages to you, I don’t reach you! It doesn’t work!” Yes, you do, I get those messages, I just don’t reply quickly enough because I’m at work or simply doing something else.
I’ll probably shut it down.
Nobody cares about privacy. The reasons I bring up in discussions are “too nerdy”. They put *all* their stuff to Google or Apple, so why would messaging be any different? (We’re not even using all those Matrix crypto stuff … That would be insane.)
It’s a lost cause. I’m frustrated.
Will I give in and use WhatsApp instead? Not sure yet.
The “Matrix Experiment”, i.e. running a Matrix server for our family, has failed completely and miserably. People don’t accept it. They attribute unrelated things to it, like “I can’t send messages to you, I don’t reach you! It doesn’t work!” Yes, you do, I get those messages, I just don’t reply quickly enough because I’m at work or simply doing something else.
I’ll probably shut it down.
Nobody cares about privacy. The reasons I bring up in discussions are “too nerdy”. They put *all* their stuff to Google or Apple, so why would messaging be any different? (We’re not even using all those Matrix crypto stuff … That would be insane.)
It’s a lost cause. I’m frustrated.
Will I give in and use WhatsApp instead? Not sure yet.
The “Matrix Experiment”, i.e. running a Matrix server for our family, has failed completely and miserably. People don’t accept it. They attribute unrelated things to it, like “I can’t send messages to you, I don’t reach you! It doesn’t work!” Yes, you do, I get those messages, I just don’t reply quickly enough because I’m at work or simply doing something else.
I’ll probably shut it down.
Nobody cares about privacy. The reasons I bring up in discussions are “too nerdy”. They put *all* their stuff to Google or Apple, so why would messaging be any different? (We’re not even using all those Matrix crypto stuff … That would be insane.)
It’s a lost cause. I’m frustrated.
Will I give in and use WhatsApp instead? Not sure yet.
The “Matrix Experiment”, i.e. running a Matrix server for our family, has failed completely and miserably. People don’t accept it. They attribute unrelated things to it, like “I can’t send messages to you, I don’t reach you! It doesn’t work!” Yes, you do, I get those messages, I just don’t reply quickly enough because I’m at work or simply doing something else.
I’ll probably shut it down.
Nobody cares about privacy. The reasons I bring up in discussions are “too nerdy”. They put *all* their stuff to Google or Apple, so why would messaging be any different? (We’re not even using all those Matrix crypto stuff … That would be insane.)
It’s a lost cause. I’m frustrated.
Will I give in and use WhatsApp instead? Not sure yet.
@prologic I’m not smart/educated enough to come up with a formal spec. 🤔
It’s somewhat telling that the HTMX blogpost also (mostly) only talks about feelings, not hard facts.
@prologic I’m not smart/educated enough to come up with a formal spec. 🤔
It’s somewhat telling that the HTMX blogpost also (mostly) only talks about feelings, not hard facts.
@prologic I’m not smart/educated enough to come up with a formal spec. 🤔
It’s somewhat telling that the HTMX blogpost also (mostly) only talks about feelings, not hard facts.
@prologic I’m not smart/educated enough to come up with a formal spec. 🤔
It’s somewhat telling that the HTMX blogpost also (mostly) only talks about feelings, not hard facts.
@prologic How about “now”? 😅
Personally, I’ve been doing this for a long time now. Minimal(-ish), slow pace, no pressure. Works quite well for me. The idea isn’t very popular, though. 🥴
@prologic How about “now”? 😅
Personally, I’ve been doing this for a long time now. Minimal(-ish), slow pace, no pressure. Works quite well for me. The idea isn’t very popular, though. 🥴
@prologic How about “now”? 😅
Personally, I’ve been doing this for a long time now. Minimal(-ish), slow pace, no pressure. Works quite well for me. The idea isn’t very popular, though. 🥴
@prologic How about “now”? 😅
Personally, I’ve been doing this for a long time now. Minimal(-ish), slow pace, no pressure. Works quite well for me. The idea isn’t very popular, though. 🥴
@lyse Awww, nice birdie. Lovely pic. 😊
@lyse Awww, nice birdie. Lovely pic. 😊
@lyse Awww, nice birdie. Lovely pic. 😊
@lyse Awww, nice birdie. Lovely pic. 😊
> We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
https://dice.camp/@uncanny_kate/112724979643603832
> We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
https://dice.camp/@uncanny_kate/112724979643603832
> We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
https://dice.camp/@uncanny_kate/112724979643603832
> We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
https://dice.camp/@uncanny_kate/112724979643603832
@lyse
> Maybe your softwares are just perfect and there are simply no bug reports and contributions required. :-)
Haha. 😂 I guess my software is just way too irrelevant. 😅 Or maybe not. I just don’t know. I should add some telemetry. 😏
> I just also see the issue with smaller mail servers being blocked by the large ones. This also happened to me I believe. My mails just never made it to the people. Or they were ignored, I cannot tell.
To be honest, when I send private email, like insurance stuff or to the bank or similar, I always get a reply. The recipients are German mail servers, usually run by those institutions or individuals. Sometimes it’s MS Outlook or Telekom. In other words, it’s *not* Google. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm …
@lyse
> Maybe your softwares are just perfect and there are simply no bug reports and contributions required. :-)
Haha. 😂 I guess my software is just way too irrelevant. 😅 Or maybe not. I just don’t know. I should add some telemetry. 😏
> I just also see the issue with smaller mail servers being blocked by the large ones. This also happened to me I believe. My mails just never made it to the people. Or they were ignored, I cannot tell.
To be honest, when I send private email, like insurance stuff or to the bank or similar, I always get a reply. The recipients are German mail servers, usually run by those institutions or individuals. Sometimes it’s MS Outlook or Telekom. In other words, it’s *not* Google. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm …
@lyse
> Maybe your softwares are just perfect and there are simply no bug reports and contributions required. :-)
Haha. 😂 I guess my software is just way too irrelevant. 😅 Or maybe not. I just don’t know. I should add some telemetry. 😏
> I just also see the issue with smaller mail servers being blocked by the large ones. This also happened to me I believe. My mails just never made it to the people. Or they were ignored, I cannot tell.
To be honest, when I send private email, like insurance stuff or to the bank or similar, I always get a reply. The recipients are German mail servers, usually run by those institutions or individuals. Sometimes it’s MS Outlook or Telekom. In other words, it’s *not* Google. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm …
@lyse
> Maybe your softwares are just perfect and there are simply no bug reports and contributions required. :-)
Haha. 😂 I guess my software is just way too irrelevant. 😅 Or maybe not. I just don’t know. I should add some telemetry. 😏
> I just also see the issue with smaller mail servers being blocked by the large ones. This also happened to me I believe. My mails just never made it to the people. Or they were ignored, I cannot tell.
To be honest, when I send private email, like insurance stuff or to the bank or similar, I always get a reply. The recipients are German mail servers, usually run by those institutions or individuals. Sometimes it’s MS Outlook or Telekom. In other words, it’s *not* Google. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm …
@lyse Is that an actual lake? And a fish? It looks so small. I always wonder how fish end up there. 🤔
@lyse Is that an actual lake? And a fish? It looks so small. I always wonder how fish end up there. 🤔
@lyse Is that an actual lake? And a fish? It looks so small. I always wonder how fish end up there. 🤔
@lyse Is that an actual lake? And a fish? It looks so small. I always wonder how fish end up there. 🤔
@prologic
> Should sit down and see what the contributions have been for some of my projects before and after the migration away from Github? 🤔
I might do that for my projects. 🤔
> Maybe it's a discovery problem too?
Yeah, well, apart from my own blog and rarely Mastodon, I don’t really talk about my projects anymore. I used to mention them on forums and reddit and the likes. Forums were really good for that. But I mean, forums are dying out as well, so where *do* you “promote” your projects? 🤔 On Mastodon, it usually gets drowned in the noise.
> I sure hope not, that kind of defeats the point of an ecosystem that is suppose to encourage distributed software development and distributed forms of collaboration. Right? 🤔
It does, yes. Question is, do people actually care about *distributed* development anymore? (Did they ever?)
@prologic
> Should sit down and see what the contributions have been for some of my projects before and after the migration away from Github? 🤔
I might do that for my projects. 🤔
> Maybe it's a discovery problem too?
Yeah, well, apart from my own blog and rarely Mastodon, I don’t really talk about my projects anymore. I used to mention them on forums and reddit and the likes. Forums were really good for that. But I mean, forums are dying out as well, so where *do* you “promote” your projects? 🤔 On Mastodon, it usually gets drowned in the noise.
> I sure hope not, that kind of defeats the point of an ecosystem that is suppose to encourage distributed software development and distributed forms of collaboration. Right? 🤔
It does, yes. Question is, do people actually care about *distributed* development anymore? (Did they ever?)
@prologic
> Should sit down and see what the contributions have been for some of my projects before and after the migration away from Github? 🤔
I might do that for my projects. 🤔
> Maybe it's a discovery problem too?
Yeah, well, apart from my own blog and rarely Mastodon, I don’t really talk about my projects anymore. I used to mention them on forums and reddit and the likes. Forums were really good for that. But I mean, forums are dying out as well, so where *do* you “promote” your projects? 🤔 On Mastodon, it usually gets drowned in the noise.
> I sure hope not, that kind of defeats the point of an ecosystem that is suppose to encourage distributed software development and distributed forms of collaboration. Right? 🤔
It does, yes. Question is, do people actually care about *distributed* development anymore? (Did they ever?)
@prologic
> Should sit down and see what the contributions have been for some of my projects before and after the migration away from Github? 🤔
I might do that for my projects. 🤔
> Maybe it's a discovery problem too?
Yeah, well, apart from my own blog and rarely Mastodon, I don’t really talk about my projects anymore. I used to mention them on forums and reddit and the likes. Forums were really good for that. But I mean, forums are dying out as well, so where *do* you “promote” your projects? 🤔 On Mastodon, it usually gets drowned in the noise.
> I sure hope not, that kind of defeats the point of an ecosystem that is suppose to encourage distributed software development and distributed forms of collaboration. Right? 🤔
It does, yes. Question is, do people actually care about *distributed* development anymore? (Did they ever?)
@prologic No, just a minor injury, as far as I know.
@prologic No, just a minor injury, as far as I know.
@prologic No, just a minor injury, as far as I know.
@prologic No, just a minor injury, as far as I know.
@prologic
> I would never ask anyone to send me patches via Email.
That’s not even what I’m doing, but I just realized that my bugs.html
page isn’t really clear about that. It *implies* that patches are meant to be sent via email and I’m fine if that happens – but I don’t insist on people doing that. You might as well send me a link to your fork on GitHub or your own server or whatever.
I should clarify that. 🤔
@prologic
> I would never ask anyone to send me patches via Email.
That’s not even what I’m doing, but I just realized that my bugs.html
page isn’t really clear about that. It *implies* that patches are meant to be sent via email and I’m fine if that happens – but I don’t insist on people doing that. You might as well send me a link to your fork on GitHub or your own server or whatever.
I should clarify that. 🤔
@prologic
> I would never ask anyone to send me patches via Email.
That’s not even what I’m doing, but I just realized that my bugs.html
page isn’t really clear about that. It *implies* that patches are meant to be sent via email and I’m fine if that happens – but I don’t insist on people doing that. You might as well send me a link to your fork on GitHub or your own server or whatever.
I should clarify that. 🤔
@prologic
> I would never ask anyone to send me patches via Email.
That’s not even what I’m doing, but I just realized that my bugs.html
page isn’t really clear about that. It *implies* that patches are meant to be sent via email and I’m fine if that happens – but I don’t insist on people doing that. You might as well send me a link to your fork on GitHub or your own server or whatever.
I should clarify that. 🤔
@prologic Huh, okay, that’s surprising to me. I had thought that Gitea would be easy enough for people to use. I mean, it even has the “Sign in with GitHub” button. 🤔 And it’s not like Gitea is some arcane/archaic tool like Bugzilla, which is just horrible to use.
So … what’s stopping people?
> I'm not sure what else we can do? I'm nNOT moving back to Github, ever.
Same. There are alternatives like https://codeberg.org/ now, but does that really help? GitHub was also a small and independent platform once. Are we supposed to “forge hop” (as in “distro hop”) all the time, migrate from the most non-shitty hoster to the next? That can’t be the solution.
@prologic Huh, okay, that’s surprising to me. I had thought that Gitea would be easy enough for people to use. I mean, it even has the “Sign in with GitHub” button. 🤔 And it’s not like Gitea is some arcane/archaic tool like Bugzilla, which is just horrible to use.
So … what’s stopping people?
> I'm not sure what else we can do? I'm nNOT moving back to Github, ever.
Same. There are alternatives like https://codeberg.org/ now, but does that really help? GitHub was also a small and independent platform once. Are we supposed to “forge hop” (as in “distro hop”) all the time, migrate from the most non-shitty hoster to the next? That can’t be the solution.
@prologic Huh, okay, that’s surprising to me. I had thought that Gitea would be easy enough for people to use. I mean, it even has the “Sign in with GitHub” button. 🤔 And it’s not like Gitea is some arcane/archaic tool like Bugzilla, which is just horrible to use.
So … what’s stopping people?
> I'm not sure what else we can do? I'm nNOT moving back to Github, ever.
Same. There are alternatives like https://codeberg.org/ now, but does that really help? GitHub was also a small and independent platform once. Are we supposed to “forge hop” (as in “distro hop”) all the time, migrate from the most non-shitty hoster to the next? That can’t be the solution.
@prologic Huh, okay, that’s surprising to me. I had thought that Gitea would be easy enough for people to use. I mean, it even has the “Sign in with GitHub” button. 🤔 And it’s not like Gitea is some arcane/archaic tool like Bugzilla, which is just horrible to use.
So … what’s stopping people?
> I'm not sure what else we can do? I'm nNOT moving back to Github, ever.
Same. There are alternatives like https://codeberg.org/ now, but does that really help? GitHub was also a small and independent platform once. Are we supposed to “forge hop” (as in “distro hop”) all the time, migrate from the most non-shitty hoster to the next? That can’t be the solution.
I don’t run a bug tracker, instead all my projects link to this page:
https://uninformativ.de/bugs.html
It basically says, when you find a bug, please send me an email.
Now I’ve read this:
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmailVsForgesUnfortunate
I hadn’t thought about this before. That’s a quite valid reason. 🫤 Sadly, it applies to *any* truly independent self-hosted service. That OAuth thingy (“Sign in with GitHub”) might be the only compromise …
(I rarely get any feedback on my projects, btw. jenny might be an exception, because we’re talking about it here sometimes. Overall, the number of bug reports has dropped significantly since I moved away from GitHub.)
I don’t run a bug tracker, instead all my projects link to this page:
https://uninformativ.de/bugs.html
It basically says, when you find a bug, please send me an email.
Now I’ve read this:
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmailVsForgesUnfortunate
I hadn’t thought about this before. That’s a quite valid reason. 🫤 Sadly, it applies to *any* truly independent self-hosted service. That OAuth thingy (“Sign in with GitHub”) might be the only compromise …
(I rarely get any feedback on my projects, btw. jenny might be an exception, because we’re talking about it here sometimes. Overall, the number of bug reports has dropped significantly since I moved away from GitHub.)
I don’t run a bug tracker, instead all my projects link to this page:
https://uninformativ.de/bugs.html
It basically says, when you find a bug, please send me an email.
Now I’ve read this:
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmailVsForgesUnfortunate
I hadn’t thought about this before. That’s a quite valid reason. 🫤 Sadly, it applies to *any* truly independent self-hosted service. That OAuth thingy (“Sign in with GitHub”) might be the only compromise …
(I rarely get any feedback on my projects, btw. jenny might be an exception, because we’re talking about it here sometimes. Overall, the number of bug reports has dropped significantly since I moved away from GitHub.)
I don’t run a bug tracker, instead all my projects link to this page:
https://uninformativ.de/bugs.html
It basically says, when you find a bug, please send me an email.
Now I’ve read this:
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmailVsForgesUnfortunate
I hadn’t thought about this before. That’s a quite valid reason. 🫤 Sadly, it applies to *any* truly independent self-hosted service. That OAuth thingy (“Sign in with GitHub”) might be the only compromise …
(I rarely get any feedback on my projects, btw. jenny might be an exception, because we’re talking about it here sometimes. Overall, the number of bug reports has dropped significantly since I moved away from GitHub.)
@lyse Oh, absolutely. Doing crazy stuff is fun every now and then, but there’s no need to be masochistic. 😆
@lyse Oh, absolutely. Doing crazy stuff is fun every now and then, but there’s no need to be masochistic. 😆
@lyse Oh, absolutely. Doing crazy stuff is fun every now and then, but there’s no need to be masochistic. 😆
@lyse Oh, absolutely. Doing crazy stuff is fun every now and then, but there’s no need to be masochistic. 😆
@prologic What’s the offending commit according to your bisect?
@prologic What’s the offending commit according to your bisect?
@prologic What’s the offending commit according to your bisect?
@prologic What’s the offending commit according to your bisect?
Speaking of programming languages, I’m so glad that I’ve spent so much time doing C and a little bit of Assembler over the years. It’s the perfect foundation for my recently acquired retrocomputing hobby. 😅 You can target basically any platform with C – DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, UNIX, … Had I gone all-in on Java (as University and employers nudged me to in the mid-2000’s), I probably wouldn’t have this skill set now. 🤔
Speaking of programming languages, I’m so glad that I’ve spent so much time doing C and a little bit of Assembler over the years. It’s the perfect foundation for my recently acquired retrocomputing hobby. 😅 You can target basically any platform with C – DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, UNIX, … Had I gone all-in on Java (as University and employers nudged me to in the mid-2000’s), I probably wouldn’t have this skill set now. 🤔
Speaking of programming languages, I’m so glad that I’ve spent so much time doing C and a little bit of Assembler over the years. It’s the perfect foundation for my recently acquired retrocomputing hobby. 😅 You can target basically any platform with C – DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, UNIX, … Had I gone all-in on Java (as University and employers nudged me to in the mid-2000’s), I probably wouldn’t have this skill set now. 🤔
Speaking of programming languages, I’m so glad that I’ve spent so much time doing C and a little bit of Assembler over the years. It’s the perfect foundation for my recently acquired retrocomputing hobby. 😅 You can target basically any platform with C – DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, UNIX, … Had I gone all-in on Java (as University and employers nudged me to in the mid-2000’s), I probably wouldn’t have this skill set now. 🤔
@prologic Yeah, I’ve seen this for a while now. 🤔
@prologic Yeah, I’ve seen this for a while now. 🤔
@prologic Yeah, I’ve seen this for a while now. 🤔
@prologic Yeah, I’ve seen this for a while now. 🤔
@prologic Rust just isn’t the best tool for every job, even though that’s what the “cult” around it wants to make you believe.
I’m surprised that the article doesn’t talk about the ecosystem and the large number of dependencies that you usually pull in. 🤔 Maybe the author is already used to that.
@prologic Rust just isn’t the best tool for every job, even though that’s what the “cult” around it wants to make you believe.
I’m surprised that the article doesn’t talk about the ecosystem and the large number of dependencies that you usually pull in. 🤔 Maybe the author is already used to that.
@prologic Rust just isn’t the best tool for every job, even though that’s what the “cult” around it wants to make you believe.
I’m surprised that the article doesn’t talk about the ecosystem and the large number of dependencies that you usually pull in. 🤔 Maybe the author is already used to that.