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Don't get me wrong — I am glad that they are doing what they're doing, but it's a long way until it becomes a real alternative.
I get that self-hosted runners generate huge egress traffic, but this is still wild. Hope it pushes more companies to look into self-hosted Gitea / Forgejo / etc.
The future is decentralized. Many people have learned the hard way what happens with centralized social media.
However, dismissing the overhead associated with such positions is a very simplistic view. It isn't about writing "bad code" or "good code". Rather, it is about solving complex tasks and maintaining huge systems – that's the real challenge. Hands-on experience or proper guidance can save you a lot of time.
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Could you please share what exactly is wrong? I haven't used AI to write this post, that's just my style. I am still figuring it out, so I'd love to hear any feedback
Gentle reminder that every affected company brought it upon themselves. Very few companies care about making their system resilient to 3rd party failures. This is just another wake-up call for them.
For years people didn't care that much about specific terminal emulators or opinionated dotfiles. Now projects like Ghostty and Omarchy get tons of attention.
I get that it's probably not the projects themselves, but rather authors behind them. I'm also not saying that these projects are bad — they could be good. I don't use them, so I wouldn't know. It's just discouraging, seeing that other similar projects don't and probably won't get that traction.
2. Why link to a toot instead of the blog post itself?
I have a couple machines that get all relevant updates from LVFS, it's been an absolute game changer for me.
For me personally, there are two things I am concerned about:
1. Issues that can only be resolved via BIOS update. Almost all obscure Chinese SBCs won't get any updates, so you're stuck with whatever issues you encounter.
2. In case of hardware failures, there's a 0% chance for RMA. You are not getting a replacement or your money back.
The main benefits of this board were:
* it's not from an obscure Chinese company
* integrated power supply – just plug in DC jack, and you're good to go
* passive cooling
Really hope they make an Intel N150 version.
I get that economies of scale don't apply to something so niche, but that's just a bad deal. I'd rather get Framework Desktop.
They only need to succeed with it once, so they'll keep trying again and again.
That's exactly why it's very important to raise awareness about it everywhere.
Like with all things it depends on your threat model.
If your threat model includes risk of leaking all data from your password manager – then yeah, it worsens your security.
Otherwise it still covers all other risks:
1. it makes bruteforce basically impossible
2. it makes phishing harder (assuming that your password manager supports autofill and that it checks domains correctly)
3. it lowers the risks if a single password leaks
* zoom in
* print them
* watch them on a bigger screen
Sometimes I compare photos I've taken over 10 years ago with Sony NEX-5 with photos I take today with an iPhone. There's no competition, APS-C from 15 years ago is still solid.
Anyway, the best camera is the one you have with you, so in that sense iPhone is great.
I agree that insane isn't exactly the right word for this. More like "assholish" -- this person has just switched jobs, and now they have to go through all this stress over again. This could have been easily avoided.
However, it really sucks for employees. I know a guy who joined Komoot a few weeks before the sale, and who was among 80% fired right after the sale finalised. They've been negotiating the terms of sale and hiring people simultaneously -- that's just insane.
I am not saying that regulations are bad. It just that governments are accepting insane laws, and often they don't have mechanisms to undo what they've previously done. Or maybe they're not willing to use these mechanisms, it depends on the country.
This is just another example of that — law that sounds good on the paper and that doesn't make any sense in real life. I really doubt that mindlessly amending this regulation will make it better.