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  • The Pain That is GitHub Actions - Feldera Blog

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  • I like the concept. It helps with not having to rewrite the same stuff over and over again. It's like a package registry. Whether it's implemented well is debatable of course and it's understandable you don't like it.

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  • The Pain That is GitHub Actions - Feldera Blog

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  • The only good thing about Github Actions is the "marketplace" or that you can publish and find actions. The rest is just... not the way I'd do CI. I'm so glad I don't have to touch that anymore. Only thing worse than Github CI is Jenkins. Shudder

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  • Has anyone else questioned their choice of computers for running Linux?

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  • Has anyone else questioned their choice of computers for running Linux?

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  • Seeing as you have money (you bought a mac), there are probably more than enough linux laptop and desktop brands out there.

    Linux Preloaded has an overview. My favourites (because Europe) are:

    There's no need to give your money to anti-competitive business like Apple, HP, Lenovo, etc. You can contribute to an alternative, more open, competitive ecosystem. A new macbook pro costs ~2k€. You can get something roughly similar for 1.2k€ from tuxedo computers: infinity book. You can configure that to have 96GB RAM and 6TB storage and you're now at about the equivalent price tag. If you want a version with a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card here you go. Or here with an AMD graphics card. Both with 64GB RAM and 2TB storage (4x that of the default macbook pro). Go NVIDIA if you want AI/ML stuff, go AMD if you just want to game.

    Those were tuxedo computers laptops, and they have more, but Slimbook has similar laptops (example). Starlab Systems books are more expensive, but still provide more bang for the buck than Apple and are very customisable.

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  • Supply Chain Vulnerabilities found and fixed in Fedora's Pagure and openSUSE's Open Build Service

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  • Governments and enterprises using these distros should be funding them and paying for security audits. They are really dependent on them.

    I'm curious what an attack on NixOS would look like. It would be a good candidate for reproducible builds but it doesn't seem like they really care about that.

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  • Ubuntu 25.10 Looks To Make Use Of Rust Coreutils & Other Rust System Components

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  • Had the same experience with chromium. Can't remember what I was trying to do but it involved accessing hardware (GPU or something) and it just didn't work. That was until I found out apt install chromium installed a goddamn snap package. I felt betrayed and lied to.

    Canonical does great things, but that is definitely not one of them.

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  • Enshitification of CrowdSec Edit: bug in CrowdSec limiting features

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  • As an example: a company starts a free tier offering with no promises. It can sustain that because there are enough free users that convert into paying users - enough to sustain the free tier. But times change and the cost of free tier users surpasses that of paying users. Should the company continue providing the same level of service for free tier users?

    Also, what other term than entitlement would you use for somebody gets something for free, is not promised that it will stay free forever, the free offering is cancelled or limited, and the user starts complaining?

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • Why do you assume the developer has to implement what could be paid for? (Payments need not happen beforehand as they could be held in escrow, paid after the fact, or in instalments e.g after milestones) Why is the assumption that devs will give up agency? And why the assumption that all paid requests will be by corporations?

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  • Enshitification of CrowdSec Edit: bug in CrowdSec limiting features

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  • Is this dude complaining that an offering he pays absolutely nothing for is reducing how much free stuff they give out? Seems quite entitled... like the people demanding opensource devs implement something and never contributing back.

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • Has that been working so far? Do you think most opensource projects are funded adequately?

    P.S you forgot a word. "When you can ... to support devs"

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • The final decision stays with the maintainer. Always. Higher priority doesn't mean certainty of implementation. The dev/maintainer can always do the things they like. It's their project and if somebody doesn't like it, they can fork off.

    Additionally, how do you determine how much payment a feature is worth?

    That's up to the dev. They can say "my hours are worth this much, I estimate it'll take X hours". It will also give people an idea of just how much they are getting for free (the ones who don't pay). The dev can also have a simple scale of small, medium, large, enormous and assign a value to each.

    It systemizes the notion of "I paid you to do X, where is it?"

    That really depends on how payment is organised and what the terms / conditions are. It could be paid after the fact, it could be paid in increments, it could be held in escrow by a third party, and so on.

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • Why? Isn't the core the most important part? And why is free work (core) better than freelance work? I'm not sure I get where you're coming from.

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • Do you think "pay or low prio" could help with that? Or do the dicks shut up when you tell em like it is?

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  • Could "pay or it's low priority" be a way to fund opensource projects?

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  • I think "feature bounty" is a misnomer as it's not limited to features.

    Since it's opensource, I don't think it incentivises writing bugs as anybody else could theoretically fork the project and fix your bugs to get the people sick of your bugs onto their fork. And if your project is known for having bugs, it would reduce the number of users willing to use it.

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  • Monthly update on the FOSS "Ladybird" browser engine

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  • That actually does describe the class of licences fairly accurately. Companies specifically love cuck licenses because of their unfree propagation properties.

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  • Dash to Panel maintainer quits after failed donations drive • The Register

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  • They opened the ticket with thanks and appreciation, and made respectful factual arguments. Far from “whining incessantly”.

    The initial user yes, but read the rest of the comments. There are a few friendly ones voicing real concerns, but the majority I'd definitely not place in the "nice" or "constructive" category.

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  • Dash to Panel maintainer quits after failed donations drive • The Register

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  • Good on the developer. The users complaining are really a bunch of spoiled children. Someone provides you with a free product, a donation button is introduced and you start whining incessantly.

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  • Any opinions on "vibe coding"?

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  • We should let these twits enjoy their shit on twitter. The AI hype is just like the crypto hype, it'll fade.

    The name vibe coding sounds like a drunk evening with friends getting an MVP off the ground, but nothing more.

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