dgerard

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago

This discussion has made it clear to me that LLM enthusiasts do not value the time or preferences of open-source maintainers, willfully do not understand affirmative consent, and that I should take steps to explicitly ban the use of such tools in the open source projects I maintain.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I didn't see that thread. But I stand by the image as being perfect for the story on several specific points.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

"it's a tool" - a tool

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this post has also broken containment in the wider world, the video's got thousands of views, I got 100+ subscribers on youtube and another $25/mo of patrons

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this user has been escorted off the premises via the fourth floor window

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you'll be waiting a while. it turns out "i'm not saying it's always programming.dev, but" was already in my previous ban reasons, and it was this time too.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

you must understand

Sam promised me all the eyeballs I could eat

All the eyeballs

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

to get you into ahem vibe coding

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"i'm a lawyer i will file a CoC complaint"

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You say that, but as an operator->sysadmin->devops I'm increasingly disconcerted by the rise of "devops" who can't actually find their way around a Unix command prompt.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

but look how delighted they are!

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 18 points 1 month ago (11 children)

why is no-one demanding to know why the robot is so sexay

 

video version - video

our Pivot To AI t-shirts arrived today, you'll see us showing them off in the end bit

 

Video version - 7 minutes of me ranting

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