Comment by helterskelter

Ugh, I hate this trend. I'm using ZMK on a wireless split Corne and I have to clone the ZMK config repo, edit the config, push to GitHub, use some GH Action to compile the firmware, download it, unpack it, and then flash it. WTF happened? This is a terrible workflow, and I was not able to get this done locally after spending an entire day on it. Why can't this shit just compile on my machine? How about I edit a text file...and then compile it without all the bullshit, like installing Docker, about three or four language-specific package managers which install things not vetted by my distro's maintainers and probably run some bash scripts fetched with curl? And honestly I'm not really comfortable running firmware compiled by the Microsoft, the company known for their stellar software quality and security. Really though, I'm surprised, this was my first time being exposed to this kind of insanity. House of fucking cards.

I'm not even criticizing ZMK, btw, this is just an unbelievably obnoxious workflow. Please, nobody do this. The anger is short-circuiting my brain.