Comment by simonw 4 days ago How about if you don't have time to fix them without LLMs? 12 comments simonw Reply gspr 4 days ago Then you don't have time to maintain the codebase. Sad, but sometimes true. sscaryterry 4 days ago When given the choice between putting food on the table, and being a purist, I'd take some bread. It is hard out there. gspr 4 days ago Sure. I did not mean to throw shade at people whose professional survival depends on doing this.I'm merely trying to establish that it's bad. A lot of HN seems to be cheering for the badness. That is, to me, unfathomable. 8 replies → simonw 4 days ago Welcome to volunteer-driven open source.(Update: you're a Debian developer so you're even more familiar with how that world works than I am.)
gspr 4 days ago Then you don't have time to maintain the codebase. Sad, but sometimes true. sscaryterry 4 days ago When given the choice between putting food on the table, and being a purist, I'd take some bread. It is hard out there. gspr 4 days ago Sure. I did not mean to throw shade at people whose professional survival depends on doing this.I'm merely trying to establish that it's bad. A lot of HN seems to be cheering for the badness. That is, to me, unfathomable. 8 replies → simonw 4 days ago Welcome to volunteer-driven open source.(Update: you're a Debian developer so you're even more familiar with how that world works than I am.)
sscaryterry 4 days ago When given the choice between putting food on the table, and being a purist, I'd take some bread. It is hard out there. gspr 4 days ago Sure. I did not mean to throw shade at people whose professional survival depends on doing this.I'm merely trying to establish that it's bad. A lot of HN seems to be cheering for the badness. That is, to me, unfathomable. 8 replies →
gspr 4 days ago Sure. I did not mean to throw shade at people whose professional survival depends on doing this.I'm merely trying to establish that it's bad. A lot of HN seems to be cheering for the badness. That is, to me, unfathomable. 8 replies →
simonw 4 days ago Welcome to volunteer-driven open source.(Update: you're a Debian developer so you're even more familiar with how that world works than I am.)
Then you don't have time to maintain the codebase. Sad, but sometimes true.
When given the choice between putting food on the table, and being a purist, I'd take some bread. It is hard out there.
Sure. I did not mean to throw shade at people whose professional survival depends on doing this.
I'm merely trying to establish that it's bad. A lot of HN seems to be cheering for the badness. That is, to me, unfathomable.
8 replies →
Welcome to volunteer-driven open source.
(Update: you're a Debian developer so you're even more familiar with how that world works than I am.)