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Comment by vintagedave

5 days ago

The most insightful part is:

> [From CodeBerg] It seems like many ‘vibe coders’ don’t realize that they don’t actually have a community around them.

> This is out of touch with how most free software gets made. The majority of FOSS developers are one-man-shows

Yes! And LLMs can be valuable to solo devs!

> The decisions did go through Codeberg’s own Assembly 2026, which is more process than most platforms bother with, and yet as an ordinary user I found out about it the way probably most people else did...

I agree this is troubling.

There's a lot of LLM dislike that verges into a potentially problematic ideology. I know: how a tool is used, not the tool itself, etc, but I'm unsure that that kind of approach is visible to CodeBerg. I write open source, and closed source, and I am a responsible developer who uses AI and gets more done, better. I wish I was welcome there.

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jasonvorhe  4 days ago

When I read this quote I also had to think of this tante person on Mastodon urging their thousands of followers to vote for a certain thing. If one actor like this can possibly impact a small community this way, I'm on the cautious to sceptical side about that community project's future.

  • inigyou  4 days ago

    So it's bad that someone can say how they think people should vote? Aren't you also saying how you think people should have voted?

  • selfhoster1312  4 days ago

    I'm sorry but you are completely out of touch with reality. This is a non-profit calling on their members to vote. Non-members didn't have a say, so a random member posting on Mastodon is not going to influence the results in the way that you imply (i.e. trolls raiding an online form).

    Also, despite what your remote view suggests, members of non-profits usually have political opinions. Codeberg was founded for political reasons by people with political opinions: the members aren't waiting for someone on Mastodon to have an opinion.

    Also, apart from this, people having opinions and encouraging others to defend their opinions is quite normal democratic process in a non-profit. Nothing to see here.