Comment by maelito

4 days ago

It also means you shouldn't bet on the tool to still be available next month.

i can bet on it if i can host it in my computer

  • And then you're also the maintainer of the software in charge of keeping it up-to-date with its dependencies etc.

    • > keeping it up-to-date with its dependencies etc.

      not if the software is functional today, and doesn't require interacting with third party systems (like this tinylittleoffice suite).

      By the time the underlying infrastructure (like browser compatibility, or self-hosting OS becoming obsolete) fails, you're likely no longer using it anyway.

      The "documents" seem exportable in text format, and in any case, potentially salvageable with another vibe-coded tool if such need arise.

      Therefore, the original author is no required to maintain it.

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    • This is the part managerial and marketing types don't understand. Their expectation is usually that "since its a computer system (sic) the tech team will support it from now on".

    • patching dependencies correctly was one of the first agentic coding tasks llm solved 100%. you will need to dedicate a session once a year to to such patches. Or community of vibe coders will do it for you .

    • This is trivial now. It can even be automated. Literally just type “automatically monitor and maintain x” into Claude or Codex.

  • Yeah, but then toolchain security is yours to handle.

    • That has always been the case with anything self-hosted. Otherwise you're putting a lot of faith in an upstream maintainer to actually put in the effort which they may or may not be doing.