See, I could have used generative AI to make this, but then where would be the fun in struggling and knowing everything bad about it is because of my own personal deficiencies rather than a machine’s??

I remember hardcore Apple fanboys telling me they prefer iPhone because it’s designed to give you a good experience, as opposed to Android which is developed by an advertising company.

It turns out Apple is a multi-billion-dollar advertising company.

MCR still got it

I recently (re?)discovered The Open Source Way guidebook, and it is SO GOOD.

If you want to understand healthy, successful open source projects and community, I implore you to give it a read. Even a skim over interesting chapters is worthwhile! The whole thing completely reflects my own experiences in the best open source projects and communities.

Thanks to @nprofile1q..., @nprofile1q..., @nprofile1q..., and more for putting it together.

https://guidebook.theopensourceway.org/

#OpenSourceWay #OpenSource #FOSS #community

Idk man these new Android emoji feel like TEMU iOS. They’re so… shiny and unsettling. I’m sure I’ll get used to them (especially as they’ll likely trickle down into Linux distros), but I’m kind of bummed by it.

#Android #MadeByGoogle #Pixel11 #NotoEmoji

I’m not sure about the taskbar-style compose dialog (I also find it strange in Gmail), but generally I really like where Mastodon is going design-wise.

For accent colors/custom themes I will once again bang the drum: modern CSS is so freaking powerful! You can do a ton of color science stuff when given even a single accent color; the Mastodon web client should 100% be built around that assumption to enable arbitrary accent colors while guaranteeing minimum levels of contrast.

#Mastodon

As I continue to see official Linux releases of AI companies’ desktop apps, remember:

Installing something from a .deb file gives the creator of the app ROOT ACCESS TO YOUR ENTIRE COMPUTER. These .debs also add a persistent repo to your computer, meaning they have PERSISTENT root access.

I’m not sure that’s something you really want to give these companies. Maybe it’s why they’re not releasing Flatpaks?

#Linux #Flatpak #OpenSource #AI #LLM #Claude #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Anthropic #Ubuntu