TrevorFSmith

If they didn't want us to use other people's ideas without permission then why did they use other people's ideas without permission to make the ideal tool for using other people's ideas with permission?

I've seen a fair number of seemingly together people crumple as leaders when things behind the scenes were crashing. Is this what's happening at Proton, an unseen disaster that's turned leadership into burnt toast? People in control of themselves don't publicly write such things, regardless of whether they think it.

There are more than dozen no-cost, shared-code projects creating model harnesses for software creation and already some of the no-cost, self-hostable models are OK in those harnesses. Not as good as the subscription based, hosted harnesses and models, but OK. If we assume that the no-cost harnesses, models, and cheapish self-hosting rigs improve over time then at some point they'll be good enough that they serve almost everyone who needs it. Then only fools will pay for software and only services like support will remain in business... oh except that no-cost chatbots will fill those roles, too. Then all that's left is mathematicians... oops.

I know it's pedantic but this is a tribute or a re-envisioning but it's not a replica.

How tightly is the system tied to React? Can it be run with no React at all?

Is it ethical to scrape when a site has explicitly blocked bots? I know a fair number of people who run small sites who are already considering closing them down because the bots are relentlessly hammering their sites and driving up hosting costs.

Blogging is cheap if the writer values neither their nor your time.

Blogging is also cheap only for writers who don't spend time and money to gain experience, validate information, and maintain relationships in order to writing interesting words.

Blogging only costs a few euro per year if we ignore the resources that go into servers, electricity, IT folks, laptops, and the luxury of time and safety to write.

I maybe shouldn't judge their ideas about film by their choice of illegible background and text colors, but I do.

Definitely keep in mind that right or wrong, these hosts are unusual as far as most commercial services are concerned and it can reveal annoying edge cases in their software.

Every effort doesn't need to address every problem, I think. You're right that individual effort isn't sufficient and many of the permacomputing folks are also activists of varying sorts but I think it's ok to separate concerns as most people understand that there's no single and complete solution.

I think you're missing one of the major reasons people are against "AI": the jerks at the top. When obviously nefarious people are lining their pockets and not bothering to even pretend to care about the people around them, it's no surprise they're hated.

This is a vibe coded app and isn't what I'd want but still, it's interesting to consider what a good implementation of "Figma for TUIs" could be, especially if it avoids the trap of simply treating the console as a crude raster instead of taking advantage of text and keyboards. IMO we don't need WIMP GUI shoved into terminal emulators.

The correct title is "Don't host your own transactional business email, use a transactional email provider."

Hosting your own personal mail isn't for everyone but it's not impossible. It is, however, something you'll need to maintain so be ready to pick up a new hobby.

I saw this headline and excitedly clicked through expecting to find an attempt to make a modal drawing canvas made using lessons from and the ethos of vim. It isn't that. It's a vim plugin for writers. Which is fine, just not what I hoped for.