One thing the article doesn't highlight is the new song! https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#80
Comments & Reviews
I saw an article recently that claimed the economy was headed in this direction: for the people with means and money, there will continue to be human-crafted high-quality software and entertainment options, music and movies that are actually good. As for the poors, low cost and low quality cookie-cutter AI-generated slop will be all that is available to promotes engagement and cognitive decline.
Replacing high priced enterprise tools with vibecoded trash (in rust, ofc!) isn't the win people...
I used to have to copy / paste the entire description of an app before adding my comments to an app when creating a list. Glad to see I can just tag a note to the default description now!
One definite feature I think is lacking is a flag on software telling us if the software is in beta as opposed to production-ready. I've gone through alternatives, sometimes finding something that looks right only to be disappointed that it is either in alpha or beta by checking their repo or website and...
Pretty awful "distribution."
- When I first tried to install 3.0, it nearly bricked my Lenovo MiniPC. And I am no newb, I've been using linux distros regularly since 2012.
- It comes with a wide assortment of unnecessary tools out of the box, some of which are closed source and others are installed either using AUR or dodgy scripts.
- When I finally got it working, I noticed the interface is designed specifically for devs who prefer tiling window managers and keyboard-style navigation. ...
Looks like you beat me to it!
Here are a couple other examples of vibe coded trash you may want to add to your list:
Em-Dash: A replacement for wordpress vibecoded by Cloudflare.
Zed: Text editor created by the creators of Atom. Leans heavily into vibecoding, the repo shows both Claude and Agents .md files and the tool includes AI coding integrations. Gram was created as a fork which discourages AI generated code in protest and removed all...
Gram
★★★★★
Gram is to Zed what VSCodium was meant to be for VSCode and what Notepad++ fixes for Notepad in that it removes the obnoxious parts of corporate/PE supported trash and turns it into a barebones useful tool for normal people, not bots!
I also like that Gram has native support for even obscure languages like Gleam and Odin without additional extensions or plugins. Third party VSCode extensions and neovim plugins increase the attack surface of these tools by exposing added supply chain...
Great list! I was going to post this, but it looks like you beat me to it.
Just as a helpful reference, you can include details regarding the source indicating these distributions are opposing the age verification law.
Slackware Linux: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=6626190 Zorin OS: https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052 GrapheneOS: https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/2034957604682621229 Artix Linux:...
The Venerable Glenn Greenwald, one of the company's founders, recently left due to widespread bias on the Intercept, including attempts at censoring reports that contradicted the far-left viewpoints of most 'journalists' working at this establishment.
Glenn Greenwald is a highly respected journalist whose integrity is on display every time he publishes an article because he is anti-corruption and isn't afraid to go after both sides of the aisle when he sees malfeasance and...
Great software, but only if you are using a mac. As noted by other users, the business prioritizes mac users over everyone else, going so far as to port over to ipad while the Windows version hasn't been updated since Version 1 (mac is currently on version 3).
Also, thanks to their last license management company going under, their software now uses a service that will not allow offline activation. That's a big deal breaker for me.
Fantastic note-taking app, probably the best in the business in that it isn't cloud based, works windows and linux, and supports encryption and has tons of features. The only major problem I have with it is that nearly every Linux distro out there is removing CherryTree from their standard repos. I can't get it after Debian 9, Fedora 30, or CentOS 7. Even Manjaro doesn't include it anymore. Anyone have any idea why?
I love how most reviews are about the mastodon.social instance and not really about the actual software! LOL
Overall, this application has the first mover advantage and is pretty robust, but there are better options. First off all, it's incredibly cumbersome, full of crazy dependencies, is a resource hog, and is a pain to update, especially compared to solutions like Pleroma, which is just as good, includes the Mastodon UI, and is a simple Elixir app that is so lightweight that it can...
This is a pretty terrible app. I had to create numerous accounts on this app because after a while, the messages I send get lost, in that they never make it off the client to the server and it doesn't matter which device or even which app I am using, desktop or mobile. They also save your contacts in plain text until you delete your account, so there's that. Also, they decided to move their business to the US without telling any of their users and have recently compromised on their...