One of the most fascinating things about maintaining free open source software is getting to witness the occasional end-user who can't make it work on their system and comes at you with the entitlement of someone who paid you.
If I had a penny for each time I wanted to, "Well, I'll refund you..oh wait", I would be rich by now 😂
#opensource #softwareengineering #programming #foss #webdev
Windy city :verified:
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