@nprofile…kuwg @nprofile…9kds I can understand a new project ...

2026-08-22T18:12:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…p8h5
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user21t (nprofile…kuwg) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq9yqctcattycurn7jxu0ps5eruttfkd6q2fmydru3ndw7d0qr596qtv9kds (nprofile…9kds) I can understand a new project choosing to use a programming language which does not condone AI. And in that context, listing out which languages use AI in their development would be useful for making such an informed choice.

But for Faircamp specifically, a project that's 5 years in the making, the opportunity cost to rewrite in a new language is substantial: it would basically pause all new feature development for a while, until the new implementation is at parity with the old. To be clear, this can absolutely be done, but it has to be clear that this is what the community wants, which should include people who want to switch to Faircamp but need certain features to make it viable for them to switch.

I say this not because we should roll over and accept AI encroachment into the software commons. But rather to protect the limited volunteer effort of the folks working on Faircamp: unlike a corporate gig that can throw money at another team, there's only so many devs. And if they're spending time on a rewrite of something that they already developed, that's a lot different than the motivation of seeking to displace Bandcamp.

IMO, Faircamp is a form of harm reduction: the more people that can switch off from Bandcamp, the fewer people that are locked into the latter's ecosystem. Will a rewrite further that goal?

@nprofile…jydu I recently had to reset my Firefox For Android ...

2026-07-16T16:41:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…smm7
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nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe2z26rv2fk5f9k8ex3xtu6whu5425u7dvn4ju40xr4hfve5q83uqwdjydu (nprofile…jydu) I recently had to reset my Firefox For Android settings, so took the opportunity to change the default search engine away from Google. I chose Wikipedia because I tend to want Wikipedia articles for topics anyway.

Turns out, it's great! I can type in something like "Swedish national service" and get the Wikipedia page for all countries that require national service.

But then I found that Wikipedia can sometimes do unit conversions too: if I search for "9 meters to ft", the excerpt from "Kamuning Footbridge" conveniently tells me the approximate answer of 30 ft.

If I'm looking up the hours for a chain restaurant, I can search their name for their Wikipedia page, navigate to the chain's website directly, and find their up-to-date location info, with no search engine to spy on me.

For when Wikipedia doesn't have exactly what I need (eg "BU406 transistor datasheet"), then switching to an actual search engine is one click in Firefox.

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@nprofile…kuwg @nprofile…9kds I can understand a new project ...

@nprofile…jydu I recently had to reset my Firefox For Android ...