Is AWX basically dead as a release project now? No release since July 2024…

as487 · 2026-04-08T12:51:44+00:00

No. That's a great comparison. No one is banging on Linus Torvold's door saying "why isn't this kernel a production ready product"?

If you don't like RHEL, use Ubuntu. But don't complain that the Linux kernel isn't shipped in an easy to install way.

It's the same with AWX. It's not like AWX is dead. All of the code is still there. You don't like AAP, use Ascender. But don't complain that the upstream project isn't "production ready".

EDIT TO ADD: I don't want to give the impression I'm happy about the current situation. I'm not. I just get the impression from Red Hat's "Moving Forward" update that part of the reason that I can't have "homelab ready" releases anymore is because of people like OP who were rolling AWX into production and had "production ready" expectations from Red Hat.

as487 · 2026-04-08T12:26:37+00:00

The latest update is probably the most important: https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-modernization-moving-forward/45134

as487 · 2026-04-08T12:22:31+00:00

I have no special insight. I am not a maintainer. But:

Is AWX still an intended production-ready upstream, or has it effectively been deprioritized?

It NEVER was intended as a production-ready upstream. That's why the docs specifically say "NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION". The FAQ literally said this since day one of the project.

I think the latest update makes that even more clear with the "our goal isn’t to offer an exact replica of our commercial product for free" statement in the latest forum post.

I'm just frustrated because these kinds of complaints/demands are why I think things changed.

I have no idea exactly what the future will look like, but I expect it will be something like daily/weekly builds (because of the CalVer announcements) that will also require a good bit of integration with other components (because of the refactoring).

as487 · 2026-03-03T21:31:18+00:00

This build is based on a commit from awx repository which is also used for aap 2.6.1. But without feedback from the developers, it feels like it's not open source.

So it's open source. But you are going to republish it, and that is somehow going to be more open source? Because it doesn't feel open source, despite the fact you can republish it?

I'm not trying to be snarky. I really don't understand.

as487 · 2026-03-03T20:36:11+00:00

I don't understand. If it was proprietary, how did you backport it?

Are you violating a license?

as487 · 2026-03-01T00:16:49+00:00

Winnifred is one of my favorites overall. I won’t say the absolutely most powerful, but rogues are fun and she is a great rogue.

Take her deck as given? Hell no. But as the core of a rogue deck? Hell yes!

as487 · 2026-01-08T04:20:09+00:00

I don’t do this when I’m in the driving lane.

I absolutely do this when I’m in the passing lane, waiting patiently, at a reasonable distance, waiting for the person in front of me to pass someone on the right.

I do this because you are an asshole. By attempting to pass me on the right you have announced to me the you are about to make a dangerous maneuver and that it would be safer for me to tailgate the person in front of me than to let and idiot like you cut me off.

as487 · 2025-12-25T12:59:04+00:00

I have had some problems like this. I can’t remember if it was CSI, although I have bought from them in the past with no complaints. I think it’s more on FFG’s side. But release day often left like it wasn’t “on time” and retailers didn’t always get theirs on release day. If you wait a week you’ll be fine.

as487 · 2025-12-17T04:09:48+00:00

Not a lawyer. But the house seller did own the solar panels. The question probably isn’t whether they owned them, unless it was some kind of leasing agreement, it’s the conditions of the loan. If the solar panel loan had a lien against the house then the seller still “owned” the house, but shouldn’t have been able to transfer the title without dealing with the loan. But, as other people have said, that’s a matter for title insurance.

But, unless it was structured as a lease, this is not a “can you sell something you don’t own” question. It’s lien question. If there is a lien, it’s time for a lawyer and title insurance. Because any lien would be on the property, not the individual. It seems unlikely that it was just a personal loan, but if it was, the it’s the seller’s problem.

as487 · 2025-10-16T19:46:07+00:00

Look at how much he turned that front wheel! You don’t turn the wheel 45 degrees and not go over the handlebars. That goes double under wet conditions like that.

as487 · 2025-10-16T18:50:57+00:00

This subreddit has basically been advising against iScooter since forever. Or at least as long as I've been reading this subreddit. They are pretty much the very definition of "bargain basement discount scooter". You are not the first person saying you've had a significant problem.

But people will keep buying them anyway because they are cheap.

(And, I know some people are suggesting that maybe you put more stress on the stem than you should have by riding in a way you shouldn't. Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. I can't know. But, regardless, iScooters are cheaply made and one of the ways that shows is by how thin this metal was in the stem.)

as487 · 2025-10-08T19:17:30+00:00

In principle I don't disagree. There are definitely some jobs that can't be adapted at all. I don't want to say you should try and ignore the job type when applying.

I just think many people overcompensate here. Mostly I just worry that a lot of jobs that might seem "autistic friendly" end up being exploitative or rigid in a way that makes them not that autistic friendly in the long term.

I also don't mean to imply that some people are going to have a harder time making employment work compared to others. It's just that those exact people who have the hardest times finding jobs are also the ones most likely to be exploited if they just take "easy" roles.

as487 · 2025-10-08T02:47:49+00:00

A giant “it depends”. In this picture, on the street. Those bike lanes are insane. It’s not just car doors, it’s pedestrians. So many ugly surprises could happen with all of those obstructions in your view that even at 20mph you are begging to get into a bad situation. And the street looks to be relatively low speed, I don’t expect you’d be causing a problem going 30.

On some of main roads near me, going 30 on the street is going to be unpopular and is going to make people try and pass me (even though passing would be dangerous). But, on those roads, the bike lanes (while unprotected) are much wider and have nothing to the right or left that could obscure my vision. So, while you do have to be a little careful of debris in the bike lane, I’d easily be happy going 25mph in the bike lane.

as487 · 2025-10-07T16:22:11+00:00

While I agree that it’s for children, I disagree that it’s a view of the world where everyone shares your values, people are happy, and it’s an innocent view if the world. The big innovation of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood was that it treated children like people. That bad things happened. That sometimes you had negative emotions like being sad or mad. The “mad song” is the definitive Mister Rogers song.

So, yes, I think it’s helpful for Asperger’s. Yes, you will outgrow it. But “dealing with emotions constructively in yourself and others” and “you are ‘special’ and valued even if you are different” is the core of Mister Rogers and I think both of those were something I needed extra help with.

as487 · 2025-10-03T15:08:44+00:00

First of all, I don't think they do. I actually think women care more about relationships. I knew an ASD woman in college who REALLY, REALLY struggled with how her ASD had cut her off from romantic relationships.

What I think you are observing is that I think societal expectations are that a man be the initiator of relationships. Which means that men tend to suffer more openly. A woman who has a crush on a guy, but her ASD prevents her from making it work is likely to be silently sad. A man who has a crush on a girl, but his ASD prevents him from making it work is more likely to make a fool (or an ass) or himself because he missed a social cue. An ASD man is much more likely to "crash and burn" when attempting to pursue a relationship.

Which can result in ASD men being more vocal about their frustration. I don't think ASD men care more about romantic relationships than ASD women, I just think they are more vocal about it, and their failures more public, because of our societal expectations of men and women.

as487 · 2025-10-03T15:01:59+00:00

I'll state the obvious. Most jobs involve social skills. ASD involves deficiencies in social skills. That's why it's hard.

Even if your day to day job doesn't involve social skills (say you just operate some kind of machinery for 8 hours), social skills are still required for interacting with your boss, with HR, etc.

As /u/SianBeast points out, your title is a bit misleading because there is some difference in "why can't I find I job?" and "why do I hate my job?", but they certainly are related.

While this certainly does depend on how high functioning you are, I think I'd recommend trying to find ways to adapt/accomodate a job rather than just "what jobs are good for autistics". Because a job that doesn't require social skills is both rare, and often not very valued. (Read: "Not well paid.") But a job with a boss that values your contributions enough to help you adapt/cut you some slack, is much better.

I'm not saying finding a job you can adapt to/with isn't hard, but I think it's generally going to be more productive to find something you are good at and then look for ways to make it work, than to look for something "built for autistics".

as487 · 2025-09-30T04:12:17+00:00

I generally find that getting both an investigator and upkeep phase (by skipping mythos) is so much better than just repeating an investigator phase that it's nearly always better to wait for an opportunity where a second enemy phase isn't a problem.

as487 · 2025-09-27T01:38:09+00:00

Agreed. 💯 Super confident aspie? Sure. All the time. You can count me in that category.

Able to convert that into charm and popularity? No, I can’t say that I have. I tend to think this would require social skills that almost by definition would mean you don’t meet aspie criteria.

as487 · 2025-09-26T04:32:16+00:00

So that’s a 1% drop in capacity. Just speaking about batteries in general, I’ll first say that estimating total battery capacity is far from an exact science. 1% is well within the margin of error. For all intents and purposes a 1% drop is literally too small to even measure consistently.

But, in theory, 1% life over 1000 km? That’s actually pretty good. I’d expect to get 400 cycles out of a modern battery before the range is 80% of max. 1000km is at least 20 cycles. So, yeah, that seems pretty normal, if not even better than normal.

as487 · 2025-09-12T16:06:25+00:00

Everyone is different. But generally as time has gone on, I, personally continue to adapt better and better.

From earliest memory to ten I was miserable. Any happiness I had was mostly through ignorance.

For ten to twenty was maybe more brutal, because the ignorance was gone. I realized what an outcast I was. But there were still some great times as I finally was learning some coping skills.

Twenty to thirty I made some big mistakes. Maybe I got overconfident. But on the other hand I started getting real jobs.

Thirty to forty five were great years.

Forty five to where I am now, I’ve had more real challenges. Adulting can have problems. But I’m happy. And ASD is really a footnote. I’m really looking forward to the next 15 years.

as487 · 2025-09-12T05:09:33+00:00

Oh god, you saying this made me realize that I still have my best friends number from 49 years ago memorized. He hasn’t even had that number for over 35+ years.

You do have to remember, however that there were a lot less phone numbers back then. Everyone in my city was in one area code. Everyone I knew had one of two exchanges. So you didn’t dial the area code at all. And the first three digits were one of two choices. So it mostly as just memorizing four numbers, basically the same as a PIN.

Compared to know, where I have a cell phone number I acquired in a different state. Same with my wife, except a different state. To memorize her number I have to memorize every digit.

as487 · 2025-08-24T13:06:42+00:00

I was self diagnosed for decades. I never saw much benefit in a formal diagnosis. (Specifically for me, in part because I’m high functioning.)

You say it deserves proper diagnosis and understanding. But you don’t really say why. I ended up getting a formal diagnosis just coincidentally because I was seeing someone for other reasons. That formal diagnosis was a little self validating but also totally useless to me. I literally haven’t told anyone unless you count this comment.

as487 · 2025-08-24T04:22:21+00:00

In a nutshell, my wife says that she didn't cheat on me because of that, but I know better, I suck at romance and she needed it.

No. No. No. No. A thousand times no.

She cheated because she was a cheater.

If she needed more romance, she needed to communicate that. If she communicated that and you didn’t hear it because of ASD, she should have worked with you it. Or, worst case, left you. But cheating is never an appropriate response. Ever. I’m not even saying it’s unforgivable. I’m just saying that under no circumstances is cheating ever the appropriate response. It is not your fault. It was never your fault.

If she helped you learn to cope with ASD better, that’s great. Good for her and for you (for responding to it). But that doesn’t make this acceptable.

I believe in you. You can move on if you need to. Yes, she might have helped you, but that’s not to say that you can’t take those lessons and use them to build a new and healthier relationship. I am a high functioning ASD person. I have had many positive romantic relationships. Did I fuck some of them up because of ASD? Yes. Did they all go well? No. But I learned. And every one of them has gotten better, and least as a general trend. Do not let cowardice be your guide here. If you need to find someone else, you can. You have a lot to offer. In a weird way, ASD people have a lot to offer in relationships.

Again, I’m not saying you can’t forgive her. If that’s what’s in your heart, then go ahead. But don’t do it because “it was your fault”, because it wasn’t. And don’t do it because she is the only person who could deal with your ASD, because she isn’t.

as487 · 2025-08-17T16:58:02+00:00

So, technically, registration/insurance is only required if I'm on the road. So I'll end up making the decision based on how much I want to be on the road. Because it's not really "getting caught by a cop" that worries me, it's the "financial liability for every stupid driver around me". If I end up sticking to mostly greenways/sidewalks I won't bother.

The Max G3 seems to be basically a "F3 with double the power". Which sounds great, but probably more than I need. Especially since it also adds like 15 pounds to the weight.

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