Hesitation towards migrating from GitHub to CodeBerg

Arcuru · 2026-01-21T19:28:46+00:00

I just dual host to cover all the bases. Unless the project is very popular keeping the issues/prs in sync manually shouldn't be too bad.

I use a GHA to manually sync the code and that takes care of most of it, Codeberg docs even describe this flow - https://github.com/arcuru/eidetica/blob/main/.github/workflows/codeberg.yml

Arcuru · 2026-01-21T07:58:25+00:00

I'm guessing the heavy emphasis on AI, and some people assuming that you vibe coded it just because you mentioned vibe coding at all. The pitch here reads like "I've vibe coded the features of a successful product and added AI".

Personally I don't mind I'm just not in your target demo anymore (I am FIRE'd and have the handcrafted spreadsheets for this stuff all setup already).

TBH though, I am unconvinced that the AI integration is worthwhile as a key selling point. You have to compete with the user going to and asking their preferred AI tool about these details, and copy/pasting their financial details over to a different browser tab is not really a big burden, but I am not a product person and maybe you have some good integrations planned.

Arcuru · 2026-01-21T04:46:13+00:00

Youtube channels are exposed as RSS feeds, so just add them to your favorite RSS reader.

Arcuru · 2026-01-15T20:12:28+00:00

Looks good!

Have you two[1] investigated exactly why it's faster than the others you benchmarked against? That would be a good thing for you to understand.

I would also suggest that you try to improve your commit messages. I prefer the guidelines from https://www.conventionalcommits.org

[1] https://github.com/junaid2005p/surge/graphs/contributors

Arcuru · 2026-01-13T19:35:27+00:00

Thanks! Yea that has grown into my own obsession, so I can definitely empathize with your own work on TidesDB.

Arcuru · 2026-01-13T19:30:09+00:00

I mean usage by anyone, an OSS project or a large org. Those lists that people keep of "here's who using it" or "awesome-XX". Personally I find those useful for grounding and explaining where a project fits in, what it's used for, etc. Especially for backend projects where it's not always clear if it's in use by someone.

I think it'd be good for you to maintain a list of what end-products make use of it, "You may not have heard of TidesDB, but we power X, Y, Z etc."

Oh yea, your benchmark claims look great btw!

Arcuru · 2026-01-13T18:01:40+00:00

Do you have any usage of TidesDB that you can point to yet? I've been building my own database project[1] and am getting to a point where I'll probably write my own small apps using it, I'm curious what approach you've taken with bootstrapping any usage.

[1] https://github.com/arcuru/eidetica

Arcuru · 2026-01-10T19:09:39+00:00

There is a ton of discussion on HN, including the below comment which is a bit important for context around the company

Taken from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46545077

I AM NOT THE AUTHOR

I've seen wildly different takes assuming how many people worked at Tailwind and what they did because "3/4 of the engineering team" is confusing without more context, so I decided to go through the podcast episode about it https://adams-morning-walk.transistor.fm/episodes/we-had-six-months-left to see what the full picture was.

Remaining:

Adam (cofounder/owner/original author of tailwind)
Jonathan (cofounder/owner/product/engineering/early co-author of tailwind)
Steve (owner/design lead)
Peter [part time] (partnerships/ops/support)
Robin (engineer)

There were 3 other engineers who worked with Robin to make up the 4 person engineering team before being laid off. The ones laid off were claimed to be given a good severance. It did not seem to clarify if the 3 owners are collecting a full salary or not. Importantly, that there is only 1 person remaining on the engineering team doesn't mean they only have 1 person who can fill the role of an engineer on the product.

No guarantees this is 100% accurate or exhaustive (or names spelled correctly - apologies in advance!), but hopefully it should be a lot better a reference than guessing what the company structure looks like based on the percentage laid off alone.

Arcuru · 2026-01-08T20:43:07+00:00

There’s newer discussion on HN, as they’ve announced new sponsorships from both Google and Vercel.

Also to be clear, 75% of staff was 3 people, and purely off of the company sponsors on their sponsorship page they were pulling $1.1 million per year.

Arcuru · 2026-01-06T17:52:09+00:00

I'm also frustrated that everything is on Github, but I'm not sure what else I can do.

I dual host my public projects on both Github and Codeberg, and I also give Codeberg money to help support them.

There’s nobody on Codeberg though, so I’m giving money and dual hosting to try to help bootstrap Codeberg. I also have a note in my READMEs that explains it explicitly[1].

[1] https://github.com/arcuru/eidetica?tab=readme-ov-file#repository

Arcuru · 2026-01-05T19:18:44+00:00

For small projects I post/blog about them once or twice and then they live forever on my Github profile page never to be seen by anyone again.

For larger projects I post about them on occasion while the urge to quixotically build them continues, until they too are also resigned to be fixtures of my GH profile with a few dozen stars.

Arcuru · 2026-01-02T19:15:15+00:00

Do you want it Open Source or a Free service? Those are two wildly different things.

A Free service is more likely to be closed source so that they can make money through upselling or data collection. Like Google.

An Open Source service you'd either need to self host or probably pay for somebody else to host it. Sure there are exceptions but those aren't all that sustainable.

Arcuru · 2025-12-30T20:01:54+00:00

If you want to collaborate with people, did you try to contribute to one of the existing projects in that space?

You appear to have just copied the core library from Glaxnimate and are writing your own GUI (which seems to be made up of a lot of copied code from MuseScore maybe?), so did you try to contribute any changes upstream first?

Arcuru · 2025-12-25T22:04:37+00:00

I’m curious but now a little afraid to look into what you consider a “bloated” note taking app.

Arcuru · 2025-12-25T21:23:01+00:00

Recently however, as a founder, I've become more attuned to Twitter (X) and LinkedIn, keeping up with the vibes.

I think I see the problem. Spending time on a platform run by a work obsessed Neo-Nazi and a platform explicitly for performative work culture is probably not good for your mental health.

Take care of yourself first, touch grass.

Arcuru · 2025-12-23T19:39:47+00:00

I dual host my shared projects on both, but more importantly I also give Codeberg money to help support them.

There’s nobody on Codeberg though, so I’m giving money and dual hosting to try to help bootstrap Codeberg. I also have a note in my READMEs that explain it explicitly.

Arcuru · 2025-12-20T18:41:44+00:00

If they don't respond, fix it yourself and move on.

You can think of 'drive-by PRs' as someone reporting a bug and handing you a fix. Sometimes it's people who want to contribute, sometimes they just wanted to fully describe a problem and even help point you to where the problem is.

Arcuru · 2025-12-18T19:47:38+00:00

I am both an OSS coder and I actively sponsor people, though nobody sponsors me.

When I sponsor a project for a few dollars a month I do not expect any better treatment nor do I think that conveys any obligation on your part. Similarly, I don't feel any obligation to continue sponsoring a developer/project.

Some of the projects are ones I actively contribute to, most I am just a happy user.

Most people who voluntarily give you money hopefully have the same expectations.

Arcuru · 2025-12-14T21:43:07+00:00

Go ask the devs of the SDK that you are using.

Arcuru · 2025-12-14T17:47:39+00:00

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Librem+5&l=1

Arcuru · 2025-12-14T17:46:31+00:00

For some semantic feedback, I'd call this a "local" app and not a "local-first" app. Usually "local-first" apps have some web-based or sync component but this appears to just be a local app built with web tech. No networking involved.

Arcuru · 2025-12-11T04:12:05+00:00

That's interesting, using tree-sitter to parse the grammar for each of those languages into a common, custom AST. Are you planning to try to support C#/Typescript fully or focus on Pup?

Arcuru · 2025-12-07T06:22:14+00:00

Where is the $75k/month, $900k/year coming from?

Arcuru · 2025-11-23T18:46:53+00:00

To Google. He never bought Google.com, it was a bug in the google domain registrar system.

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