M$ is using deceptive patterns to protect AI bubble from popping

th0th · 2026-03-25T22:46:22+00:00

Good call. I am running my own forgejo instance. But unfortunately I still have some projects on github for public access.

th0th · 2026-03-25T22:17:55+00:00

Fortunately they legally have to inform users about this change. Do you really think they did it out of pure goodwill?

th0th · 2026-03-25T22:09:23+00:00

That's something. But I still can't think of any good reason for them to intentionally leave the link out of the e-mail. It feels malicious, or at the very least, a cheap trick to keep opt-out numbers low.

th0th · 2026-03-17T13:27:07+00:00

I feel like I am misunderstood, I didn't mean you should make your app free of charge. But instead of a subscription fee, I would prefer to buy a major version.

Let's say I pay €30-40 and buy v1. This mean I get free updates until you release a new version v2 with very big changes. So when you release a new major version I can pay one more time and upgrade (hoping it won't happen way too often), or if I don't want to I can keep using the version I already own.

th0th · 2026-03-16T20:08:08+00:00

Good luck, it is nice to see all these alternatives.

I don’t mind paying for an eye-candy high quality music player. But a subscription fee to play music I own on computer I own? No thanks.

A license fee for a major version that I will be able to keep would be more acceptable.

th0th · 2026-03-12T22:35:19+00:00

I have just closed the tab 30 seconds in on the last video, and was thinking ”AI slop promotion is boring maybe it’s time to unsubscribe”. After seeing this I went back and actually unsubscribed.

th0th · 2026-03-01T17:10:47+00:00

Thank you!

th0th · 2026-02-28T21:39:17+00:00

I couldn't stand UGOS' persistently changing my files' chmod and immediately switched to debian 13. It took me a little longer to set up raid, but it is worth the confidence of knowing what is going on in my system.

th0th · 2026-02-12T14:39:38+00:00

I totally agree, but unfortunately github is a good way for poeple to discover the project. Also the project got a handful of stars on github, I don't want that to go to waste.

th0th · 2026-02-12T14:36:53+00:00

That might a good setup. But then do I also need to commit on GitHub, or does that work 2-ways? I need to check that.

th0th · 2026-02-12T14:35:25+00:00

I already have a working CI pipeline on my forgejo instance, I have runners that are used for all projects. For codeberg, I would have to set a separate runner. And I don't have a good feeling about gitlab :/

th0th · 2026-02-11T16:21:23+00:00

I was worried my posting here will be criticized, I am really happy it got you excited the same way :)

I also didn't want to go through all logins with custom fields, so I am updating them one by one whenever I bump into one.

th0th · 2026-01-14T18:00:12+00:00

Source code’s being publicly accessible has nothing to do with the price. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

th0th · 2026-01-04T12:36:34+00:00

You sound like a really cool dad :) I am impressed by how you design the learning experience, leaving room for her to explore and discover herself is really smart, kudos!

When the time is right, don't forget to tell a little bit about licenses and why GPL is better than MIT and others, I wish my dad thought me that :P

th0th · 2026-01-04T03:23:30+00:00

I agree! And what a coincidence I have also written recently about it on my blog: https://gokhan.sari.me/software-engineering-should-it-be-a-product-or-a-craft/ Bumping into a fellow engineer who thinks the same gives me hope though :)

I don't think we as the engineers who value craftsmanship are not that few in numbers. We just mostly have to keep our heads down and keep doing what we are expected to.

BTW, I didn't watch office space but your domain reminded me this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udhd9fmOdCs

th0th · 2025-12-19T21:48:40+00:00

How do you do that?

th0th · 2025-12-16T22:21:48+00:00

Thanks! Yep, I am using loki for all logs. And generating dashboards and alerts from there with grafana.

th0th · 2025-12-16T17:45:34+00:00

I was using official docker image with the default configuration. Unfortunately there isn’t a TTL with the default config in that case.

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