"YoU cAn SeLf-HoSt iT!"
But I just WANT TO RUN IT, without the complexity, overhead, and fragility of the network! @zef
In conceptual terms, this trend has become absurd without being funny.
But in practical terms, it is a major impediment to the Four Freedoms of Free Software, especially to the Zeroth Freedom: "to run the program as you wish."
@jimbob @mejs I think that it’s likely true that a lot of the push is by companies trying to hook more users on subscriptions, but I don’t think that everyone advocating for vibe coding are in that boat. In this fantastic talk from Maggie Appleton, she talks about empowering people to be #BarefootDevelopers with #LocalFirst software infrastructure, and I think it’s very genuinely about wanting to lower the barriers to creation.
https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
Has anyone here worked with RxDB (https://rxdb.info) before?
(Have I asked this question beige? )
I like the concept and it seems robust from what I’ve been reading on the docs, but something about it rubs me the wrong way.
The tracking during dev perhaps that’s not possible to turn off? The quite aggressive marketing of the premium version? The constant popups while reading the docs?
Unsure, but I’d like to hear from people who have used it, if there are any.
The idea that Internet is available everywhere I’m sure will happen any day now, but that day for sure is not today. This becomes super clear whenever I travel. #LocalFirst software still matters and I don’t see that change any time soon realistically. Still happy with the choice to now make this the default mode in #SilverBullet v2.
I don't think Spanish people will learn the lesson (I'm Spanish, so I know what I'm talking about from first hand experience), but if there's anything we could learn from yesterday's #SpainBlackout is that running software on the cloud that could run locally... is a terrible idea.
#LocalFirst software should be prioritised by companies and public administrations.
I foresee some small groups will react, and start spreading the word, but it will take many other disasters like this one for people to finally understand.
Discovered #SilverBullet today. Uses #lua for scripting, #localfirst, and is built with #deno. Just wow! I'm going to need to play with this.