Read the _entire_ thread, please: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117439531864946276
Linux is lost. In the meanwhile, we'll be stuck with it for a decade at least, but it's gone. I have no hope that anyone involved is capable of learning or course-correcting any more, and it was badly off-course before the slopocalypse. This is just the final nail in its coffin.
Which means that there's a good chance somebody reading this is going to start the project that becomes its successor. When you do, *learn these lessons*.
To explain what I mean by this: for a long time the Perl community took great pride in how difficult and terse the language was. The old joke that well-written perl was indistinguishable from line noise wasn't just a joke, it was a badge of honour.
That attitude was sustainable when the internet was small and alternatives were scarce. But the moment tools appeared that prioritized things like human ergonomics (python) and human interaction (ruby) the perl community started aging out and dying.
@glyph Something I wish to highlight: "Linux" is larger than the Linux project, its a whole suite of components "distributions" pull together into a coherent operating system.
Some of these components are anti-LLMs, others pro-LLMs, & yet others struggling to keep the peace.
Furthermore Linux has next to no impact on even the developer-experience of your computer, beyond the massive range of machines it supports.
Just a good perspective to take here...