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1. Brian LeRoux 💚 10 min later

   @zachleat love how the latest thrust of JS frameworks are trying to denigrate f/oss foundations too notably Next and Astro. Even on the heels of the Gatsby meltdown somehow ppl are determined to find out.

   1. Zach Leatherman 13 min later

      @brianleroux hot cross Bun JS

      1. Dave 🧱 21 min later

         @zachleat @brianleroux 🧐🎩

      2. Brian LeRoux 💚 26 min later

         @zachleat grateful that particular project showed us exactly who they are early on.

2. Steve Karsch 🤘🏻 22 min later

   @zachleat Trees don't grow forever, neither should businesses.

   But I know these folks think that with enough money and bullshit they can bend the laws of nature.

3. vincent 30 min later

   @zachleat my brain hurts. why is this so hard.

4. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

   Is there a Consumer Reports-style publication for software?

   1. Matt Steele 2 hr later

      @zachleat it’s not exactly the same, but Mozilla’s privacy guides could be a model for this kind of thing https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

   2. Tom 13 hr later

      @zachleat I don't know about the rest of the world, but us German speaking folks have had this very helpful site around for a while: https://www.dreckstool.de/hitlist

      1. Zach Leatherman 21 hr later

         @ttntm ahaha lotus notes—I had to use that for 5+ years and can corroborate 😅

         1. Tom 1 day later

            @zachleat no 5+ years for me, but the 10 months I had to use it were enough. I remember colleagues telling stories of its ever increasing slowness that ended with "... and then they had to reinstall the OS" 😂

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   4. Evan B🥥ehs 1 day later

      @zachleat unfortunately I suspect there’s a lot less money in covering software, especially when VC is *not* involved. Maybe a good place for a hobbyist to step in!