Posts by neilk@xoxo.zone
 (DIR) Post #B5T4QmQtag0aXwseps by neilk@xoxo.zone
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       @david_chisnall As someone who has been an enthusiast and contributor to open source since before it had that name:We have never delivered on the idea of user-modifiable software. We have sometimes freed software builders from unnecessary toll booths and restrictions. In other words, we built something that works for us and stopped.I think your analogy of literal crazy taxis is good when talking about LLMs for noncoders. But there was no actual product from FL/OSS world that it’s displacing
       
 (DIR) Post #B5T4QnD6hQZaxTR9yy by neilk@xoxo.zone
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       @david_chisnall Maybe a better analogy: imagine we only had trains and last-mile delivery on horse cartsFor 30 years, nerdy rail engineers (on their days off) have tinkered with door-to-door rail networks. They build impressive examples in their back yard – tech that becomes light rail, and is absorbed by existing rail companiesBuses and cars are invented and solve the last-mile problems. They crash due to flaws and operator error all the time. The backyard rail engineers are angry.