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2026-03-19 17:24 UTC

@pythonbynight @ehmatthes @wsvincent Re: It's notable - I don't think it is. Mastodon is overly negative towards any AI/LLM related. I didn't see the rage on other platforms as I saw flexed here. I think Charlie and crew built a mountain of goodwill and moved Python forward. I'm willing to see what comes of it, or pull an Eric and switch to the next-best community fork, as he did with VS Code. Except I still think that product is hot garbage 🤣

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@pythonbynight@hachyderm.io 2026-03-19 17:34

@webology @ehmatthes @wsvincent Fair on the Masto pulse-check, as it does lean negative. I also agree that Charlie et al. have done great work which has moved Python forward... It still doesn't distill my point about OpenAI ... Many of us still use Msoft, Google, Apple products despite questionable leadership, so it's not likely a death knell to the tooling and their use... But there are reasons that some of us try, as best we can, to de-platform or to lessen our dependence on these products, even when they are essentially "free" (i.e., gmail, facebook/IG, twitter, etc...) And given the financial volatility of where we are today (I know we may differ on our prognostication on what the future holds re: bubble pops and all), it makes me wonder how OpenAI leverages their stake in Astral should their financial situation change drastically. But on the whole, yes, I'm hopeful a community-led alternative provides a best-case dismount point should it come to that.

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