Post #2008709
2026-05-04 19:28 UTC
@jonmsterling > as if that is a requirement ??
there does seem to be some core aspect of tech-bro-ism that's something like, "everything is a startup, even when it isn't", and it gets relentlessly applied to open source projects. it's very strange, and exhausting at times …
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@jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-04 19:30
@stuebinm relentless is right.
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@jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-04 19:32
@stuebinm And l find the GitHub stars thing so ???? weird ????. There’s literally marketing campaigns to get stars for infrastructure projects. These aren’t even SaaS or whatever. Marketing for (checks notes) an ORM library or whatever. Like, aren’t we all about to stop using GitHub anyway ?? What are you going to do with your stars then? Can you eat them? Can you use them to pay your employees?