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Jan 23, 2014 at 18:54
Discovered @botbotme today. One of those services that I'd wished existed for some time.

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Feb 19, 2026 at 22:52
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One fun way of testing new AI models: take an existing codebase you have and just ask them to "review it and fix bugs". In principle this should find more issues over time as models get smarter. I've found a few bugs this way at least.
Jan 22, 2026 at 20:11
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The vast majority of libraries have a single maintainer. Even if you weight by downloads, roughly half of downloaded libraries have a single maintainer too.
Open Source is one person
Open Source is one person
The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is getting beat up now to score some internet points. It’s very upsetting. But anyway, let’s look at some receipts. If you’re not real smrt, it seems like pointing out an open source project is written by one person in a country you don’t like is a bad thing. It could be. But it also could be the software running THE WHOLE F*CKING PLANET is written by one person. In a country. But we have no idea which country. It’s not the same person mind you, but it’s one person.
Jan 16, 2026 at 10:26
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I see people advocating for writing a FAQ, but I really struggle to write one from scratch. The best FAQs are written as a response to, well, frequent questions. How do you populate the initial FAQ?