Joey Hess
Person on 3 sites
American free software developer, author of git-annex and debhelper, and a Debian developer from 1996 to 2014.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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6 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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LLMs in Debian development will remove the incentive to scrap boilerplate and reform policies that waste human effort. (opens korrents.com)
“What LLMs in Debian development will do, I fear, is eliminate any incentive to scrap boilerplate or reform policies that require a lot of other senseless human effort.”
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LLMs will make Debian more firmly what it is and less likely to explore what it could become. (opens korrents.com)
“So they will make Debian even more firmly what it is, and ever less likely to explore what it could become.”
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Using LLMs to package dependency trees would make Debian dependent on proprietary software for development. (opens korrents.com)
“If they succeeed, Debian will become dependent on proprietary software for development, while still needing people in the loop, doing even less appealing scut-work.”
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LLMs in Debian development will remove the incentive to scrap boilerplate and reform policies that waste human effort. (opens korrents.com)
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12 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Dell Mini 9 (opens rcmnd.app)
“I do everything on a netbook, a Dell Mini 9. I've been using it since 2008, and have worn out two keyboards.”
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Debian unstable (opens rcmnd.app)
“I run Debian unstable on my laptop and most of my servers.”
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XFCE (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use the XFCE desktop environment, with the Xmonad window manager.”
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Dell Mini 9 (opens rcmnd.app)