I spent hours learning Swift and Metal to build a feature that is quite popular with millenials and gen z.

[dansup@mastodon.social]

RE: https://techhub.social/@Cenbe/116136507721420958

I spent hours learning Swift and Metal to build a feature that is quite popular with millenials and gen z.

You don't have to use this feature, but the fact it exists in an open source, consumer facing mobile app is quite unique.

I wasn't able to find any free/open source implementation, so I had to build one.

Let's not shame devs who build popular feature implementations, just because you don't use them.

We should be better than that.

[alisca@mastodon.ie]

@dansup thanks for this. It's what the internet is for

[cenbe@techhub.social]

@dansup That sounds eerily like the AI that publicly shamed a developer for rejecting its code.

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@Cenbe You think I'm an AI?

I've been building Pixelfed since 2018, I can assure you that I'm not some OpenClaw bot and that my credentials (and git history) speak for itself.

Thanks though, that is def a first for me.

[dobetterinstitute@twit.social]

@dansup 1. If its fun they will come. 2. Comment speed bumps like this; you already seem immune. Full reflection; seeing your internet/energy-to-commit journey accidentally being public helped me through my own motivation crisis. 3. You make pop filters today, I make a LibreOffice template for local governance and protest an ICE murder (Buffalo), someone else opens a hobby resistance radio, another highlights democratic values in Star Wars, another devs a handshake code. Keep going, its worth it

[anthony@bitbang.social]

@dansup you're hyper productive to the point that most of us can't understand how you do it. Therefore clearly an AI

[endorama@hachyderm.io]

@dansup @Cenbe I think he was referring to this occurrence https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ (this is the developer blog reaction) where a llm agent shamed a developer that rejected its pr.
But he is not the developer of the project, just a random person with a bad and rude take: it's not his role to judge how you invest your developer time AND he demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of the target you're building for.
You did not even shame him, just pointed out he was rude.

[pixelfedfans@mastodon.social]

@dansup @Cenbe
Danny is a
HI human intelligence, or we could say he is a
FI Fedi intelligence

[afif@mastodon.social]

@dansup @Cenbe that exactly what an AI would say