<![CDATA[some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion.]]>some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"
me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. I have already established a boundary"
some nerd: "I am offended that you are not having this discussion right here, on my terms"

fuck you, this is my own damn repo

this is literally on one of the 1 or 2 open source projects I'm still willing to maintain at any level. Just absolutely not giving me any reason to keep doing open source at all. Fuck all of these people, and fuck open source.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4b235c6e-cacd-4ead-a0e7-03a99678c665/some-nerd-i-just-want-to-have-a-discussion-about-llm-use-in-your-project-me-this-is-not-the-place-to-be-having-that-discussion.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 20:56:02 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 20:01:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:45:05 GMT]]>@zkat Open source is (maybe subtly) about maintainership, and LLMs are incredibly hostile to maintainers.

And licensing! I definitely have moved towards the Radical Copyleft over the last two years, after spending most of my career leaning towards permissive licenses, because I finally see the value of having some legal teeth to bite back against bad actors. Even GPL isn't some cure-all though, and it's exhausting.

It's going to be a dark couple years of existing open source exploitation trends/burnout getting worse, which will be recounted by ghouls: "I don't understand why $maintainer doesn't just drink the Radithor I'm hawking! I've never felt more vitality in my bones."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116416335433751713https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116416335433751713Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:10:14 GMT]]>@xgranade @zkat Some of those people fall down a real rabbit hole of an LLM telling them "that's a great idea!" every day, and they just lose the ability to handle normal interactions that aren't at least that positive in every response.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/wrosecrans/statuses/116416198384542761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/wrosecrans/statuses/116416198384542761Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:10:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:50 GMT]]>@tian2992 @zkat I would just block immediately. Someone who won't respect that boundary does not deserve any further engagement.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116416161417315289https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116416161417315289Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:49 GMT]]>@zkat
"Talk to your LLM if you want someone who always tells you that your ideas are great."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116416161357731485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116416161357731485Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:12:11 GMT]]>@zkat that's the difference on open source and free software. The power relationships. Fork off and shut up seems a reasonable response on your behalf.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tian2992/statuses/116413138937907194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tian2992/statuses/116413138937907194Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:12:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:55:40 GMT]]>@zkat also I think that we are in a good time to build open source software without guarantees and shiny surfaces to escape capitalist appropriation of our work

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411186568060102https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411186568060102Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:53:35 GMT]]>@zkat that's totally fine. You don't owe anyone building stuff for free, I am very happy using it as-is 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411178361072389https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411178361072389Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:53:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:47:25 GMT]]>@nein I'm glad you like it! It still brings me enough joy that I'm willing to put my precious time into it occasionally, but I really can't put a lot of effort into it these days 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116411154107752407https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116411154107752407Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:47:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:39:15 GMT]]>@zkat still thank you so much for making / maintaining kdl :). I was really happy finding it and am happy using it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411122039911488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nein/statuses/116411122039911488Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:39:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:01:11 GMT]]>@benjamineskola "no is a complete sentence" etc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410972351858186https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410972351858186Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:01:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:26:11 GMT]]>@zkat ‘yes / maybe later’ mindset strikes again.

“I already decided and the answer is no” isn’t an acceptable answer for these people. You have to keep discussing until you agree.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/benjamineskola/statuses/116410834724577073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/benjamineskola/statuses/116410834724577073Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:16:34 GMT]]>@zkat Keep fighting the good fight. Thank you for all that you do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116410796928652191https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116410796928652191Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:16:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:11:33 GMT]]>@zkat immature entitlement at its finest 😛

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ennenine/statuses/116410777174072279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ennenine/statuses/116410777174072279Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:11:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:50:12 GMT]]>@zkat Ugh. "Debate me" vampires. Sucking energy from fruitful pursuits and turning other people into more "debate me" vampires, too.

Unfortunately the thing about them having to be invited in is a myth, but they should definitely be thrown out.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116410693240799091https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116410693240799091Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:50:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:30:29 GMT]]>@zkat good for you. You (or anybody) don't owe those people anything!

Also thank you for your (mostly) thankless work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/borup/statuses/116410615702884567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/borup/statuses/116410615702884567Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:48 GMT]]>@zkat you're much more patient than me... I'd just ban, close and lock issues IF I respond any way at all... Entitled fuckers...

I mean these days you can't even know you're not being catfished by a bot...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/116410585477338546https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/116410585477338546Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:13 GMT]]>@zkat assholes, the lot of them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410583184653936https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410583184653936Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:21:01 GMT]]>@xgranade because they just feel like being insufferable motherfuckers

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410578452611034https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410578452611034Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:20:31 GMT]]>@zkat Bad manners for sure.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116410576533030478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116410576533030478Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:20:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:14:28 GMT]]>@zkat Also, not for nothing, I just cannot develop a theory of mind for why someone would behave like that. Why would anyone think that's not only an OK thing to do, but something *positive* to do with their time on this planet?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410552731568122https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410552731568122Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:14:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:12:35 GMT]]>ominous "something happened here"

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410545300488665https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410545300488665Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:49 GMT]]>like jesus fuck I'm not even ragging on LLMs or fighting anyone. I'm literally just saying "this is not the space for this discussion" and marking replies as off-topic, including my own responses to them, so as not to detract from the completely unrelated issue.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410518695792944https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/zkat/statuses/116410518695792944Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:39 GMT]]>@zkat 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://narrativ.es/users/janl/statuses/116410518056951697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://narrativ.es/users/janl/statuses/116410518056951697Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to some nerd: "I just want to have a discussion about LLM use in your project"me: "this is not the place to be having that discussion. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:04:04 GMT]]>@zkat tech has a consent problem part one billion and four

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410511834640058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116410511834640058Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:04:04 GMT