Just learnt that there's an open source alternative to Stack Exchange called Codidact: https://codidact.org. Of course, it also has a StackOverflow-style software Q&A: https://software.codidact.com. No idea if it's any good given that a website like this really only is as useful as its community, but I've always felt a bit icky contributing to a proprietary forum like Stack Exchange, so it's certainly interesting.

#codidact #stackoverflow #stackexchange

Today I learned that there were other haftarah readings where we now have the special ones surrounding Tisha b'Av. I wondered about this during one of the haftarot of consolation this year, asked on #codidact, and tonight got an answer listing the original readings as listed by Rambam. Neat!

https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/292341

In light of AI partnerships by #StackOverflow, #Reddit, &c w/OpenAI, we at #Codidact have gotten questions from our community about our intentions. Official board response: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/291599

"We share the concerns we have heard from our community about how these companies will use such content. We do not see how such a partnership could benefit our users[...] If we were to receive a proposal that we feel could benefit the community, we commit to discussing it openly and transparently..."