BeepFeb 23

Ladybird Browser adopts Rust, with help from AI

https://lemmus.org/post/20385886

Show threadarcineFeb 23

I was enthusiastic about LadyBird until I learnt that the guy leading the project i s a white supremacist, via pivot-to-ai.

Now I hope either someone else takes it over, or that it crashes and burns.

Show threadgreyfrog

I don’t think you should be able to make claims like this without hard proof.

Do you have any information about this?

Feb 24 at 5:00pmWeb
Show threadZangooseFeb 24

How many times do I have to give him the benefit of the doubt though?

First it was the “using they in documentation is political ideology” Github issue, then he publicly defended DHH when people called him out for being a white supremacist, he implied tech companies are discriminating against white people with diversity policies, and he tweeted that he hopes young people will carry on Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

If one or two of these things happened in isolation, I could maybe understand giving him the benefit of the doubt as a non-American (for that last one) non-native English speaker. But all of these things taken together? I personally don’t think I can look past that.

Show threadgreyfrogFeb 24
To be fair I hadn’t heard of some of these, so I think you’re right. I wouldn’t go so far as as to say he’s a white supremacist but it definitely seems like he has an ideology.
Show threadZangooseFeb 24
That’s fair, I assume most people probably aren’t following ladybird that closely so it’s easy to miss. It just bothers me because shrugging off small individual problems and ignoring a bigger trend is arguably what let people like DHH get a platform in the first place.