Martijn van Exel

The world we live in: #mapbox publishes an agent skill to migrate *from* MapLibre GL JS *to* Mapbox

Consider all the advantages of switching to a proprietary product! SWITCH TODAY!

@nyurik @bart

https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/mapbox-maplibre-migration/SKILL.md

Feb 26 at 7:02pmWeb
Show threadtichoFeb 26
@mvexel @nyurik @bart For some businesses, having someone to yell at when something breaks is worth it.
Show threadBart LouwersFeb 26

@ticho @mvexel @nyurik Definitely.

But you know what is even better than someone to yell at when something breaks?

Being able to investigate and fix the problem when something breaks. 😉

Show threadtichoFeb 27
@bart @mvexel @nyurik Developers are expensive, yelling at a vendor is cheaper. :)
Show threadMartijn van ExelFeb 26
@ticho oh absolutely. What they are tacitly saying with this is they acknowledge that folks looking for mapping solutions are finding #MapLibre first and then need to be convinced to switch to a product that, with their pivot to a proprietary code base, is literally the raison d’ĂȘtre for MapLibre.
Show threadBart LouwersFeb 26
@mvexel @nyurik You know, people should use whatever works best for them! I think overall this is a pretty reasonable comparison.
Show threadRichard FairhurstMar 1
@mvexel “access to Mapbox's premium tiles” where by “premium” we mean “probably don’t contain the attributes you need”
Show threadMartijn van ExelMar 2
@richardf that's why you have VIP access to a dedicated MapBox Solutions Engineer: so they can tell you what you can't do, saving you the time and frustration of trawling through developer documentation