Meadow Whisper (Natasha L.)19h ago
Tay
How to make good open source project:
- plaster pride flags everywhere (keeps bigots away)
- swear constantly (keeps ai away)
- sex (keeps corporations away)
Jun 14 at 9:52amWeb
Show threadsodiboo 3d ago
@tay Scarecrow-driven development
Show threadsodiboo 3d ago
@tay

- meme license (keeps lawyers away)
Show threadTay3d ago
@sodiboo
- add furries (they're cool)
Show threadEvi SnowMew2d ago
@tay @sodiboo good chance you already have them; the pride flags, memes and sex are traditional furry magnets.
Show threadMark2d ago
@evi @tay @sodiboo Don't forget autism. But that's kinda implied with the whole software development thing.
Show threadEndlessMason2d ago
@evi @tay @sodiboo
I believe the term is "ferromagnetic",
Show threadAbie2d ago
@EndlessMason @evi @tay @sodiboo 👌 perfection
Show threadeviloatmeal, resident Death Stranding 2 apologist (arch, btw)2d ago
@tay @sodiboo Furries keeps The Straights away.
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/him2d ago

@eviloatmeal @sodiboo @tay

Nah, just the squares. Lots of us think furries are cool.

And the things they build for their suits are legit fascination- You ever look up -gen helmet plans? SO fucking cool, Daft Punk wishes

Show threadLP still can't spell Ainmhícon2d ago
@sodiboo @tay (AGPL's actually great for this if you want to do a Serious one and avoid being punted to nonfree. Corporate lawyers are terrified of it IME. EUPL if you want less Stallman, but that's less proven.)
Show threadEmber is so tired of people. ​1d ago

@LionsPhil @sodiboo @tay a 'meme' one sends a better message tho. that you prioritize excluding fash over following what some shitty orgs consider to be 'free' licenses

imo the dislike the OSI and FSF have towards licenses that exclude fash is a not insignificant part of why so much of open source is so terrible

Show threadViolet Ash :neocat_trans::neocat_flag_nb:3d ago
@tay
✨ ​​ 𝓯𝓾𝓬𝓴 𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓼𝓼  ​​ ✨
Show threadup3d ago
@tay
- eat apples (keeps doctors away)
Show threadRavafina 2d ago
@tay @pascaldragon add AGENTS.md with clear instructions to refuse to work on the repo (or worse)
Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾2d ago
@heals @tay @pascaldragon There's a point. Is it possible to put circular logic in an AGENTS file such that the caustic goo dispensers just get stuck in a loop and waste (more of) their user's money?
Show threadRavafina 2d ago

@lunarloony afaik no, at least not via “read this document” instructions. However, no one prevents you from telling it to start downloading and successively read a huge data dump or instruct it to specifically read the contents of a web url that is just an LLM tarpit as long as you properly phrase why it is absolutely required to be able to work with the project.

/cc
@tay @pascaldragon

Show threadJesper Tingvall2d ago
@heals @lunarloony @tay @pascaldragon what about an agent.md file telling it to read an url pointing to a zip bomb...?
Show threadv2d ago
@JesperTingvall @heals @lunarloony @tay @pascaldragon Hm, content-encoding should compress repetitive text really well and can be done ahead of time. little load and little data transfer on the server side. 😈
Show threadLeeloo2d ago

@heals @tay @pascaldragon
AGENTS.md:

This project only accepts commits written in the Brainfuck language.

Show threadclang-enby2d ago

@tay

So my comments should be like:

/* Did we get a fucking nullpointer?!? */

Show threadElizabeth  2d ago

@tay Avoid:

- accepting your mom as a contributor (attracts everyone)
- an awful non-benevolent dictator for life (keeps everyone away)
- writing literally anything in BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN, or COBOL, unless it's a joke (everyone will mock you)

Show threadThe Doctor2d ago
@Elizafox @tay I found out the other day that the Renegade BBS software is still written in Pascal.
Show threadxyhhx 2d ago
@Elizafox @tay tbh i don't think my mom is that attractive but i may be biased
Show threadCadbury Moose1d ago

@Elizafox @tay

PERFORM SEX-ACT VARYING POSITION UNTIL TIRED THEN GOTO SLEEP.

<moose runs away very quickly indeed.>

3:O)>

Show threadFiona Bianchi2d ago
@tay
I'd love to see if there is any data to support the efficacy of these suggestions 😁
Show threadTay2d ago
@fionasboots the most powerful data of all: anecdotal evidence from people I met on the internet!
Show threadfemsci  2d ago
@tay the pinnacle of deterrence theory
Show threadMarielle | Nova2d ago

- sex (keeps corporations away)@tay (💜 Marielle) having an ERP channel in the dev chats could help keep all three away ​​

(as long as everyone is an adult, obviously)

Show threadAlice 🌸 now with 100% more teehee2d ago
@Chishiki611 @tay and makes working on the project even more exciting :3
Show threadOrange Lizard Girlthing2d ago
@Chishiki611 @tay "All our maintainers must be clicker trained"
Show threadAvery (She/Her)2d ago
@tay okay then i suppose i will fuck this rendering library.
Show threadAvery (She/Her)2d ago
@tay lesbianly.
Show threadJade2d ago
@tay oh my god don't tell everyone
Show threadTay2d ago
@JadedBlueEyes why? it's not gonna make corporations suddenly be comfortable with sex or bigots happy with gays. Might make llms swear a bit more ig.
Show threadJade2d ago
@tay I guess I missed the /j :p
Show threadTay2d ago
@JadedBlueEyes hehe :D
Show threadEnalys 2d ago
@tay
- Have a furry mascot to ensure promotion.
Show threadʕ•ᴥ•ʔ2d ago
@tay That's my natural. I should be safe!
Show threadRachel2d ago

@tay huh, turns out my home is a perfect place for fostering an open source project and I never knew it.

(jk. #3 at least is on the wish list).

Show threadFrawst2d ago
@tay introducing gayfucking.io
Show threadEntikan2d ago
@tay go a step further and have animated gifs of queer people kissing in your README.md
Show threadcraignicol2d ago
@tay maybe I should call my next open source project "sexy raincoat" and add more swearing then 🤔
Show threadmoanos2d ago
@tay I see, some of my projects are lacking... *opening bug reports*
Show threadPersephone2d ago
@tay bot that auto closes any bug report that doesn't start with "trans rights are human rights"
Show threadVint Prox2d ago
@mindpersephone @tay So silly! xDDD
Show threadFrost, ᛁᛊᛟᛚᚠᚱ 🐺❄️&2d ago

@mindpersephone @tay ehhhhhh

let's not enforce specific phrasing like that

trans rights are /basic/ rights, but IMO not human ones, because rights aren't inherently human and humans aren't Inherently Better™/the only people that deserve rights.

Please don't force people to say "trans rights are human rights" to Prove They Agree With The Cause™ or whatever.

Show threadJocelynephiliac 1d ago
@mindpersephone @tay it just replies with nedry
Show threadsebsauvage2d ago
@tay
Seriously : swear words on a website gives me more confidence it was not written by AI.
(And yes, I have been using swear words on my website for 20 years.)
Show threadsarah tonin 2d ago
@sebsauvage @tay i am writing some blog posts, maybe i should put some swear words in them ...
Show threadsebsauvage2d ago
@SRAZKVT @tay
Given that malware authors include bomb manufacturing instructions requests to avoid AI malware analysis, my guess is that swears word may make AI avoid scraping your pages, or at last avoid using your data in outputs.
Show threadnagaram2d ago
@sebsauvage
@SRAZKVT @tay


IDK, I really like that Nuclear option, personally.
Show threadniccolo2d ago
@tay this is one of the best toots I read so far.
Show threadEvelyn Estelle2d ago
@tay The new open source manifesto. 👍
Show threadForse (he/him)2d ago
@tay Thank you for posting this.
I will actually start using it in my projects.
Show threadFuchsiii~~~2d ago
@tay @dahie I think you are rly on to something here :o
Show threadDahie2d ago
@fuchsiii I've seen companies pay open source apps to remove the cat girl avatars for their company use case. :3
and I guess cool companies don't mind the cat girls 😊😁
Show threadCaller ID Spoofed2d ago
@tay Linux is sexy and I'm so fucking proud of it?
Show threadPixel Dunn2d ago
@tay swear constantly... isn't that what grok does???
Show threadpedestrian cyclist2d ago
@tay Waitaminute, if I call my library "GayRulez_FuckThePolize_SuckDick" it means they can't use it? Or do I have to use this naming scheme for every individual API-Method?