Cédric Krier

@cedrickrier
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Tryton leader, Python and Gentoo developer
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Cédric Krier12h ago
Quixoticgeek19h ago

RE: https://waag.social/@marleenstikker/116244040976773012

Just in case there is anyone left who still thinks it's ok for European government systems to run on services owned by us companies...

The same is true for European companies too.

Cédric Krier1d ago
Esther Payne 1d ago
Perhaps the uncritical use of LLMs in our FOSS ecosystem is a symptom of burnout in our maintainers and projects.
Cédric Krier5d ago
tante6d ago

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Cédric KrierMar 8
jcoglanJun 1, 2025
LLMs turn your job into mostly code review, a task everyone famously loves to do and is good at
Cédric KrierMar 8
Matt CampbellMar 7

This blog post recently crossed my timeline. https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2026/03/07/money-isnt-going-to-solve-the-burnout-problem/ It talks about burnout among FOSS maintainers, which is an important subject.

It saddens me, though, that the author called out Rust alongside generative AI as a contributor to their own burnout as a distro maintainer, going back to the Python cryptography package's adoption of Rust in 2021. Is there anything that we who use and promote Rust can do about this, or is Rust just too at odds with the norms of Linux distros?

Money isn’t going to solve the burnout problem

The xz-utils backdoor situation brought the problem of FLOSS maintained burnout into the daylight. This in turn lead to numerous discussion on how to solve the problem, and the recurring theme was …

Michał Górny
Cédric KrierMar 8
vitalisMar 7
Cédric KrierMar 6
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerMar 6

Submitted!

I am an astronomer who has asked nicely for years for SpaceX to be safer in orbit, think about ways to use fewer satellites, think about the consequences of burning up so many satellites, and think about ways to make their satellites darker. This filing proposing a million satellites is a clear "fuck you" from SpaceX to the entire astronomy community, as well as the entire planet.

So, fuck you, too, SpaceX!

Cédric KrierMar 4
Tom MorrisMar 4
Removing physical buttons from hardware was one of the worst product design decisions in history and everyone involved should be publicly shamed.
Cédric KrierMar 3
MartaMar 3
La señora que dirigía la oficina de lobby de #Meta en Bruselas entre 2020 y 2023 ahora es eurodiputada, y ha sido elegida para redactar la posición del Parlamento Europeo sobre las reformas en regulación digital. ¿Qué puede salir mal? Para las big tech, desde luego, nada. https://www.brusselstimes.com/1992574/ex-meta-lobbyist-put-in-charge-of-eus-digital-rules-tech-oligarchy-writing-its-own-rulebook
Ex-Meta lobbyist put in charge of EU's digital rules: 'Tech oligarchy writing its own rulebook'

Pressure is growing to drop the appointment of a former Meta lobbyist, elected as an MEP in 2024, from a file which could rewrite the EU's regulation of US tech giants.

Cédric KrierFeb 28
Show threadMeredith RawlsFeb 27
Meanwhile, since January, some 1.6 million satellites have been proposed. This is bonkers, and it's getting mainstream media attention thanks to the hard work of many wonderful colleagues @[email protected] coauthored a pair of articles theconversation.com/too-many-sat...

Too many satellites? Earth’s o...
Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it

Cultural, spiritual, and most environmental impacts aren’t taken into account when launching thousands of satellites.

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