Mastodawn

"One of those days" at work today. Sometimes I literally would love to move into the woods.

I keep seeing this claim that software has suddenly become more buggy and unreliable since the advent of agentic coding, and I'm like… have folks just not been paying attention for the last decade?

Software has been getting progressively buggier and more unreliable every year for as long as I can remember

I'm not saying AI isn't increasing the rate of garbage code, but I do wonder how you can tell the difference between vibe coded shit and regular organic shit, because it smells the same to me

René Fouquet 3d ago

Igor Kulman 3d ago

Apple Just Lost Me
https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html

Apple Just Lost Me • AndreGarzia.com

AndreGarzia.com website

René Fouquet 3d ago

Codeberg Announcements 3d ago

Newsflash: We're NOT updating how Codeberg uses data to improve "AI-powered coding assistants". (We don't.)

René Fouquet 4d ago

Current status: vet visit.

René Fouquet 4d ago

I bet "special exceptions" will be made for manufacturers agreeing to install a FreedomSoftware™ on their routers.

If I hadn't already replaced all of my Ubiquity gear with MikroTik, I would worry now.
https://glauca.space/@q/116280802299286286

210561 ✨ [Q] (@[email protected])

good luck to all the Internet folks in the US, looks like the FCC just banned all non-US manufactured consumer routers, with all of 3 days warning https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/NSD-Routers0326.pdf h/t @erincandescent for finding this EDIT: correct h/t to Krebs https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116280575943263005

Shark corner

René Fouquet 5d ago

LibreOffice 5d ago

Dear Europe: Germany has shown the way forward, by making the Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory within its sovereign digital infrastructure. Now it's time for other countries to do the same! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware #openstandards

René Fouquet 6d ago

70% der Apotheken werden morgen geschlossen sein, um "bessere wirtschaftliche Bedingungen" zu fordern. Das sind übrigens die gleichen Apotheken die immer behaupten sie seien ja soviel besser als die Online-Konkurrenz, weil sie ja sofort verfügbar und immer da sind und persönlich beraten etc etc, und deshalb seien die horrenden Preise auch gerechtfertigt. Und die haben jetzt echt die Chuzpe, für mehr Kohle zu streiken? Welcher Brainiac hat sich diese Scheiße ausgedacht?

René Fouquet 6d ago

Isabel Ruffell 6d ago

OK this is a stupid question, but why have Linux projects (apparently) fallen over themselves to comply with an age-recording statute in a single US state (albeit a large one), when those projects have been failing for decades to respect national and even international law regarding disability?

#accessibility #disability #linux #FreeSoftware #fascism #AgeVerification #infantilism

René Fouquet Mar 19

WAIT ONE DAY?!

This whole thing is a ridiculous collection of dark patterns reminiscent of Apple.
https://chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921666

Torsten Grote (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps: * enable developer options * confirm that you are not tricked * restart phone and re-authenticate * wait one day * confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing * decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever * confirm that you accept the risks * enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this https://goo.gle/advance-flow

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