Voicing again my agreement, all of this energy going against DHH could be put into a fork and that would be way more powerful and effective of a move.

It's got kind of a tai chi element - move in the direction of the vector don't try to go against it. It's popular for a reason, and you don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water. There are many things today that you could hyperfocus on the evil aspect of that people still use in their daily lives because it brings them utility.

I used Omarchy and it inspired me to make a NixOS version of it that I called Omnixient :) Thanks to the open-source nature I now have my own awesome config that has brought me a lot of fulfillment and productivity I did not have before.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A fork of what? We already have countless forks of Arch. My understanding is that this one itself doesn't even change enough to meet the definition of "fork".

[–] padreug@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

it's an open source repo: https://github.com/omacom/omarchy I know it's essentially just a bunch of config files, but is this not the thing everyone is wanting to fight against?

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Publish it.

Again the software and its functionality are not the problem, I just don’t want to support a jackass and his shit takes about dehumanizing people and passing the buck on problems society created.

While he takes on million of dollars for a project that is not an innovator in the space.

[–] padreug@programming.dev -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

but I'm honestly curious, what is this movement against him going to accomplish? I do not know this DHH character nor do I care to listen to anything he says. If he's as bad as all of these accusations make him out to be then he's someone who's just going to write off all of this and/or it'll fuel him.

I'm genuinely curious, what is the real value or impact of this crusade versus putting that energy toward something constructive? While everyone here is writing about fascism, him and capitalism will keep developing.

It's just all sounds like terribly futile tactics...

I had originally linked it, but damn! to be honest i want to have nothing to do with whatever is going on here and I'm just going to keep building stuff toward open-source decentralized future using whatever tools I have at my disposal to close the distance. I'm no trained software developer (learned C++ and python from mech engineering & physics) that can reliably maintain a repo people might depend on and this just seems like people flinging shit around. Noooo thank you

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More awareness could mean less money going directly to Nazis

[–] padreug@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I wish that were true but I don't know that it's the case. People need something that gives them utility. It seems like everyone is oversaturated these days trying to reconcile the evil that's being illuminated around the world. I understand the intention, I just don't think it's ultimately effective.

[–] padreug@programming.dev -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

but I’m honestly curious, what is this movement against him going to accomplish? I do not know this DHH character nor do I care to listen to anything he says. If he’s as bad as all of these accusations make him out to be then he’s someone who’s just going to write off all of this and/or it’ll fuel him. I’m genuinely curious, what is the real value or impact of this crusade versus putting that energy toward something constructive? While everyone here is writing about fascism, him and capitalism will keep developing. It’s just all sounds like terribly futile tactics…