Stargirl

@thea.codes

Aka Thea Flowers Creative technologist, open source advocate Weirdest engineer @opulo.io Board @oshwa.org PSF fellow Weasel enthusiast Also: @theacodes @[email protected] @theavalkyrie ATLien

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Literally just today I saw multiple threads on r/experienceddevs & similar subs where theyre all just... drunk on the koolaid. Studies showing dangers are dismissed for being too old or small, ancedata rules, if you're not using it you're dumb, if it isn't helping you're using it wrong, etc.

@islandofreil.northsky.socialReposted by @thea.codes

I loathe the "superpower" view of developmental disabilities and certain psych illnesses. Yeah, it's such a superpower to experience overstimulation, to forget important things, to have trouble navigating human relationships, to burn out. It's shit, actually.

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the vibecoded ports of everything are proliferating, it's a disaster, they're all awful and no one understands anything about them lol.

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This one of a myriad of reasons I *really* don't trust vibecoded self-hosted software, or really just *new* self-hosted software, but especially software that the creator doesn't understand and can't maintain.

@supitscarrie.bsky.socialReposted by @thea.codes

Increasingly, I have seen folks who released music through GameChops distance themselves from the label and express a desire to re-distro outside of it. But there's a cost involved in that which many musicians may not be able to cover. So, fuck it, let me put my money where my mouth is.

white text on black background that reads "music re-distribution financial relief fund. since just because a label done borked up that doesn't mean your music should disappear."white text on black background that reads "what this is: an offer to provide financial aid to help cover the costs involved in re-distribution of tracks outside a label. even if every track is only five bucks to put a track through distro independently, that adds up after an album or so. i'm putting my money where my mouth is and seeding this with $250 to start. if you would like to add to that, my DMs are open - let's chat."white and other light colored text on black background that reads "what this is not: anything beyond financial aid. I cannot help you clear licensing. I cannot help you secure proper licenses if you need something beyond a basic compulsory mechanical license. I cannot help you re-mix or re-master a track (though I can put you in touch with people who can). I cannot help you get out of any contracts you may have had with a label as far as who owns what."white text on black background that reads "your music matters. Let's not let label ownership tomfoolery fuck it up. DMs are open."
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Like you be using Claude Code & leading edge models and paying out the nose to get anything remotely useful, and holy shit the amount of tokens it's gonna rip through is wild.

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Well yeah, I mean, even if I loved the shit the amount of shadiness in the investments and the sheer weight of the amount of money tied up in this alone is cause for alarm.

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I'm saying the financials ain't kosher, and there is unprecedented amount of pressure to appear profitable and viable, even if it isn't.

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nevermind the fact that the result was ass. I'd have gotten more utility out of running a GPU benchmark and letting my cat sit on my computer for the warmth.

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This is also maybe the first time where I thought I might be holding it wrong, especially for the local LLM use case. Qwen3.8 + pi/omp was just... shit. I asked it to *plan* a simple refactor and it churned and churned and eventually got stuck in a loop where it didn't realize it finished lmao.

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