Breezy

joined 2 years ago
[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Yup, Bruno is my choice as well coming from Insomnia and Postman. I was lucky enough to purchase the early supporter lifetime license when it was available, so I'll be using it for the foreseeable future. Hopefully it doesn't enshittify as another commenter pointed out.

While I still use curl for simple requests, I really do like having a GUI. Features like prettifying requests and responses, being able to fold code, saving requests, shared authorization across multiple requests, etc. Are the reasons why I don't think I could ever really use CLI options.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I currently have a GitHub account in order to contribute to projects hosted on GitHub, because I don't think there is currently a way possible to do thinks like open up an issue without an account.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 87 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I really wish more FOSS projects would move off of GitHub. It feels wrong just having an account just so I can contribute. Hopefully horrible "features" like this encourages others to migrate.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A handful of alt accounts of course, and me: beep boop, hello fellow human

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 months ago

While I still see a lot of people scrolling through traditional social media while I'm out and about, it does feel like more people are starting to disconnect (which I think is a good thing) even among my younger friends and family.

I still browse Reddit every now and then, especially for the more niche subreddits, but I don't have an account nor do I plan on making one. I've definitely noticed a lot of low-effort comments that makes Reddit look more active, but the substance really isn't there. So while a similar (if not the same) post here on Lemmy would have less or no comments, it substantially feels the same to me.

Despite the fact that I'm usually a lurker and don't have much to add to most of the posts here, I've recently been making more of an effort to be more active here on Lemmy to combat this. But honestly, as someone who hasn't had a proper social media account for over a decade now, I actually prefer a more empty internet vs one filled with nonsense.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, what Vittelius mentioned is correct, it's more that I don't like how most Electron apps on Linux look due to the lack of CSD, causing that flat shadowless look in the screenshot with VS Code next to Dolphin. So, if anything here's to hoping more devs will test their Electron apps on Linux Desktop Environments/windowing systems to make their apps look more native in these environments. But I do appreciate the clarification on SSD, it's nice for me to finally learn the terminology used to describe why I find most Electron apps on Linux to look janky.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Ah I think I might be misunderstanding then.

For this:

Many popular apps, including Visual Studio Code, Obsidian, and Discord, use frameless windows with custom title bars. Prior to Electron 41, frameless windows did not support CSD at all, so they looked like featureless rectangles on Wayland.

Am I misinterpreting that Electron on Wayland now supporting CSD for frameless windows would make it possible for developers currently using them to better mimic the look of Qt or Gtk apps (with shadows and rounded corners, etc.)?

I'm using KDE Plasma and Electron apps sometimes have that sharp-cornered, shadowless window vs the way Qt or Gtk apps are rendered. The most noticeable difference for me is the lack of outline, rounded corners, or shadow.

But do correct me if I'm wrong since I don't know much about Electron development.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

First it's the ethernet in the air filter, and now this. I wonder what's next lol

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

It''s neat to learn about CSD. That flat frameless window with a custom title bar look is what I dislike the most about electron applications. Hopefully those become less apparent with these new updates.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

Omg, this is embarrassing, I just realized my dyslexia strikes again. I read that as ports and not expose. That's nice, I rarely ever see that being used. Thank you for the explanation.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

First, thank you for AI disclosure. Second, thank you for auto-filling the credentials for the demo. That small attention to detail is always a green-flag for me. I also had a great laugh at Rich's timeline in the demo.

There was actually another CRM-like self-hosted software that I had written down to check out called Nametag, but the last time I looked at it, it didn't have CardDav support, so I wonder how this would compare.

I am curious why you've exposed the backend port by default for the Docker Compose file. Is this for future external API access or just to ping the healthcheck thru something like Uptime Kuma? Why not just put both the frontend and backend in a network (I do already see the frontend having a depends_on dependency? I guess my assumption would be if the frontend is down, so would the back.

But this looks really neat, thank you for sharing! The next time I get some free-time I'll spin up a little test instance for a deeper dive.

[–] Breezy@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

And I get it, I do, but I think what rubs me the wrong way is how cagey the dev is about AI disclosure.

Use it for your project, it's open source (which allows me to see that AI is being used) and free to self-host. Like I mentioned previously, I do see the dev being pretty responsible about their usage from the few merge requests and individual commits I looked at.

Personally, I feel like FOSS is built on a foundation of trust, and I find it very hard to trust a dev/project that (in my opinion) lies by omission. So, while I won't use/contribute/pay for this project, I'm not judging anyone who does and I wish y'all the best. At the end of the day, it's your time, effort, money (if you donate and or pay for the hosted plan), and or hardware (if you choose to self-host).

Especially, after fiascos like Booklore (another project I now feel vindicated for writing off early) and the general trend of enshittification for almost all software and services, can you blame people for being a bit more skeptical?

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