Re:Ask HN: Is open source ruining your job satisfaction too?
by speedgoose on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @01:47PM
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My job is to solve problems, programming is just one tool in my toolbox.
I love to write code but most of the projects can be solved by assembling a few components with some YAML glue and little code. And I use an AI, Github Copilot, to help me doing that.
OpenSource is great for me. The alternative is the enterprise proprietary software with often a "contact us" price tag, which is hell. It takes a while, requires multiple calls to just get a quote, you need to sign legals documents, and then you can see that it's shit. Also, sometimes the price is stupidly too high. With OpenSource you can pull your software containers and start playing immediately.
I love to write code but most of the projects can be solved by assembling a few components with some YAML glue and little code. And I use an AI, Github Copilot, to help me doing that.
OpenSource is great for me. The alternative is the enterprise proprietary software with often a "contact us" price tag, which is hell. It takes a while, requires multiple calls to just get a quote, you need to sign legals documents, and then you can see that it's shit. Also, sometimes the price is stupidly too high. With OpenSource you can pull your software containers and start playing immediately.