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Re:Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruine... by justin66 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:09AM (#46136159)
I guess if I viewed software engineering merely as a placing of bets, I would not, but that's the center of the disagreement here. I'm not trying to be a dick (okay maybe a little sue me), the grandparent comment mentioned "software engineering."

I can refer you to some github repositories with a low number of stars that are of extraordinarily high quality, and similarly, some shitty software with lots of stars. But I'm sure you get the point.

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Re:Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruine... by esafak on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:02PM (#46136936)
You are placing a bet that the project will continue to be maintained; you do not know what the future holds. If the project is of any complexity, and you presumably have other responsibilities, you can't fix everything yourself; you need the community.
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