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Leaving DigitalOcean, one site at a time

43 points by carnevalem 17d ago

realsarm 17d ago
I think this not something to ignore. They might argue we do not support everything they say. But at then the only thing delivered is the damage.
- bossyTeacher 17d ago
  > They might argue we do not support everything they say. This was literally Mullvad's response to one of their CEO being the main founder of a party with some peculiar views.
7bit 17d ago
Great read. Great resolve.
ing33k 17d ago
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dagi3d 17d ago
Considering the multiple rounds of layoffs they have gone through, can't imagine how former employees must feel seeing how they decide to commit for $3M, which in imho has a more than questionable ROI.
thehamkercat 17d ago
My frustration is omarchy getting more than $18 million in funding for some dotfiles... (i know it's an exaggeration, because omarchy foundation itself seems to be funding projects like Hyprland/Quickshell/mise) but archlinux project probably deserved it instead of omarchy (linux kernel already has enough funding i guess, so they don't need this) --- Can someone explain me, how are they going to profit off this? they can't expect to show ads to linux users right?
- drcongo 17d ago
  Please don't tell me mise is nazi adjacent too.
  - zrail 17d ago
    Omarchy is funding mise. Make of that what you will.
  - KetoManx64 16d ago
    > Nazi Adjacent Oh gosh, me wanting my culture to not be overrun by third world migrants is just oh so evil, what will I do with the name calling?
    - drcongo 15d ago
      I'm not a therapist, but I think one way you could deal with how upset you are about supposed name calling that nobody directed at you would be to post a comment on HN pretending that you're not upset about it. See if that helps.
      - KetoManx64 15d ago
        The comment isn't for you, it's for all the people out there are are getting tired of being labeled as Nazis for wanting to keep their culture and heritage alive.
        drcongo 15d ago
        Apologies, didn't realise you'd accidentally replied to my comment.
- LambdaComplex 17d ago
  My frustration (on top of what you said) is that DHH is already a multimillionaire. Of all the distros, I feel like his is the one that needs donations the least.
- 16d ago
majorchord 17d ago
A political analysis of the founders and leadership behind every product you use must be an exhausting way to live your life... but to each their own.
JohnTHaller 17d ago
For the unfamiliar on the background, DigitalOcean pledged $3 million to the Omacom Foundation aka the Omarchy Linux distribution. It's an AI-built distro led by David Heinemeier Hansson aka DHH. The idea being that AI can build it and run it and create all the apps it is missing like Photoshop. And that things like codes of conduct are to be shunned. Toxic behavior is welcomed as long as your code is good. It's been derisively referred to as "DOGE Linux". Much of its popularity is apparently via certain YouTube influencers in sponsored videos that often hide their sponsorship or affiliation with Omarchy. It's gained quite a following in the "man-o-sphere". Omarchy was formed as a culture war weapon/counterpoint against other Linux distros with codes of conduct. DHH believes such codes are used by clowns and that prohibiting racism, sexism, homophobia, etc is stupid. DHH has some interesting views on "gypsies": https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a And "retarded" immigration policies: https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so... From a technical perspective, it's been referred to as an opinionated theming layer on top of Arch Linux or a vibe coded dotfiles project as it is mostly Arch Linux with AI code atop. From a financial perspective, DigitalOcean recently pulled funding for multiple open source projects like GNOME before this $3 million investment in Omarchy.
- KetoManx64 16d ago
  I think everyone should pull funding from the political clown show that is GNOME. Nobody should donate money to developers who actively encourage people to harm others for their politics on social media.

43 points by carnevalem 17d ago

I think this not something to ignore. They might argue we do not support everything they say. But at then the only thing delivered is the damage.

bossyTeacher 17d ago
> They might argue we do not support everything they say. This was literally Mullvad's response to one of their CEO being the main founder of a party with some peculiar views.

7bit 17d ago

Great read. Great resolve.

ing33k 17d ago

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dagi3d 17d ago

Considering the multiple rounds of layoffs they have gone through, can't imagine how former employees must feel seeing how they decide to commit for $3M, which in imho has a more than questionable ROI.

thehamkercat 17d ago

My frustration is omarchy getting more than $18 million in funding for some dotfiles... (i know it's an exaggeration, because omarchy foundation itself seems to be funding projects like Hyprland/Quickshell/mise) but archlinux project probably deserved it instead of omarchy (linux kernel already has enough funding i guess, so they don't need this) --- Can someone explain me, how are they going to profit off this? they can't expect to show ads to linux users right?

drcongo 17d ago
Please don't tell me mise is nazi adjacent too.
- zrail 17d ago
  Omarchy is funding mise. Make of that what you will.
- KetoManx64 16d ago
  > Nazi Adjacent Oh gosh, me wanting my culture to not be overrun by third world migrants is just oh so evil, what will I do with the name calling?
  - drcongo 15d ago
    I'm not a therapist, but I think one way you could deal with how upset you are about supposed name calling that nobody directed at you would be to post a comment on HN pretending that you're not upset about it. See if that helps.
    - KetoManx64 15d ago
      The comment isn't for you, it's for all the people out there are are getting tired of being labeled as Nazis for wanting to keep their culture and heritage alive.
      - drcongo 15d ago
        Apologies, didn't realise you'd accidentally replied to my comment.
LambdaComplex 17d ago
My frustration (on top of what you said) is that DHH is already a multimillionaire. Of all the distros, I feel like his is the one that needs donations the least.
16d ago

majorchord 17d ago

A political analysis of the founders and leadership behind every product you use must be an exhausting way to live your life... but to each their own.

JohnTHaller 17d ago

For the unfamiliar on the background, DigitalOcean pledged $3 million to the Omacom Foundation aka the Omarchy Linux distribution. It's an AI-built distro led by David Heinemeier Hansson aka DHH. The idea being that AI can build it and run it and create all the apps it is missing like Photoshop. And that things like codes of conduct are to be shunned. Toxic behavior is welcomed as long as your code is good. It's been derisively referred to as "DOGE Linux". Much of its popularity is apparently via certain YouTube influencers in sponsored videos that often hide their sponsorship or affiliation with Omarchy. It's gained quite a following in the "man-o-sphere". Omarchy was formed as a culture war weapon/counterpoint against other Linux distros with codes of conduct. DHH believes such codes are used by clowns and that prohibiting racism, sexism, homophobia, etc is stupid. DHH has some interesting views on "gypsies": https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a And "retarded" immigration policies: https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so... From a technical perspective, it's been referred to as an opinionated theming layer on top of Arch Linux or a vibe coded dotfiles project as it is mostly Arch Linux with AI code atop. From a financial perspective, DigitalOcean recently pulled funding for multiple open source projects like GNOME before this $3 million investment in Omarchy.

KetoManx64 16d ago
I think everyone should pull funding from the political clown show that is GNOME. Nobody should donate money to developers who actively encourage people to harm others for their politics on social media.