Hacker News with Generative AI: Community

The Fedora Project Leader is willfully ignorant about Flathub (gnome.org)
Today I woke up to a link of an interview from the current Fedora Project Leader, Matthew Miller. Brodie who conducted the interview mentioned that Miller was the one that reached out to him. The background of this video was the currently ongoing issue regarding OBS, Bottles and the Fedora project, which Niccollo made an excellent video explaining and summarizing the situation. You can also find the article over at thelibre.news. “Impressive” as this story is, it’s for another time.
Linux, Open Source, Fedora, Community, Controversy
9 points by moelf 2 hours ago | 0 comments
A cryptocurrency scam that turned a small town against itself (nytimes.com)
Jim Tucker could hardly believe what he was hearing. It sounded like fiction, a nightmare too outlandish for an unassuming town like his.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Community, Social Issues
112 points by lxm 3 hours ago | 74 comments
Matrix Foundation to shut down bridges if it doesn't find $100K (matrix.org)
After a successful 2024 with a lot to be proud of, and a Matrix Conference that brought our community together to celebrate 10 years of Matrix, we step into 2025 with a light budget and a mighty team poised to make the most of it!
Nonprofit Organizations, Funding, Technology, Community
29 points by thibaultamartin 3 hours ago | 19 comments
Good samaritan offers .com domain for free (mynewdomainhahaha.com)
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Internet, Community
33 points by kokanee 21 hours ago | 0 comments
Show HN: The One File I Created for Every Programming Language (10+ Years) (referencecollection.com)
Offering practical and optimal guidance through evolving community-driven references to simplify your learning journey.
Programming, Resources, Software, Community, Learning
8 points by FullException 1 day ago | 0 comments
Why community pharmacies are closing – and what to do if yours shutters (theconversation.com)
Neighborhood pharmacies are rapidly shuttering.
Pharmacies, Business, Healthcare, Community, Economics
15 points by rntn 2 days ago | 1 comments
Mt32-pi developer quits due to community harassment (github.com/dwhinham)
A work-in-progress baremetal MIDI synthesizer for the Raspberry Pi 3 or above, based on Munt, FluidSynth and Circle.
Music, Raspberry Pi, Open Source, Community, Harassment
44 points by zdw 3 days ago | 54 comments
Looks Like It's Time for All of Us to Come Together and Here's Why It Matters (ycombinator.com)
Community, Collaboration, Importance
3 points by managedcode 3 days ago | 0 comments
Open source maintainers are feeling the squeeze (theregister.com)
Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?
Open Source, Software Development, Community, Mental Health
56 points by redbell 3 days ago | 45 comments
Vim after Bram: a core maintainer on how they've kept it going (thenewstack.io)
Vim, Open Source, Software Development, Community
227 points by MilnerRoute 4 days ago | 92 comments
Open source maintainers are feeling the squeeze (theregister.com)
Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?
Open Source, Software Development, Community, Burnout, Work Culture
5 points by rntn 4 days ago | 0 comments
Karol Herbst Steps Down as Nouveau Maintainer Due to Linux's Toxic Environment (phoronix.com)
Karol Herbst has been a Nouveau driver developer for over a decade working on this open-source, reverse-engineered NVIDIA Linux graphics driver. He went on to become employed by Red Hat. While he's known more these days for his work on Mesa and the Rusticl OpenCL driver for it, he's still remained a maintainer of the Nouveau kernel driver. But today he announced he's resigning as a Nouveau driver maintainer due to differences with the upstream Linux kernel developer community.
Linux, Open Source, Graphics Drivers, Software Development, Community
63 points by evujumenuk 5 days ago | 46 comments
Nouveau kernel maintainer steps down (freedesktop.org)
I was pondering with myself for a while if I should just make it official that I'm not really involved in the kernel community anymore, neither as a reviewer, nor as a maintainer.
Open Source, Linux Kernel, Community
43 points by tuananh 5 days ago | 23 comments
History 2701 Wiki (fandom.com)
History 2701 Wiki is a community site that anyone can contribute to. Discover, share and add your knowledge!
History, Community, Wikis
20 points by krykp 7 days ago | 5 comments
Passing the Torch on Asahi Linux (asahilinux.org)
With a heavy heart, we announce the resignation of Asahi Linux founder Hector Martin (marcan). His statement is on his blog.
Operating Systems, Linux, Open Source, Community
50 points by pabs3 7 days ago | 42 comments
We are the "thin blue line" that is trying to keep the code high quality (kernel.org)
I'll let you in a secret. The maintainers are not "all-powerfui". We are the "thin blue line" that is trying to keep the code to be maintainable and high quality. Like most leaders of volunteer organization, whether it is the Internet Engineerint Task Force (the standards body for the Internet), we actually have very little power.
Open Source, Software Development, Community, Leadership
160 points by luu 7 days ago | 168 comments
Ploy to Trademark Hosted WordPress, Managed WordPress Derailed (theregister.com)
The WordPress Foundation's effort to trademark the terms HOSTED WORDPRESS and MANAGED WORDPRESS has been thwarted, for now, following a petition from a dissenting member of the open source WordPress community.
Trademarks, Open Source, WordPress, Community, Lawsuits
11 points by AuthorizedCust 7 days ago | 0 comments
Who exactly needs to get approval from an institutional review board (IRB)? (dynomight.net)
Some of my favorite internet people sometimes organize little community experiments. Like, let’s eat potatoes and see if we lose weight. Or, let’s take some supplements and see if anxiety goes down. I’ve toyed with doing one myself, to see if theanine (a chemical in tea) really helps with stress.
Science, Research Ethics, Social Experiments, Community
210 points by gregorymichael 7 days ago | 156 comments
Ask HN: Is the threshold for flagging submissions on HN too low? (ycombinator.com)
I see highly upvoted stories such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43035977 getting hidden away because they get flagged, even though the article and discussion are quite sensible.
Hacker News, Community, Moderation, User Experience
16 points by cbg0 7 days ago | 4 comments
Codeberg Down (codeberg.org)
Codeberg is currently suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces, and so are our users. First and foremost, we apologize for everyone who has recently received a notification email from our system containing offending and potentially traumatizing content. We are working hard on containing the effects on our users and systems.
Cybersecurity, Social Issues, Community
67 points by dsm9000 8 days ago | 39 comments
Ask HN: What's the best implementation of Conway's Game of Life? (ycombinator.com)
Anyone else, like me, at one point try to implement Conway's Game of Life? If you have, what is the best implementation you've found?
Programming, Game Development, Algorithms, Community, Ask HN
107 points by jakemanger 8 days ago | 94 comments
OpenStreetMap Calendar (osmcal.org)
OpenStreetMap, Mapping, Calendars, Community
126 points by faebi 11 days ago | 9 comments
Show HN: My first side project, streamlined book clubs on Slack (booktalk.club)
Spark thoughtful discussions and cultivate a culture of growth with streamlined book clubs.
Side Projects, Slack, Book Clubs, Community
104 points by Papamanolis 11 days ago | 51 comments
Ask HN: Why? (ycombinator.com)
Hacker News, Community, Discussion
31 points by TheAlchemist 12 days ago | 43 comments
Ask HN: Is it worth it to post on the 'Who Wants To Be Hired' thread? (ycombinator.com)
Title. I see many people posting but would like to hear if people really get jobs this way?
Hiring, Job Search, Hacker News, Community, Networking
27 points by rubenvanwyk 13 days ago | 16 comments
Show HN: Wordle Charts – insights about Wordle you don't need (crtez.dev)
Show HN, Wordle, Data Visualization, Games, Community
24 points by crtez 13 days ago | 9 comments
Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux kernel (lkml.org)
I no longer have any faith left in the kernel development process or community management approach.
Linux, Open Source, Community, Software Development
918 points by Mond_ 13 days ago | 1019 comments
The Selfish Contributor Revisited (lwn.net)
Open source is often described as a "gift economy"—an ecosystem where contributors are motivated by a desire to make the world a better place. That is, sometimes, true. However, James Bottomley used his main track slot at FOSDEM 2025, on February 1, to make the case that it is better to bank on the selfish motivations of individuals to drive community success than to rely on their altruism.
Open Source, Community, Motivation, Software Development
13 points by pabs3 14 days ago | 0 comments
Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new webhost (arstechnica.com)
In what is becoming a sadly regular occurrence, two popular free software projects, X.org/Freedesktop.org and Alpine Linux, need to rally some of their millions of users so that they can continue operating.
Open Source, Linux, Community, Security
256 points by ossusermivami 16 days ago | 118 comments
Ask HN: Solo developer building a product? Show us your work and get feedback (ycombinator.com)
Are you an indie hacker building a product?<p>Show your work, and we’ll share our initial feedback!<p>Please, let’s make it a positive, constructive thread.
Solo Development, Feedback, Startup, Indie Hackers, Community
17 points by mgl 17 days ago | 28 comments