Flutterby™! : The developer owes you nothing

The developer owes you nothing

2026-04-06 19:15:36.746472+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

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Content warning: open source software drama, nvim-treesitter

open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave.

the owner of nvim-treesitter gets a really shitty comment from a user saying that the update to a required version broke their workflow

the owner replies saying "hey just pin what you need instead of mainlining it if you need this for an older version"

the shitty user replies back saying "go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people"

the owner says "OK." and ARCHIVES THE REPO

https://github.com/nvim-treesi...nvim-treesitter/discussions/8627

like, holy shit, what a power move.

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