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Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft. (programming.dev)
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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (12 children)

So wait.

GitHub is Microsoft?

EDIT: Okay, fuck that. I was just getting all set up there but not now.

I am trying to decide between PyCharm and VS Code for my Python IDE. I was leaning toward VS Code, but they're Microsoft too, aren't they?

[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 46 points 6 days ago

Has been since 2018, and acquisition news caused quite an upset at the time.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 days ago

Yeah they bought them almost 10 years now?

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

VS Code has a fully open source base which excludes proprietary extensions and default telemetry ( kind of how AOSP is for Android)

Check here for more info:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between-the-repository-and-Visual-Studio-Code

[–] airglow@lemmy.world 57 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And VSCodium is the project that releases builds from the VS Code source code. Privacy-conscious developers should use VSCodium (which is fully FOSS) instead of Visual Studio Code (which is partially proprietary and includes tracking).

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I know 😢 ~~is~~ was

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago

I recommend Codeberg or Forgejo!

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Yes, also remember to completely avoid Typescript and C# since they are also Microsoft. And Rust since heavy ties to Amazon. Don't look for a job on Linkedin (where most listings are posted) because that's also Microsoft. Actually, just to spare you the time, avoid programming altogether and do something like farming, since no Big Tech influence there. /s

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

I do like the work Microsoft has done with typescript itself, but more and more I'm seeing they are trying to tie up the language to VSCode, treating other editors as "second class citizens" for it and that has started to make me reconsider things.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I'm retired and doing hobby projects in Python and java, so I get choices (including not playing) but wtf, big tech figured out how to take over open source?

That's particularly evil.

[–] asparagapple@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Python's creator and BDfL works at Microsoft.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not trying to be like some HOLY MOUNTAIN that no unclean things can ever touch.

I'm just trying to keep myself free. I'll use people's stuff. If that starts becoming bondage, I'm out

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A cynical explanation would be using the EEE theory to explain all of this.

A more nuanced one would be that corporations benefit from open source since it creates an easier pipeline to onboard engineers and they also benefit from the free labor that people put into the projects out of passion. Whether they want to kill OSS after embracing it is debatable, but they definitely want to have as much leverage on it as possible.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

Bill Gates stated: "One thing we have got to change in our strategy – allowing Office documents to be rendered very well by other people's browsers is one of the most destructive things we could do to the company. We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office documents very well depend on proprietary IE capabilities. Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has to avoid doing something to destroy Windows."

That Wikipedia is a gold mine of evil.

[–] retro@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They can support these languages because they have the resources to do so.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I feel like a good illustration would be a bicycle.

  1. My bicycle works fine, a little slow, but it beats walking, and requires little to no outside resources or upkeep.
  2. My neighbor, Joe Microsoft, slaps an 80cc motor on my bike. It's a lot faster, and less work for me, and Joe keeps it full of gas and tuned up, and fixes it when it breaks.
  3. I need Joe now to support my biking. I no longer have the resources to do it at this level, but Joe does.

Is that about right? Are we selling open source for speed and convenience?

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 days ago

Yes, also remember to completely avoid Typescript and C# since they are also Microsoft.

This, but unironically.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Might check out Zed. Relatively new editor from the folks behind Atom and treesitter. Extremely fast with an excellent interface and vim mode. The second best vim mode behind Neovim.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 5 days ago

Zed is great! Not as many features as IntelliJ, but insanely fast, and new features are being added all the time.

[–] nnullzz@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

PyCharm is a solid choice. It just works. But if you’re open to another editor, take a look at Zed. It has python support too. It’s super snappy and way less bloated than the others.

[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 days ago

If you like VSCode you can try VSCodium which supports almost all features of VSCode but should be fully FOSS without Microsoft proprietary blobs.

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

I’m also very new to doing any type of programming, and also don’t remember things from last week lol. I use Kate, it’s from KDE which is from the Linux world but works on windows! They have some other good programs that also work on windows (and Mac too I think!) if you’re trying to extract yourself from there. I don’t know python very well so don’t know if Kate is the best choice compared to PyCharm for your use case, but might be a good allrounder.

[–] AntY@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Can I suggest vim or emacs?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I can forgive not knowing github is MS.

but, how in the actual fuck did you not know VS Code is MS?

do you just close your eyes and code blind all day long?

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they are just getting started with learning programming, be kind.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Ding ding ding ding ding!

Like, just BRAND NEW, leaning baby programmer!

Nope, not that. Haven't earned the name 'programmer' at all.

Just a guy who is starting to learn and is probably going to abandon learning but is going to try anyway and is trying not to fuck up in the beginning! Guy.

Plus I'm 63. So learning anything at all is like nailing boards to sand.

Maybe I learned it, but that was last week. Can't expect me to remember last week shit.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

If you want to use VSCode without the Microsoft bits, they actually provide that officially. VSCodium is VSCode with all the Microsoft-specific bits stripped out (or rather, not added in in the first place, at compile time). It's all open source too so you can either verify yourself or have a knowledgeable friend do an audit on your behalf.

I use VSCode at work a lot and enjoy it quite a bit. A good alternative would be to use Kate/Kwrite with all of the coding plugins and the linter plugins turned on, the experience is pretty close to VSCode/ium without store extensions.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Keep learning and asking questions! Maybe programming isn't something for you or maybe it'll be a big part of your life. You'll never know without giving it a try.

Please don't get discouraged by the curmudgeons. Not all of us experienced in the field have given into grouchiness.