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Right - I see the other topic has been locked / author hasn't returned to follow community rules.

Here's the original topic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386

and a measured (IMHO) response to it. (BTW, do your self a favour and change tabs with that site open :)

https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/i-regret-migrating-to-codeberg/

It's a tough spot, Codeberg has found themselves in and I wish them luck. But beyond that, this is (yet) another reminder that in 2026, if you don't self host it, the cloud is just someone else computer

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[โ€“] JTode@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have to say, when I'm strictly looking for hard info, like, what are the command line switches to achieve the right config for a thing, the AI is pretty much always right. It's not without use, but Doing Things For You is not its best use.

Doing Things For You is not its best use.

Thats a bingo!

I find it a great tool for QA/QC (with RAG, without its... eh), managing tone in a document, finding potential security issues, etc.

But doing it all for you I have not found to be a useful experience.