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Stop vibing and use your own brain. After you have learned enough and consider yourself a software engineer you can restart using AI-tools. Only then you will have enough knowledge and experience to review the output of those machines.

And don't you dare to ever open a pull request with AI generated code in any free and open source project.


You mean well but this is not helpful advice.

I think the spirit is in the right place but the framing is too extreme.

I am never going to be a software engineer either but I took a CS101 class and then data structures and algorithms.

Going from zero to passing those classes was the most useful combination of things I ever learned.

I am so glad I got to do this way before LLMs because I think I am absolutely the type of person who would have used LLMs to cheat and learn nothing from the class.

I think at least those concepts are vastly worth struggling with without the help of LLMs.


Introduces massive changes since v1.5.4, thorough testing is crucial. We want this version in the next Ubuntu LTS.

Deadline: February 6 is two weeks before Canonical Ubuntu’s Debian Import Freeze on February 20.

Please help: test it and report any issues


Why not using correct upper case letters in your blog post and ease the pain of your readers?!


Please allow me to announce the second release candidate preparing for version 1.5.4 targeting the upcoming Debian 13 Trixie.

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.4-r...

Please report if you use it even if there are no new problems.

- EncFS, used for encrypted profiles, has been marked as deprecated and is schedule for removal in 2026. - The Smart & Auto remove GUI has been reorganized and renamed into "Remove & Retention", with improvements to the user manual section. Its behavior remains unchange. - An offset minute can now be configured for hourly schedule options. - Some config file fields have been moved to a newly introduced state file. - License and copyright information is now provided in machine-readable SPDX format, following the REUSE standard. - See CHANGELOG for more details.


Back In Time [1] is a round about 15 years old backup software using rsync in the back. I'm part of the 3rd generation maintenance team there. A lot of work in investigating and fixing issues, understanding, documenting and refactoring old code. Have a look at Good First Issues [2] or Help Wanted Issues [3].

[1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime>

[2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%2...>

[3] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED>


Hyperorg [1] does convert org(roam) files into HTML files preserving there links to each other. It's primary use case is to have an HTML representation of your Zettelkasten (aka "second brain") that is usable on your local machine in a browser without running a fancy web server, JavaScript or anything else. Pure HTML5 and CSS.

[1] -- <https://codeberg.org/buhtz/hyperorg>


Please allow me to announce the next release of Back In Time.

The backup application for GNU/Linux, primarily aimed at desktop users and end-users. It uses Rsync and its hard link feature in the background to create space-efficient backups. In addition to a graphical interface, it also offers a command-line interface that allows users to manage their backups. It use Rsync behind The software is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPL-2.0-or-later) and is free software.

The minimum supported Python version has been raised to 3.9. The user manual has migrated to a new format and build system, now including sections on user callbacks and detailed example scripts. The code base has undergone extensive refactoring. FCron support has been added. The English strings in the GUI have been optimized. Serbian language is now available in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. Interlingua (Occidental) has been introduced as a new language. The libnotify-bin (notify-send) dependency has been removed, as Back In Time now uses DBus for notifications.


Please allow me to announce a new Release Candidate in preparation for the Back In Time release version 1.5.3. Please report back if you use it, even if no issues are found. Details: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.3-r...

Changes: - Extensive code refactoring. - Added support for FCron. - Improved text labels in the graphical interface. - User manual updated. - Serbian language now available in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. - New language: Interlingua (Occidental). - Minimum supported Python version raised to 3.9. - Removed dependency on libnotify-bin; now using DBus for notifications.

We encourage everyone to test this Release Candidate, as it helps ensure a higher-quality final release. Without testing and feedback, creating an Release Candidate would be pointless. Your input is essential to improving the project!

Thank you very much for support!


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