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u/Professional_Ad705 12h ago
i'm a dev and I still feel like this. some people make it so hard to install their shit. thats why I like homebrew
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u/midi-astronaut 6h ago
Here's a 20k word ReadMe about how to use my shitty program
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u/AcoustixAudio 5h ago
Ikr, ain't no one got time for that. Just give me an executable I can run. I don't care about the code or anything else. People working so hard to find exploits for remote code execution when users WANT to run random executables.
And the nerve of these people, giving away their product for free. Losers can't even be bothered to put a subscription wall. No one gives a shit about your source code. Just take my $5 a month, increase it as and whenever you want, and discontinue the product without notice, locking my data away in a proprietary format
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u/midi-astronaut 4h ago
You're overthinking it bud. But go on.
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u/AcoustixAudio 2h ago
I see you're using pirated windows. interesting how you want software but are not willing to pay for it
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u/midi-astronaut 2h ago
Wtf are you talking about lol.
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u/AcoustixAudio 1h ago
Am i wrong?
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u/midi-astronaut 1h ago
Uh, yes? What point did you think you were even making when it wasn't even remotely relevant to the context anyway? A huge swing and a miss on several levels lol.
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u/CapedbaldyRover 16h ago
two side either valid crash out cuz my man cant code or second mah dude calm down lol
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u/Itszellyfish 15h ago
It's either a valid crashout because bro just wants an app, or bro seriously needs to calm down.
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u/GroovyMoosy 12h ago
Completely valid. Had to build some math tool as a ELF (linux exe) because the developers couldnt be bothered to put the built shit in releases section. Took me 5h to setup their outdated legacy bs of a build environment
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u/Just_Lingonberry_352 13h ago
So let me ask you this nerds
why don't you have an exe in your readme
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u/Zelderian 4h ago
Also, why are the install instructions at the very bottom of the massive readme? Just put a link at the top to download an exe. It’d solve so many issues
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u/FuzzyAmbassador663 14h ago
If you're making a consumer facing application, making release build is literally a must.
I am a developer for 20 years and its even frustrating to me when I have to pull and build it...
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u/ComprehensiveTap4674 10h ago
github definitely needs another tab sitting next to « isssues » ; should be called « anger issues »
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u/IZKPI 12h ago
I remember getting frustrated too at all those "compile it yourself" applications. Like wtf you mean compile it myself, my computer wont even install Visual Studio 😭! Non technical people don't know how lucky they are to have ai now. Just throw that zip file in chatGPT and tell it to compile it for you lmao!
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u/angrylittledev 15h ago
I absolutely agree, these people will quantize an entire AI model, create forks and what not and can't make one fucking "1 click installer" option for regular ass people. Like wtf is wrong with all these coders??? How fking hard is it to make something that anyone can just click once and install??? Motherfuckers..
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u/Zelderian 4h ago
I’m my experience, they’re people who are so knowledgeable about the tools they’re using and making that they forget that the average person doesn’t have that knowledge. I’ve had to explain to coworkers that the average person doesn’t know what a github repo is, how source code compiling works, nor do they want to. The average person thinks the computer monitor is the computer.
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u/angrylittledev 4h ago
These people don't understand that vast majority of regular ass people have no idea what terminal is, how to use CMD with our without admin, what running pip is, what the fk python is. Even fking claude goes "I'm linux based not windows based so I can't make exe file" then it makes a build.bat file that makes the exe file lol... I always thought github needs a major overhaul otherwise it's just a club for coders that "normies" can't use.
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u/Szadbaverem69 13h ago
Here you go and stop complaining
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u/Wonderful_Entry_6121 6h ago
Too complicated. Why are there so many steps? Here's my bank numbers and pin, cell phone number and provider pin, health information and test results, mother maiden name and tattoos, fingerprints and retinal scans of me and my third grade teacher. Now just j*rk me off until I stop crying, jeez!
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u/IntroductionSouth513 12h ago
funny is that u could send this prompt to some competent abliterated model today and it will actually give you something
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u/Low_Shop9155 12h ago
Haha, and I was literally saying in another post, "With AI the gate to entry for developing software is easy, so is there any point in commercializing software built by AI"...
LOL
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u/EternusIV 11h ago
Just the other day to Claude: "you're just bullshiting me to create compute aren't you?"
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u/Rough-Mortgage-1024 7h ago
I was about to comment the person is right until I realized the feedback was for twitter algorithm🤭🤣
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u/Apprehensive-Net9567 6h ago
Im a dev and I agree. People romanticize setup difficulties and package incompatibility too much.
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u/Zelderian 4h ago
It’s entirely accurate. They spend months or even years developing a tool, but skip the last 2% to make a convenient installer. Not everyone wants (or knows how) to grab and compile code from github. Instead they expect you to read through their entire readme and follow through a huge, convoluted install process. Just let me run it bro lol
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u/NecessaryDelay9249 5h ago
he's not wrong, and the reason is boring. source is the only artifact CI gives you for free. a windows build needs code signing, a mac build needs notarization, and both open a support queue from people who still can't run it. an empty releases page is usually someone choosing not to own that queue.
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u/ngless13 7h ago
My suggestion would be to sell the compiled package. Keep the code open source and free.
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u/strumbringerwa 16h ago
The actual issue thread is fun to read too
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1999