reminder that golang was developed by Google, and technology companies like them use technology, even open sourced technology, to establish and maintain dominance
@walruslifestyle Isn't gitbucket built with Scala, which runs on the Java virtual machine? And isn't Java mainly controlled by Oracle?
@starbreaker @walruslifestyle fwiw with the JVM, it's more like oracle dictating the byte-code spec the same way intel dictates the x86 spec. (And I think they handed off JVM dev to the openJVM crew? But the java ecosystem isn't very clear tbh)
Also you can compile your go with gcc (but concerns over google dictating go's design are still valid)
Gitlab is ruby on rails so it doesn't have those issues but it /will/ eat all your RAM, and only Gitlab Core is Free
@jelle_dc @walruslifestyle Gitlab Core is all I really need because I don't give a shit about CI. I just want somewhere offsite where I can mirror my repositories for my shitty website and my shitty science fantasy stories.
I wouldn't even bother with Gitlab and other services if colocation wasn't so damned expensive. I'd just buy a refurbished 1U server, put OpenBSD on that shit, and self-host web, email, git, XMPP, gopher, and Pleroma on bare fucking metal.
@starbreaker @jelle_dc hmmm, cooperative colocation? heck, i'd hang around and do a bit of admin on a bunch of other people's servers just for fun (ok not really but)
@walruslifestyle @jelle_dc As I understand it, actually running a colo is hard. There are the usual power, cooling, bandwidth, and disaster recovery requirements to consider. There's also the liability inherent in dealing with the presence of a bunch of randos' machines in your facility.
@starbreaker @jelle_dc (Morpheus voice) I didn't say it would be easy
ok well maybe it's not the greatest idea but still, I like the idea of compute resources available to all, supported by all
