Alex Ruiz
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Comments & Reviews
- Commented on Open-Source Slopware
Reviewed Gram★★★★★Gram is to Zed what VSCodium was meant to be for VSCode and what Notepad++ fixes for Notepad in that it removes the obnoxious parts of corporate/PE supported trash and turns it into a barebones useful tool for normal people, not bots!
I also like that Gram has native support for even obscure languages like Gleam and Odin without additional extensions or plugins. Third party VSCode extensions and neovim plugins increase the attack surface of these tools by exposing added supply chain...
- Commented on Software Against Age Verification
Commented on The InterceptThe Venerable Glenn Greenwald, one of the company's founders, recently left due to widespread bias on the Intercept, including attempts at censoring reports that contradicted the far-left viewpoints of most 'journalists' working at this establishment.
Glenn Greenwald is a highly respected journalist whose integrity is on display every time he publishes an article because he is anti-corruption and isn't afraid to go after both sides of the aisle when he sees malfeasance and...
Commented on ScrivenerGreat software, but only if you are using a mac. As noted by other users, the business prioritizes mac users over everyone else, going so far as to port over to ipad while the Windows version hasn't been updated since Version 1 (mac is currently on version 3).
Also, thanks to their last license management company going under, their software now uses a service that will not allow offline activation. That's a big deal breaker for me.
Commented on CherryTreeFantastic note-taking app, probably the best in the business in that it isn't cloud based, works windows and linux, and supports encryption and has tons of features. The only major problem I have with it is that nearly every Linux distro out there is removing CherryTree from their standard repos. I can't get it after Debian 9, Fedora 30, or CentOS 7. Even Manjaro doesn't include it anymore. Anyone have any idea why?
Commented on MastodonI love how most reviews are about the mastodon.social instance and not really about the actual software! LOL
Overall, this application has the first mover advantage and is pretty robust, but there are better options. First off all, it's incredibly cumbersome, full of crazy dependencies, is a resource hog, and is a pain to update, especially compared to solutions like Pleroma, which is just as good, includes the Mastodon UI, and is a simple Elixir app that is so lightweight that it can...
Commented on WireThis is a pretty terrible app. I had to create numerous accounts on this app because after a while, the messages I send get lost, in that they never make it off the client to the server and it doesn't matter which device or even which app I am using, desktop or mobile. They also save your contacts in plain text until you delete your account, so there's that. Also, they decided to move their business to the US without telling any of their users and have recently compromised on their...
Reviewed Gab App Store★This is not a viable alternative for real app stores. It's just a catalog of Gab friendly apps with download links - it even posts links to the Google Play and Mac Appstore! Real app repositories support an automated build process, automated updates, and an application that can be used to manage applications already installed. It doesn't look like this does any of those things. They certainly shouldn't link to pre-existing app stores. I don't understand why the dev...
