Deleting Forem to Save It: The April Fools PR That Exposes Open Source Absurdity
What if the ultimate fix for a sluggish open-source platform was just backspace? One dev's satirical PR to Forem riffs on bloat, AI hype, and low-end hardware dreams.
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What if the ultimate fix for a sluggish open-source platform was just backspace? One dev's satirical PR to Forem riffs on bloat, AI hype, and low-end hardware dreams.
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