Hector Martin

I’d argue the most elite use @radareorg with ghidra’s decompiler :)

I wish, but the fact that https://github.com/radare/r2hate  still exists paints a real bad picture for the entire project... (inb4 i’m bombarded with hate mail from the devs)

How so? I don’t see the problem. If you don’t like how they run the project you can fork it.. that’s the beauty of open source

No, the beauty of open source is collaboration and being able to work together on a shared goal. Forking (in the impactful sense, not the GitHub fork-and-merge sense) isn't a "beauty", it's a defense mechanism against toxic communities, like Radare's.

Well, I guess it depends on your ideal end goal. My ideal end goal is everyone running their own individual forks of just about every software so that it fits their needs so uniquely specifically that only they can drive it. Like suckless tools! To that end, forking is beautiful!

Unfortunately, nobody has time time to fork everything. I have a grand total of 21 custom patches I use for all software on my main workstation and that's already a bit silly. It's a lot easier when projects are friendly, and everyone can share their improvements.

But “friendly” usually means bloat and bloat is a great place for bugs to live. Skinny and easily patchable is better. I don’t know off hand how many personal patches I have exactly, but it’s certainly similar if not more. I don’t consider it silly; it’s just *nix user endgame.

Fwiw i use Linux for years now and the quote "Linux is only free if your time is worth nothing" still struck a nerve. The cost of maintaining seems underestimated in your approach. Yak shaving your shell and removing bash features you don't use because "bloat" has a cost.