#NixOS / #Nixpkgs #Matrix server ‘breaks’ again? Why are we using this bloated protocol anyhow? These rooms have migrated several times, the docs never stay up-to-date, & we waste a lot of resources (storage, compute, RAM) to run this eventual-consistency protocol. But it constantly breaks? Then why f
cking use it? & Why did it move to Matrix to begin with?
While I have beefs with DroneBL blocking residential IPs & being used by both Libera.Chat & OFTC, the most popular #IRC networks for software, NixOS / Nixpkgs should have stayed on IRC… or if they want the network to be decentralized & with more chat features, it should have #XMPP. Matrix doesn’t give you much but headaches. The only positive thing I have heard from anyone is that it’s nice to have a FOSS option instead of using Discord, but those 2 mature protocols were already doing that.