Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Just to think, if every developer got together and contributed a single line of code to a new internet stack/browser/protocol project we could overtake the corporation poison that's current spreading within the web-space.



If there is such a project where every developer can contribute one single line, the result is inevitably that the codebase is a horrible unmaintainable mess. Sorry this is the stupidest thing I have seen this morning.


Lack of coffee. Sounded better in my head.

The dream of that everyone could get together and make an internet utopia without corporate input would be a pleasing moment. That was the illusion I was trying to make.

The internet is so bogged down by corporate walled gardens that nothing is individual anymore. Not to say they don't exist but have an very minute presence.


But, and I mean this un-ironically, what's in it for me?


Classics are worth revisiting

http://www.pera.net/Stonesoup.html


Ok, here's my contribution:

  exit(1)




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: