Xfce dev sponsored by Xfce project to create Wayland compositor admits to heavily using Claude LLM for development, dismisses ethical concerns (www.spurint.org)

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/64896415

For additional context, here's Brian's previous blog post about the first preview release of Xfwl4, where he describes his history with Xfce and the sponsorship.

https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release

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[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

actively destroys our environment, makes every computiational device more expensive, literally makes it’s users dumber, and is built with very ethically questionable methods

you mean like the metals mined by children and forced labor that's in every electronic device and battery on the planet? so you're talking to us from a cup and string in the woods then, right?

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