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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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[-] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago)

Likening LLMs to slave labour now, are we? You guys get nuttier by the day.

[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Did you read further than the first sentence? Because that is not what they were saying at all. The next sentence explains why they mentioned slave labour at all.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 29 minutes ago

Mmm. Yeah, completely neutral choice solely for the purpose of establishing that there's a line. Definitely not also used as a framing device!

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