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New comment by operator_nil in "Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator"

operator_nil — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:39:59 +0000

Why would an emulator sacrifice revenue? It's like saying minecraft destroys construction businesses

New comment by operator_nil in "Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator"

operator_nil — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:36:22 +0000

I think it's too early to even say if Floci will become something that people use so time will tell, but at AWS, they already had some "informal" support for localstack[1] and it's always been a "commercial product" (so you can imagine how controversial it must be internally to support a third-party clone). I'm only saying that a FOSS version is somewhat less controversial for them to support and although I would love for AWS to have something of their own they clearly have other priorities.

[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/pat...

New comment by operator_nil in "Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator"

operator_nil — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:35:25 +0000

This is exactly what I was waiting for.

Although I love localstack and am grateful for what they have done, I always thought that an open community-driven solution would be much more suitable and opens a lot of doors for AWS engineers to contribute back. I’m certain that it’s on their best interest to do so (specially as many of their popular products have local versions)

It’s a no-brainer to me as AI adoption continues to increase: local-first integration testing is a must and teams that are equipped to do so will be ahead of everyone else

New comment by operator_nil in "Our Agreement with the Department of War"

operator_nil — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:46:06 +0000

People often overlook how all the NSA-related activities and government overreach come with a nice memo from officials stating how "lawful" the questionable actions they're taking are.

New comment by operator_nil in "Our Agreement with the Department of War"

operator_nil — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:53:18 +0000

Remember that this is the future that Altman is building for “all of humanity”

New comment by operator_nil in "OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network"

operator_nil — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:22 +0000

Do you know who isn't a dummy? Sam. The crucial part of that statement is that the DoD will use OpenAI systems "lawfully and responsibly," which I don't doubt is written somewhere in their contract. However, those terms are so open-ended that it's impossible for OpenAI to enforce. Sam could have clarified in his tweet that they explicitly prohibited the use of their technology for mass surveillance and autonomous killings, but he deliberately chose not to and to simply say, "We told them not to do bad things." which smells like bullshit

New comment by operator_nil in "OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network"

operator_nil — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:42:16 +0000

So does this mean that OpenAI will give whatever the DoD asks for and they will pinky swear that it won’t be used for mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines?