Hello Codeberg

[…] I can't believe I didn't considered to move out from GitHub earlier.

Despite my local offline Forgejo instance being almost 2 years old,

it happened that only today I started to move to Codeberg for my "public life". What a shame!

For sure it's not perfect but I don't know anything better! Except self-hosting the software they¹ maintain.

Because SourceHut doesn't render Org (and asciicasts), and GitLab is too heavy for a mere Raspberry.

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The first impressions was like if I was entering my own house for the first time after living years in a annoying hostel.

And the workflows runners being disabled for new users, forcing you to ask was nicer than I expected. Then I recalled this saying from Jordan Peterson in his book.

Benjamin Franklin once suggested that a newcomer to a neighbourhood ask a new neighbour to do him or her a favour, citing an old maxim: He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.

In Franklin's opinion, asking someone for something (not too extreme, obviously) was the most useful and immediate invitation to social interaction.

— 12 Rules for Life (RULE 7: PURSUE WHAT IS MEANINGFUL (NOT WHAT IS EXPEDIENT), The Delay of Gratification), Jordan Peterson

And seems to work well. I felt accepted as a stranger, and it motivates to contribute and help back!

I have some plans and willing to contribute at Forgejo development, as I use it daily, and hopefully get closer from this awesome people which indirectly fights against the threats of modern times: privacy and lack of ownership and control over our data and fingerprints.