I agree. lol I won’t even bother with something from Github without an exe. I’m not interested in learning coding, and it’s annoying.
It’s kind of like:
“Here are the ingredients to make this nice dish.”
“Oh, thanks!! I’m not a fantastic cook. Do you have a recipe, too?”
“Screw you!”
koordy
Wouldn’t use the same words but I have to say it’s extremely annoying to find an app on github that would be useful for my use case, just to find out there is no built release for it there.
penatbater
i really wanna know the context behind this lmao
childofthemoon11
I read that as “axe” and was really confused.
I completely disagree, tho. The novel analogy is false, you literally have the program just build it ffs.
GranataReddit12
apparently people don’t care about safety ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There’s a good reason a lot of github developers don’t include pre-built exes in their main repo, and that’s due to trust issues
exes are known for being extremely hard to decompile (especially if there are multiple languages involved!). Imagine the process of making a cake: imagine the cake as an exe and the original ingredients as the source code. Good luck getting the original ingredients out of the cake.
That means that you could essentially build an EXE with malicious code in it that no one would be able to properly analyze or lead back to the source code that is in the actual repo.
you could argue that “well, leave the possibly unsafe EXE for the dummies who don’t know how to compile and leave the transparent, uncompiled, source code for those who know what they’re doing”, but, you do realize that’s literally how viruses get around, right? with trust issues?
leonardob0880
Context?
Ammonil
I know that it’s always free, but it’s really hard to disagree with that… Sometimes I find something on GitHub and even the first instruction goes past my minimal coding knowledge
Bright--
I don’t know nothing about coding so I’ll get downvoted but I’m with it. I’ll look up to download something and the first link is github. Well ok it should have a download button somewhere right? Wrong I guess
degencoombrain
i agree with him, why do script kiddies even bother posting *”their code”* on github if theyre not even going to provide a compiled sample? they might as well go work at some entry level database deskjob
URA_CJ
My biggest gripe is finding an interesting project that I want to build, but don’t have the right compiler or the not included source dependencies being hard to track down only to be missing something else!
Somachr
I agree with this. Even as a programmer, I can build only some projects and it this still anoying. Everytime I need to install so much shit I dont want to be able to build that. Just keep something in the release please
sakaguti1999
github is for developers not people that want one click and auto install….
they are sharing all those stuff for free, people are complaining about they getting free stuff but want some one click auto install….
the_third_cat
lmao this sub, self-claimed pc “master”s:
“WHY DON’T YOU GIVE ME UNKNOWN EXE?”
Twistaga
Some peeps are agreeing with this and it’s fine, the thing is that Github is a platform for devs in the first place. We store our code on it, and share it with other devs as they might find it useful, it’s not like you are browsing the microsoft store or some shit. I feel like some ppl don’t understand this : you are looknig at what someone made for themselves and felt like sharing, most of these niche apps that don’t have instructions fall in this category. Up to you to put the time and effort (or not) to build it or even upgrade it for your own usage. Although some ppl take the time to compile/document it, it is not the primary goal of github (at least, wasn’t).
Daxank
Thing many github defenders don’t actually seem to get is that search engines, hell, even websites that recommend tools and softwares, will VERY OFTEN guide you to github…
99% of average folks will end up on github because of search engines and reddit recommendations, you can’t expect them all to know how to compile code from github.
Blunt552
While I understand that some might feel annoyed by the lack of a compiled version, that being said, the entitlement is disgusting.
a.) Language and nobody cares about your work
b.) Unless you pay the dev, it’s not his job to do fk all.
c.) Not with that language
As a developer myself that sometimes get slightly annoyed by lack of compiled versions when I look up tools on GitHub, dealing with entitled pricks like that person on the screenshot only wants me to not compile or release anything. Asking is one thing but demanding and telling us devs that it’s “our job” to spend time and effort into providing you with free tools, maintain them and listen to your bitching and moaning is a big nono. This attitude will only lead you to nothing at all. I don’t ask people to treat devs like gods (which some do and it’s frnakly annoying btw) but at least have enough IQ to understand that when you get shit for free you don’t demand shit but ask.
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I agree. lol I won’t even bother with something from Github without an exe. I’m not interested in learning coding, and it’s annoying.
It’s kind of like:
“Here are the ingredients to make this nice dish.”
“Oh, thanks!! I’m not a fantastic cook. Do you have a recipe, too?”
“Screw you!”
Wouldn’t use the same words but I have to say it’s extremely annoying to find an app on github that would be useful for my use case, just to find out there is no built release for it there.
i really wanna know the context behind this lmao
I read that as “axe” and was really confused.
I completely disagree, tho. The novel analogy is false, you literally have the program just build it ffs.
apparently people don’t care about safety ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There’s a good reason a lot of github developers don’t include pre-built exes in their main repo, and that’s due to trust issues
exes are known for being extremely hard to decompile (especially if there are multiple languages involved!). Imagine the process of making a cake: imagine the cake as an exe and the original ingredients as the source code. Good luck getting the original ingredients out of the cake.
That means that you could essentially build an EXE with malicious code in it that no one would be able to properly analyze or lead back to the source code that is in the actual repo.
you could argue that “well, leave the possibly unsafe EXE for the dummies who don’t know how to compile and leave the transparent, uncompiled, source code for those who know what they’re doing”, but, you do realize that’s literally how viruses get around, right? with trust issues?
Context?
I know that it’s always free, but it’s really hard to disagree with that… Sometimes I find something on GitHub and even the first instruction goes past my minimal coding knowledge
I don’t know nothing about coding so I’ll get downvoted but I’m with it. I’ll look up to download something and the first link is github. Well ok it should have a download button somewhere right? Wrong I guess
i agree with him, why do script kiddies even bother posting *”their code”* on github if theyre not even going to provide a compiled sample? they might as well go work at some entry level database deskjob
My biggest gripe is finding an interesting project that I want to build, but don’t have the right compiler or the not included source dependencies being hard to track down only to be missing something else!
I agree with this. Even as a programmer, I can build only some projects and it this still anoying. Everytime I need to install so much shit I dont want to be able to build that. Just keep something in the release please
github is for developers not people that want one click and auto install….
they are sharing all those stuff for free, people are complaining about they getting free stuff but want some one click auto install….
lmao this sub, self-claimed pc “master”s:
“WHY DON’T YOU GIVE ME UNKNOWN EXE?”
Some peeps are agreeing with this and it’s fine, the thing is that Github is a platform for devs in the first place. We store our code on it, and share it with other devs as they might find it useful, it’s not like you are browsing the microsoft store or some shit. I feel like some ppl don’t understand this : you are looknig at what someone made for themselves and felt like sharing, most of these niche apps that don’t have instructions fall in this category. Up to you to put the time and effort (or not) to build it or even upgrade it for your own usage. Although some ppl take the time to compile/document it, it is not the primary goal of github (at least, wasn’t).
Thing many github defenders don’t actually seem to get is that search engines, hell, even websites that recommend tools and softwares, will VERY OFTEN guide you to github…
99% of average folks will end up on github because of search engines and reddit recommendations, you can’t expect them all to know how to compile code from github.
While I understand that some might feel annoyed by the lack of a compiled version, that being said, the entitlement is disgusting.
a.) Language and nobody cares about your work
b.) Unless you pay the dev, it’s not his job to do fk all.
c.) Not with that language
As a developer myself that sometimes get slightly annoyed by lack of compiled versions when I look up tools on GitHub, dealing with entitled pricks like that person on the screenshot only wants me to not compile or release anything. Asking is one thing but demanding and telling us devs that it’s “our job” to spend time and effort into providing you with free tools, maintain them and listen to your bitching and moaning is a big nono. This attitude will only lead you to nothing at all. I don’t ask people to treat devs like gods (which some do and it’s frnakly annoying btw) but at least have enough IQ to understand that when you get shit for free you don’t demand shit but ask.