to⟁st⟁l<p><a href="https://types.pl/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> / <a href="https://types.pl/tags/Nixpkgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixpkgs</span></a> <a href="https://types.pl/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a> server ‘breaks’ again? Why are we using this bloated protocol anyhow? These rooms have migrated several times, the docs never stay up-to-date, & we waste a lot of resources (storage, compute, RAM) to run this eventual-consistency protocol. But it constantly breaks? Then why f💀cking use it? & Why did it move to Matrix to begin with?</p><p>While I have beefs with DroneBL blocking residential IPs & being used by both Libera.Chat & OFTC, the most popular <a href="https://types.pl/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> networks for software, NixOS / Nixpkgs should have stayed on IRC… or if they want the network to be decentralized & with more chat features, it should have <a href="https://types.pl/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>. Matrix doesn’t give you much but headaches. The only positive thing I have heard from anyone is that it’s nice to have a FOSS option instead of using Discord, but those 2 mature protocols were already doing that.</p>