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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • fuck; I’m so used to dark patterns like these that whenever I read “cookie” my instincts flip and look for the less noticeable / most hidden buttons instead. It took me a few seconds to even realize this was a dark pattern.

    Other common ones to be on the lookout:

    • Filled out buttons that favor the company, while outlined buttons (or even just links) that favor the user;
    • Toggles phrased as negatives, so “enabling” looks like “disabling” and vice-versa;
    • Wording to disguise user intent: “Confirm choices” or “Save preferences” instead of “Reject cookies”, like above;
    • Sneaking in optional checkboxes among mandatory ones at the end of a form;
    • Small and low contrast elements to minimize important information that favors the user;
    • Emotional manipulation: “this offer expires in X minutes”; “only Y left”.









  • The problem with Codeberg now is that there is a spectrum of AI usage between manually coding and AI slop that Codeberg chooses to ignore with their new policy.

    I get it that’s their platform and their choice, and at some point I even looked for ways to support them financially if that meant I could migrate all my repos from GitHub - I wouldn’t mind paying for my use, “vibe coded” or not - but an intransigent LLM ban creates uncertainty for many of my active projects, and I can’t consider them a viable alternative to GitHub anymore.

    So sure, I’ll take 3h of GH actions downtime a month over a platform ban. I’m sure I’m not alone there.