Inkscape 1.5 is a brutal middle finger to Adobe Illustrator, finally delivering the devastating blow that trapped, exploited designers have been praying to see for decades.
Inkscape is built on the blood, sweat, and shattered mental health of a handful of exhausted visionaries. They are stretching themselves to the absolute breaking point,
If you understand C++, join the fight
Don’t let Inkscape developers alone in the trenches — step up, fuel the resistance, and help them drive a stake through the heart of Adobe’s monopoly
I’m quite proficient in Claude code so I’ll be contributing
Make sure to check the contribution rules. Some projects don’t allow LLM code!
Looks like theres an ongoing discussion but no explicit rule yet.
I haven’t completely lost my sense of satire.
This place is full of former redditors. We’ve all been in the situation where someone comments the most deranged, obviously satire thing, you upvote and start playing in on the joke, saying something even more deranged, and they agree with you in an obviously satire back and forth, then you check their comment history and it turns out it was never satire from their side and you were encouraging a flat-earther. As much as the /s and the mOcKiNg CaSe annoy me, I think they’re necessary these days.
Oh I had hope, mate. I had hope