#monetized

Xamanismo Coletivo - Mastodon
▻https://hachyderm.io/@eliasulrich/117234902637900790

"One guy in #Sweden built a #searchengine to fight Google, and it works.

It’s called #MarginaliaSearch.

It runs its own #crawler and builds its own #index instead of borrowing Bing’s. It has no ads, no investors, and no loans.

What it does differently: it ranks for text-heavy, non-commercial pages. Personal blogs. Old university pages.

The weird corners SEO strangled. Every result tells you whether the page uses affiliate links and JavaScript, and you can filter them out.

There’s an “explore” mode that just shows you random sites from the index. It’s open source under AGPL, so you can host your own copy.

It’s keyword-based, so don’t type a full question at it. Type two nouns and see where you land. Every #searchengine now shows you the same twelve #monetizedpages."

▻https://marginalia-search.com

[2601.15494v1] Vibe Coding Kills Open Source
▻https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494

#Generative_AI is changing how software is produced and used. In vibe coding, an #AI #agent builds software by selecting and assembling #open-source software (#OSS), often without users directly reading documentation, reporting bugs, or otherwise engaging with maintainers. We study the equilibrium effects of #vibe_coding on the OSS ecosystem. We develop a model with endogenous entry and heterogeneous project quality in which OSS is a scalable input into producing more software. Users choose whether to use OSS directly or through vibe #coding. Vibe coding raises #productivity by lowering the cost of using and building on existing code, but it also weakens the #user_engagement through which many maintainers earn returns. When OSS is #monetized only through direct user engagement, greater adoption of vibe coding lowers entry and sharing, reduces the availability and quality of OSS, and reduces welfare despite higher productivity. Sustaining OSS at its current scale under widespread vibe coding requires major changes in how maintainers are paid.

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