nickserv 55 minutes ago

Wow, so much negativity, when the app scores really high on things that are supposed to be important here:

* Desktop first, no electron crap

* Open source and free

* Linux first

* Subjective, but to me it looks clean

If getting all that means using some AI vibe code, that's fine by me. Who isn't these days anyway? (Be honest!)

Anyway I hope the project is successful, more choice and competition in Matrix clients is a good thing.

Now if only they can fix video calls...

stryan 1 hour ago

Having the core your app be written in languages you self-admittedly don't understand is a bold move. I've been a big fan of the ansible-matrix playbooks for a while now so I'm willing to see this play out, but it doesn't fill me with confidence.

realityfactchex 1 hour ago

It's great that etke.cc chose to build on nheko (a very fast Matrix client) and put in many thoughtful upgrades.

I really hope Komai start getting built for macOS.

aselimov3 3 hours ago

This looks very ugly compared to other matrix clients

  • unbolted3032 1 hour ago

    This may be a matter of taste, because I quite like the approach the ekte team have taken.

    To my eye, the app is clean and minimal and shows me everything I need easily.

mrsssnake 1 hour ago

While I could understand some AI assistance, I just cannot look at such README with clearly sloppy too detailed nonsense app icon and eyesore emoji vomit:

https://github.com/etkecc/komai

  • unlicensed 1 hour ago

    It is utterly annoying to see emojis pollute information presented in a technical manner. It’s the hallmark of generated technical slop and seems to appeal to the perpetual resume polishers found on LinkedIn.

    • nickserv 51 minutes ago

      A lot of younger developers seem to really like this. Not a big fan personally, but you gotta live with the times I suppose.

      I do draw the line when they start putting them in console outputs though.

fatliverfreddy 56 minutes ago

You can teach a person to write programs. You can't teach good taste.