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points by viraptor 7 hours ago | 0 comments

I'm extremely on the other side - it's not about what we gain, but what we don't lose. If there's even one person with a dataset they can't process easily without a proprietary tool, why shouldn't this exist?

I'm extremely happy every time a closed format falls. Whether it's this one, Sibelius music scores, records from medical devices, data series from scientific measurements, or something else. Every one of them stopped me from doing something in the past (not on a technical level but "it's not worth spending a month on this") and I'll support efforts like this.

[–] Traster 2 hours ago

If you want to advocate for open source alternative statistics software, sure, there are plenty of those - you can find half a dozen with a quick Google. None of them are prioritizing Rust Safeness, and they have a hell of a lot more support than "Here's something I vibe coded, I can't actually program so if you have a problem don't ask me"

[–] yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago

And are any of those drop in replacements that can handle the existing format