Many developers are shifting from GitHub to Codeberg, a European, community-driven platform. This move is largely fueled by a desire for greater data sovereignty and a commitment to open-source ethics. Why Developers are Leaving GitHub
- Corporate Ownership: Concerns over Microsoft’s influence on data privacy and potential censorship.
- Legal Risks: Hosting with US-based companies subjects data to American jurisdiction, specifically laws like the Patriot Act, CLOUD Act and FISA, which allow broad government surveillance and data access.
- Performance: Increasing reports of GitHub becoming bloated or unreliable, particularly with CI/CD tools.
- AI Ethics: Friction regarding GitHub Copilot and the use of open-source code for training proprietary models.
- Non-Profit Governance: Operated by a European non-profit dedicated to transparency, not shareholders.
- Legal Protections: Benefiting from stricter European data protection regulations.
- Seamless Transition: Offers a familiar Gitea-based interface that minimizes the learning curve.
- Community First: Focuses on serving the developer community rather than monetizing user data.
https://codeberg.org/olibf/runax
The reason for this little tool for me was that in the company I was working we had use two different active directory users for our work. Most tasks could be done by the main user account but all development tasks had to be executed as a different user. So we had to start Visual Studio another dev tools as a different user every time. Even though, it's possible to start a program as a different user by right-clicking and selecting 'Run as different user', I kind of find the usability of this approach unsatisfactory. The same is with the built-in command 'runas'.
Both the above options are far more sophisticated, sanitised and generally bullet prove than this little project. I just wanted to be able to start a program without any parameters but with a username and password in one command. That's what it currently does.
This project needs cleanup and more documentation. Let's say it's on my todo list.
Handle with care and (more importantly) HAVE FUN!
Cheers! Oli