If you’re out here spending grant money meant to be funding open source software and open platforms and you’re spending even a fraction of it on LLM tokens you’re fucking up so goddamn hard, jfc
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@djsundog If they don't, it's just a corporate subsidy.
@mhoye @djsundog it’s not expressly forbidden, but the reporting requirements are excessively difficult to comply with, especially for the YOLO vibe coder crowd.
But, also, the grants work by giving you a pre-agreed sum when you complete milestone. If you’ve spent half that on tokens… well that’s just less money in your own pocket. They’re not spending any more for the same outcome.
honestly, I think NLNet and other orgs handing out funding for open source projects should be taking a hardline stance on this when it comes to awarding grants.