Re: Using Claude Code

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Just wanted to mention that Gmail took it upon itself to summarize this
thread to me. I'm suspicious of A.I., so I won't be responding to any
specific point without first reading it in the author's own words.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 10:13 AM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 at 09:43, Jerome Lelasseux via users
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It's also difficult for me to contribute to Netbeans, though I'd like
> to. But I'd be glad to contribute money (donation) to Apache Netbeans to
> help setting up a robust AI agents infrastructure. It provides a "realistic
> purpose" for the donation which, I think, could encourage users like me to
> donate. I'm aware that, at the end of the day, you need people to set up
> the AI agents and oversee them. But maybe it's doable with the few "core"
> maintainers ?
> >
> > As an example, it could start by a documenting task: even if I've been
> developing a Netbeans platform app for several years, making changes to
> Netbeans still looks scary to me. Source code often has no comments at all,
> documentation is spread in many different places, etc.
>
> Most of those few "core" maintainers that we have now working on the
> IDE and platform were exactly where you are right now not that long
> ago.  I know I was in a very similar place even having hacked with the
> platform for years prior!  Just jump in, it may not be as scary as you
> think. :-)
>
> I don't know how useful or practical sponsoring AI agents would
> actually be.  On the other hand, ASF may have some foundation-wide
> resources we could explore.
>
> Individual sponsorship is a difficult one on both sides, particularly
> if targeted, and might have to exist externally -
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship  OTOH, we've had a
> sponsorship button on the community installers since they've been made
> available, and there's been a sum total of two sponsors in all that
> time.  One of those was for NB28, out of 140,000+ downloads - another
> 49 and I might even cover my personal costs in providing them! :-)
> Sorry, I have a certain cynicism about individual donations being a
> realistic way to resource open source projects.  I'd prefer the
> multiple massive corporations still utilising the platform day-to-day
> stood up and contributed something.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Neil
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Just wanted to mention that Gmail took it upon itself to =
summarize this thread to me. I&#39;m suspicious of A.I., so I won&#39;t be =
responding to any specific point without first reading it in the author&#39=
;s own words.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 10:13 AM Neil C Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">neilcsmith@=
apache.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sun, =
18 Jan 2026 at 09:43, Jerome Lelasseux via users<br>
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; It&#39;s also difficult for me to contribute to Netbeans, though I&#39=
;d like to. But I&#39;d be glad to contribute money (donation) to Apache Ne=
tbeans to help setting up a robust AI agents infrastructure. It provides a =
&quot;realistic purpose&quot; for the donation which, I think, could encour=
age users like me to donate. I&#39;m aware that, at the end of the day, you=
 need people to set up the AI agents and oversee them. But maybe it&#39;s d=
oable with the few &quot;core&quot; maintainers ?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; As an example, it could start by a documenting task: even if I&#39;ve =
been developing a Netbeans platform app for several years, making changes t=
o Netbeans still looks scary to me. Source code often has no comments at al=
l, documentation is spread in many different places, etc.<br>
<br>
Most of those few &quot;core&quot; maintainers that we have now working on =
the<br>
IDE and platform were exactly where you are right now not that long<br>
ago.=C2=A0 I know I was in a very similar place even having hacked with the=
<br>
platform for years prior!=C2=A0 Just jump in, it may not be as scary as you=
<br>
think. :-)<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t know how useful or practical sponsoring AI agents would<br>
actually be.=C2=A0 On the other hand, ASF may have some foundation-wide<br>
resources we could explore.<br>
<br>
Individual sponsorship is a difficult one on both sides, particularly<br>
if targeted, and might have to exist externally -<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship" rel=3D"noreferrer=
 noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.apache.org/foundation=
/sponsorship</a>=C2=A0 OTOH, we&#39;ve had a<br>
sponsorship button on the community installers since they&#39;ve been made<=
br>
available, and there&#39;s been a sum total of two sponsors in all that<br>
time.=C2=A0 One of those was for NB28, out of 140,000+ downloads - another<=
br>
49 and I might even cover my personal costs in providing them! :-)<br>
Sorry, I have a certain cynicism about individual donations being a<br>
realistic way to resource open source projects.=C2=A0 I&#39;d prefer the<br=
>
multiple massive corporations still utilising the platform day-to-day<br>
stood up and contributed something.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Neil<br>
<br>
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