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title: "AI Policy"
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icon: "book"
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description: "What we believe about AI usage."
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Handmade Cities does not have a blanket ban on AI usage, but we do have sweeping prohibitions on:
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1. **AI hype profiteering.** You know when you see it. (Statements like *"Traditional coding is dead. Don't be a tradcoder."*) Respectfully close this tab and burn your token subsidies elsewhere.
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2. **Doom trolling.** Coined by Cal Newport [doom trolling](https://calnewport.com/dear-ai-companies-stop-the-doom-trolling/) captures the fabricated hysteria around the future of our profession (*"Software engineers will be gone in two years."*) Don't do that.
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HMC is a safe fortress for anyone wanting better software. People who believe in quality and craftsmanship no matter the cost or ridicule. Some of us will judiciously apply AI technology, most often through local open-weight models. Others prefer not to use it in any way, shape, or form. Both classes of users are welcome.
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2. **Keep off-topic in #off-topic.** Anything unrelated to our industry should be in `#off-topic` for easy muting. Religion or politics are discouraged and moderated (expect bias from leadership.)
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2. **Keep off-topic in #off-topic.** Anything unrelated to our industry should be in `#off-topic` for easy muting. Religion or politics are discouraged and moderated (expect bias from leadership.)
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3. **AI hype profiteers are banned.** You know *exactly* what we're talking about. Discuss artificial intelligence with sobriety.
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3. **Follow our AI policy.** Discuss artificial intelligence [with sobriety](/docs/ai-policy/).
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## Joining Revolt
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## Joining Revolt
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## Mass-Delete Social Media
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## Mass-Delete Social Media
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Our founder's [made it clear](https://abner.page/post/exit-the-feed/) competent programmers must leave for-profit social media. By the Spring of 2026 the following accounts will be deleted:
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Our founder's [made it clear](https://abner.page/post/exit-the-feed/) competent programmers must leave for-profit social media. By Summer 2026 the following accounts will be deleted:
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- Discord Servers ([read more](https://handmadecities.com/news/revolt-against-discord))
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- Discord Servers ([read more](https://handmadecities.com/news/revolt-against-discord))
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- YouTube Channels
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- YouTube Channels
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- Twitch Channels
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- Twitch Channels
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Since it's impractical to leave this world *completely*, we do stick with Hacker News and Lobsters as needed, which we personally control through [FreshRSS](https://freshrss.org/index.html).
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Since it's impractical to leave this world *completely*, we do stick with Hacker News and Lobsters as needed, which we personally control through [FreshRSS](https://freshrss.org/index.html).
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## Neighborhood Marketing
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## Neighborhood Marketing
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Spring 2026 we're launching a professional campaign across all Handmade cities to post flyers, pamphlets and zines for coffee shops, bulleting boards, and even out on the streets. It will be done tastefully, and for strategic reasons this is all we have to say on the matter.
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Summer 2026 we're launching a professional campaign across all Handmade cities to post flyers, pamphlets and zines for coffee shops, bulleting boards, and even out on the streets. It will be done tastefully, and for strategic reasons this is all we have to say on the matter.
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## World Tour
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## World Tour
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