Will McGugan
@willmcgugan.bsky.social
CEO / Founder of https://textualize.io Hyperborean Python expert, author, humanist, husband, sometimes wildlife photographer. Carbonara aficionado. He/him.
Probably not. But if you were using Claude to clone Textual then i would say that is a derived work. But not lawyer!
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Probably not. But if you were using Claude to clone Textual then i would say that is a derived work. But not lawyer!
I'm really not sure. If it counts as a "derived work" then that should mean it has to be under the same license. Beyond that, no clue.
AI is going to raise a lot of these thorny legal questions!
AI is going to raise a lot of these thorny legal questions!
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I'm really not sure. If it counts as a "derived work" then that should mean it has to be under the same license. Beyond that, no clue.
AI is going to raise a lot of these thorny legal questions!
AI is going to raise a lot of these thorny legal questions!
Old habits will likely need to be relearned for sure.
I find it ironic that when folk have ported my work in the past, I was delighted. I felt that if they were prepared to go to that effort, it was the ultimate compliment.
But with AI it feels like plagiarism.
I find it ironic that when folk have ported my work in the past, I was delighted. I felt that if they were prepared to go to that effort, it was the ultimate compliment.
But with AI it feels like plagiarism.
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Old habits will likely need to be relearned for sure.
I find it ironic that when folk have ported my work in the past, I was delighted. I felt that if they were prepared to go to that effort, it was the ultimate compliment.
But with AI it feels like plagiarism.
I find it ironic that when folk have ported my work in the past, I was delighted. I felt that if they were prepared to go to that effort, it was the ultimate compliment.
But with AI it feels like plagiarism.
How would you feel if somebody ported one of your projects to another language with AI, and proudly called it "their project"?
This is happening to me, and I'm somewhat conflicted.
This is happening to me, and I'm somewhat conflicted.
January 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
How would you feel if somebody ported one of your projects to another language with AI, and proudly called it "their project"?
This is happening to me, and I'm somewhat conflicted.
This is happening to me, and I'm somewhat conflicted.
Tell me about it. My feeds think I’m obsessed with this particular travel agency!
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Tell me about it. My feeds think I’m obsessed with this particular travel agency!
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Repo 👉 github.com/AstraBert/w...
GitHub - AstraBert/workflows-acp: ACP wrapper for LlamaIndex Agent Workflows
ACP wrapper for LlamaIndex Agent Workflows. Contribute to AstraBert/workflows-acp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Repo 👉 github.com/AstraBert/w...
Man, the internet is a weird place.
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Man, the internet is a weird place.
We have a custom framework for testing. Very selenium like, but Textual specific I’m afraid.
textual.textualize.io/guide/testing/
textual.textualize.io/guide/testing/
Textual - Testing
Textual is a TUI framework for Python, inspired by modern web development.
textual.textualize.io
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We have a custom framework for testing. Very selenium like, but Textual specific I’m afraid.
textual.textualize.io/guide/testing/
textual.textualize.io/guide/testing/
Well all Textual widgets are reusable. so it could be used outside of Toad. And I’d love for it to be used in other tools.
September 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Well all Textual widgets are reusable. so it could be used outside of Toad. And I’d love for it to be used in other tools.