Hugging Face DevEx veteran posts fake 'resignation' that's actually a platform love letter
ben_burtenshaw · x · 2026-09-11
Hugging Face's Merve Noyan posted a mock resignation blasting the founders for 'irresponsibly' building an awesome open AI ecosystem platform — fast on-prem model hosting, no duopoly, cheap data hosting, private workflows. Colleague Ben Burtenshaw's replies ('shit joke', 'ecstatic it's not true') confirm it was a community in-joke.
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