Open letter to Nikolai biz87 Savin

So, I tried to send a public message to the TG group https://t.me/ru_modx, where I was a member, but I was kicked out of it in the very same second. Guess I didn't fit the profile :-)

Well, I'm publishing it here as is. Fortunately, I had the foresight to copy-paste it before sending. I am sure it will resurface more than once.

Well, good morning everyone!

Although for someone it might not be good at all 😊 Well...

I won't write for long, I wrote this for a very long time:

https://modx.club/posts/cmqsnu96e000tml0qsyzh469g

@biz87

I am declaring an information war on you. No, of course I'm not going to break anything. But I take it upon myself to completely devalue the MODX market. And I will do this not just by poking your nose into what kind of trash you produce. No, it's much worse. I will provide alternatives. Despite the fact that I have been almost absent from the information field for 10 years, I haven't stopped programming for a single day. And I have something to offer the market. You will have no other choice than to move to other markets, and right now that is far from easy to do.

And one more thing: I am still waiting for your incredibly useful article about AI, which you committed to writing. Or did you decide that since you wiped all comments on the site, you don't have to fulfill your obligations? Also, update the "About Us" page, remove the outdated information about the rudiment - RSC (Russian Speaking Community) - from there, and add information that you are now the boss there.

And yes, most likely you or one of the admins will want to delete my message and ban me. I wouldn't advise doing that. I will turn every such step of yours into a great news hook to go over you once again.

I will certainly take screenshots of all important messages. I have plenty of time right now to play these games 😊 It's going to be a glorious hunt.

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Reprint of Nikolai Savin's message from the screenshot (unfortunately, only part of the comment made it into the letter):

Answering in order. Who I am. I am the co-owner and manager of this project. Ivan and I have been pulling the community and all the free software upon which the Russian-speaking MODX ecosystem is built for many years. Among other things, we built and maintain a wonderful documentation project.

Who RSC are Frankly speaking, this rudiment needs to be removed. This is a long-finished story. In peaceful times, when neighbors were not shooting at each other, a company of smart guys gathered and agreed to develop all existing projects. An action plan was written, responsibilities distributed. We called ourselves RSC. This is not the current composition of the community, but a team on GitHub. It was the members of this team who owned the project. But due to the unstable political situation and other life circumstances, only @ibochkarev and I remained standing.

By the way, active background work on the redesign and new software core of modx.pro is underway right now.

Why I come into topics and dictate rules. To begin with, there are no strangers here...


UPD 04.09.2026: Today Denis Usmanov wrote to me in PM. I quote:

Let me clarify, none of the admins banned you in our community, I don't know if you are aware of this or not, it was my bot that kicks out anyone for any message if they have been in the chat for a long time but have no karma. The new verification scheme for new participants gives +1 to karma, after which the bot no longer touches the person...

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I will note once again, the ban was unfair and through the fault of "my hands", and I don't leave things like that without action, the ban has already been lifted.

I will additionally clarify on my own behalf that I had nothing against the group in this situation, I merely ironically noted the fact of the ban itself.