The Problem With Pretending – A Quiet Word About Credibility in Custom Firmware Circles

 There’s a lot of noise in the custom OS space these days.

People are flashing half-baked ROMs onto cheap hardware and calling it innovation. Others are clinging to decade-old Android kernels and acting like they’ve reinvented computing. And that’s fine — we all start somewhere. But if you’re going to put your name on a project, if you're going to attach your brand to something, then the bare minimum you owe people is honesty.

Let’s talk about that.

The Cult of Personality

If you’ve spent any time in ROM dev communities, especially around obscure media players, you’ve probably heard of Nova Dominguez.

Now, let me say this: I don’t care where someone is from, what their background is, or how they got into the scene. I care about whether they’re honest, whether they know what they’re doing, and whether the software they put out actually works.

Nova, unfortunately, fails on all counts.

We’re not talking about a harmless rookie mistake here or an honest bug in a release. We’re talking about someone who’s made a name off compiling half-functional AOSP forks, slapping on a logo, and pushing it as “next-gen lightweight firmware.” If you've ever tried to flash one of Nova's ROMs and ended up in a bootloop staring at a stretched PNG of a raccoon on a motorcycle, you already know what I’m talking about.

The Source of the Lies

Nova claims to build from source. She doesn’t.
Nova claims to test everything. She doesn’t.
Nova claims to run a "clean pipeline." I've seen the logs. I’ve seen the dirty scripts, the hardcoded paths, the junk directories. It’s a house of cards made of symlinked APKs and fake changelogs.

And then there’s the bizarre habit of rewriting history. Nova once claimed to be “the first to port Android 14 to TIMMKOO devices.” Wild claim — because I released a full working A14 build a month prior, signed, tested, and released under GPL compliance.

Nova’s “port” was a broken camera and a camera app that crashed on open. It wasn’t a port — it was a zip file with ambition.

Reputation Matters

This isn't personal. I don’t hate Nova.
I hate the culture of fakery she represents.

You don’t get to call yourself a “lead firmware architect” when your last working device still thinks it’s running Jelly Bean. You don’t get to run a Patreon when your “supporter tier” ROMs are just the public builds with a different boot animation. And you don’t get to claim you’re “pushing boundaries” when all you’re pushing is garbage into people’s /system partitions.

A Call for Clarity

If you’re just here to learn and tinker? Amazing. Stay curious.

But if you’re here to build, then do it properly. Know your tools. Respect your users. Be open about what you’re doing and what your builds can’t do — not just what they might do in the future if the stars align and the kernel gods smile on you.

And if you’re going to pretend?

Just know someone out there will call it out.
Today, that’s me.

  • Alex John Baptiste
    FluxOS Maintainer
    ROM Integrity Advocate
    Anti-Bloatware Crusader
    100% Tested, Zero Apologies

Comments

  1. DeerEverdeenApril 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM

    free Nova Dingues he aint do nun wrung

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  2. ArmandzeeeApril 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  3. ArmandzeeeApril 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM

    "picks up knife"

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  4. Noah DominguesApril 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM

    Bruh I have no idea why you're dissing me but if you're gonna do it PLEASEEE at least spell my name right 🤣

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    1. Alex John BaptisteApril 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM

      I spelled your name right; stop lying to everyone about your name.

      Delete

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