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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tef wrote:

it is kinda funny that a bunch of people are arguing for "i don't need to understand what my code does, or even try" and then getting mad when people laugh at them outright

"you can't just dismiss me out of hand, you haven't even tried to understand my point" alas we are now liberated from meaning

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@fromjason have been learning Typst (https://typst.app) this week. Their web site sells SaaS addons to their core technology, a new document format aiming to replace LaTeX. But you can download and use the document compiler offline for free, and it’s open source.

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

An oldie but a goodie. https://web.archive.org/web/20250207012350/http://www.43folders.com/2008/12/09/pretending

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mrbones909 ("C Loving Bones") wrote:

@fromjason https://github.com/BeardOverflow is doing a fantastic job on the MSI firmware for linux, really came through for me when my laptop needed support.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
leanderlindahl ("Leander Lindahl") wrote:

[Hello world.]

This time I'm asking for tips about european alternatives to Google Classroom in case I should get the chance to influence such matters in my municipality.

#goEuropean #deGoogle

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Shout out to all the boutique tech firms and indie devs that make cool shit. No dark patterns, no moats, no venture capitalists trying to corner the market. Just quality products that people actually want. ❤️

Shout out some of your favorite indie developers ⬇️

#indiedev #indieweb

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

3,000 words lmao. I need to cut this sucker IN HALF. who do I think I am posting a 3k word essay. Progress though. Everything I want to say is in one document.

#blog #blogger #blogging

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

We hit a new (and disturbing!) failure mode recently when a production rack that had been up for several months saw every (!) compute sled's service processor become simultaneously unresponsive. On today's episode, @ahl and I willl be joined by the members of the Oxide team that debugged the vexing issue -- and @cliffle will reveal how he reached its surprising root cause. Join us at 5p Pacific for a wild tale of death by uptime!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1445145759514103811

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
astridsdreamspace@dreamspacestudio.net ("Nicole Myers") wrote:

Building Digital Workflows That Actually Work (for Neurodivergent Creatives)

Neurodivergent individuals often struggle with conventional productivity systems. Instead, they should create personalized, adaptable workflows that reflect real-life routines and preferences. Customizing tools, breaking tasks into manageable steps, and adding enjoyable elements can make productivity systems more engaging. Ultimately, the goal is to develop a system that feels supportive and effective.

https://dreamspacestudio.net/building-digital-workflows-that-actually-work-for-neurodivergent-creatives/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

We are a decade+ into web apps shrinking, rather than growing, their TAMs through JS excess, which may be why the initial sales pitches are dead and buried. But we need to consult them if we're going to get back to good.

"Is it working?" is not only reasonable to ask, it's urgent as the performance inequality gap is growing:

https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The idea that React solves problems for developers is premised on the idea that the point is better user experiences, and that all of this is necessary *to do better for users*. Implicit in that logic is that these tools will need better for *all* users, or that there is no TAM-vs-tools tradeoff. Except that's demonstrably false.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

There's something so entitled in the replies I get to threads like this, and I think a lot about how software people have no experience of The 5 Whys and other root-cause methods; if frontend were able/willing to mark tools to their initial sales pitches, a lot of bad stuff would evaporate:

https://bsky.app/profile/infrequently.org/post/3m6sc5h252kc7

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I'm on my third Pomodoro. I'm getting this dang post done today.

#pomodoro #writing #blogger

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
stacy@front-end.social ("Stacy Kvernmo") wrote:

The CSS is Awesome Game on Winging It is coming up soon and we would love your help. We made a 5-question CSS-based survey if you have a minute to spare. We are excited to include more audience participation this year.

https://tally.so/r/QKoaEY

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to ("Black Aziz Anansi :vm:") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@azezwaj/115640157205602225

Please share

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

bnuy

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Anyone know of a spellchecker as good or better than #Grammarly?

I have 2000 words that I know as errors in it and I don't wanna give any more money to Grammarly. I'm done with them.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The mass burial pits are for chickens…so far.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/01/sorry-im-going-to-be-pessimistic-again/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I am trying mu4e, a mail client that lives in Emacs. I’m not sure I like it, but I’m not sure I don’t; it’s simultaneously 20 years behind other clients and second to none in terms of searching and indexing.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Who knew that a corrupt and incompetent government's case might fall apart under the slightest judicial scrutiny

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ahhhhhhoniichan@snug.moe ("Kuru Kuru :herta_speen: (Very Evilz, don't trust)") wrote:

@Em0nM4stodon If the job of law enforcement is easy, that is living in a police state

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

Do not get fooled:

Increasing the surveillance
of everyone online
doesn’t help the kids,
it endangers them.

Say NO to #KOSA 🚫
#Privacy 🔒

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

Today’s the day! The St. Jude stickers that @robb and I made are *finally* being mailed! 🤩

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net wrote:

I'm on whichever spectrum makes you scream out "that's two words!"

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
codinghorror@infosec.exchange ("Jeff Atwood") wrote:

I have no idea what the source of this image is, but yeah, I Laughed Out Loud.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Last opportunity to catch the "everything bundle" before I retire it. An opportunity to buy all four of my ebooks at a 60% discount. Seven hours left to go!

https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/UwFnP

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

reading: Web Design / Dev Advent Calendars for 2025
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-design-dev-advent-calendars-for-2025.html

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Bara svona að láta Íslendingana vita að myndasagan sem ég gaf út er á tilboði í netverslun Pennans í dag. 4.499 kr. í stað 5999 kr. 🙂

https://www.penninn.is/is/book/kotturinn-og-eg

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
vga256@tomodori.net wrote:

really, really impressed with posty: a mastodon archive -> html static site generator

it ingests your mastodon archive (post history) as a zip, and barfs out an entire static html site with indices and tags. all servable with any standard web server.

this is super helpful because when i shut down the dialup.cafe instance, there was no easy way to get access to my old posts and images.

it can either be run online here:
https://posty.1sland.social

or instructions here for running it locally:
https://codeberg.org/oliphant/posty

#mastoAdmin #mastodon

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Kill everybody involved in the drug trade, except the ones who got rich enough to pay the president.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/01/somebody-got-paid/