Mastodawn

N-gated Hacker News Sep 19, 2025

Ah, yes, the age-old quest to quantify the mystical "time spent on hardening" 🕒🔨—because clearly, no one has ever thought to measure how much time we waste on bug-squashing instead of writing code that actually works. 🤡 But don't worry, the author unearthed a number from the crypt of 1995 📚, because progress is overrated.
https://third-bit.com/2025/09/18/time-spent-on-hardening/ #timeManagement #codingHumor #bugSquashing #softwareDevelopment #quantifyingWork #HackerNews #ngated

The Third Bit: Time Spent on Hardening

nickbearded May 4, 2025

🐧 **Late-night coding saga**
Building *BashCore-X*, wrestling with *live-build*, tweaking *XFCE* configs... oh, and fighting off relentless mosquitoes! At least my trusty anti-mosquito spray is here. 💻🦟

#Linux #FOSS #BashCore #XFCE #LiveBuild #CodingLife #BugSquashing (both kinds 🦟😆)

Alison Meeks Feb 19, 2025

Join us for Joomla's Pizza, Bugs & Fun on Feb 22, 2025! 🍕🤩

This is your chance to contribute directly to Joomla, have fun, and enjoy a free pizza at the same time! PBF is THE Global Joomla Event where coders and non-techies unite to make Joomla 5.3 our best Joomla ever. Host a location if you can, bring your Joomla friends, and smash those bugs! 🐛💥

Need prep? Join our Mattermost-Channel to connect worldwide and dive into the training video we’ve shared. Get your pre-installed Joomla Instance ready, Gather with friends in-person or via online event. Every contribution counts! Don't forget to check out the official website for all the links and details.

CLICK https://www.pizza-bugs-fun.com/en/ to learn more about #PBF25! Let’s get ready to crumble! 🍕💻✨

#Joomla #PizzaBugsFun #JoomlaCommunity #OpenSource #BugSquashing

Pizza, Bugs & Fun - Joomla! Event

Joomla!Jan 25, 2025

Join us for Joomla's Pizza, Bugs & Fun on Feb 22, 2025!

Joomla's legendary Pizza, Bugs & Fun event on February 22, 2025! This is your chance to contribute directly to Joomla, have fun, and enjoy a free pizza at the same time! PBF is THE Global Joomla Event where coders and non-techies unite to make Joomla 5.3 our best Joomla ever.

CLICK https://www.pizza-bugs-fun.com/en/ to learn more about #PBF25! Let’s get ready to crumble!

#Joomla #PBF25 #PizzaBugsFun #Joomlers #OpenSource #BugSquashing

Pizza, Bugs & Fun - Joomla! Event

Sleeve Oct 22, 2024

So… my daughter got lice this week. 🕵️‍♀️ After hours of nit-picking, I realized debugging our app feels exactly the same—squash one bug, find another. But the good news? We’ve hit closed beta and our first testers are helping us comb through everything!

Wanna be part of the action? 🕹️ We’ve got a few spots left for brave souls who can spare 30 minutes to help us shape our platform. DM us to snag your spot and be part of something awesome! 🙌

#BetaTester #MusicTech #BugSquashing

Naty S Oct 19, 2023

Love this story! I wish I can learn how to fix bugs (simpler ones compared to this) in the open source software I use too... #foss #bugsquashing #OpenSource

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/22-year-old-firefox-tooltip-bug-fixed-in-a-few-lines-offering-hope-to-us-all/

How a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bug

Tiny text boxes, lingering on screens like ghosts, exorcised after 2 decades.

Ars Technica

MoskitoHero Jan 5, 2022

That's what I like to see.
#sentry #bugsquashing