Senior Developer and Coder, former Tech Director. Made Games+Apps on myriad platforms, currently working at @BitmapBureau. He/they. When not coding, I’m Morris Dancing.
Also @LongSteve at mastodon.social
"Technology is neutral," you say?
Counterexample: Ageless Linux.
It shines a glaring spotlight on other OSs and their acceptance of bad age verification law, enacted under a pretense of child safety. In fact, these laws normalize privacy-violation and consolidate power in corporate entities without protecting children.
Other OSs comply, but Ageless Linux is a brilliant example of the potential for civil disobedience via technology.
This page alone speaks volumes: https://agelesslinux.org/map.html
Tiled 1.12 is out!
Highlights:
- Rewritten Properties view with direct widget interaction
- List-valued custom properties
- Oblique map orientation
- SVG/CSS layer blending modes
- Capsule object shape
- Many workflow improvements
Full release notes: https://www.mapeditor.org/2026/03/13/tiled-1-12-released.html
I have once again been slapped down by git lfs.
I had gotten complacent and thought myself pretty comfortable using git, so I guess I was overdue for a reminder.
I saw a headline (I think it was YouTube) the other day that was like "I made 50 apps in 50 days using AI".
I thought to myself "That's great, but I bet they're all shit. Well done on wasting 50 days..."
RE: https://techhub.social/@smartgit/115695074214539175
Tools throwing in AI features would normally be an instant un-install for me.
However, SmartGit is genuinely excellent, so much so I would find it hard to do my job without it. I'm very happy SmartGit's AI integration appears to be very thoughtfully done, and it includes a 'disable and never show me again' button.
Of course I clicked that hard, and hope it stays that way.
Elizabeth Ayer
Tiled
Per Vognsen
Robin Ince
