Mastodawn

Alex Levenson

232 Followers

178 Following

66 Posts

I hope to shout THIS WILL WORK right before the bad decision that leads to my ultimate demise. I was a Tech Lead / SWE @ Twitter for about 11 years, now taking some time off. Header image by Simon Stålenhag. he/him

Twitter

https://twitter.com/THISWILLWORK

Alex Levenson Jul 26, 2023

𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶

Jul 19, 2023

Listen up, Dungeon Masters. I'm going to teach you a DM secret. How to create fantasy names for your campaign in 3 quick steps:

1) mash keyboard.
yoycchkcusubohzrzivjvutxviniftdyibzrkbu

2) group.
[yoyc] [chkcu] [subo] [hzrzi] [vjvutx] [vinif] [tdy] [ibzr] [kbu]

3) add vowels and punctuation.
Yoyeck
Chacu
Subo
Hezrezi
Vijav'utex
Vinnif
Tudy
Ib'zur
Kabu

Alex Levenson Jul 25, 2023

Avi Bryant Jul 24, 2023

PR: renaming all packages to com.x.scalding

Alex Levenson Jul 25, 2023

elle Jul 24, 2023

"twitter is in good hands"

jack dorsey, 2023

Alex Levenson Jul 25, 2023

Alan Kyle Jul 24, 2023

Shots from the failed sign change at twitter today. Building management called police and had them stop halfway through. The crane was blocking traffic and there were few safety precautions being taken

Alex Levenson Jul 6, 2023

Josh "cortex" Millard Jul 6, 2023

I’m a cranky old-web person but I’m just genuinely fucking mystified that the reaction to either Jack’s or Zuck’s new corporate social media landgrab isn’t a loud unanimous laughing “no, get fucked”. Twitter and Facebook were a warning, not an instruction manual.

Alex Levenson Jul 1, 2023

Why doesn’t mastodon at least render the remote server’s like count? You can click through to get this number, so why isn’t it the one displayed? Who cares how many “local” likes there are?

Alex Levenson Jun 13, 2023

Been hanging some lights