Christopher

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this is the most unhinged enter key I’ve seen in a while

Offline with no CRDTs?!

At #FOSDEM earlier this month our colleague Alex Feyerke got to introduce Local-First pioneers @couchdb and @pouchdb in the @localfirst devroom, a space dedicated to all things sync, P2P and conflict resolution.

Check out Alex’ talk: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/k3201/SDHGJY-local-first-meet-pouchdb-couchdb.mp4

And the great company we were in: https://openlocalfirst.org/#program

All recordings are now up here: https://video.fosdem.org/2026/k3201/

this is an interesting article about LLM generated code (an sqlite rewrite in rust) and the difference between "it works" and "it's good". also interesting database stuff :)

https://blog.katanaquant.com/p/your-llm-doesnt-write-correct-code

Your LLM Doesn't Write Correct Code. It Writes Plausible Code.

One of the simplest tests you can run on a database:

Vagabond Research

Die Deutsche Flugsicherung sucht eine:n Referent:in Open Source Software & COTS-Technologie Compliance, in Langen (bei Frankfurt):
https://jobs.dfs.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=330

(5/5)

Referent* Open-Source Software & COTS-Technologie Compliance

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
JavaScript Iterator․zip landed in Firefox 148, making it simple to loop over multiple things at the same time. Here's how it works:
CSS shape() landed in Firefox 148. It's similar to path(), but allows the full expressiveness of CSS…

UK friends! Today (yes, today, Monday March 2nd) is the last day to submit comment to the CMA regarding their plan to capitulate to Apple & Google (booo!), prolonging harm to UK businesses and consumers, despite new powers that would let the CMA rein it in. @owa has details and how to file comment:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-interoperability-commitments-to-the-uk-cma-promise-nothing/

For background on why all of this matters, see OWA Director Alex Moore's recent appearance on the @redmonk podcast:

https://youtu.be/EOT0w7EwkVI?si=7Q44LWe16aUijodQ

/cc @pluralistic

Apple’s Interoperability Commitments to the UK’s CMA Promise Nothing - Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy
I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.

Hey all! My current contract ended unexpectedly, and I'm looking for game design work with some urgency.

I'm a multidisciplinary technical artist, game designer, and programmer. I turn concepts and aesthetic vision into shaders and systems.

Boosts welcome. Leads on projects even more so!

#GetFediHired #JobSearch #GameDev

Log4j, *the* project that escalated the need for funding open source in the first place, is currently being DOS’d by slop vulnerability reports. Well done everyone. Slow fucking clap.

https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/discussions/4052

Addressing AI-slop in security reports · apache logging-log4j2 · Discussion #4052

You may have noticed that activity on the public Log4cxx, Log4j, and Log4net repositories has slowed since December 2025. I want to reassure you that the projects are still being actively monitored...

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