Mastodawn

I am probably doing it wrong. It is a lot of fun. But I have yet to find it useful. But I am getting a beefier GPU. Maybe that will help with better models.

Valentin David May 29

I have been playing with qwen3.5:9b (until I get a better GPU). First, you cannot really do GTK 4 with it. There is usually a point where it gives up and converts everything to GTK 3. Sometimes it gets mad I did not give it write access to `.git`. And I am glad it did not have it. And programming languages that expects network access do not work that well if you do not give it access. You need to remember to vendor dependencies, and tell qwen to use it.

Valentin David May 14

All Systems Go!May 14

📣 One month left to submit your talk to All Systems Go!, the conference focused on foundational user-space Linux technologies. This is a shared layer across all domains whether servers, cloud, desktop, embedded, edge... whatever runs Linux.

Join us in Berlin📍, Sept 30th-Oct 1st 📆!

🎤 Submit your talk here: https://cfp.all-systems-go.io/all-systems-go-2026/cfp
ℹ️ Learn more: https://all-systems-go.io
🎟️ Or just get tickets here: https://ti.to/all-systems-go/all-systems-go-2026

All Systems Go! 2026

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for All Systems Go! 2026

Valentin David May 13

Lennart Poettering May 13

This Saturday (May 16) at 10am I'll be doing the keynote at the Linux Application Summit in Berlin. Something about trust and operating systems and the desktop and apps and stuff. Hope it's going to be interesting!

If you'd like to attend, don't forget to register:

https://linuxappsummit.org/register/

Register

Valentin David May 8

Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅May 7

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

Everyone should read this.

Programming Still Sucks. — Writing

Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

Valentin David May 7

Ahah what a funny joke ad. Click "see more". https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cluely/9ed623a7-fc2d-4afc-ab88-a01af977cb9f

Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)

Founding Engineer at Cluely

Valentin David Apr 30

kolunmi Apr 30

Hey I’m the developer of the Bazaar App Store! I absolutely love making Bazaar, it brings me a lot of joy. :)

Unfortunately I’m in a bad financial situation right now and my only source of income is from donations. I absolutely hate asking for money but it’s been kind of rough for me lately, so if you happen to enjoy my work and can comfortably toss me a coin, I would be extremely appreciative: https://ko-fi.com/kolunmi

Thanks so much!! Boosts appreciated <3

Support kolunmi

Ko-fi

Valentin David Apr 25

Has anyone tried to install Gentoo with an LLM?

Valentin David Apr 21

The hope with memory prices is maybe they start optimizing WebKit, Chromium and Electron.

Valentin David Apr 21

All Systems Go!Apr 20

🎟️ Tickets 🎟️ are now on sale for All Systems Go! 2026 in Berlin on Sept 30th-Oct 1st!
ASG! is the premier event focused on foundational user-space Linux technologies.
Since 2025, All Systems Go! is a fully attendee-funded event; ticket prices can be adjusted ⬆️ or ⬇️.

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://ti.to/all-systems-go/all-systems-go-2026
ℹ️ More info: https://all-systems-go.io/
🗣️ CFP is open till June 14th: https://cfp.all-systems-go.io/all-systems-go-2026/cfp

All Systems Go! 2026

All Systems Go! is a conference focused on foundational user-space Linux technologies. Its goal is to provide a gathering place for both contributors and users of projects that make up the foundation of modern Linux systems. IMPORTANT: As with last year, All Systems Go! 2026 will be a fully attendee-funded event. For that reason, ticket prices have a suggested price that can be increased or reduced (to a specified minimum) depending on your and/or your company's situation and perceived value of the event.

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