Colin Devroe

@cdevroe
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Photographer. Darkroom printer. Blogger. Antiquarian. Reverse Engineer. Art curator. Boredom zealot.

Works at NerdPress on Hubbub. Side projects include Signboard, Good Migrations, Unmark, Stupid, The Watercolor Gallery.

Websitehttps://cdevroe.com/
Hubbubhttps://morehubbub.com/
NerdPresshttps://www.nerdpress.net/
Lux v. de With + Apple. 🍿

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colin, i started writing a reply here but quickly blew past the 500 character limit, so I posted it to my blog.

http://scripting.com/2026/03/21/123606.html?title=ifIWereCeoOfBluesky

If I were CEO of Bluesky

The web was made for small companies like Bluesky.

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i don't call these weeknotes but they're usually about what's happened in a week, and oh look here's one https://gilest.org/notes/2026/codes/
gilest.org: Know where your codes are

Just released Signboard 1.0.1. I spent the first week since release focusing only on reliability and security. It is pretty solid, I love it. You can use the “Check for updates" feature to get the latest.

I also wrote a blog post about the release: https://cdevroe.com/2026/03/20/signboard-released/

So fun!

Signboard is officially released

Signboard In September 2025 I wrote about Signboard and had started scratching away at making an app that I had wanted for a long time. Since then, I've been using the app and I'm so

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@cdevroe/113504135257098234

My opinion of Bluesky remains nearly the same as this post from 16 months ago. I don’t think raising VC money aligns with their stated goals and I don’t like that it isn’t really federated.

Their recent reveal that they hid a $100M raise is… not good. I predict they will fail or they will do what every other social network has had to do before them to survive… give up the goals they had at first.

RE: https://floss.social/@gnome/116251314261667336

I upgraded my Ubuntu VM to 26.04 to see GNOME 50 in action. It is super polished. If I were to use any desktop OS other than macOS this is what I’d use. Tahoe may drive me towards this! I really like it.

A Collection of Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers

https://512pixels.net/2026/03/lil-finder-5k-wallpapers/

A Collection of Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers - 512 Pixels

I was just going about my day then James Thomson of PCalc and other fine applications dropped these images on me and said I could share. They are all 5K, so they’re ready to go; just click to open up the full-res image.

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@jasper thank you for updating your RSS feed to include your photos!
The most brilliant move in corporate history?

In a bold departure from its Big Tech peers, Apple sidestepped the $650 billion AI infrastructure spending frenzy, a move likened to opting out of purchasing the US Navy annually. While Amazon, Goo…

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