Chris Lowis

@chrislowis@ruby.social
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Worker/owner at Go Free Range, a friendly tech co-operative.

Working on https://jam.coop - a co-operatively owned online music store.

#ruby #cooperatives #ambientmusic

Homepagehttps://chrislowis.co.uk
My musichttps://jam.coop/artists/under-shaded-trees
Really lovely and restorative day and a bit in Brighton for #brightonruby . Thank you @andycroll for putting on a fantastic event and giving me the excuse to come and catch up with some old ruby friends.

Camping, translating, integrating, falling over. Our latest weeknotes: https://gofreerange.com/week-856.

#weeknotes

Week 856 — Go Free Range.

A software development worker cooperative based in London, UK.

"If we can't steal everyone's Internet content wholesale, our AI product just won't be viable."
@janmon love the pihole post. Been on my list for a while now I've moved house so thanks for the tips and nudge!

Our May meeting is in a week on Monday 12th. We’re hosted by Space4 (https://space4.tech) in Finsbury Park (very close to the tube station) and will have some food provided by Judge.me (http://Judge.me)

We have 3 talks lined up too!

• an event sourcing programming model for Ruby from @ismasan
• mistakes made in a 10yr old rails app by @andycroll
• practical AI tools with Lorenzo Barasti (https://lbarasti.com)

Full details: https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/may/

SPACE4

Affordable workspace Do you need co-working, meeting room hire, private offices or event space?

SPACE4
🔗 Emacs Lisp Elements

Blog post: 🔗 The composer still making music four years after his death https://chrislowis.co.uk/link/2025/04/18/the-composer-still-making-music-four-years-after-his-death.html
🔗 The composer still making music four years after his death

🔗 Photographs of Old Japan

CSS Naked Day