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Damian C. Rossney 18h ago

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Ruth Malan — Systems 22h ago

@arclight ** thank you **

and i need to re(re)watch @romeu ’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb1TE25u8H8

Bourdieu's social theory applied to tech by Romeu Moura

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Damian C. Rossney 2d ago

Glyph 2d ago

“Genuinely good new tools don’t tend to need coercion to fuel their adoption only a few years into their existence, right? What the fuck is going on here?”

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

Damian C. Rossney 3d ago

svoop ✊4d ago

A good example for how to strengthen the #Ruby ecosystem by creating framework agnostic gems (and maybe slim adapter gems for the different frameworks like #Hanami or #Roda) rather than just a #Rails engine gem: Thanks a bunch, @achacon !! https://a-chacon.com/en/just%20ruby/on%20rails/2025/07/01/from-engine-to-framework-agnostic-solution.html

OasRails: From a Rails Engine to a Framework-Agnostic Solution

Ruby is not just Rails, which is why I split my gem for API documentation, and now it could work with multiple frameworks.

a-chacon

Damian C. Rossney 3d ago

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Baldur Bjarnason 3d ago

Most people with influence in tech seem to have been "podded" already, those without influence seem to accept it as a given, and those still voicing criticism are explicitly on the outside, no longer a part of their prior field

Remember, the facts haven't changed

LLMs are still:

- dangerously biased
- electricity hogs that threaten the energy transition
- engines of non-deterministic volatility
- prone to catastrophic errors
- points of centralised control over speech and work

and more

Damian C. Rossney 6d ago

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Trond Hjorteland 6d ago

"The future can't be predicted, but it can be envisioned and brought lovingly into being."
–Donella Meadows

Damian C. Rossney Jun 27

Andy Bell Jun 27

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Mastodon can do it.

Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments

Freelancers/contractors: get in the comments

Everyone else: boosts appreciated.

The market is *dead* for freelancers and a big part of that (in my opinion) is fragmentation. Let's get that network effect *back*.

#FediHire

Damian C. Rossney Jun 27

Hanami Jun 26

It’s week 4 of our sponsorship drive! Time to meet the people you’re supporting: Tim and Sean.

https://hanamirb.org/blog/2025/06/26/meet-tim-and-sean/

Meet Tim and Sean

It’s week 4 of our sponsorship drive. Get to know the people you’re supporting.

Hanami

Damian C. Rossney Jun 25

The Index Jun 25

People don’t change their minds from new evidence.

They change when they feel safe enough to lose status in their old tribe.

Damian C. Rossney Jun 24

Alex Hanna Jun 24

"In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that AI is a con. It fails at productivity and intelligence, while the hype launders a series of transformations that harm workers, exacerbate inequality and damage the environment."

Nice write-up of The AI Con by Luke Munn in The Conversation.

https://theconversation.com/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015

@emilymbender