wanderer, a self hosted trail logging app, has added federation via ActivityPub. You can now follow, like and comment on trails shared from other instances.

https://wanderer.to/

#ActivityPub #Fediverse

Interesting comment by @timriley on @rooftop episode 44:

“I grew and learned the most as a programmer when I stopped using Rails”

I’d second this experience. Looking at what’s around out there in Ruby that ISN’T Rails has supercharged my use of Ruby.

It’s week 3 of our sponsorship drive! This week we have a field report from Riga and the rooftop! Podcasts, conferences, OSS expos, a new talk, and the beginnings of JRuby support: it’s been a busy time!

https://hanamirb.org/blog/2025/06/20/field-report-from-riga-and-the-rooftop/

I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

“If you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.”

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

“If you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.”

Almost every hand went back down.

“As you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, you’re making them feel good, even if you don’t like asking.”

I’ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I won’t forget that.