jmsfbs

@jaforbes
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Hi fediverse! I'm James.

I'm a software dev.

I like #music. I like #videogames. I like #dogs.

I like tinkering with technology, #gamedev and other creative stuff (mostly music).

I live in #katoomba in the #bluemountains, Australia (about two hours from Sydney).

Big believer in the #fediverse, #indieweb and the importance of incorruptible open networks and a free flow of information.

Solo work 🎸https://jmsfbs.com
My Band 🥁https://babyx.band
Mostly tech writing 🖥️https://james-forbes.com
jmsfbsMar 17
Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Mar 17

My Dinner With AI

https://www.grumpygamer.com/my_dinner_with_ai/

My Dinner With AI

Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

Grumpy Gamer
jmsfbsMar 14
Jim StormdancerFeb 11

This game, about listing as many animals as you can, is shockingly well-considered and polished for such an apparent shitpost of a game idea

https://rose.systems/animalist/

list animals until failure

hot new brain workout

jmsfbsMar 4
Matt BoydJan 20
Onboarding: "This vendor system is our source of truth. This other vendor system is our other source of truth."
jmsfbsMar 4
tobru 🇨🇭 🧑‍🚒Mar 3

Git in Postgres

"Instead of using git as a database, what if you used a database as a git?"

Link: https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/26/git-in-postgres.html

#linkdump #blogpost #database #forgejo #git #postgresql

Git in Postgres

Instead of using git as a database, what if you used a database as a git?

Andrew Nesbitt
jmsfbsFeb 11
naladahcFeb 7

🎧 Damon Albarn | Blur's "The Universal" 🎧

Damon Albarn's performance of "The Universal" on The Jonathan Ross Show from a few year's back is perfection.

This is my favorite Blur song, and this live performance on just piano and with all of the string instruments is peak for me.

Nothing needs to be changed.

Pure perfection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPijRGTKqsQ

#DamonAlbarn #Blur #music

Damon Albarn Performs ‘The Universal’ | The Jonathan Ross Show

YouTube
jmsfbsFeb 8
Nina KalininaFeb 8
We have reached a new era of civil engineering; now we can build bridges by simply dumping truckloads of shit into the river until the shit mountains are tall enough that some people and maybe cars can cross the river. Truly, it is a revolutionary technology that democraticizes access to bridges; now everyone can dump a truckload of shit over small rivers here and there and cross the rivers instead of asking an engineer to build the bridge for them. This approach completely removes all the bottlenecks in engineering, too: no need to navigate difficult legal or ethical frameworks. The biggest players on the market are staring to replace their bridges with shit mountains, you'd better be catching up and learning how to use this new groundbreaking technology. Some of you have ethical concerns, but this is beyond of the scope of my post. I also recognise that some might notice fish in the rivers dying, or simply slip on the shit; just you wait, I bet it'll be fixed in ~6 months
jmsfbsFeb 8
Show threadNina KalininaFeb 8

Look, there are lots of skeptics out there, but the shit mountains are becoming really useful these days. With just a shit mountain or two you could reach places that previously required a ladder or a bridge or a vehicle. The vehicle part is still out of reach, but in the future we can make shit mountains placed in such a way that, when we pour some shit between them, would allow us to reach the destination almost as fast as cars and boats. And it runs on shit, and as you know, shit is virtually free, you can literally go to a number of websites and get the shit for free. You can even get open-sourced shit these days, and pour it locally. Open source shit mountains are not as good as the commercial ones yet, but we're getting there.

Anyway, the bottom line, shit mountains are here to stay. Learn how to live with them.

jmsfbsFeb 2
RebaneFeb 1
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
https://xikipedia.org/
jmsfbsJan 29
sariashJan 16

Look what NPR just released...

John Fogerty: Tiny Desk Concert

youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4uzympZPx0

#Music #RootsRock #SwampRock #JohnFogerty #CCR #NPR #TinyDesk

John Fogerty: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube
jmsfbsJan 25
 Hacker NewsJan 25
Canada
https://www.jenn.site/on-canada/
#ycombinator
On Canada

I've been visiting the US a lot these days: for work, for conferences, and simply to see friends. Commensurately, I've been also thinking more about what Can...

Jenneral HQ