Big news for Mastodon GmbH. They have formally joined forces with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

If you’re not in the design/tech world, trust me when I say this is a big step for the fediverse. The W3C establishes the standards used for the internet.

This is a solid path forward for small tech.

https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-03-06-WG-kickoff.md

#Mastodon #News #Technology #Fediverse #W3C #SmallTech #FOSS

Wow, there are some people out there really freaking out about slop-free forks.

Guess what?

**YOU don't get to tell people how to do their activism!**

I'll download and compile/install whatever the fuck I want!

I'll also support any forks, or fork myself, whenever the fuck I want!

Sorry to be this blunt, but I CANNOT ABIDE self-appointed thought police telling me what is or is not slop or what projects are or are not viable.

Libre software is *freedom*. Period. End of story.

We just released Sentry Elixir SDK 12.0.0! This is a massive release that brings support for structured logging, distributed tracing, improves LiveView support in tracing, introduces new HackneyClient and more! 🎉

Check out the changelog and upgrade ⬆️

https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-elixir/releases/tag/12.0.0

That “We mourn our craft” post is smug AI booster bait, don’t fall for it.

This shit is not inevitable, you don’t have to roll over and take it, and you’re not a dinosaur for not wanting to. This applies to wherever you are in your career.

Real skills matter. Thinking for yourself matters. The process of software engineering matters and can’t be replaced by probabilistic text extruders. Resisting the complete capture of the means of production by corporations so they can extract endless rents matters. Stay strong!