David Somers

@omz13
70 Followers
131 Following
470 Posts

bit wrangler (software engineer)
word mangler (writer)
coffee drinker
#EU; #GenX; he/him/his

I encounter systems
bloated
ceremonial
dubiously useful

I build tools as dérives
mostly for myself
sometimes for others
YMMV

My tools drift
across systems, networks, protocols, and people
Observing flow
Mapping friction
Finding gaps

Collaboration is optional
Clarity is not

Computer languages should be strongly typed

RTFM

Attitude := Coffee + electronic music + Dada + punk

websitehttps://omz13.com/
Show threadDavid Somers3d ago
@jf_718 I’m very much #GenX and in 1980 it was Byte Magazine and an Acorn Atom that got me into computers. Did the whole BBC Micro arc. Wrote code for PCs (running DOS) in C and assembler. It was an exciting time full of promise. And the music was better.
David SomersMar 11
VickMar 11

Greetings, folks

3 new buttons are available

Now, more than ever (imho) is important to donate to humanity maintainers 

*If* you have a coin to share — share it, shorty 

Doesn't matter whether it's an artist, or "informative" creator, or your local pet shelter, or just a person in need.

I, ironically, don't have donations set up, so I accept boosting as a support currency

#Button #ButtonBadges #Badge #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SupportMe #BuyMeACoffee #PixelArt

Show threadDavid SomersFeb 22
@profoundlynerdy Postscript. Yes, it’s like forth, so all stack based, but when the thing it does is spew text and graphics onto a sheet of paper coming out of a LaserWriter, it’s an impressive system.
David SomersFeb 22
The snowdrops are out in force, and it feels like spring in the air (which is a bit weird because the weather is getting far too warm for this time of year). #photography
Show threadDavid SomersFeb 17
@occult Screamed? More like screeched!
Show threadDavid SomersFeb 13
@openrisk The web went pear shaped when CSS moved away from simple tweaks to the default colors and sizes to become the behemoth that it is. The superficial style over substance, with JavaScript to juice things further, and it’s been downhill ever since.
Show threadDavid SomersFeb 11
@eludom Personally I preferred the dialup into X.25 network then KERMIT to download dance.
David SomersFeb 8
Lagrange Gemini ClientFeb 8

4½ years is enough beta testing, surely.

Lagrange is now available on the App Store. 🎉

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lagrange-smallnet-browser/id1554714615

Lagrange Smallnet Browser App - App Store

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Show threadDavid SomersFeb 8
My audio pipeline can use either #CoreAudio or #FFmpeg or #libopus for codec purposes. The biggest shock was realizing that using pipes is a lot easier than an API, and that thinking like #plan9 isn’t as crazy as it first seems.
Show threadDavid SomersFeb 8
Using #PortAudio to send PCM on my Mac was causing a few problems, so, I whipped up some #golang to talk to #CoreAudio via CGO and now everything is nicely going beepboop. And I’m discovering that using go to generate sfx, music, and tts is kinda fun.