Mastodawn

Finally got around to trying Podman. Very low friction, it just works. Using on a Linux desktop system for local development. Feels cleaner than Docker in this context. There's even a nice GNOME management GUI (called Pods).

Ryan Paul Feb 26

🐈‍⬛David Sommerseth Feb 25

This is sad 😢

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847

UPDATE (2026-03-02): This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: https://infosec.exchange/@dazo/116158898983233133

#firefox #privacy #mozilla #foss #opensource #web

Ryan Paul Feb 3

Yan Feb 3

Companies invest millions in their product but treat docs as an afterthought.

I disagree, it must be a core concern.

I wrote a deep dive into what it takes to write docs loved by millions, the value it delivers, and my experience in Astro Docs.

https://yanthomas.dev/articles/documentation-is-more-than-you-think/

Documentation is more than you think

Everything that is involved in making great documentation everywhere and all at once.

Ryan Paul Jan 7

Alex Kretzschmar Jan 7

Hello fediverse!
#tailscale are hiring for a homelab enthusiast to help us with our video output and social media presence. If that's you, or you know anyone, please reach out! #homelab #selfhosting

It's 100% remote for US and Candian folks - https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jobs/4641614005

Technical Social Media Coordinator

Remote (United States)

Ryan Paul Dec 25

I’m helping my parents clean out some old stuff while I’m home for the holidays and I found my old first gen Asus Eee PC from 2007. It still boots! I dearly loved this machine, still one of my favorite laptops of all time. I wish this form factor was still a thing. Also, Linux desktop UX was so much better in the early 2000s. We collectively took a wrong turn somewhere.

Ryan Paul Nov 24

The process of getting API access to a Nest thermostat is completely nuts. It requires some arcane Google Cloud voodoo and, for some completely unexplained reason, a one-time $5 payment.

Every smart home product should support direct access via local network without having to rely on some terrible third-party cloud infrastructure. Seriously thinking about replacing two thermostats now. 🙄

Ryan Paul Nov 20

I still have a five inch floppy with a copy of Zork for the Apple II. I have fond memories of playing it when I was a child, possibly one of the first games I ever played. So cool to see this amazing piece of history now available under an MIT license. https://hachyderm.io/@shanselman/115583499273524150

Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮 (@[email protected])

Open sourced Zork today and ran it on an Altair 8800 and then a container swarm in the cloud https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source live at #MsIgnite

Hachyderm.io

Ryan Paul Sep 16, 2025

The way that the icons in the floating glass segments change between light and dark as you scroll depending on what’s under them is unbelievably dumb and very poorly implemented. In the mail app, there is a race condition that makes it unable to pick the correct color some percentage of the time when you open a message.