Grumpy Frenchman, C/Unix addict, author of s6 and other software at skarnet.org.
Good tech (so, probably not the tech you're thinking about), energy transition and climate change, leftist politics, psychology and self-improvement, pillow philosophy, songwriting and production, mechanisms of storytelling, video games as an art medium, shitposting.
| Personal website | https://skarnet.org |
| Business website | https://skarnet.com |
| https://twitter.com/laurentbercot | |
| Github | https://github.com/skarnet |
As soon as you defend a product with "it isn't useless" you're doing the thing the maker wants you to do.
NOTHING is useless. It's the lowest bar for anything that exists, including a rock.
What you're looking for is "it is the best thing that exists for this concrete purpose" then we can talk.
after seeing more unfortunate choices of logos in my life than i ever wanted to see, i think there are two things every designer should know/follow:
- read Freud. thoroughly.
- 12 year old test. show your brainstorm to a bunch of 12 year olds. if they laugh, don't use it.
⚠️ Github CLI now has telemetry spyware built in:
https://cli.github.com/telemetry
They're shifting the burden onto users by requiring YOU to opt out, instead of making it opt in.
Run `gh config set telemetry disabled` to disable it.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116455552666110390
And another one down, and another one down, another one bites the dust
Techbros, managers, billionaires: Wow this technology is perfect, it's just like all the smartest people I surround myself with
Everyone else: Wow this technology sure is sycophantic as fuck huh
Stephen Farrugia
codinginquarantine
Curious Loth-cat
Paul_IPv6
samiamsam
Nuclear Music Player
Lady Laura 
Unnamed TNG skant beefcake
Gro-Tsen