Mastodawn

" I do not ask for your love in return. To love you is enough. You cannot imagine how much happiness you've brought into my life. You came like a light in my darkness, a warmth in my cold solitude, and for that, I will always be grateful. Even if it was but for a single moment, I have known what it is to love and be loved, and that moment will be mine forever, untouchable by time or sorrow."

Dostoevsky

Steffan 1d ago

jonw 2d ago

#kagi, one of the very few internet services that is completely worth the money, has added “LinkedIn Speak” to its translator as a destination language.

Here’s what it did about my sock.

Top shelf internetting, here.

Steffan 3d ago

Ars Technica 5d ago

Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum
She made a full recovery, despite the maggots.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/woman-sneezes-out-maggots-after-fly-larvae-get-trapped-in-her-deviated-septum/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Steffan 5d ago

Ricky Mondello 6d ago

This is a beautiful post that I recommend reading. https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/

“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

Steffan Mar 6

Lady Laura

Mar 6

By Mr. Werewolf
https://www.instagram.com/mr_werewolf/?hl=en

#Art #Painting

Steffan Mar 4

JA Westenberg Mar 4

If you prioritise "sign up" over "login" on your landing page to the point that existing users have to search for the button, you are holding your existing users in contempt. And you're an arsehole to boot.

Steffan Feb 27

Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad Feb 27

❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)

Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.

More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.

More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

Enjoy this short film!

Steffan Feb 27

Ricky Mondello Feb 27

Just this week I’ve heard people on two different podcasts talking about how in macOS Tahoe, AutoFill of verification codes received in Messages or Mail work in more Mac apps than before, including popular web browsers. The people seemed very happy about it.

I just wanna say that people talking about this brings me joy, because I worked hard and did unspeakable things to get that to work.

Steffan Feb 26

Ma’moun Feb 24

The “writing specs” culture is becoming ridiculous. It was necessary when the cost of building was high. It feels productive when you do it. But if you think about it, you can create a POC with an agent much faster than you can draft specs. And that POC will answer most questions about how the experience should actually work, far better than trying to predict every detail upfront in a document.

Product owners need to be closer to the creation. We need to change our mindset.
#softwaredevelopment

Steffan Feb 15

Rosanna Sibora Feb 14

Happy #ilovefs #ilovefreesoftwareday!

Switching to #opensource is the best thing you can gift your organization, your colleagues, your users, and us, the citizens.

This is a hard work, but necessary work. You're not just migrating software - you're building democracy and freedom for future generations.

In case you would like to learn more about leading change from closed source to #FOSS, I shared my best practices recently with the audience at #fosdem https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7YMJST-how-to-lead-change-to-open-source/

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