Mastodawn

RT if you want a CLEAR statement about AI from all GNU/Linux distributions and are ready to quit any distribution that is ok with integrating AI slopware.

Gr~Feb 27

Andrew Nesbitt Feb 26

Instead of using git as a database, what if you used database as a git?

https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/26/git-in-postgres.html

Git in Postgres

Instead of using git as a database, what if you used a database as a git?

Andrew Nesbitt

Gr~Feb 22

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Random Geek Feb 21

Translation for lay(ish) people

“Move fast” : management decisions are absolute P0 and based on some billionaire’s last tweet. Everything else goes in the backlog. Especially error reports.

“Act like an owner” : be ready to take the fall when the whole thing falls apart (but actually fixing stuff is for a mythical backlog sprint)

“Thrive in ambiguity” : everything is P0. You get to figure out which are important. Hint: probably not the fixes.

Gr~Feb 21

Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru Feb 21

So, you want me to code in a language that has no formal specification, no test suite, that changes continuously, where builds are not reproducible, where results depend on a hidden state in a build cache that can't be backed up, where I have to pay for each compilation, where I have to continuously send a copy of my code to a third party, and that might disappear with no notice?

Geee, vibe coding looks FUN!

Gr~Jan 28

tante Jan 28

"As fun as it is to rib on Mozilla, the web needs Firefox. I feel for the Firefox developers who actually care. State of Mozilla will inspire no one. The sloppy prose are borderline unreadable. The presentation is designed to stop you reading."

https://dbushell.com/2026/01/28/mozilla-slopaganda/

Mozilla Slopaganda

The one where I question reality

dbushell.com

Gr~Jan 12

Jonathan Capps Jan 11

It is the most Valve thing in the world to put so much time and money into Linux, to build their own excellent distro and compositor in Gamescope and yet leave the Steam desktop client as one of the worst apps around

Gr~Jan 7

Shoq Jan 7

It takes a Canadian pundit to nail it down this well:

Occam’s kazoo: When it comes to Trump’s behavior, the most plausible explanation is the stupidest.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumps-behaviour-most-plausible-explanation-stupidest/?intcmp=gift_share

Gr~Dec 25

Parents For Future

Dec 24

"Like Prime, but with human beings"

Gr~Dec 21

Andrea Luck Dec 21

1/n 🧵

2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by ESA Mars Express

This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris

Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: https://flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

#Mars #Space #Astronomy #Phobos #ESA #Astrodon #Solarocks

Gr~Dec 19

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Dec 19

#Mozilla choosing to kill embeddable Gecko (make it a #Firefox only engine, essentially) over a decade ago was such a tragic mistake.

Alternative browsers & desktop apps had no choice but to go with WebKit or Blink/Electron.

As a result, Mozilla have nobody to blame but themselves for their minuscule marketshare and nil developer mindshare today.

Further readings:
* https://lwn.net/Articles/436412/ (circa 2011)
* https://www.chrislord.net/2016/02/24/the-case-for-an-embeddable-gecko/ from @Cwiiis
* https://dutherenverseauborddelatable.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/the-gecko-monoculture/ from @Yoric

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