2026-05-25T06:52:05Z https://njump.me Owen https://njump.me/npub1vkpfj9m9p4wae2ukptft3mqcfwenvlwtjs6f8kjpjn90jwuq0zzq9uc8gs https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/accounts/avatars/000/000/043/original/1f8816cbca91b6b8.png https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/accounts/avatars/000/000/043/original/1f8816cbca91b6b8.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0whf44qqtmrvanajlwpj2earr4ln05djqv3eqrsw4q8t40tmdpdgzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggrp52nu <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/">https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/</a><br/><br/>Gitlab started giving me bad vibes a few years back, and I abandoned my attempt to relocate my Github stuff over to it at that time.<br/><br/>This press release makes me _extraordinarily_ glad that I dodged the metaphorical bullet. The news itself is depressing, but the things it reveals about the company&#39;s leadership are inexcusable. 2026-05-11T23:27:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq0khhrzpk4ujrcu2tx30k2q4mw8nqkekcvfsep3u2gmlwhylpetqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggzwg7gn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddz3np84ukdxvw9rqpn9g0vtd4mahdxj5xh8mws6g5k5kwjr5wncky4jau'>nevent1q…4jau</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For the #factorio nerds in the audience, this is Py&#39;s _green_ circuit board. 2026-03-21T01:46:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsddz3np84ukdxvw9rqpn9g0vtd4mahdxj5xh8mws6g5k5kwjr5wnczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggzgja4g soon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/media_attachments/files/116/264/634/304/930/717/original/c494673af33064a0.png"> <br/> 2026-03-21T01:46:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsff474qh9dx8rsduuk603k9gdv2rh76qn9f4dzfd7pare557jvetczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg8vfkd3 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115950673345256369">https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115950673345256369</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s not often I find myself disagreeing with mhoye, but this is one of those instances - not about the results, where I agree perfectly, but about the reasons.<br/><br/>As I see it, we as a profession have allowed all of the ways we can relate with the users of the software we write to be shoved aside, so that the only way most people experience software is as a contract. The rest follows.<br/>nostr:note1q4pg84wch60zvjlvvarwaxaftu748rgdeyxpsx2stegfj6gw4kks0eu3y5<br/> 2026-01-24T19:09:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrmfffae4c04ccjeujmdylegkh93g6lwst42m3vsdxlxjhhtfxlngzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg5nddku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvzmdr8g0mvvyh5lza8cjtn7aapwx6wanurnhyp87clh0tw5v9fgcfal64'>nevent1q…al64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations! 2025-08-10T15:43:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsde79808cmz547rymrc8px0g6afcwcjw0st6mwsqxcwmutqyac6uqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg04thpk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx8ts3q0jk3lasf5heu0j440ftwz8j4qnc8cys6jhvydhsvwwc4qrdufwp'>nevent1q…ufwp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I strongly suspect that the `web+` schemata you&#39;ve seen are the result of [rules like this one](<a href="https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/best-practices/url-protocol-handler#background_on_the_registerprotocolhandler_method">https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/best-practices/url-protocol-handler#background_on_the_registerprotocolhandler_method</a>).<br/><br/>Freestanding apps usually have wide discretion to register URL schemata, but browser-hosted apps are subject to concerns of both the OS and the browser vendor, and, in this case, additionally the whims of WHATWG.<br/><br/>That shapes the advocacy, I think? 2025-04-21T20:32:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstaqk5relv0kgfqnc3w0yr2qu5nrc48ld0mdwhm5cjnqahzuqc0rszypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugguyvaxv Reality is always weirder than the shit we make up for fun.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/media_attachments/files/114/376/822/584/020/307/original/3655006c3a7b8d96.png"> <br/> 2025-04-21T16:11:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq26898uxax8gxedmy7746fwmc5w0ltdj9q6pw82p3sxpffehdaaczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggy2tkpx Programmers out there: can I safely assume that you were drilled on the idea that global variables have a bunch of unpleasant side effects on the design of your programs, and that you should avoid them, however it is that you learned to program?<br/><br/>Or is my expectation that this is widespread advice more idiosyncratic to my own experiences than I realize? 2025-03-05T18:39:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvds2ys2d6gn7d2cw5gwx37yntkzpxtge64zjngrmy3t75q6euknczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg8glyvf Hey, you. Yes, you. I hope you know this: it&#39;s okay to make decisions about people because of their politics. It&#39;s okay to cut people out of your life, or to disregard their work, because of who they support or what harms they stand behind.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t let anyone tell you otherwise. 2024-11-06T18:20:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqyja6tp3kah66dakttrpmzmxx9qz9u8qv2wt6zryh5glxdwyvztqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggc47exu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tkfple4ctuwrvjhmncktnsem62akgjgctxg8nk58akevq8gvwaq4xjkfx'>nevent1q…jkfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The classic changelog serves, among other purposes, to persuade users of the importance of installing an update. The vestigial changelog - &#34;Bug fixes and feature improvements&#34; - is a frank admission that we no longer feel like there&#39;s any point in doing the suasion when users don&#39;t get to say no in the first place. 2024-06-20T19:33:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9tkfple4ctuwrvjhmncktnsem62akgjgctxg8nk58akevq8gvwaqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggwvp7hq I dunno, but I have a feeling that the normalization of automatic updates has relieved developers and their clients of having to consider a user&#39;s needs to a large degree. Software change is now something you do to your users, not something you persuade your users to accept. 2024-06-20T19:31:54Z