I think my philosophy when making software is that it should work for people with zero money or no bank account / credit card.
I know it's not a popular mindset to be in since money and profit is everything in the tech world.
I think it comes from growing up as a kid with no disposable income or access to anything but my shitty computer.
I'd rather support people with almost nothing than people with latest and greatest tech gizmos and spare cash for subscription services. 😅
Would it be weird if I forked this lisp firmware for my t-deck and added some mesh network stuff? 👉👈🥺
Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
One of the interns decided to interview devs across my org about how/whether they use AI for development and what they think about it. They shared without names but with titles.
I noticed that the more senior a dev is, the more they’re likely to have low opinion of AI and/or only use it for very narrow purposes. More junior devs tend to say things like “it makes me a better dev”
If I remove the lid to their tank they could try to run up the side and over the edge, but then I would see them. They don't do this. They either wait on the lid, flattened into a crack motionless until it's removed (then they make a break for it)
Or they get on the brush and stay motionless (not running up it) until I put it down.
And a new gambit? playing dead so I sweep them out with the graveyard. (!)
They keep getting smarter.
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
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