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. 😅
Async Generators are by far my favourite #JavaScript feature.
Remember kids: The fastest code is the code you never write. #ProTip
This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.
It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.
It consumes just under 1W.
Its database is this size:
-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db
That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.
Its average CPU load is extremely low.
It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.
I have 179 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.
I promise myself to use it more, and I will.
You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.
You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.
Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.
EDIT: littleFedi allows to transform posts into blog posts, having its own SSG (Static Site Generator). The one generated by this post is reachable by clicking here.
"Large/long-scale industry studies [of LLM use for programming] show a clear trend – output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs), but outcomes don’t reflect that trend. If anything, the average team is taking longer to ship worse software. If ever we needed proof that software development isn’t a production process."
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/
@argv_minus_one @murdoc @renardboy @KatyElphinstone my "party trick " back in the early 90's and while a sysop of a home BBS system was I could whistle the handshake of a 9600 band modem XD
They'd phone up, I'd answer get their handshake, I'd respond then they'd start transmission and I'd put the phone down XD
Kokofreakbean really lives up to their name. Really nothing like em out there.
23. I've been meaning to get a fancier bone conducting headset for my setup. This one comes with a camera that I could feed into my local assistant! Better than the clunky wired cameras I have but never use. Goal would be to speed up note taking or scanning business cards or event photos.
https://voulao.com/products/voulao-e12-bone-conduction-headphones-with-camera
MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID
Link: https://xusheng.dev/posts/reversing/mspaint_invisible_watermark/main/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421158
Occult cyberpunk. Yap with me about decentralized systems, wearable computing, and biohacking.