@mez@mastodon.nz
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

mez

@mez@mastodon.nz

Work: Web & software development 🧑🏼‍💻

Play: Ultimate (retired?) 🥏, climbing 🧗🏼, tramping 🏕, D&D 🧙🏼‍♂️

My header is from the Oregon on the US west (best) coast.

That's Guster in my profile pic with me. He's a good pupper, but couldn't move to New Zealand with me.

He/Him, wouldn't be fussed by They

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

mez, to random
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Are AIs/LLMs going to push everyone away from VC & Big Tech content & communication products to self-hosted and/or FOSS products? That would be nice. Though it feels like the method of getting there is the rejuivination that comes after a raging and destructive wildfire.

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@aligorith True. Plus that other wildfire over there (crypto) is somehow still raging while salting the earth and returning nothing useful. So I don’t expect this one to burn out any time soon.

mez, to random
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

So Slack is going to read private messages and shared files all so that it can…
checks notes
Recommend other channels for you?! That is a hilariously bad cost/value prop.
Oh, also it will suggest emojis for you.

Tech bros are burning the planet because they can’t decide for themselves between 😡 or 🤬 https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112453073300903901

mez, to telegram
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

I have telegram because it was really easy to set up a bot and a bash script to send messages to it-basically my own little notifications app. But it’s also the only thing I use telegram for. What’s a good alternative? Free and open source preferred. Self hosting as well

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@chebra Does this mean hosting an entire Matrix setup? I’ve been curious if something like Matrix would work, but don’t understand the system well enough.

joncounts, to nz
@joncounts@mastodon.nz avatar

The sky over Ōtautahi is insane at the moment. I hope you’re all outside.

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@joncounts Got out near Lake Ellesmere, absolutely incredible.

(I’ve also never seen so much traffic on the road to Birdlings Flat. Looked like rush hour on the motorway!)

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@joncounts We stayed out until about 10:30. I wish we could have held out until the midnighth show!

mez, to random
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

I hope the @eleventy conference was a blast! It was overnight for me, so I’m looking forward to going back and watching the videos.
#11tyConf

mez, to iOS
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Looking for mail app recommendations for #iOS The default Apple is finally getting to me - it just can't stay in sync.

theinternet, to random
@theinternet@intuitivefuture.com avatar

iPad can do a whole batch of things Mac can’t do. Yet my lowly M1 Mac mini can still perform all kinds of processes iPad can’t—even with the latest Pros. Oops.

Apple, it’s time for iPadOS to grow up.

https://theinternet.review/2024/05/08/take-apple-ipad-training-wheels-off/

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@theinternet @jaredwhite Was just discussing the same setup - mini at home, ipad on the go. Do you have a post sharing your setup, especially the software side?

hbuchel, to random
@hbuchel@hachyderm.io avatar

I bought a small freezer. I missed that extra midwest garage freezer life (though ours is going in the basement because we have no garage)

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@hbuchel What’s your inventory method so you don’t forget about things for a year?

mez, to random
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Helping someone with recovering data from their corrupt external hard drive which is requiring me to use my server’s storage drive to do the backup. Unfortuantely, I need to do this from a different computer than the server, so all my self-hosted services are currently down while I do a multi-terabyte data transfer dance. :(

#selfHosting

mez, to TheOwlHouse
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Finally finally had the time and emotional energy to watch season 3 of The Owl House. What a great show. 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💜💙

mez, to webdev
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Dear Mom,
You’ll be proud of me. Today, I avoided using regex.

#WebDev
(what? You don't hashtag your letters??)

hbuchel, to random
@hbuchel@hachyderm.io avatar

We've been using our outside space a lot more and I ordered a picnic table which comes Saturday. I am SO EXCITED. I am also going to get some of those cheesy summer-ey outside glasses that have watermelons on them.

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@hbuchel The first toot was nice, but woohoo did you bring it home with the second one! Yay! :D

(Also, I’m pretty sure lemonade tastes better in those glasses 🍉)

weirdwriter, to tech

I wrote about how someone couldn't figure out how to get ahold of me because I wasn't on Facebook and how that really frightened me https://robertkingett.com/posts/6552/

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@weirdwriter It’s the blank stare/confused/dumbfounded response to “Just text me,” that really gets me.

mez, to webdev
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

I just deployed my website to Netlify from a home-hosted git repo powered by Forgejo! This proves I can move off of Github.

Would love to self-host the deployed site as well, but first I need to sort out the serverless function that backs my blog search.

And backups/redundancy so I don’t lose everything when the hard drive dies 😅

#WebDev #SelfHosting

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

I also broke my site’s search because something isn’t wired correctly with Netlify’s functions 😕

Good thing I didn't push just before disappearing into the wilderness for the weekend 😶

mez, to random
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Trying to install php and composer locally with Homebrew and then doing a Homebrew upgrade and I’ve been here for hours. I know it’s been a while since I did anything with Homebrew and stuff is outdated, but yikes this is slow!

adam, to pnw
@adam@windbag.org avatar

This creator makes a great point. I support restoring the names of the Cascade peaks to their original names—for justice but also because they are generally superior names.

video/mp4

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@adam That would be awesome. I’ve looked (weak online search) for the original names of the Three Sisters but was unable to find them. Cause that’s a pretty weak name set as well. Faith, Hope, and Charity is slightly better, but uh… colonial religion much?

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@BeamsAndBows @adam That matches with the document Adam linked! Thanks you two! I really wish this history was better taught in school.

donaldball, to random
@donaldball@triangletoot.party avatar

Okay so fucking off Google: what are good replacements for Docs and Sheets? I think I'm good for everything else. I'm happy to pay a reasonable rate.

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@lightweight @donaldball Did you have any major reason for choosing OnlyOffice vs LibreOffice / Collabora with NextCloud? (I can’t recall if I asked this before 😅)

mez, to webdev
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Does anyone have any good resources for making a drag-and-drop list reordering interface accessible to non-mouse users? The lists can be nested.

Using a form seems clunky:

  1. Place item at top level OR inside Item B
  2. Place at start OR after Item C

Reveal up/down arrows to keyboard focus? How do I move items in and out of nested hierarchies? How to I keep the primary list interface from not getting cluttered?

#WebDev #UI #UX

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

Making this work for touch would be good too. Small arrows may be hard to hit, drag and drop requires motor skills (and a library that works with touch events 🙄)

mez,
@mez@mastodon.nz avatar

@aligorith Yeah, I often check apps like Confluence, Notion, etc. Neither allow re-ordering without drag and drop. Just “move to” (which places it inside another page). Notion’s keyboard accessibility, at least tabbing around, just isn’t there.

I’m wondering about tabbing between items and then ctrl-arrow to move it. Doesn’t solve touch yet and also requires learning hotkeys.

A tools menu may work instead, like you say, but it means more interactions to get to the command.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • megavids
  • kavyap
  • mdbf
  • khanakhh
  • DreamBathrooms
  • InstantRegret
  • magazineikmin
  • Youngstown
  • vwfavf
  • slotface
  • osvaldo12
  • everett
  • tacticalgear
  • rosin
  • anitta
  • thenastyranch
  • Durango
  • ethstaker
  • GTA5RPClips
  • modclub
  • cubers
  • cisconetworking
  • ngwrru68w68
  • Leos
  • normalnudes
  • tester
  • provamag3
  • JUstTest
  • All magazines
    •