I've released Blueprint 0.8.0! This is a big update that includes some syntax changes and a bunch of newly supported features, including custom syntax for new #libadwaita widgets. Now go build awesome apps! #GNOME#Linux#development
For six days we had a group of @kde Plasma devs at our office, gathered to plan, discuss, hack and improve what will become Plasma 6 in the near future. We provided them with everything necessary, the idea in mind to contribute to Plasma's development also in quite practical way. Myself, I had the chance to do the overall organization from a first contact back in 2020 until waving goodbye on Wednesday.
From a community and user perspective, I wanna thank my employer @tuxedocomputers for their efforts and commitment on any areas in that regard. It is something the overall F/LOSS community profits from! 💙 🐧
The SICP-inspired book "Software Design for Flexibility: How to Avoid Programming Yourself into a Corner" seems interesting but abstract.
Do the software design techniques it presents have practical applicability and value in ordinary programming? Have you read the book? What do you think?
@atomicpoet I think whatever we become we'll really only have 'succeeded' if #Calckey leads the way with #FediverseSafety ahead of features and scale.
The Calckey I see would
have a diverse team of folks that has the time to listen to the safety discourses, and the lived experience to know why safety matters, and informs their #development decisions.
make importing #blocklists or integrating third party #moderation tools easypeasy, so no user finds themselves on an new server that's open to dogpiled by the worst elements of the #Fediverse.
have granular user controls for #safety - opt-in & opt-out; and features - like turning down/off MFM when it's overwhelming without a user needing to resort to CSS scripts.
not really care to be a birdsite or #Mastodon alternative. Let's work to be a better secret third thing, or fourth, or fifth thing.
If we really have to duplicate the big influencer account thing, I'd like to see more non-White, autistic, disabled, queers, and women voices. They're here, but they're often forced to be critics of a newer hegemony. Let's be listening for how can Calckey become the main service of choice for Black, POC and Indigenous women to join, spin up servers, become developers, and have prominent voices on. The rest of the good stuff will follow that.
I think we can do that, but only if we prioritise, and promote minority voices, and do the structural work to support them coming to the service.
Code only gives us a hard time when we give it a hard time. But, in the end, it really loves us. And we love it back. Writing code is empowering and fun, even when it’s not.
Friendly reminder: we often overcomplicate our work and forget to appreciate life's simple pleasures. No fancy setup or powerful computers are needed to get the job done. Sometimes, less really is more.
I wish the manifest.json on Fediverse instances would also tell you what software is running, this would be amazing information. :ablobcatcoffee: #nerdy#development
@kainoa I have been looking for a reason to learn #Android#development more(I specialize in anything #Apple & serverside) - so this may be that project I've been looking for.
I'll be entirely honest though, $200 is not super enticing in of itself. It won't be the reason I decide to pursue creating an app or not. I'm sure it'll help get the word out though! 🪩
"A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout is the book on problem decomposition and system design I was looking for. Although general, the principles it presents are surprisingly effective at navigating the design space, shaping a system, and reducing complexity.
What are some IT and Infosec superstitions you see out there?
Im talking about those things you see people do or refrain from doing not hecause they have a good reason to but because they believe something bad will happen if they do or dont do the thing.
Maybe theres a ritual someone does before commiting code. Or perhaps someone says 'dont patch on a friday'
What supersitions do you see out there? Do YOU have any youd like to admit to?
How did one of the largest, fastest bursts of high-skill #emigration from any developing country cause an increase in the number of high-skill workers at the origin?
Because the exit option itself generated more-than-offsetting investment in education