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Instead of BDFL, Open Source projects should be managed by a triumvirate. One maintainer that always merges your PR, one that always closes your PRs without merging, and one that randomly switches between the two
August 25th, 2025 8:27:02 AM
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Privacy focused browser with fediverse integration
"Bridge Browser makes history as the first web browser to natively integrate Mastodon and Lemmy, bringing decentralized social media directly into the browsing experience. Bridge also revives RSS reading as a first-class browser feature for the first time since the early 2000s, fundamentally changing how users discover and engage with content online."
August 22nd, 2025 10:34:19 AM
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"Eden is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch, built with performance and stability in mind. It is written in C++ with cross-platform support for Windows, Linux and Android."
August 14th, 2025 1:20:24 PM
"Find the perfect emulator for your device with community-driven compatibility reports that help you make informed decisions."
August 14th, 2025 1:19:03 PM
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"you can just fork it" is not a useful reply to complaints about open source projects
August 11th, 2025 2:32:34 PM
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Meshtastic Dashboard
"A powerful, intuitive web-based panel offering live monitoring, advanced automation, comprehensive node management, and robust communication tools. "
August 8th, 2025 1:58:30 PM
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Almost done building the ActivityPub share widget, going through all the mastodon servers first and then onto pixelfed
August 8th, 2025 10:33:48 AM
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"The XY problem is a communication problem encountered in help desk, technical support, software engineering, or customer service situations where the question is about an end user's attempted solution (X) rather than the root problem itself (Y or Why?).
The XY problem obscures the real issues and may even introduce secondary problems that lead to miscommunication, resource mismanagement, and sub-par solutions. The solution for the support personnel is to ask probing questions as to why the information is needed in order to identify the root problem Y and redirect the end user away from an unproductive path of inquiry."
August 7th, 2025 11:57:31 AM
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Economic analysis of the AI industry
July 22nd, 2025 10:57:13 AM
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"OMOTE is an ESP32 based open source universal remote. Its capacitive 2.8” touchscreen provides an intuitive and snappy user interface for switching devices and settings. No hub or docking station is required as the remote features infrared, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. With its well optimized power consumption, OMOTE can run for months on a charge. And since the design files are open source, you can fully customize them to your devices and needs."
July 11th, 2025 8:20:38 AM
It does make an unexpected positive difference seeing full like/boost counts on statuses
July 8th, 2025 1:27:21 PM
"This book is an introduction to creating a client using the Matrix Client-Server API
. It will show how to make HTTP calls to a Matrix homeserver, and discuss issues that clients will need to consider, such as reliability and security issues. It does not attempt to be a comprehensive guide to the entire Client-Server API, but will point you to the relevant portions of spec for further details.
You should read this book if:
you are creating a Matrix library/SDK,
you are writing a Matrix client without the use of a library/SDK, or
you want to get a better understanding of how Matrix works. "
July 7th, 2025 9:17:10 AM
" We are an international community dedicated to the preservation of video games and their respective systems.
Our goal: We are testing physical video games and hardware completely offline to inform you about issues that can make them unusable now and in the future. Along the way, we want to highlight positive examples of preservation as well."
July 7th, 2025 8:39:58 AM
"this page serves as an archive for the art of cathy jarboe, creator of skull trumpet and many other pieces of art."
June 26th, 2025 9:41:54 AM
http://cjarboe.com/image26.html
June 26th, 2025 9:32:56 AM
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June 26th, 2025 9:20:01 AM
I like finding websites built on WordPress that don't know about any of the other WordPress features
This bar in Columbus (https://www.thewalruscolumbus.com) has a comments rss feed that contains 3 comments, all of which are porn bots. And I'm the only one that has seen them (until now)
June 24th, 2025 3:50:46 PM
Static site generator powered by Python
Source Code: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican
June 20th, 2025 1:01:31 PM
"Splinter is a tool for Mastodon threads. Splinter turns long articles into Mastodon threads and posts them for you automatically. "
Source Code: https://codeberg.org/neiman/splinter
June 20th, 2025 11:09:00 AM
Generate cat sprites
Source Code: https://github.com/cgen-tools/pixel-cat-maker
June 18th, 2025 10:32:27 AM
"Take control of your honks and join the federation. An ActivityPub server with minimal setup and support costs. Spend more time using the software and less time operating it."
June 17th, 2025 8:33:56 AM
"A federated PubSub bookmarking system for XMPP.
Blasta is a collaborative bookmarks manager for organizing online content.
It allows you to add links to your personal collection of links, to categorize them with keywords, and to share and synchronize your collection among your own software, devices, machines, and also with others.
The ability of Blasta to display to you the links that other people have collected and shared, as well as showing you who else has bookmarked a specific link is what makes Blasta a collaborative system.
You can also view the links collected by others, and subscribe to the links of people whose lists you deem to be interesting.
Blasta does not limit you to save links of certain types; you can save links of types adc, dweb, ed2k, feed, ftp, gemini, geo, gopher, http, ipfs, irc, magnet, mailto, monero, mms, news, sip, udp, xmpp and any scheme and type that you desire."
June 11th, 2025 10:07:11 AM
Apple ML Research paper
Another related blog post: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-knockout-blow-for-llms
June 9th, 2025 10:17:24 AM
I was listening to the Waveform podcast during my run this morning, and #FediForum / @anewsocial got a shout-out
June 7th, 2025 10:08:49 AM
The IRS open-sourced Direct File. I don't know how useful this is yet, but good to see anyways.
June 4th, 2025 11:36:30 AM
"WiiMart is an open-source revival for the defunct Wii Shop Channel service. It was closed on January 30, 2019, making an entire library of digital-exclusive games get left behind. WiiMart brings back the experience of downloading and playing these titles with a revival of the Wii Shop Channel."
June 1st, 2025 9:40:04 AM