2026-08-22T08:53:44Z https://nostr.now Mosscap https://nostr.now/npub1aks678mche4s3dq9e3amgkwxllzcx7rxts5j8e3hnxrjmyp67fjqqh42dy https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/accounts/avatars/117/087/370/009/896/009/original/9be920a9956a88e1.png https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/accounts/avatars/117/087/370/009/896/009/original/9be920a9956a88e1.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtxs6ugrta5707l50qc6qdv8gdheka9hng7md43vdpaje3dgl7hgzyrk6rtcl0zlxkz95qhx8hdzecmlutqmcvewzjglxx7vcwtvs8texgpaus8l This is an amazing visual post. Its spawned off the old XKCD comic of the Jenga tower of online functionality all being held up by one small dependency maintained by some guy in Nebraska since 2003.<br/><br/>We find out who &#34;some guy&#34; is. And it has some visuals and wonderful (and honestly terrifying at times) stories about the maintainers.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be analyzing the libraries I use most and figuring someone to throw some support to today after reading this.<br/><br/><a href="https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet">https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet</a> 2026-10-09T10:14:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszr7rwpk3sedw9jt7kl2a9ed3w3264zaxkmq33u9wg5en5emgk2sszyrk6rtcl0zlxkz95qhx8hdzecmlutqmcvewzjglxx7vcwtvs8texgkmymk6 We know it’s hard to find an ethical job in the Ruby community (heck any software community) right now <br/><br/>If you have a not-evil place that is looking for ethical employees, comment here and we’ll boost and try to #GetFediHired 2026-08-21T11:54:20Z