2026-10-30T19:48:22Z https://nostr.now Sam Stephenson https://nostr.now/npub1tjs6ynjklqenx994dzl8my2sn6lktetrdadq053w2xtsjhmm0e5qgq87qz https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/accounts/avatars/113/042/506/158/318/486/original/801b97a874d6603f.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/accounts/avatars/113/042/506/158/318/486/original/801b97a874d6603f.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwyupw8huxcwaw4zg5exe7ysva0ftcxu6rncgkhtstkkhjfp6m8gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsm2pssk #caturday 🎃<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/117/536/754/607/408/915/original/7e79b0978c535b28.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-31T17:42:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ymr2u8gqwqmyp4grw0dn6ltc2jaepk9vt65tp48vd49tsa9ds6szypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs8ahx8d After many years as an Overcast user it looks like I now need to find a new podcast player. What are y’all using these days (on iOS)? 2026-10-10T15:29:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2zl7pe6zgqqyynkq5m2qdanmvnvhy2609auz338gngsdaetra7kczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsfsx9zz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqde0h7x05ns4x9fjrmvpzj0wr3f472kzz3472n9weg2cfsxm8z7cl70cj9'>nevent1q…0cj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in case it matters to you, I had to unfollow this guy a couple years ago for blatant sinophobia 2026-10-07T16:56:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyqjcwclll28srf395qt0gndga6phfwfvt89k6etg9jhwt0wjvwwgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsg6253t TIL `:nth-child(... of ...)`: <a href="https://caniuse.com/css-nth-child-of">https://caniuse.com/css-nth-child-of</a> 2026-09-22T17:31:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswu2xqx6xvhcd8cfsjcmdcfwn5dh62nkey6f6h5llstanyf5swe2czypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsyqq6mn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqh70dswkut2e325qmxcznqt2nj525z9c08cdvjwe4rdp0q8usrcuqkhzv'>nevent1q…khzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Korčula?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/117/304/197/647/413/541/original/276e9e0b213f9276.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-20T16:00:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw63wgw354r8u30sjk493xhyf5j7hz25qsk3llzz4v82g858vz24qzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsa4nrj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08m4e6rw9z6g0frwl082wcrpvcmzrtmf4a4artd5pqxq0a8t8jycwz8t7t'>nevent1q…8t7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the *only* measure of its worth? really? you think readability, comprehensibility, maintainability, didacticism, and so on are worthless? 2026-09-19T19:07:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0shf0lax4c92ftzrk5j7v3cegzgvqerd5cv84rcfsvkt08sh58lczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsrzavu0 kernel panic! on the bus<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/117/287/084/469/679/064/original/3617f21494b45260.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-17T15:28:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspa7qcv5up5uk3nvldmg74gupzx303s42nkexde797ujl34vnj50gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsvtu5mn 💡Did you know? If someone writes something you appreciate, you can just send them a note to say thanks 2026-09-03T15:05:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4rde7r5aj5ytt75ydumnne53aa48jje94tc00xgqftk63mv20zqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs6ac8k2 Finally got around to trying out Brat on Haiku. All the tests pass, though the suite is quite slow to run, upwards of 90 seconds with 8 vcpus under emulation. Without having done any real investigation, my guess is fork(2) is expensive. But it runs flawlessly, entirely from source, with nothing else installed on top of the base system. (Video at 2x speed)<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/117/185/879/842/960/544/original/b49029d03138759e.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-08-30T18:30:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr9st2henkt6a3wp3u99jvz4nt5f8srkg3n5k4g79rn0j98zgvc4szypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsce02z8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm8ztph3js37s3cn6nl9wcry5j9d7p72ge9v2e904t4u5nsaeyzq9tjuy6'>nevent1q…juy6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I vaguely remember this too. I think it was an issue with one of the late Intel generations 2026-08-26T13:44:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8g4c90s06qxgv7zd3kzfgdev5mlhpa06ywz979lq6sa7mxyx7xgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxszg5klr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhntlwghqrtmmufu27hcd3maprknx9gerqxszjh8468je5stwy3qkt6rgm'>nevent1q…6rgm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aly.codes/post/3mtwb64obkc2w">https://bsky.app/profile/aly.codes/post/3mtwb64obkc2w</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/117/157/407/795/055/048/original/a38efae55823759b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-25T17:48:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhntlwghqrtmmufu27hcd3maprknx9gerqxszjh8468je5stwy3qzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs8xcgnn I see the vibe-coded dotfiles collection is going exactly as well as you’d think<br/><br/>“[Security] Stop USB device names from being executed as Hyprland Lua”<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/8129">https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/8129</a> 2026-08-25T17:32:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdjzspf64lt39eevj3cccrw37yxpty4n5287km3zlu0skg5j63xszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxstc7706 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd8803j632z3a6lkmaxfjqd9dcq0c7m5rtphjjpjpry7hc6rz8u6seq8pdg'>nevent1q…8pdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a quick way to distract them is to insult their power outlets 2026-08-18T22:20:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3me6vmyayyxzk7lzg65gtl3a9aued59x6c7uqt23re4ywm5pe4qzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsjxj0wx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fzauw3g2gw33netglwla54rat5x4as4mch0fhaw4969y3n8t4kq0f3ess'>nevent1q…3ess</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I worked closely with Jeremy Daer for many years and always looked up to him. Seems he’s fully cooked his brain now too. That PR is 100% slop. All I can say is I’m glad I was able to leave the cult when I did. 2026-08-06T17:27:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0fzauw3g2gw33netglwla54rat5x4as4mch0fhaw4969y3n8t4kqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxswzz64n If the “Ruby Hero” award meant anything, this year it’d go to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tvltu2casmw0y4wuxus29nufl3pv8lge90z3x074v7f4wan4mv4qjucx46" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jcoglan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tvl…cx46</span>)</a></span> for his stance here: <a href="https://github.com/faye/websocket-driver-ruby/pull/98#issuecomment-5194452712">https://github.com/faye/websocket-driver-ruby/pull/98#issuecomment-5194452712</a><br/><br/>But we can probably expect it to go to a Shopify employee for their work on yet another uncompetitive JIT or whatever. 2026-08-06T17:12:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs060ycyk4u6e67774a4mar3lqw6jfutklq0szm06gelq8r3nlujcszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs244rc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsraz3xmgwmalflq3l4j2ug08qm3k38mumsxj4hq4m0yun65duuz0q9gxcyr'>nevent1q…xcyr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oof. Nothing says “thank you” like a blog post written by a chat bot. 🫩 <br/><br/>(Normally I’d try to be more diplomatic in how I phrase my criticism, but imo, if you have fully given in to the point of having agents lie to others under your name, you don’t really deserve the presumption of acting in good faith) 2026-07-31T17:24:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfc8n4sx9s9n79w6c4l3xhrjn260csmpu9menu72eyckn25zqm5nszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsz5luar In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2ns2szj78vumzzjc5vzc6u69rqqj8ggj4f3w0mf0ct3n40t8wesy84mdw'>nevent1q…4mdw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, it’s terrifying and also really sad :( 2026-07-31T02:12:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx56c34qxfpvnjfw3j5g2sy6x526dmlm6ddp4dysq0yq3klm3dkkczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxstk4t0y Wow, it appears Sam Ruby has fully cooked his brain with Claude. I just took a glimpse at his blog and it appears to be entirely slop now. Like literally just incoherent posts copied and pasted wholesale from LLM sessions. (Sam is, among other things, the author of the official Rails book.)<br/><br/><a href="https://intertwingly.net/blog/">https://intertwingly.net/blog/</a><br/><br/>He also apparently has an “agent” running around submitting this slop and commenting on it on his behalf. See @pushcx’s comment here: <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/0yc3r0/lobste_rs_on_spinel#c_jxdrb6">https://lobste.rs/s/0yc3r0/lobste_rs_on_spinel#c_jxdrb6</a> 2026-07-31T01:54:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxydwsvzrp9dvn7uq5eckgfx4zqdrzhl26ys8phc7sugptgg57wzczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxswjmpf5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrydltssdw7dp00f0whyswyje3skv03gqn9dq3khrtfulj5mt3gksj6wfdg'>nevent1q…wfdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>personally I think we should check whether they sink or float first 2026-05-17T18:02:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhzezn0z22h0cy9ugg930wwgpxwqux9md8gjefu3cwplr92g9lmqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs45e2aq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszegn87denjh2un2rt5sw2j5wrsck27v5pqywl56y3mrgc0vy00msrgr3dz'>nevent1q…r3dz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but Jared, how do you plan to scale from PROMPT to IPO with that attitude? 2026-05-08T16:34:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88d3p50yn56xk6mh5y03ru0ftu2xtfut4xgh5t57z55szhn9xeqczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs0eruqx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptva0l2zaaxcu727g2e2ze4mz0yu06vrlcpgttjkn8yfuy6uw6vqakwsju'>nevent1q…wsju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thank you! 2026-05-04T18:08:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswxjah0683kswydk7uruatsgzq84v6eaw97kmnfh5l5h28xqfmmwgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsfga06n I have updated my web site with a fresh bio and a note on how you can work with me: <a href="https://sls.name">https://sls.name</a> 2026-05-04T17:57:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyh78utnvtn204334ypg02krfggyy83me0ra9shxfn5az6cnrq45czypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs6kkx6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0syzlvukzsx3admvxhwg5a3grlkzrrj65rzl5dhqeqrcnchsvvugp9s46v'>nevent1q…s46v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>friggin’ brainworms, man 2026-04-24T01:00:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4ld2p7czu37tqsswf8evesk93902flr2f7zh9r7wulpyh3jdjrgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsrtm26y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvqy62fa7n2uwxu2uue4vy9jd5trcwze5ddew7ka9ltezh9haecglghw2p'>nevent1q…hw2p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s just me, no other collaborators at the moment. Not sure if tags can be protected 2026-04-21T15:04:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8zz5m5up5lhpmasazw4ez4le7x7wdh83jdh4p5y8ew3u8mrnjvczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsusxa3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrazg4kdndqg3we3rd53acrj7ex9jtpnmzat0sanftvljhywedf3s0fra0e'>nevent1q…ra0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here is the release workflow I ended up with. When I push a tag that starts with “v”, it extracts the changelog entries, publishes a release, and publishes a versioned package. When I push the tag “latest”, it force-publishes a package with the name “latest”, which has a stable URL <a href="https://codeberg.org/sstephenson/brat/src/branch/main/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml">https://codeberg.org/sstephenson/brat/src/branch/main/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml</a> 2026-04-20T19:18:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrazg4kdndqg3we3rd53acrj7ex9jtpnmzat0sanftvljhywedf3szypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsz7h32v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg29curmhmts6rw9t2ayunehhe47fhlflrjlqlaju8j32stjlfkjcpf23gq'>nevent1q…23gq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seems like this is not really possible now without manually creating a “latest” release object, and in that case maybe I should just set up a release workflow using the package registry instead<br/><br/><a href="https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/packages/generic/">https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/packages/generic/</a> 2026-04-18T17:31:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg29curmhmts6rw9t2ayunehhe47fhlflrjlqlaju8j32stjlfkjczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsu4yhqr Codeberg/Forgejo q.<br/><br/>My project has a series of tags: `v0.9.0`, `v0.10.0`, etc. Each tag has a release with a dist file attached.<br/><br/>The project also has a “floating” tag called `latest` which I manually update to point to the latest release tag.<br/><br/>I want a stable URL that lets me reference the attached dist file from the release pointed to by the `latest` tag. Possible? (/releases/tag/latest and /releases/tag/v0.10.0 point to the same commit, but the former does not show the notes or dist file) 2026-04-18T16:06:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdqasl73m24scp5r9f2g3jjqldsyntkl44l2j5tucjesuwkh72aszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsltk987 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffnh40v9udwxcw4fg0gge650qtyk9hrvzmfsundlswde5nezu4xc74fngp'>nevent1q…fngp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(I believe there are people at Ruby Central who are genuinely trying to make things better, and I am sure it’s a difficult job for many reasons, but for the record: this was not a shitpost, and“you should join the board if you don’t want us to celebrate bigots” is not an acceptable response) 2026-04-17T02:52:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsffnh40v9udwxcw4fg0gge650qtyk9hrvzmfsundlswde5nezu4xczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsd9puzj One way Ruby Central could rebuild trust is to admit that the financial situation they find themselves in now is due to their decision last year to platform a transphobic white supremacist despite vocal opposition from the community. Instead, they are choosing to *thank* that person by name. Oh and they’re announcing some AI shit too.<br/><br/><a href="https://rubycentral.org/news/a-new-chapter-for-ruby-central/">https://rubycentral.org/news/a-new-chapter-for-ruby-central/</a> 2026-04-17T01:13:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmfj8msusfgunfm7w6qyhl0jk7az0ytt480jqwuyqa3ltcddfqdqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs3cusy7 I wish software people had an alternative word for “bootstrapping” that’s not so libertarian-coded 2026-04-05T16:21:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyqqg4xemce336qt80shj3q2e8frdcg4wjgkxh6nn4egn2ftt2hqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsxe54np In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjw5fw7afntxtlmz8caxzumj2ryuatg6jdzeguupj0gfrcccyvgqwyfz6p'>nevent1q…fz6p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s so satisfyingly hyperreal, like banana Runts 😅 2026-03-21T21:02:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvt9hrmgcs47hn7q75vznw9kmykqg68pudhew5k6dywcnjyuww2hqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsntc8hd I’m such a sucker for a good FM synth bell sound 2026-03-21T19:01:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qt5f5mt072qwutc7vc7zksusyq68u0007fpay07vkvgvm7rrvkczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs08z2cy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsykg5pk9w2dhjyd9nuaalxgysakk0u6jvz9fgs999quddp0gyeqrg58tc5c'>nevent1q…tc5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been waiting so long for more Grása! what a delightful birthday surprise 😊 2026-03-14T13:36:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9dfk93u5a8qay8dxlceuhld89lj7w3mt989c808jqkjqnju2ryxszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxszc0szg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcv377qljrzjat7jns47raezg9xq8jc4sdtyctnjzhrhkc3ywmwgs44m8g'>nevent1q…4m8g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>have you seen the new rubyonrails dot org btw? 2026-03-08T15:17:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszdjcj5crr8j6vrdvxhn2y3cyf5uj9889vd2as4rggzd4g2netg8gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsevv8qh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0kz5yx5tqt02cxdj5xnhlvpjfvytx049z74g29uafjg068j5u3g73wfuq'>nevent1q…wfuq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“I then started in an empty repository with no access to the old source tree, and explicitly instructed Claude not to base anything on LGPL/GPL-licensed code.”<br/><br/>idk, it’s just baffling to me that a professional software developer who’s been maintaining a project for over a decade can so fundamentally misunderstand what LLMs do 2026-03-05T16:51:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0kz5yx5tqt02cxdj5xnhlvpjfvytx049z74g29uafjg068j5u3gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxss5vca7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgemdy4ljkacfp6ujnk8905mpkgndvlwgnywqup0l7gsxgea90lqz939xz'>nevent1q…39xz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just… fuck you, dude<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/116/177/108/811/445/634/original/e97e48bba3487e97.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-05T14:46:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxgemdy4ljkacfp6ujnk8905mpkgndvlwgnywqup0l7gsxgea90lqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs8s3wnn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspf4cx9an32x4z793gwe8pe2tgfd06nxkkrzlhg2ewagsn52qmgjqg004c7'>nevent1q…04c7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This issue has it all!<br/>- Original copyright holder makes a straightforward claim of violation<br/>- Sloppers try to defend it using the Oracle v Google ruling<br/>- Armin “Plausibly Deniable” Ronacher shows up to do nothing but sow doubt<br/>- Maintainer in question replies with a response obviously written by Claude, saying he instructed Claude not to reference any copyrighted code<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327">https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327</a> 2026-03-05T14:40:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspf4cx9an32x4z793gwe8pe2tgfd06nxkkrzlhg2ewagsn52qmgjqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs082f2m Made the mistake of reading the Mark Pilgrim GitHub thread first thing this morning and now I’m in a terrible mood 2026-03-05T14:33:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrm7exwfp5kg895es73ayn44n36xhxrtfp3wgnerpwf9llqag5jgqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsp0pqth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszf65kgz9mfeckmzlgv6l8yu7wyx25x9w7ktedkwl0c9pve6uq62guz5n3w'>nevent1q…5n3w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“handcrafted” sounds a bit twee to my ears, but I’m jaded. I’ll give “handwritten” a shot in the README I’m currently writing :) 2026-02-06T17:05:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrndpwuvum35rxwchh66r8m4jfutea7arqspgzpdc83nvlu2h58yqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxswy8sc9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp830u6y9mrxlctggkvda2xfygzc49yfmdnp6zl8rts8jaule5z5c9yjl2m'>nevent1q…jl2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is “handwritten” the adjective we ought to use in readmes and such? 2026-02-06T16:58:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspsxztcmmtytfqge7wcw5ksymz4jhwtaqztpfyw0gmpgzzfaeerpszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsjrkjhx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9770f6p2agl703hws6ykqzrjy4vt2zjxs0xw69wayu2k99sx7dhc2n9rmu'>nevent1q…9rmu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Brat is built with Brut, the Brutal Router for Unix Tools, a tiny, generic git-style command dispatcher. You can copy the main entrypoint, `bin/brat`, to another location, give it a different name, and use it to make your own command-line tools. <a href="https://codeberg.org/sstephenson/brat/src/branch/main/bin/brat">https://codeberg.org/sstephenson/brat/src/branch/main/bin/brat</a><br/><br/>(I’ll document and release Brut separately, eventually…) 2026-02-04T18:04:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9770f6p2agl703hws6ykqzrjy4vt2zjxs0xw69wayu2k99sx7dhczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxssdr68j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvu4fvx4tmp7z4zc04f6jxfl8sqq4nru78rsa0lr6p094trrptelsh5dqfw'>nevent1q…dqfw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like Bats, all Brat tests run with `set -e`, so every line in the test body is like an assertion. One of the bets Brat makes is that `set -x` (“xtrace”) output is all you need when a test fails 2026-02-04T17:56:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvu4fvx4tmp7z4zc04f6jxfl8sqq4nru78rsa0lr6p094trrptelszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs4kek54 In 2011 I created Bats, a test harness for bash, which went on to have a life of its own: <a href="https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core">https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core</a><br/><br/>Now I’m working on a 2026 take on the problem, this time targeting POSIX shell. It’s called Brat (the Brutal Runner for Automated Tests).<br/><br/>Here’s a video showing Brat running its own test suite, first serially, and again using 8 parallel jobs:<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/116/013/634/085/399/603/original/b4e46e116a698697.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-02-04T17:53:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstay0duhjw4mnrpuhqkh3hww2cq8deauzsfmaw4wvxau6xffv2awqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs2mea3l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd777elcytewxazntv2lza0ywa887vggxj9n4zh9ldxj27es2elsjn2hp6'>nevent1q…2hp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>dear god 2026-01-20T18:58:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfnxkktgta9lzmar8y5yp585wfknq9qe5zr2wq0czdnmjkwrg2dczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsg4k8zg The dollar continues to fall against the Mexican peso, worth 16.8% less since February of last year<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/911/453/206/298/836/original/b841c0b380d225be.png"> <br/> 2026-01-17T16:46:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs04gfskjaxgne6kz0rhelwhahdzk8cwpre7k8vavsg0vmkmxtr8ggzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsu7u60h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7wfkkvv6nwhqagy73fcqexy9r6s0m2trmmqwr0r5clte5azspzg2hdy8d'>nevent1q…dy8d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a truly revolting turn. I loved her music and always thought of her as a queer icon 2025-10-29T15:54:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfwelqgf4czm4ltqkhrl69lts4f0djgsfxh7efmn5e85dqda4p37szypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxszqgpp8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8phks45al9a93xpddkmstrst37g0lk3dhcf48ap2d3v9t6p9qd7c9tky43'>nevent1q…ky43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is fucking bleak 2025-10-02T19:23:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyagftfkjqyyeate70q0qjtf05hvdr5xvrfz46vwqy262e28yfr5qzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxssgjcc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvyj77t9vs2syn4uh6t7ew9az2vgv8ty02v039xdpqf8ae584nksuxhyhd'>nevent1q…hyhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>gross 🤢 2025-09-26T14:56:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfd5zl9wv5ll2ydwjt8twdwxatq8zj4s7ve0zmsd90jql6dce2r3szypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsnkztd7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fre7jqqr5y5ha5fqkqrvytgtzwp8h0gn96llr4e5nk8zx9wg7aqkg0uhv'>nevent1q…0uhv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow I could’ve sworn it was just yesterday he was threatening to put every dissenter on a no-hire list 2025-09-26T14:45:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyrgkm9afr3q7ahrsyz67p2jxmw7j40zut07297dvh6en27tmf3wgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsrxcd4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfeuytvrmqct3gpysfxzenvewgr9lx4pw282wqyr3wat69cua4rqchc5n2j'>nevent1q…5n2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>37siegheils 2025-09-24T19:28:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qe2gv9e6d5wu9srk0d740cp70rzhfcwxp8pypesulq8lkj22y8czypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs03skcy “Fiduciary responsibility” is a hell of a euphemism for “we were offered millions of dollars from a hostile donor in exchange for control of the RubyGems infrastructure”<br/><br/><a href="https://rubycentral.org/news/strengthening-the-stewardship-of-rubygems-and-bundler/">https://rubycentral.org/news/strengthening-the-stewardship-of-rubygems-and-bundler/</a> 2025-09-19T14:18:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9xv0dms97r4qyts7qpr38j2vj6xeg4ka7hkndhr63tmkyyxjak5czypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxs083cjj We were all thinking it, right? 🤢<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/175/788/837/420/189/original/86092c8b3f29d592.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-09T18:37:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsta8mz77rwpyzdy8lsjy2dxc8s57rpntvedqgw6ysudflt5dguhmszypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsvjeag2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ysfxyka00r9qkg5kkl6gf4f7qw9rduujrupqgta5hx2gteuttrqvg7zkl'>nevent1q…7zkl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>who called it Atlassian and not Ticketmaster 2025-09-04T14:52:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkjcjycn2p7gvq6lpaew8gw7hu3xn65l48gkasycxxj58v7qeynczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsgds723 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6h44f0uu3srfjs6c0kk66e4c7fd93prq80g52t23jwzu95gdehgsf407s'>nevent1q…407s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(more of a semantic point, I guess, and something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m with you on everything else… it seems like the corporate capture is complete) 2025-05-29T17:04:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwy7lsa42s4h0t25p8udsqze6mlxmspw55ga2kum53qkfadw6aqczypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsj7lwv4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsff6mzpz4zzcf646nxjt0nj509azz57rfgfxp73z7mtgz7r7cdhhcvkshy9'>nevent1q…shy9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>disagree — MINASWAN is alive and well, and imo is one of the root problems in the community. It’s a thought-terminating cliche that encourages “niceness” (tolerating assholes, keeping your real opinions to yourself) over “kindness.” It’s also straight-up hero worship, which, among other things, ignores the fact that Matz belongs to a famously bigoted, racist, homophobic religious institution. 2025-05-29T16:18:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmz5tr2dkh9rc2r8kehtq62gvgmthyupcwwgwrmuw4squ20vhxdqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsxe8ku8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhjvp5mn7jwvmseha06x68xu2h0vmefjy9raah0gqx6yw06v2x4qez20ln'>nevent1q…20ln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yuuup 2025-01-21T16:48:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswya86gmupl8c4a64dl8dnp96wm9l9ajfqejq45xqf0z82526n4vgzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsrh960h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wttn636gksexw7yaqktef0rgknaynzq48vwayyktp5cheneef4s7p6g09'>nevent1q…6g09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rails Core Team: “What a great guy! I love to make him richer with my free labor 😍 #RubyFriends”<br/><br/> <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9GzYoUFIkwE/maxresdefault.jpg"> 2025-01-21T16:23:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0rns93sx9ljyy9gxg8g0z84rvgkjrlv6dxanqwu3w9c06jc4024gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxswlzt7h Reminder that when a prominent bad actor with a history of racist, sexist, transphobic views happens to say something you agree with:<br/><br/>YOU DON’T HAVE TO SHARE IT. <br/><br/>And you certainly don’t have to share it while saying “Wow, I can’t believe I’m agreeing with this bigot, but here we are!”<br/><br/>It’s not remarkable that you agree. You’re supposed to. Abusers take advantage of your occasional credulity to launder their reputations and create plausible deniability. 2024-10-09T18:33:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqf7awa2mmxkdtmeyjeaxrefnx0dpejph2k3wkh4jw2yncwn2eswqzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsdnmcmn When you’re definitely not in a cult <a href="https://ruby.social/@andycroll/113210031079954340">https://ruby.social/@andycroll/113210031079954340</a> 2024-09-27T18:38:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd9egn8fur7uk2dqfp43fywwgfk87qce0jd2vvzwu3peykxef8w0gzypw2rgjw2murxvc5k45tulv32z0t7e09vdh45p7j9egewz2l0dlxsar08gt “Elon Musk lived in apartheid South Africa until he was 17. David Sacks…left aged five, and grew up in a South African diaspora family in Tennessee. Peter Thiel spent years of childhood in South Africa and Namibia, where his father was involved in uranium mining[…]. And Paul Furber, an obscure South African software developer and tech journalist living near Johannesburg, has been identified by two teams of forensic linguists as the originator of the QAnon conspiracy.”<br/><br/><a href="https://archive.is/G2cH3">https://archive.is/G2cH3</a> 2024-09-19T17:10:47Z