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Paul Johnecheck

@7hird.dev
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Indie game dev (stargamb.it) Lover of trust, justified belief, and pro-social tech.

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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 24/09/2026
I'll be there! Time to lock in and build some sweet things.
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AtmosphereConf 2027
The third edition of the global gathering for the Atmosphere Community is taking place in Amsterdam, April 29th - May 2nd. This includes side-events and main conference days. Please RSVP with your interest, subscribe for updates at https://news.atmosphereconf.org, and watch us build out the website with lots of fun features https://atmosphereconf.org As well as in person, we'll also be streaming and have different ways to participate remotely. Atmosphere Conference is run by the community, for the community, as an annual global gathering to connect, share, celebrate, and learn from each other. We welcome newcomers and want to engage with new perspectives. It's a community home for builders, supporters, and participants in the atproto ecosystem. We maintain collective resources, seed projects, and convene our community to ensure every member has genuine voice in shaping the ecosystem's future. #atproto #atmosphereconf #atmosphereconf2027 #europe
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dan @danabra.mov · 19/09/2026
great guest post by @3blue1brown.com
terrytao.wordpress.com
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
[This is a guest post by Grant Sanderson. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] A sentiment echoing throughout the mathematics communit…
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 15/09/2026
Bilbo Baggins with the ring meme.

After all... why not?
Why shouldn't I register another domain name?
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 15/09/2026
I would consider the ability to build excellent user experiences for novel systems strong evidence that the builder HAS internal experience.
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Star Gambit @stargamb.it · 14/09/2026
Are you signed up for the next Star Gambit Tournament? Mark your calendars to secure your prizes! October 11th at 1PM EDT | Star Gambit Discord server
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Star Gambit 10/11/2026 Tournament Signup
Tournament will start at 1pm EDT with a target time of 4:30pm or earlier for the grand final. Contacts for more information: Exothermic (exothermic_ on Discord) Volatilenewt (Jpew_Rx on Discord)
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 12/09/2026
And we're back! Got some totally intentional adversarial migration practice in after deleting all my DO droplets. Big thanks to @pds.dad for pdsmoover.com 's backup/restore features. I was a little blown a way by how trivial it was, took me <10m What a fantastic service to the community.
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PDS MOOver
PDS MOOver – ATProto tools for PDS migrations and backups
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Star Gambit @stargamb.it · 12/09/2026
Star Gambit GrandConvention Day in the Life! #boardgames #con
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 29/08/2026
Developer democracy vindicated once again! I love Debian. Recently helped a non-tech friend get his gaming PC on it; he hasn't needed my help for weeks and says he loves it.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 23/08/2026
Terra Ignota: what a series. I need time to unpack what I've read and space to discuss it. It's also... so weighty and personal that I'm not comfortable dumping my partially-crystalized thoughts on the public internet. And that's before how spoiler-adjacent a lot of what I want to discuss is.
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apenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 22/08/2026
You don’t win an argument about definitions. You agree on definitions so that you can even have an argument
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Star Gambit @stargamb.it · 17/08/2026
Star Gambit Open Beta Tournament #2! Sign-up now! Link below -
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 04/08/2026
Partway through Too Like The Lightning (Ada Palmer). It's REALLY weird (laudatory).
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 26/07/2026
This is nauseating.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 26/07/2026
Huh. Trying out Opus 5, and that's the second time today it's gone above any beyond. The first time was welcome, but it just built a little feature that I didn't ask for and don't want. Not sure what to make of this.
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Josh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 25/07/2026
To install a PWA on iOS, you have to: - Navigate to the site - Open the menu - Click "share" (wtf!?) - Click the SECOND "more" ellipsis icon (not the first!) - Click "add to home screen" - Click the "Add" button This is, to me, unacceptably byzantine. Just deliberately hostile on Apple's part.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 24/07/2026
Just took me 15 tries to get a password accepted by Fidelity. If your app has requirements for a password, you need to tell me which I'm failing on, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE POORLY WRITTEN AND MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY SAY
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 13/07/2026
Amazing first #protospiel experience this weekend! Full of good times, awesome board games, and great people. Really cool to meet some publishers and show off @lipstick-lemondrop.bsky.social 's STELLAR paint jobs on these fleets.
4 painted space fleets sit on and around a Star Gambit board. A (textured!) rusty fleet with orange highlights battles a grey-green armada. A close-up of a few of the ships on the board.A close-up of one of the fleets sitting off the board. It appears to be made of ice/snow and is arranged in a tight triangular formation.Another off-board fleet, painted to look overgrown with vines and flowers.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 12/07/2026
The more you know about your program before you execute it the better, therefore Lean is the future of all programming. In this essay I shall...
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 16/06/2026
First time @ #OriginsGameFair, so excited to play some games and show off Star Gambit!
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 13/06/2026
Can you hear that? *the sound of Anthropic lawyers desperately asking Claude what legal limits there are on export controls*
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 16/05/2026
NOoooOOOOoo 😭 I noticed my spelling mistake a little over an hour after posting this, I definitely want to be able to edit older posts.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 15/05/2026
Backfilling Bluesky follows with Happyview, attempt 2: 18 hrs in, and it's working! However, I notice that it's not using much bandwidth. Should it really be waiting to resolve every PDS before downloading repos? I assume we're getting rate limited on PDS resolution. #atproto
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 13/05/2026
@happyview.dev backfill experiment, partial success. youandme.at connection backfill was snappy, but HappyView reports no progress on Bluesky follows. @trezy.codes any suggestions? No errors or warnings in the logs.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 01/05/2026
Yessssssss more signals! I'm so excited by the atmosphere's potential in terms of helping us filter the deluge of information we encounter daily.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 25/04/2026
Star Gambit Beta Launch: things are working, good times were had. As expected, no explosive uptake; time to focus on player experience and the community. If you'd like to give it a go, drop in tomorrow at 4-5pm Eastern (20:00 UTC) for our weekly play session! play.stargamb.it
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 25/04/2026
It is time! The world can play Star Gambit! It's free! It's fun! No sign-in required. Send a game link to a friend now!
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 24/04/2026
What if we emphasize the shape of a handle instead of teaching vocabulary? With a little animation, we can show a examples of handles they might recognize and hint at more with "@proto.handle".
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The Traveler [COMMS OPEN] @ekvitki.art · 24/04/2026
The indie tactical space fleet battle tabletop game STAR GAMBIT is entering its open beta APRIL 25TH! It's got a demo, too! Enjoy my epic, nebula-filled space vistas as you decimate the enemy! Check it out here: stargamb.it Follow them here: @stargamb.it #stargambit #gamedev #boardgame
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Star Gambit
Command your fleet to victory
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 18/04/2026
Star Gambit's second ever Galactic Championship is live now! Tune in at stream.place/stargamb.it
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 18/04/2026
Go home Google you're drunk
A screenshot of a Google maps route that suggests hanging a left and driving a block before ripping a u-turn and driving directly though several houses and backyards to get back on the road we were on in the first place.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 18/04/2026
Time to drop some AI hot takes in the hopes of getting more eyes on my game, Star Gambit. Quote dunks welcome. (Tournament stream at 1 ET Apr. 18 (today?) stream.place/stargamb.it)
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Stream.place
Open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 10/04/2026
If you like spaceships and strategy, this one's for you. The Star Gambit's open beta launches on the 25th. It's been a great 2 years building it as a hobby. At long last, Star Gambit is ready. Are you? (tournament stream on the 18th)
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 10/04/2026
@iame.li I'm looking to stream to Streamplace, but I'd also like to broadcast on Twitch/YouTube as well. Any good software/services to assist with that? I'm a little worried about the upload bandwidth on my home internet.
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Victoria @vicwalker.dev.br · 04/04/2026
Yooo the tool to import YouAndMe connections into your repo by @7hird.dev reached even Toni in just 2 days (max) That's cool (and he saw us fighting for the most connections lol it was fun)
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 03/04/2026
@ptr.pet I like hydrant, but I lost some progress on my backfill when my PC lost power. Right now I've got it stopping hydrant and taking a backup every hour. Two questions: is it possible/safe to backup hydrant while it's running? Is there a better way to not lose data on an unexpected shutdown?
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 03/04/2026
Love this, please bring the gameboy camera to every AtmosphereConf
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 02/04/2026
Ooh yeah hydrant is moving. Maxed out my residential internet no problem, gonna be like 10 days til I have all the full follow graph (though probably more since I'll throttle it to spare some bandwidth). Thanks @ptr.pet.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 31/03/2026
Thanks to no-one in particular for the unwelcome reminder that airplane wings can, by design, bend quite a lot.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 31/03/2026
Goodbye to beautiful Vancouver. I expect I'll be back, eventually.
A picture taken out the window of a plane leaving Vancouver. The UBC campus, the bay, and cloud-cradled mountains are visible in the distance.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 30/03/2026
@goose.art quickslice sounds sweet, but you said it was too slow for ingesting huge collections like follows. Is Tap my best option there or would you recommend something else?
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 30/03/2026
I was way too busy meeting awesome people at #AtmosphereConf to use this app. What a great feeling and a fantastic conference. Thanks to all!
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patak @patak.cat · 30/03/2026
so much hope in the atmosphere
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 28/03/2026
After a short intermission, botwatch.net/youandi Is back up. It now only requests the create permission (no worrying about me climbing the leaderboard by deleting your connections) and writes a new field, originalCreatedAt, to record when the record we're copying from was created.
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You & I
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 28/03/2026
Anyone else dissatisfied that @brookie.blog's youandme.at only writes to the pds of the person who scanned the QR code? I just launched botwatch.net/You-and-I, a simple tool to fix this. You can see a list of people who claim to have met you and write some or all to your PDS too. #ATmosphereconf
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 28/03/2026
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for youandme.at, but @gui.do's sifa.id/meet is better. You&Me's 1-sided write means anyone can falsely claim to have met you.
youandme.at
You & Me
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botwatch.net @botwatch.net · 26/03/2026
The Botwatch has begun! botwatch.net/blog/alpha
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 26/03/2026
muahahahaha now that's what I'm talking about #SlayTheSpire2
The beginning of a slay the spire 2 run with some extraordinary luck. Playing Defect and picking Leafy Poultice transformed a strike and a defend into Supercritical and Tempest, an excellent combination.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 26/03/2026
Damn this place is gorgeous
A shot of downtown Vancouver across the water with mountains in the background
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 25/03/2026
On my way to #ATmosphereconf!
Me outside the 'Blue Sky Bar' in the Denver airport.
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Paul Johnecheck @7hird.dev · 25/03/2026
just switched over to @ptr.pet's Hydrant from Tap, I'm a fan. Being able to have multiple signals was the main driver. Minor complaint, lightrail.microcosm.blue was missing repos but I just had to switch to the bluesky relay. HYDRANT_CRAWLER_URLS: by_collection::https://relay1.us-east.bsky.network
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