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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 27/09/2026

This hasn’t been created to stay empty.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

Beautiful window from the recent Brussels trip #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Interior of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, with a monumental 16th-century stained-glass window glowing beneath the cathedral’s soaring Gothic stone arches and ribbed vaults.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 24/09/2026

[Aggressive sales pitch, insults] A little while ago, my phone rang. Someone was trying to explain to me that their AI is the only way to keep my company from going out of business but, hey, they do everything themselves, in *their* cloud. I only have to […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 21/09/2026

Torta Tenerina vs. Torta di Tagliatelle: who won? (The result is in the alt text) #Food

Two traditional Ferrara's cakes side by side: a dark chocolate Torta Tenerina dusted with powdered sugar on the left, and a golden Torta di Tagliatelle topped with thin, nest-like strands and powdered sugar on the right.
So, who won? Both of them, because I ate them both. 😄

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 21/09/2026

One more cup of coffee...

An espresso cup, with a local branding "La Brasiliana"

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 20/09/2026

May your Sunday be quiet, peaceful, and relaxing, allowing you to keep the problems that trouble you out of your mind, at least for a while. May the sunshine in this photo gently kiss your forehead, without burning you, while a few clouds drift by from […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

A quiet country road curves through lush green fields and trees under a bright blue sky filled with soft white clouds. Warm sunlight falls across the road and vegetation, creating a peaceful late-summer atmosphere.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 19/09/2026

One of the signs of widespread AI use is the appearance of subtle, insidious problems that, in the past, a human eye would have caught before they ever made it into production. Here is what my Mac says. In Italian, this is a very serious mistake, the kind […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Screenshot of a macOS notification in Italian. The second line reads “Prossimo controllo: Oggi all’19:30”. This is grammatically wrong: in Italian it should be “Oggi alle 19:30”. “All’” is not used before a plural hour expression such as 19:30. It is a subtle but very noticeable error to a native Italian speaker, and the kind of mistake that proper human localization review should catch before release.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/09/2026

PFWall: building firewall images to run at scale - the last presentation of this wonderful conference #FreeBSD #EuroBSDCon2026 #eurobsdcon

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/09/2026

Henning is celebrating the 20 years of OpenNTPD (a few milliseconds later) #OpemBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDcon2026

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/09/2026

Lasagne at #EuroBSDCon And they weren’t bad at all

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/09/2026

Alexander Bluhm: from report to patch, the OpenBSD errata process #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/09/2026

Today’s keynote: Who's Going To Save The World From Al's Energy Use? You Are By Anne Currie #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/09/2026

Baptiste presenting: rcd(8): modern service manager the FreeBSD way #FreeBSD #EuroBSDCon2026 #EuroBSDCon

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/09/2026

Lukas is presenting: pkgbase in Production: A Practical Overview #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #FreeBSD #RunBSD

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/09/2026

Taylor’s “I/O and theorems and barriers, oh my” #NetBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026

Taylor is showing the qr code of his slides

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/09/2026

Stephen presenting the Linux emulation in NetBSD, a really interesting topic! #NetBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #Linux

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/09/2026

Everything’s ready for the opening session! #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #RunBSD

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 11/09/2026

Harold presenting NetBSD on the Nintendo Wii u #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 11/09/2026

And now it’s @bentsukun ‘s turn. No slides, only terminal! #NetBSD #RunBSD

Benny is talking, wearing a great illumos shirt

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 11/09/2026

Taylor is now presenting snapshotting file systems on #NetBSD I’ve used it a lot, so curious to hear! #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 11/09/2026

From the #NetBSD dev summit: Read NetBSD Commit Guidelines and in particular bear in mind that "Code generated by a large language model or similar technology [...] is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed" “Project proposal counts very […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

More ™ for mentors/admins
• Add and update project ideas that you are willing to mentor at https://wiki.NetBSD.org/projects/gsocg
• Project proposal counts very little due possible GenAI/LLM use
• Video calls with potential contributor are much better!
• During community bonding and coding periods get in touch with them and request a status updates at least twice a week Persuade your contributors to share about their work, submit talks to conferences and make to feel them responsible for their work
Google Summer of Code is about the journey for the contributor to get involved in open source, the coding is only the means to an end

More™ for contributors
Suggestions and project ideas at
https://wiki.NetBSD.org/projects/gsoc/
Use NetBSD and/or pkgsrc and feel free to propose your ideas!
• It is essential that you find a possible project you are passionate to work on
• Get in touch with us early! 10
Lurk mailing lists and IRC
Be candid with your mentors) 11
Read NetBSD Commit Guidelines and in particular bear in mind that "Code generated by a large language model or similar technology [...] is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed"
10 Yes, that means before GSoC is announced!, also right now.
"E.g. If you can work on it only part-time, let them know early about that and request an extension ASAP.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 09/09/2026

Not pizza. But a nice burger! #Food

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 09/09/2026

EuroBSDCon is not a traditional conference, but a family gathering. The kind of family you like, the one you choose, the one that always makes you feel at home. As soon as we landed, we dropped our bags off at the hotel luggage room and rushed straight to […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 09/09/2026

Goodbye, my friend. I will miss you.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 08/09/2026

I had to temporarily close the possibility to join the BSD Cafe Mastodon instance. A huge spam attack is in process. For people wanting a new account, please contact me. #BSDCafe

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 05/09/2026

I think @mwl would love this bag. Maybe not the colour, but...

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 05/09/2026

Next Saturday at #EuroBSDCon 2026, I'll tell the story of one of the longest nights of my career. On 10 March 2021, I had just fallen asleep when the alerts started arriving. One server down. Then another. And another. Different servers, different […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Cover slide for Stefano Marinelli’s EuroBSDCon 2026 presentation. A nighttime photo shows the OVHcloud Strasbourg data centre engulfed in flames and thick smoke. A huge orange "142" overlays the fire. Below, on a black background, the title reads: "The night 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. Physically."
In the top-right corner: "Stefano Marinelli · EuroBSDCon 2026 · Saturday 12 September, 11:15 · D.0.02."

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 04/09/2026

May the warmth of this photo warm your hearts, reminding us that we are human, among fellow human beings, beneath the same sky. #Photography #Photo #Goodnight

A winding gravel road curves past a tall silhouetted tree at sunset, with golden-orange light across farmland and reflected in a narrow irrigation canal.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 02/09/2026

Focaccia alle olive verdi e torta tenerina. Yes, I need energy, today! #Food

A rounded torta cenerina and a huge slice of focaccia alle olive verdi

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