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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 29/09/2026

Can I gush about an app for a minute? I have to do some light video editing every now and then, but not often enough to learn the complex UIs of non-linear video editors, or to find just the right ffmpeg call. But @adhami's app Footage is just perfectly scoped. It does just the things I need […]

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 28/09/2026

I love working somewhere where you can suggest doing something good and people don't immediately look at you like you're naïve and don't know how the world works.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 24/09/2026

As my brother's a comedian, I'm somewhat used to see him show up on TV or go viral or something. But for some reason one of the coolest places seeing him show up was in one of the clues of my daily crossword.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 23/09/2026

Fun milestone: the first time a friend complained about a Firefox issue to me, and I was able to fix it for them 🙂

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 15/08/2026

Someone posted their first two minutes of using the Temu app on here, and I've had multiple robe times now thef I wanted to show it to people. Anybody can help me find it?

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 12/08/2026

"What LLM model is best" must be some of the most boring discourse in tech in a long time. It's not just people lobbing unverifiable anecdotes at each other, but even the anecdotes are outdated in months.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 29/07/2026

Dutch people don't take nearly enough advantage of our excellent infrastructure for roller skating.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 27/06/2026

My timeline is full of people asking about the goose egg memes, but the memes in question are few and far between, and I'm sad about that.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 16/06/2026

I now officially have contributed code to Firefox with the release of version 152! It was just a minor change, but after over four years of working at Mozilla, I'm still happy to have finally achieved that milestone.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 12/06/2026

RE: mamot.fr/@pascalchevrel/11673321824… > Mozilla is still a place where a motivated contributor can find a corner of the project, do meaningful work, and have a real impact — without needing to be a browser engineer or a Mozilla insider.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 25/05/2026

I would've gone to bed on time, if it weren't for the multi-hour exercise that is booking a train trip to Sweden, even with an Interrail pass 😭

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 20/05/2026

How long until Google offers an API to sell your products directly from the Google Search/AI UI? Free at first; later for a mere 30% cut, of course.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 17/05/2026

I just crossed Germany by train and suffered no delays, AMA.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 11/05/2026

It's a bit hard to see because it's still a small percentage, but as far as I can see, the share of Linux use among Firefox users is growing steadily: data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware… #Linux #Firefox

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 06/05/2026

1. Take a funny event. 2. Describe the event in a limerick. 3. It is now even funnier.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 23/04/2026

What's the most exciting software engineering thing you recently spent time learning... That isn't AI?

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 14/04/2026

Just sitting in the middle of Amsterdam listening to the general soundscape, and I'm reminded that cities aren't noisy, cars ar— actually, at max 30 km/h and mostly electric, the couple of cars here aren't too bad. #Urbanism

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 13/04/2026

Anyone going to Smashing Conf Amsterdam this week: I'm going too, and I'm going solo, so if anyone's up for meeting new people, hit me up! #SmashingConf #SmashingConfAMS

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 08/04/2026

I thought I'd learned quite a bit about accessible interfaces over the years, but @darice just demonstrated the many ways in which we're failing people with hearing impairments. One can only hope that the Gen Z/Millennial dislike of phone calls will help improve things somewhat.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 02/04/2026

I'm contributing code to Firefox, and I can just use Temporal. It's amazing.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 24/03/2026

Help, I've forgotten how to Git. JJ is nice though. #Jujutsu

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 23/03/2026

So this is interesting/ominous. Next.js has added tools aimed specifically at making it easier for LLM coding agents to work with the framework. They state: > it points toward a future where agents can debug and optimize apps with the same visibility as a developer. However, it's starting to […]

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 10/03/2026

Today in Naming Things is Hard: Two new organisations, otherwise unrelated, but both in an area of interest to me. There's the @modal Collective (modal.cx), and there's the Modal Foundation (www.modalfoundation.org). Clearly modal things are à la mode.

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Modal Collective

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 05/03/2026

This is probably still one of my spiciest engineering takes: vincenttunru.com/100-percent-covera… Surprisingly, I've had most pushback from people considering this *too lax*. For some reason, people really want to see the "true" coverage numbers, as if those are meaningful.

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If you measure test coverage, aim for 100%

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 04/03/2026

Fun fact: I spent years contributing to Xubuntu before learning how it was pronounced.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 09/02/2026

Karaoke is a great example of how a lack of privacy influences people's behaviour. It's way more fun when everyone feels free to make a fool of themselves, but try doing that with a camera trained on you.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 26/01/2026

I spent the day working at the library, and though I already knew, I'm feeling it even stronger now: what an amazing place. I'm glad they still exist.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 21/01/2026

Most of the time, I'm actually fairly happy with the state of the frontend ecosystem. These are not such times.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 14/01/2026

Remember when we consistently spelled it Micro$oft? Not only was that ruthless humiliation incredibly clever, but as we all know, it eventually brought us the year of the Linux Desktop. Now if we just stick with Microslop a little longer, then I'm sure Satya Nadella will course correct any day now.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 11/01/2026

I love that Rickrolling is still a thing. They don't make memes like that anymore.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 03/01/2026

The boiling frog metaphor may or may not be an urban legend, but I'm pretty sure the boiling Vincent metaphor is 100% true. In fact, I'd gradually turn up the water to boiling temperature myself if only my shower would cooperate.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 08/12/2025

Dear GitHub, I understand that this is a challenge, but could you at least show me, like, 5 or 10 files at a time? Just the prospect of pressing "Next file" hundreds of times is daunting already, let alone properly reviewing them.

Screenshot of a warning: "Due to the large number of changes in this pull request, only one file is being shown at a time."

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 04/12/2025

Has anyone figured out how to run Home Manager on Fedora Silverblue yet? I've been unsuccessful so far and would appreciate some pointers. #Fedora #Silverblue #HomeManager #Nix #NixOS

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 17/11/2025

I kinda wish someone printed these as stickers for people to stick onto oversized SUVs as a guerilla campaign. @fuckcars @citylife #SafeStreets #Urbanism #VisionZero

AI-generated picture of a taped body outline as seen on crime scenes, except it's on the front of an SUV. It's the size of a small child.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 11/11/2025

Sure the headings might consist of images with purple-on-purple text with an empty alt attribute, but luckily the AI made sure to make this website accessible by shoving this menu in there. (Of course, it's not actually marked up as a menu. And the browser's […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of a dropdown labelled "Accessibility", containing entries to change the font size, reduce animations, switch to dark mode, and increase contrast.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 06/11/2025

21st century life skill: Whenever you feel outraged, ask yourself: "am I just being used as fuel for the engagement machine?"

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 03/11/2025

Everyone keeps arguing about how to pronounce GIF, but you know what? You're all wrong. Here's how the Dutch pronounce it. (This is not a joke — this is actually how we pronounce it.)

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 29/10/2025

Vandaag stemmen! Voor het overzicht, de kandidaten met IT-expertise: PVV 39. Jan Valize GroenLinks-PvdA 32. Barbara Kathmann D66 19. Sarah El Boujdaini CDA 26. Hemin Hawezy VVD 34. Martijn Buijsse PvdD 20. Cynthia Pallandt Volt 11. Erik Kemp @erikkemp Met dank aan nerdvote.nl en […]

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 14/10/2025

Someone help me I've installed NixOS.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 03/10/2025

Has anyone made an esoteric programming language yet that mimics cringy LinkedIn posts?

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 03/10/2025

Currently at Fronteers Dark Mode, and it's such a cozy little conference. And I love the number of folks I've spoken to who say accessibility is their main focus. #Fronteers #Darkmode

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 18/09/2025

I appreciate how Playwright gives us `test.slow()` to hide the magic number, so we don't have to feel as bad that we're just bumping the default test timeout. playwright.dev/docs/test-timeouts#s…

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 15/09/2025

Whenever you feel the urge to use the word "utilise", consider if "use" will do as well. (Hint: it always will.)

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 07/09/2025

You can't tell by my actual blog, but I've written so many imaginary blog posts while in the shower.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 27/08/2025

Mastodon feature request: hide self-boosts. #Mastodon

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 14/08/2025

Haha OK, this is a pretty funny way to promote your VPN.

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Vincent Tunru @bsky.vincenttunru.com · 06/08/2025

This is some top-notch deceptive design. Everyone knows most people breeze through sign-up forms: enter email, accept the terms, submit. Now take a closer look. Informed consent my ass. Clever though. Via @shtrom #DeceptiveDesign

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