Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I’ve been telling @platypussdivva.bsky.social that everything I’ve seen about this documentary reads horror-coded, and this poster is doing nothing to change my mind. 031
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A “Little Spicy” in the way mexican’s use “No pica” 😅. Can’t wait to listen to this, love @ricardo.bsky.social and his insights. 010
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaAT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 02/10/2026A decentralized protocol upends everything we know about building for the internet, including how to build a business. @ricardo.bsky.social has some insights on the way forward. atproto.com/off-protocol...atproto.comThe Only Moat is Taste - AT ProtocolRicardo Méndez is a technologist, advocate and investor who’s been working on the decentralized web for years. He joins for a conversation about how to think about building sustainable businesses on a... 46410
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaJim Ray @jimray.bsky.team · 02/10/2026Working through the backlog of recordings, I'm very excited for this one to go live. @ricardo.bsky.social is so insightful, a little spicy, I always learn something when I get a chance to chat. Queue this one up for your weekend listening 3225
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026There are two questions you need to answer when building something new: who is this for, and where is the money going to come from? Some longer thoughts on my exchange with @mosh.bsky.social about the ATproto ecosystem, and its needing a business focus. numergent.com/2026-08/Proj...numergent.comProject vs. Product, Startup vs. Business 3568
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaMary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Fabulous chart showing how the improvements in AI bug finding became visible to project owners which matches what OSS maintainers were telling me in March about the sea change to “still too many but good actually so we can’t ignore them” 083
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Death of the killer app: with enough affordances, a platform doesn’t need one to grow. ATProto plus the collapsing cost of personal app creation means the next killer app, if there is ever one at all, might be accidental. numergent.com/2026-06/Deat... #atdevnumergent.comDeath of the Killer AppI was telling a friend yesterday about how most of my development time is going to Winesky, but a non-insignificant amount of mental bandwidth is going to exploring other side projects, ideas, and sma 3152
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 06/06/2026At an Italian restaurant and I’m not very experienced with Italian wines or pairings so I took a photo of the wine list and asked @winesky.app sommelier for a recommendation. I love this app and how easy it makes it for us amateurs 032
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaMarch Hare @march.hare.winesky.app · 05/06/2026Rojo Clásico Vermouth by Padró & Co. (N.V.) - 4 ⭐ Living in California my vermouth options are limited, this hit the spot, provided the proper Spain nostalgia until I can go back. Vermouth Wine from Catalonia via @winesky.app 🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #catalonia #macabeo #xarello 051
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaWinesky @winesky.app · 05/06/2026Winesky now supports web push notifications for analysis and sommelier requests! On iOS, you'll first need to add it to your home screen — Apple makes that non-obvious. Instructions for both iOS and Android here: progressier.com/pwa-capabili... Enjoy!progressier.comPWA InstallationEverything you need to know about installing PWAs — with compatibility tests, step-by-step guides, and compatible browsers. 013
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Angels, by Clementine Hunter, 1966, 📸 by @adamhagyphoto 61187112
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/05/2026🤣kbb.comTesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off - Kelley Blue BookThe 2024-2026 Tesla Cybertruck is being recalled for faulty wheel studs. 34452661331
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaScience Magazine @science.org · 05/05/2026Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: scim.ag/42dMPBg 6975032932
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaWinesky @winesky.app · 30/04/2026We’ll just get one of the other games and turn it into a drinking game. 062
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaWinesky @winesky.app · 02/04/2026User testing surfaced something we didn't expect: most people don't photograph labels. They remember the wine later — at home, in a shop, halfway through conversation about a different bottle. So we built around that. 🧵 1/2 163
Reposted by Platypuss Divvaferal streep @feralstreeep.bsky.social · 20/02/2026shoutout to this magnificent piece of public art 152128432
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 21/03/2026Lovely, impressionistic, write up of @monkigras.com 2026 by @letorey.co.uk of London Web Standards fame letorey.co.uk/leets/monkig... Trans rights, community, data, governance, food and beverages.letorey.co.ukMonkigras 2026 | letorey.co.ukThis year's edition is named, Preparing Craft - Being prepared in Software and in Life. 091
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 22/03/2026Bluesky is not the everything app but atproto may well become the everything protocol. 2144
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Time to talk about this on main. Vivino, my go-to wine app for years, became an unusable, ad-infested PoS. I bitched about it for so long that I decided I had to either shut up or roll my own. Incoming #atdev / #atproto thread... 1/ 1245
Reposted by Platypuss Divvalhatan.bsky.social @lhatan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Thank you Monki Gras 2026 and thans to @monkchips.com for this brilliant event! I met a f*ng tons of awsome people in those day! Crafting is fucking awsome! Now I need to figure out how to craft me in something better. Big shot out to my friend @ricardo.bsky.social wine make connection! ‘1964 152
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 21/03/2026My co-authors @wiredferret.bsky.social @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social and @azimman.bsky.social are very caring people. They give me life. Kindness is an energy. 0102
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 20/03/2026OH I MISSED THIS HAPPENING claude.com/blog/1m-cont... didn't realise that they'd removed the premium for long context! I'd been artificially turning long context back off because I thought it was extra usage or extra expensive!claude.com1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 | ClaudeStandard pricing now applies across the full 1M window for both models, with no long-context premium. Media limits expand to 600 images or PDF pages. 3263
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 20/03/20263 of the authors of @progressivedelivery.com have made me cry today, in a really good way #monkigras 0131
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaLily Lachance @lilylachance.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It is so inhuman to take what other people need. I think there are a lot of people with a “wendigo spirit” in power right now. Great talk on resilience in communities by @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social and @wiredferret.bsky.social #monkigras 1113
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026@wiredferret.bsky.social and @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social talking about resilience in Community. Shout out to Rural Oaxaca and Minneapolis! 072
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Moving talk from @azimman.bsky.social about being the cis male parent of a trans kid. I don’t have any kids, but the message about treating people with kindness and being mindful your interactions carries through. You don’t get to define who others are. #monkigras 082
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026@azimman.bsky.social Talking about his life experience as a cis parent to trans children. 🥰🏳️⚧️ #monkigras #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights 030
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026“What if we could create a new order of cognitive abundance” @daniloc.xyz #monkigras 050
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaLily Lachance @lilylachance.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Never thought about how “science fiction” a toilet is — you have a magic bowl, press a button, and whatever you need to get rid of is just… gone 🤣 @daniloc.xyz #monkigras 0124
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaPaul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 19/03/20261Password will give support to open source projects - @hollycummins.com That's incredibly valuable for open source continuity #monkigras 051
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 19/03/2026As probably the only other person at #monkigras that uses Nuxt, I’m really enjoying @danielroe.dev ‘s talk. Thank you for your work! 0101
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 19/03/2026"a talk about how I craft myself". @hazelweakly.me on Prepping Hazel Weakly. #monkigras this talk will only happen once. So proud and happy to platform this talk. 2343
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaLily Lachance @lilylachance.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Wow. @hazelweakly.me sharing a deeply personal story about crafting and reinventing her outlook on life. #monkigras 1192
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Preparation means expending effort and marshaling resources that you have otherwise saved when you need to handle a situation on short notice. @lizthegrey.com #monkigras 072
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 19/03/2026Immigration and trans rights. Everything is super fucked up and trans people are increasingly having to become legal experts. @lizthegrey.com on, for example, what it means to be a refugee or stateless person. Important talk at #monkigras. The UK EHRC ruling is also super messed up. 2276
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 19/03/2026So @suesmith.lol is helping us remember that the shit they say on linkedin about AI is not what's happening when it comes to people with normal software development jobs in places outside the bubbles. 2326
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026“The incumbent abstraction level acts as an important point of leverage.” Sue Smith on why it’s still important to get involved with creating code even in the age of LLMs. #monkigras 083
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaLily Lachance @lilylachance.bsky.social · 19/03/2026You will not forget to code because you used an LLM to generate some of it. Acquiring a skill is different to retaining it - @suesmith.lol #monkigras 282
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The #monkigras captioning (Breeze Translate) does a brilliant job of correctly handling technical terms and accents! The only thing it’s struggled with is the name of this conference. So far, we’ve seen MonkeyGraha, MonkeyGrawer, Monkey gras (so close!), Monkey graph, and monkey gra. 😁 0133
Reposted by Platypuss Divvasarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 19/03/2026Dear lord our speakers are absolutely smashing it this morning. @ashley.rolfmore.com is doing fantastic framing from first principles. In this case the amount that a single person gets in governments per month to live on. 400.14. but also the nature of time, double entry book-keeping, and trust 1121
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Systems will fail, but they need to fail in a way that minimizes human damage. Design for safe failure. @ashley.rolfmore.com #monkigras 041
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaPaul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026"How do you build a partner rather than another accuser?" That's a fantastic question when building a solution of any kind. #monkigras 041
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Im wearing a green hat to cover my exposed brain, left the beak at the hotel though. 010
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026On model capabilities: People don’t buy engines, they buy cars. Adoption is not based on features but feelings (connected to what @lauratacho.com said about narratives overpowering questions). @anthrocypher.bsky.social #monkigras 141
Platypuss Divva @platypussdivva.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Trans rights matter!!! #monkigras #TransRightsMatter 🏳️⚧️ 062
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaPaul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026What I love about #monkigras is that it doesn't apologise for having opinions. 141
Reposted by Platypuss DivvaRicardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The gap between what devs and leaders consider a problem is growing (44% in 2024 to 63% in 2025!). @lauratacho.com #monkigras 032
