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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 13h

I have a new plan. Recently I decided I want to walk more, and I also decided I want to watch all of Star Trek (most for the 2nd/3rd time, but I haven't watched almost any of the last 10 years). I'm smushing these two together in my Star Trek Walk Plan! By the end of 2028 I'll be all caught up...

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've been working on my own AI platform for a while now and it's time to try out the experiment and give me feedback. The idea is a decentralized platform for running open models more cheaply. Run a node yourself with spare capacity and I share the revenue. friendlai.xyz

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Friendlai

Open AI models, served by a network of community-run computers. Chat on the web or call an OpenAI-compatible API.

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devfestmn.bsky.social @devfestmn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know that all of the DevFestMN 2025 videos are live on YouTube? www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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DevFestMN 2025 - YouTube

The talks recorded at DevFestMN on December 6th, 2025.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looking forward to some fantastic tech demos tonight #MINNEDEMO

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I just updated my chrome extension with new detectors and fixed a few bugs. Want to know what tech the site you are running is using? chromewebstore.google.com/detail/angul...

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're having a community call to talk about DevFestMN 2026 to chat about people's favorite parts, hopes, and dreams for the upcoming event. Pop in to say hello or give us feedback we can use to make this the best year ever. meet.google.com/xxb-rvsv-voi

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Meet

Real-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I looked at it, but I'm not convinced. Talk me into it. At first glance it feels like a secondary publishing pipeline that will cause me headaches when I need to correct/modify/update a post that has already been distributed across AT Protocol servers?

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Based on some new dev work that I've done over the past day, I'd say AI deserves a promotion to recognize its latest capabilities. It has definitely moved past Intern to Jr Developer for generalized software development. Terrifying.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OMG emoji copy buttons on the google search page. WOHOOO!

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Are we all just lying to ourselves about inflation? In February 2026 I wanted this at $699. It's $879 now. 25% increase in less than a year?! www.jackery.com/products/jac...

jackery.com

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

5 years later and I still can't get Dropout's "Welcome to Mountport" out of my head. I love it so much. The funniest part is that the entire team thinks that you can't have a mountain next to the sea. They sing their hearts out about how it's impossible, despite there being tons all around the world

A photo of the mountain meeting the sea.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How long until the terminology flips? When all cars are "self driving", then "self driving" might flip to mean driving yourself.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

NooooooooOoOOOooo! They are stealing our space casino! #Factorio

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm giving a talk today about the #Angular renaissance today at Open Source North!

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A few weeks ago I gave one of the best talks of my life, helping you to change your mental models for successful vibecoding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuy...

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Stop Fighting the LLM: Mental Models for Fast, Frustration-Free App Building

YouTube video by Digital Fluency

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I love the fact I built this, get daily push notifications, and combine stoic wisdom with modern science and studies

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I'm live in about an hour at #Minnebar. Come say hi!

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Designing long and specific commands in the terminal can be hard. I wanted to use my LLM to help, so I built ai-cmd.sh. Just describe the command you want, preview it, and let it run! gist.github.com/StephenFluin...

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Feeling super inspired watching the launch of Artemis II. Yaaay humans.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I love understanding my code better.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Have a 3d printer? Ask your local #AI to generate openscad files and then describe the thing you want. OpenSCAD -> STL -> real world works so well.

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devfestmn.bsky.social @devfestmn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Check out Jim Hall's talk on FreeDOS: Keeping the community together for over 30 years from #DevFestMN 2025 youtu.be/G3kFJg1pgrg

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Jim Hall - FreeDOS: Keeping the community together for over 30 years - DevFestMN 2025

YouTube video by GDG Twin Cities

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I just donated to the kdenlive (video editor) project. I try to do this once every year to support open source I rely on. Consider supporting your favorite open source tools. Choosing to support open source creates a public good that every human can benefit from.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I'm swapping 4 drives in my NAS. It's going to take weeks (new parity dries, then take old parity drives and swap for individuals) but hopefully the extra 46TB of space is worth it.

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devfestmn.bsky.social @devfestmn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We just published the first video from DevFestMN 2025: Wes Chun's talk on Serverless AI. youtu.be/4EWuuglk-UU More talks will be published each week!

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Wes Chun - What is Serverless, and can it run agents & other genAI apps? - DevFestMN 2025

YouTube video by GDG Twin Cities

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Every year at Christmas the Fluin family plays bingo using bingo.fluin.io. We play for prizes at first, and then to steal. Updating to #angular v21 was cutting it close tonight, but it took about 8 seconds.

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Bingo

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Is the Internet experiencing another storm? I have a bunch of random services struggling right now but I don't really trust random status pages.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Sorry I missed this somehow. Experience is terrible for me lately. Drivers are directly in apt and on latest version, but the experience is bad. It's a bit conflated with me switching to a new pc so I don't know the real problem.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Huge props to the @angular.dev team & security researchers. There have been 3 new CVEs in the past couple weeks. This shows that the ecosystem is actively being scrutinized and protected. Silence isn’t safety. Visibility is. 🛡️✨ www.herodevs.com/support/nes-...

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Angular - Never-Ending Support (NES) | HeroDevs

Never-Ending Support for Angular from HeroDevs is a drop-in replacement for Angular, which means you can stay secure, compatible, and compliant without migrating away.

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Angular @angular.dev · 21/11/2025

So you watched the Angular v21 developer event, and now you want to explore more? Well, now you can! Check out the updates with the interactive v21 experience on angular.dev 🕹️ angular.dev/events/v21

angular.dev

Home • Angular

The web development framework for building modern apps.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

It's taken a couple years but Demos With Angular is back! In this video I cover the intro the latest SSR setup and show of deployments with Firebase App Hosting. youtu.be/QWe0ZWFtH5o

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Ship Fast with Angular's Latest SSR and Firebase App Hosting

YouTube video by Digital Fluency

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We just announced the #DevFest MN 2025 talks! Register at devfest.mn to learn about: * Serverless, Agents, GenAI * How to build an MCP Server * Structured & Unstructured Data * The power of non-determinism * Humans in the Loop (HitL) * Firebase app hosting * Community & resilience * Lots more!

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The latest Gemini CLI doesn't know what an MCP server is. Wat?

> how do I install another mcp server in the gemini cli?

✦ I'm not familiar with an "mcp server." Could you please provide more context or clarify what you
mean by that? For example, where did you hear about it, or what is it supposed to do? That will help
me understand and assist you better.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My absolute favorite vibecoding prompt of all time: `prevent firebase initialization race conditions by attempting initialization at most once` It worked... It actually worked...

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Kids got a cool new hotwheels track for their birthday youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5_-...

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YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I have 4 flights in the next 7 days. Uh oh.

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

If the government shutdown continues for let's say, 2 more years. What does the government look like at that point?

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Come and catch up on the latest in AI, Cloud, Web from Google and beyond at DevFestMN 2025, coming December 6, 2025! Tickets are live now. devfest.mn

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Stephen Fluin @stephenfluin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

If you weren't able to catch my talk on #Angular #SSR today, here it is in blog post form: fluin.io/blog/state-o...

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The State of SSR in Angular

## The State of Server Side Rendering (SSR) in Angular

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