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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 08/09/2026

I hear this a lot but still find it hard to reason with. Compilers are deterministic but LLMs are not.

Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 26/08/2026

Brought a smile to my face reading this! Got into film a long time ago and since fell out of it due to time, but man it was such a great experience. Highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you can develop/scan yourself. Let us know if you have or will have a portfolio site to share the photos!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 25/08/2026

What does that look like for the core implementation repos like kubo? Does the IPFS foundation have ownership of that code to designate new maintainers? I would also be curious to hear how the foundation is protecting itself from the same fate since it too was separated from Protocol Labs in 2024

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 04/07/2026

I know some people Obsidian on mobile to write then use a mobile ssh client like Termius to send the files via sftp or rsync. Works pretty well if you have a home server or VPS.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 27/06/2026

Nice!! Zola is such an underrated SSG 🔥

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 05/06/2026

Appreciate it! but cant take all the credit here; subscribe feature was all @heaths.dev!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 31/05/2026

Huge shoutout to @heaths.dev for his work to keep Sequoia moving forward! Thank you to everyone who has been opening issues, contributing, and helping make @sequoia.pub better and better 🤝

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Heath Stewart @heaths.dev · 30/05/2026

And @stevedylan.dev just released the new version of @sequoia.pub with these features 🎉

npmx.dev

sequoia-cli - npmx

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 29/05/2026

Closest thing is to a library are the web components which are more for client interactions (comments, subscribe, etc). The idea is intriguing though. do you have a workflow/functionality in mind?

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Heath Stewart @heaths.dev · 28/05/2026

Working on something new in @sequoia.pub: support for @standard.site's site.standard.graph.recommend! Need to work out how best to re-auth for new OAuth scopes, but otherwise works similar to the Subscribe button I added a while back.

Screenshot of a new Recommend button with an outline of a heart above the existing "Reply on Bluesky" button already available with the sequoia-comment component.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 25/05/2026

Dig it!! Let me know if you think there's anything else we should squeeze in before the next release. Otherwise I can do one this week.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 23/05/2026

Interesting, looks like the image mime type might have changed at some point but the blob on the PDS has the old mime. Regardless I think I have a fix for this. Appreciate the heads up!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 17/04/2026

The Bluesky outage reminded me how awful this format is for my mental health, so I’ll be logging off. - Will continue to build Sequoia, open issues on @tangled.org - If you want to contact me you can find methods on my website /links - Make a blog, send me your RSS

media.tenor.com

a man in a red vest is talking about a holiday

Alt: Bilbo baggins from lord of the rings in a white shirt and red vest saying “I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don’t expect I shall return. In fact I mean not to.”

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Brookie @brookie.blog · 16/04/2026

we can have this dream,,, and it can be even better than before !! our blogs can connect across many places like @pckt.blog, @offprint.app, or @leaflet.pub we can have more discoverability, more connection. we can make something social, organic, and exciting !!

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nate moore @natemoo.re · 15/04/2026

hell yeah i love allbirds allbirds who visit the new bird feeder outside my front window that looks like the world's tiniest grill heh, fuckin gottem

a bluejay elegantly sits on the fence near a sick bird feeder that looks like a tiny grill

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 15/04/2026

Is it not under a standard.site record?

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 14/04/2026

Huge thank you to @jimray.locket.computer and the team for syndicating the post; yall are too kind! 🙏🏻

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 14/04/2026

For those looking out for the docs.surf post, this is it! bsky.app/profile/chri...

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 14/04/2026

Thank you for the kind words! 🙏🏻 Also appreciate the issue you opened on @tangled.org; it’s that kind of feedback which helps Sequoia be what it is. Truly, thank you! :)

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 14/04/2026

Today I found this site which lets you download the actual full-res archival film scans of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. We're talking up to 1.3GB TIFs 🤤 tothemoon.im-ldi.com/gallery/Apol...

Image of the earth and its oceans and clouds from space, film scan with the film borders on the left and right side

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 13/04/2026

Shill me your favorite blogs I need more RSS feeds

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 13/04/2026

Blogs and RSS have been a big one for me, and it’s replaced most of my social media consumption (bluesky is my only social rn). Would also add if you have the knowledge/skills, building your own software is a huge win. A combination of the two points above: github.com/stevedylande...

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andromeda/apps/feeds at main · stevedylandev/andromeda

Minimal personal software written in Rust. Contribute to stevedylandev/andromeda development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 10/04/2026

tldr: instead of using tap on a separate platform, I used a cloudflare durable object + jetstream to bring it all under one roof. It does have its limitations though, and I do plan to unpack a lot of that in a blog post

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 10/04/2026

lol 😂 I would be honored! I'll hit you up when I have a draft and we'll see if it fits :)

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

I think it’s long over due; will put it on my blog idea list!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

Thanks to the awesome atproto community advice, docs.surf lives to see another day! Was able to create a closed loop on Cloudflare and cut my usage to practically nothing. Should be stable for months to come!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

If you’re using a consistent design pattern you can make a skill that follows it. I did this for a set of uniformed apps I’m making and it works pretty well. Over time you can always refine it and make it more and more specific. github.com/stevedylande...

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

I did some deeper digging around my billing for Railway which has been the primary cost, and its kinda split between egress and CPU. Currently switching to a durable object on cloudflare that listens to jetstream which should help a bunch.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

Yeah I’m gonna have to start filtering bridgy records at this rate. I’m less annoyed by the noise and more concerned about the network effects; we should be able to handle a lot more.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

I’m likely going to look at quickslice since it can use jetstream instead, so might be going back to a local setup if it’s not too intense. I think even then I might have to filter out bridgy records because there’s just so many.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

For a while I moved the tap instance to my home server which did work, but eventually the ingress was so high my home internet was getting throttled (kids and wife were not happy lol).

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

That’s kinda where I ended up. I’m currently running tap on railway and sending webhooks to Cloudflare to handle data processing, but since it’s getting so many records it’s pushing egress costs up.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

Maybe I just need to look into quickslice? first time hearing about it. Link?

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

That would be really nice!!

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

I have decent internet, but definitely not gigabit. Basically I started hitting a rate where my family's wifi experience was getting throttled, and for a project like this, wasn't worth it.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

Unfortunately is the incoming traffic bandwidth. Tap listening to everything coming from the firehose, so even if you only subscribe for a specific record, the incoming bandwidth is heavy. I even tried to use my home server but started blowing through my ISP bw limits 😅

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

It's rough out there fam 😅 I think if you only store valid records it helps a little bit with DB size, but doesn't stop the mass firehose of data that comes inbound.

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Steve Simkins @stevedylan.dev · 09/04/2026

The good news is that it’s MIT open source so if anyone wants to tinker with it, have at it! tangled.org/stevedylan.d...

tangled.org

stevedylan.dev/docs.surf

A fullstack app for indexing standard.site documents

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