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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 02/09/2026

Extremely useful to chat about #GitHub painpoints ahead of the #Radicle demo at the amazing(!!!) #SoCraTes Conference in Germany last weekend. If you were there (or even if not!) and still need help onboarding, please feel free to drop me a line! ;)

A flipchart capturing discussion points:

- data sovereignty,
- GH outages,
- relative lack of innovation,
- self-hosting pains,
- GHActions as the vendor lock-in,
- fighting the AI scrapers

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 29/08/2026

Coming up next, in #SoCraTes26 : Peer2peer, sustainable code hosting, with @radicle.dev Join me if you’re curious about #GitHub alternatives. There is always a choice. ;)

A screenshot of the unconference schedule, showing the session on #Radicle alongside all other available options

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 31/07/2026

Great fun this morning at the #JCrete hack day with @ianopolous.bsky.social, getting @radicle.dev + @peergos.org running side by side on #solar - powered hardware! Blog post and peergos-backed release artifacts on Radicle, coming soon Goal: #peer2peer #decentralised software, packaged sustainably!

Solar panels, charging power banks, powering hardware. (Small factor mini pc).

Solar-powere setup with a background view to the Cretan sea!

USB power meter, measuring consumption by (idle) node

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 27/07/2026

#JCrete day 1, a short run up the hill + quick swim in the tranquil sea! The calm before the storm of extremely interesting #openspace sessions: - Why aren't we shipping faster? - The future of #OpenSource with AI - OpenID Shared Signals Framework, - Do you still need the IDE? Changes!!

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 18/03/2026

My first #GreeceJS meetup was a wonderful return to that cosy feeling of getting together with colleagues, in a nice, friendly atmosphere! Chatting about how we're all learning (or struggling to), how we're succeeding (or failing) with agentic workflows & more Thanks for organising #GreeceJS team!

photo of the presenter in front of the schedule for the meetup: a local-first talk and an Agentic AI talk.

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 11/01/2026

Weekend well spent on #homelab upgrades: 📈 3 -> 5 node #K3s cluster, 💪 single-node etcd -> 3 node etcd for #HighAvailability, 💿 updated k3s, 🧹 tidied up some cabling on home rack. All set for a #medialab installation ! Next up: - find some time for that ... 😅 github.com/gsaslis/home...

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 06/11/2025

Nice to see some familiar faces & meet new ones over at #JFall ! Always inspiring to speak to folks who care about Open Source. It really makes working on #radicle worth it all the more!! Thanks to #NLJUG for organising such a large event and being great hosts! Hope to be back again some day! o/

crowded hall with jfall conference participants

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 05/11/2025

Wheels down #AMS for #JFall ! Really excited to meet folks from #NLJUG these couple of days. If you contribute/maintain Open Source, I'd love your thoughts on whether it's time we found a better home for #FLOSS - as a #PublicGood. I think that home can be #Radicle. Join my talk to hear why! ;)

laptop on plane seat, preparing demo for tomorrow's conference talk

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 04/10/2025

Dear @bridgefy.bsky.social , What’s the point of “messages without internet” if you’re asking me to sign up for an account, **especially** an #apple or #google account!? No, thanks. And goodbye! o/

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 05/08/2025

Morning Swim-Ups: How developers start their work day in #JCrete #JCrete25 #JCreteUnconf #sea #Crete

Picture of the sea with folks swimming while talking to each other, in circles

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 04/08/2025

"Network Neighbourhood" !! Wow! It had been a LONG while since I'd heard that !! ( Courtesy of copy.sh/v86/ - that emulates running different Operating Systems inside your browser! ) #fun #JCrete #JCrete25 #JCreteUnconf

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 04/08/2025

Not a bad way to get some @radicle.xyz work done while also attending the amazing #JCrete #JCreteUnconf !

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 29/05/2025

And *this* right here is why you shouldn't use "AI" for your customer service: In my first question, their #Unifi #GPT claims some of their products can work together. Had to check the specs, to verify that the switch in question only has PoE+ input, not output. Only then does their #GenAI agree

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 08/05/2025

99 (yes, ninety-nine!!) #meetups later, @devstaff.gr is still going strong!! So proud this community that we founded way back in 2015 here on #Crete is still around and one of the most active dev communities in #Greece. Congrats to all #orgTeam folks who help run this #volunteer-driven meetup. 👏

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 16/04/2025

I was trying to find the most popular #OpenSource projects on @github.com and - naturally - I thought about checking their #Octoverse "State of Open Source". But... Wait a minute... What's going on with #4 there ? source: github.blog/news-insight...

A list of the top10 open source projects (with most first-time contributors) in 2024.

#4 is java2bedrock.sh

screenshot of java2bedrock.sh, a project with under 300 stars.

Rather low for a "top 10" GitHub project, no ?

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 10/04/2025

Do you like @radicle.xyz but aren’t exactly enthusiastic about self-hosting your #codeForge? Talk to @kuehle.bsky.social to find out about a hosted #radicle node offering! Have us spin up your team’s seed node and CI runners and move your code to the global #peerToPeer network! #OpenSource #FTW

Presentation with diagram on how CI can run in Radicle

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Yorgos @yorgos.net.gr · 10/04/2025

Really exciting new features coming up in upcoming @radicle.xyz protocol versions!! 1. Canonical references (branches, tags, releases) 2. Identity improvements: more #DID methods, e.g. @bsky.app ‘s `did:plc` / `did:web` 3. Multi-device identity 4. Agent repositories for richer user profiles 🥳🍾🤩

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