Reposted by keyboard masherAaron Allen @aaronmallen.dev · 02/10/2026Today I have published part two of my Hanami, Why? series Hanami, Why?: Bits & Bobs aaronmallen.me/writing/hanami-why-b… #hanami #hanakai #ruby 065
Reposted by keyboard masherAaron Allen @aaronmallen.dev · 30/09/2026Today I have published the first issue of "Hanami, why?". This is a new series I'm starting where we will dive in together to learn about #hanami. aaronmallen.me/writing/hanami-why-i… #ruby #hanakai 01914
Reposted by keyboard masherHeidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me. 15469425
Reposted by keyboard masherAaron Allen @aaronmallen.dev · 16/03/2026I've just released v0.4.5 of Farg with color blindness simulations!! Please check it out! github.com/aaronmallen/farg/release… #colorimetry #rust #buildinpublicgithub.comRelease v0.4.5 · aaronmallen/fargAdded Add color_vision_deficiency module with three CVD simulation algorithms: Brettel 1997 (half-plane dichromacy projection in LMS), Viénot 1999 (single-matrix dichromacy projection in linear sR... 064
Reposted by keyboard masherAndré Arko @indirect.io · 03/03/2026after four months of private discussions, I have an update on the Bundler and RubyGems situation with Ruby Central: andre.arko.net/2026/03/03/fou…andre.arko.netFour months of Ruby Central moving Ruby backwardFrom the moment RubyGems was first created in 2004, Ruby Central provided governance without claiming ownership, to support the Ruby community. Providing governance meant creating processes to provide stability and predictability. Avoiding ownership meant allowing the community to contribute, to th… 05227
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 24/02/2026made a blog post that's 80% testing out pckt.blog and 10% reminding myself about the ampersand in ruby blocks and 10% not proofreading things before I post pckt.blog/b/zacs-blog/...pckt.blogruby code get blocked on - zac's blogyes it's mostly about blocksdef try_a_new_hobby(hobby = 000
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Just got stunlocked by a piece of old Rails code that had this in a view: `@some_variable.to_a.present?` 100
Reposted by keyboard masherJulian Rubisch @julianrubisch.at · 03/02/2026So I built my own solution: Crow's Nest. It's a dead-simple dashboard that connects to your Harvest account and shows: - Your total weekly capacity. - Hours you've committed. - How many hours are actually left. No more guessing. 123
Reposted by keyboard masherpseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026a quick comic about making art 8772171
Reposted by keyboard masherAndré Arko @indirect.io · 01/02/2026gem.coop has news! we've just released dependency cooldowns (in beta), a strong defense against supply chain attacks gem.coop/updates/4/gem.coopgem.coop update #4: cooldowns betaHi again, everyone. We’ve got a big update for you, and we could use your help testing things out. If you just want to test the cooldowns beta, you can jump straight to the cooldown docs. The rest of this post has updates from the team, as well as more background on why we built cooldowns in the fi… 03314
Reposted by keyboard masherAaron Allen @aaronmallen.dev · 28/01/2026Does anyone out there have a really solid system for organizing projects on your local machine? I currently do ~src/<org/profile>/<repo> but I'm wondering if there's a better way. 132
Reposted by keyboard masherAndrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 19/11/2025Pragmatic Bookshelf has 50% off nearly every book including mine: pragprog.com/titles/aapsq... Use code "save50" to get the e-book for around $20. Please share in your backend engineering team chat. Check out quotes from past readers: andyatkinson.com/pgrailsbook Thanks for your support!pragprog.comHigh Performance PostgreSQL for RailsBuild fast, scalable PostgreSQL and Rails apps. Solve data growth, quality, and reliability challenges, for workloads from consumer Internet to enterprise SaaS. 062
Reposted by keyboard masherClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists 247072605
Reposted by keyboard masher_______________________________ @filipamv.bsky.social · 09/11/2025After the Rubygems drama, I felt frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life. I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness. Join me in building a better future: okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...okayfail.comIn Praise of dhhA reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future. 913342
Reposted by keyboard masherMaya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Now's a good time for Illinois residents to take advantage of a unique right we have to be removed from Clearview's database. Scroll down to IL opt-out here: www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...clearview.aiPrivacy & Requests | Clearview AI 211484
Reposted by keyboard masherDecoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 26/10/2025This is a DC area food bank that has helped laid off and unpaid government workers. They need help. If you have a few bucks to spare consider this charity. www.capitalareafoodbank.org?utm_referrer...capitalareafoodbank.orgFood Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food BankThe Capital Area Food serves the entire Washington, DC, metropolitan region, providing meals to thousands of people a day while also addressing the root causes of hunger. 17755400
Reposted by keyboard masher5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Today on my blog, I discuss My Fair Lady and why Henry Higgins would totally go for an AI girlfriend and why going "you are bigoted if you hate my GPTwife" sucks the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/the-inevitab...the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.ioThe Inevitable Consequences of Sculpting your own GirlfriendWhat My Fair Lady's original novel teaches us about AI Support my Writing with a Tip A sculptor, Pygmalion makes a woman, Galatea, out of clay. Because she is made to his exact standards, she is imp... 26120
Reposted by keyboard masher5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Idk why my art is popping off but I keep a tip jar here ko-fi.com/lmaoganmako-fi.comSupport BeanPasteSupport BeanPaste 143
Reposted by keyboard masherJoel Drapper 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me · 23/09/2025After listening to about a dozen first-hand accounts, I’ve published what I know about the RubyGems takeover.joel.drapper.meShopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeoverRuby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent. 1920781
Reposted by keyboard masher5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 05/09/2025As we finish this first week in September I want to talk about my writing and ask for some help in keeping my blog going. I've been trying this summer to intentionally write things that could be useful for the months ahead the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/the-state-vi...the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.ioThe State Violence Apologia MachineSupport my Writing with a Tip We have this structured and almost procedural cycle of protest violence in the United States a lot. It goes like this: 1. Grievances bubble up en masse, and people the... 48622
Reposted by keyboard masherPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 23/05/2025This is good slate.com/culture/2025...slate.comIt’s One of the Weirdest Mistakes in Movie History. I Spent Months Investigating How It All Went Wrong.The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird. 29127
Reposted by keyboard masherGiopota @giopota.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Please stop immediately. No ai was used to create this image. 2356931604
Reposted by keyboard masherPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 21/03/2025Okay it may seem bad that Meta appropriated the entirety of the written word without compensating or even consulting with any writers, but consider what the world got out of it: a thing you accidentally tap in Instagram 345396872
Reposted by keyboard masher5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I am available for freelance column , commentary and feature work on foreign policy lmk bluesky editors I’ll file on time and stuff :) 0105
Reposted by keyboard masherjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/03/2025conservative evangelicals spent a quarter century explicitly tying their religious identity to the most extreme and jingoistic forms of american nationalism up to and including embracing one of the worst degenerates this country has ever produced and they refuse to take responsibility for itnytimes.comHe Gave a Name to What Many Christians FeelAnd the feeling isn’t good. Aaron Renn has gained a following by warning that the U.S. is currently a “negative world” for Christianity. 26268501232
Reposted by keyboard masherJoel Drapper 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me · 04/03/2025Trump paused military aid to Ukraine, I’ve paused access to my websites. “Are we the baddies?“ Yes. 5211
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This is probably why we need Sandi Metz herself to detangle our codebase 000
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Don't know who to tell this to but I just had my Lead Dev earnestly ask me a very basic question about inheritance in Ruby and I'll be spiraling for a while if you need me 000
Reposted by keyboard masher5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 27/02/2025wrote a blog post about transnational repression and why you cant skip over this term like its something egghead international studies people talk about ko-fi.com/post/Transna...ko-fi.comTransnational Repression and You: An American's 2025 GuideBeanPaste published a post on Ko-fi 24316
Reposted by keyboard masherCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/02/2025So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog. 10736601104
Reposted by keyboard masherKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/02/2025Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place advait.org/files/lee_20...advait.org 13475082522
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Every time I accidentally get on quora it somehow has gotten worse with a somehow worse UX 110
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Nothing turns me off of a movie more than seeing the characters in a commercial before the movie comes out 010
Reposted by keyboard masherSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Reposting with alt text for accessibility. I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is. Know your rights. Pass these around. 6289230
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I wish this worked, maybe I'll learn how to run my own version of Ruby to figure out if it's even possible 010
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Reading 'Metaprogramming Ruby' by Paolo Perrotta and my brain is broken now 050
Reposted by keyboard masherjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country 221112615524431
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Introduced my developer team (of which I am the least experienced) to refactoring guru today and the concept of design patterns, which was not something I thought I would be 'introducing' tbh 010
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Something so niche I have no one to share this with so hopefully someone else can tear up a bit to Roller Coaster Tycoon youtu.be/gNty2y0DQN8?...youtu.beDefying Gravity | Synchronized Roller Coasters (Wicked)YouTube video by Tube Cody 000
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 22/01/2025My copy of Practical Object Oriented Design for Ruby should be arriving today! I've recently also gotten a few other ruby books that have been on my list forever. Any recommendations for other Ruby books to re-populate my list?👀 110
keyboard masher @zaczac.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Was gonna check out Rednote but this was their interests page and I decided i'll hold off 100
Reposted by keyboard masherPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Planet Fitness locations in Los Angeles are “offering anyone impacted by the fires—first responders and residents—free access to shower, recharge, and relax” No membership is required to take advantage of locker rooms, WiFi, charging stations at any LA County location not impacted by the fires. 168159677096
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And the output showing an error of an unexpected assignment operator because You can't assign two variables at once with the double pipe operator.
Ps I was going to make this picture on my computer so I could change the words that The cartoon drawings by _why (the two silly foxes) are saying to say "I wish this worked" but oh well](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pb7gkzxcbfylp6zrigmtnzw4/bafkreia3p5uyhiacvnzvztgal42pjtty2cil24vet52eafalhcmmmg5pem)
