If you’re a software engineer, you should check out How Git Works by Julia Evans. I purchased it last week, but only paged through so far. And then I was looking at a Mastodon thread and Julia blew my mind with git log -S: find every commit that added or removed some text. Of course […] #
RSS blogrolls are a federated social network: As a starting place I manually identified twenty websites with OPML blogrolls. From these I can follow links to find 150 distinct websites. Several of the links go to YouTube pages, reminding us that RSS isn’t just for blogs. The network is up to 1700 feeds. It’s already […] #
Simon Willison on link blogs: Link blogging is a pleasantly low-pressure way of writing online. Found something interesting? Post a link to it, with a sentence or two about why it’s worth checking out. People have commented on links they found on social media for many years. For some reason the big white canvas of […] #
I made some changes to the theme here for the first time since adding support for dark mode about 18 months ago. I like documenting it because it’s fun to see how the design and layout change over time. Previously: https://josh.blog/2023/01/dark-mode #
My first concert “after” the Pandemic was Andrew McMahon and Zac Clark in October 2021. I remember being thrilled about doing something that felt normal again. Zac Clark has collaborated with McMahon on various tours and musical projects. His music often features introspective lyrics and melodic compositions, reflecting his influences from rock, folk, and pop […] #
Apple Music is publishing their “definitive” list of the 100 best albums ever made. They’re posting 10 per day through May 22. #
We just take for granted that Open Source software is secure because people can review the source code. Unfortunately people very often don’t review the source code. This is how under-appreciated and under-funded maintainers end up being susceptible to bullying. #
It’s becoming quite common for web developer blogs that show up on the front page of Hacker News to not have an RSS feed. This feels like a step backwards. I know RSS usage is not what it once was, but it seems like something you should get for free. Blogging platforms like WordPress (currently […] #
My only New Year’s resolution is to practice mindfulness every day. I have been a long-time subscriber to Headspace, but have had trouble making it a consistent habit. 🤞 #
ActivityPub is cool because we finally have an open protocol to post and subscribe and reply to content across apps. Mastodon is not Twitter. I get why people think of Mastodon as open source or distributed Twitter, but it’s more than that. If you add ActivityPub support to your WordPress site, others can see the […] #
