Notes
Short updates, links, and thoughts that do not need to be full blog posts.
Finland was robbed
I think I probably have enough razors now, right?
Last week I learned how to type
Ted Lasso ❤️
Aww shit, I'm learning vim
I am going down a deep dark keyboard rabbit hole…
My grandmother just informed me that her phone doesn’t work anymore because she dropped it into a cup of tea.
Wether that will matter or not I don’t know, but what I do know is that these protocols don’t need to be seen as competitors. The rising tide of decentralisation lifts all boats.
A huge advantage that ActivtyPub and Mastodon have over Bluesky is that they are not VC backed. Sure, they still need money and funding but they don’t have investors eagerly awaiting a profit, so they can focus on building things with users as the no.1 priority.
At this point ActivityPub will have to deal with the first mover disadvantage. Competing standards like the AT protocol can take a look at what does/doesn’t work and improve on it.
AT and Bluesky specifically has also arrived at just the right time to take advantage of Twitter imploding.
The fact that it is a reasonably mature protocol with a lot of services build on it means that any changes are now pretty tricky to implement without potentially breaking those existing services.
None of these problems are unsolvable but it’s going to be tricky.
ActivityPub is not without its problems though. One of the main ones being account migration. Right now it relies on your old server being online and it doesn’t migrate your existing content, just your social graph.
It was finalised in 2018 after a small team worked on it for several years. It nearly didn’t happen at all. Mastodon is the flagship app using ActivityPub but there are a bunch of other including PeerTube and PixelFed.
I love the idea of ActivityPub as it’s an open, web native protocol.
I have some thoughts on ActivityPub vs the AT Protocol. Firstly, I the the protocols are more interesting than the products currently built on them (Mastodon and friends vs Bluesky).
ActivityPub was one of the first attempts to create a protocol for decentralised social media.
So I got access to #BlueSky and it is interesting. The vibe is very different.
Mastodon feels like walking around a public gallery. Everyone is fairly well behaved and composed.
BlueSky is like walking into a raging house party right as someone barfs down the stairs. It’s way more chaotic. I liked that when I was on Twitter but I don’t know if I want to go back to that again.
@joelhooks I think I recall you talking about this. Do you use it? Any thoughts/reasons not to use it?
I had a play with Inngest (https://www.inngest.com/) at work today and I like it a lot. It makes building multi-step background jobs easy. They can even span over multiple days.
I really want a bluesky invite code!
I just managed to cut my thumb on an aeropress! Coffee is dangerous.
This the the content of mine currently. It’s a little out of date but you’ll get an idea of where I’m at.
I need to start working on my CV/resumé, specifically for the US job market. Are there any you’ve seen that have been particularly impressive? Any recommendations or tips?
The Rust Foundation are doing some serious damage to their brand. I’m sure they’ll get it right in the end but damn!
I flew to a little grass strip at Kilkeel today. Got some great views of the Mournes. Here is the airfield from above.
The French riots are over a change of the retirement age from 62 to 64. Good fucking reason to riot. I just looked up what age I will get to retire in the UK. 68. ☠️
Happy #TedLasso day to those who celebrate