⊥ᵒᵚ⁄Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

For anybody confused about how this happens, basically:

- For about the past 15 years every business has been developing apps by pulling in 178 interconnected libraries written by 24 people in a shed in Skegness

- For about the past 2 years orgs have been buying AI vibe coding tools, where some exec screams "make online shop" into a computer and 389 libraries are added and an app is farted out

The output = if you want to own the world's companies, just phish one guy in Skegness

Great write up by Jay Peters of The Verge with regards to the Nova Launcher/Branch situation that I wrote about this morning.

Dominic reached out to me via LinkedIn this morning and asked some questions to get some insight.

You can read that here:

https://www.theverge.com/news/773937/nova-launcher-founder-left-kevin-barry-branch-open-source-android

#NovaLauncher #NL #Android #Apps #Google #Branch #BranchMetrics #News #Tech #TechNews

I was laid off recently so I'm looking for a new job!

I have a decade of experience as a web backend dev writing APIs in Python and Ruby in a variety of frameworks. I'm usually the git and Postgres expert on the team, and if you leave me alone I'll start writing tests and doing security updates. Used to help run PyLadies Vancouver, now PyCascades. More: https://hollybecker.net/resume/

Looking for: full-remote, hiring in Canada, minimal LLM nonsense

#GetFediHired #Vancouver #Python #Ruby #PyCascades

finally evaluating @kde Plasma desktop for MNT Pocket Reform (with external secondary dell 1440p monitor + mouse + keyboard) and taking notes. it'll need some little tweaks before we can ship it as a default, but so far it feels pretty fantastic. love the configurability and the attention to detail everywhere

(UK) OK, lets do the poll for the UK emergency thing:
(Boost for UK coverage)

Every company with AI.

Courtesy of Eleanor Morton, comedian.

#EleanorMorton #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #funny #humour #NonFiction

A note on the migration from GitHub to CodeBerg for people who wish to follow along with my various side projects: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138299630

Hey gang, I really need a job. UK, remote, something to do with computers.

I've been doing all sorts of software plumbing for a decade now, I can speak C, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, even a bit of Assembly for certain architectures in a pinch.

I might not be extremely specialized in any one area but you bet I can solve that one nagging problem you're not sure what specialist you need for. I've done frontend, backend, embedded, everything.

Please boost!

#FediHire #getfedihired

Edinburgh Palestine Action protest passes peacefully as London erupts

Hmm - two tier policing or is it a fact that in Scotland we have a force who are taking a more rational view? But maybe Edinburgh is too far away from London for the Westminster Maladministration to remember us? Either way, roll on independence.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25446597.edinburgh-palestine-action-protest-passes-peacefully-london-erupts/

#Policing #PalestinianAction #Labour #London #Maladministration #ScottishIndependence