Sean Tilley
@deadsuperhero.com
Former Community Manager of #Diaspora, actively involved in reporting on decentralized technologies and the #fediverse at large. The clump of brain cells behind brands.town, spectra.video, and wedistribute.org
Hey @spacecowboy17.bsky.social, your For You feed is really great! I was wondering if you had any source code or docs for how your feed works?
I've got a guy doing PeerTube dev (making a video rec algo), and my first thought was to refer him to your feed and say "Do it like this".
I've got a guy doing PeerTube dev (making a video rec algo), and my first thought was to refer him to your feed and say "Do it like this".
January 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Hey @spacecowboy17.bsky.social, your For You feed is really great! I was wondering if you had any source code or docs for how your feed works?
I've got a guy doing PeerTube dev (making a video rec algo), and my first thought was to refer him to your feed and say "Do it like this".
I've got a guy doing PeerTube dev (making a video rec algo), and my first thought was to refer him to your feed and say "Do it like this".
Oh shit, this is a really great way to solve the PDS registration problem. I wonder if the same thing could be used for ActivityPub account creation?
So I saw the discuss the other day about "how do we initiate user registration for PDSes?", and well, here's a solution to that: github.com/bluesky-soci...
There's a little known OIDC prompt mode called `create` which does exactly this. The above PR implements this mode.
Here's a demo:
There's a little known OIDC prompt mode called `create` which does exactly this. The above PR implements this mode.
Here's a demo:
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oh shit, this is a really great way to solve the PDS registration problem. I wonder if the same thing could be used for ActivityPub account creation?
Look, I think Ghost is a really great publishing platform. But after dogfooding their #Fediverse integration for six months, I'm realizing there's still a lot missing. With their blog dormant, I'm left to wonder: is development still happening?
Ghost's ActivityPub Integration Feels Half-Baked
Their work is far from over, but lack of development and progress is leaving me wanting.
deadsuperhero.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Look, I think Ghost is a really great publishing platform. But after dogfooding their #Fediverse integration for six months, I'm realizing there's still a lot missing. With their blog dormant, I'm left to wonder: is development still happening?
Reposted by Sean Tilley
Here's a pretty incomplete list of YouTube channels owned or funded by private equity.
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here's a pretty incomplete list of YouTube channels owned or funded by private equity.
“How hard can it be?” is a hilarious cosmic joke featuring hubris. I’m finally starting to understand it from the point of writing software.
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“How hard can it be?” is a hilarious cosmic joke featuring hubris. I’m finally starting to understand it from the point of writing software.
I’m writing a desktop music player as part of my Computer Science Class / as an open source thing for my own education. I’ve wisely named it Boomer.
It looks like poop and doesn't actually play music yet, but I'm learning a lot.
Check out the repo here: codeberg.org/deadsuperher...
It looks like poop and doesn't actually play music yet, but I'm learning a lot.
Check out the repo here: codeberg.org/deadsuperher...
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I’m writing a desktop music player as part of my Computer Science Class / as an open source thing for my own education. I’ve wisely named it Boomer.
It looks like poop and doesn't actually play music yet, but I'm learning a lot.
Check out the repo here: codeberg.org/deadsuperher...
It looks like poop and doesn't actually play music yet, but I'm learning a lot.
Check out the repo here: codeberg.org/deadsuperher...
I've made dystopia a little more comfortable for myself: whenever I'm subjected to surveillance capitalism, I decide to vocally support putting advertisement departments into wood chippers, loud enough for my phone to hear.
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I've made dystopia a little more comfortable for myself: whenever I'm subjected to surveillance capitalism, I decide to vocally support putting advertisement departments into wood chippers, loud enough for my phone to hear.
For my capstone project in Computer Science, I’m writing a desktop music player in Java. I’ve never tried to build one before, but it seems like a decent challenge, and it covers the different data structures we’ve learned about.
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For my capstone project in Computer Science, I’m writing a desktop music player in Java. I’ve never tried to build one before, but it seems like a decent challenge, and it covers the different data structures we’ve learned about.
I've been thinking about media platforms in the #Fediverse geared around artists. I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization
Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.
deadsuperhero.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I've been thinking about media platforms in the #Fediverse geared around artists. I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
Reposted by Sean Tilley
this week's fediverse news is about the launch of Bonfire, a new modular social platform that focuses on communities, with a crowdfunding campaign to grow further
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
Fediverse Report – #141
Fediverse community platform Bonfire launches, together with a crowdfunding campaign. Mastodon now officially quote posts, and a fediverse client for the Media Liberation Day campaign.
connectedplaces.online
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
this week's fediverse news is about the launch of Bonfire, a new modular social platform that focuses on communities, with a crowdfunding campaign to grow further
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
Not only is the concept of an alpha male fundamentally flawed, but the idea that certain men feel the need to proclaim their alpha male status almost definitely means they’re anything but.
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not only is the concept of an alpha male fundamentally flawed, but the idea that certain men feel the need to proclaim their alpha male status almost definitely means they’re anything but.
Reposted by Sean Tilley
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
Dreams can sometimes shed incredible insight into human insecurities.
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Dreams can sometimes shed incredible insight into human insecurities.
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
I've been thinking for a while about writing a simple app, because I haven't done app development before. The first thing I would love to make is a social bookmarking app for posts, that lets you save stuff into different categories.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
October 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I've been thinking for a while about writing a simple app, because I haven't done app development before. The first thing I would love to make is a social bookmarking app for posts, that lets you save stuff into different categories.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
Reposted by Sean Tilley
A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.
GitHub - whyrusleeping/konbini
Contribute to whyrusleeping/konbini development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.
Imagine if toaster companies required you to buy proprietary bread that only worked in specific toaster models.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Imagine if toaster companies required you to buy proprietary bread that only worked in specific toaster models.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
Hey! Are you a CEO or project lead of a decentralized, open source communication platform or protocol? Are you tired of dealing with negative responses to your misinterpreted posts?
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hey! Are you a CEO or project lead of a decentralized, open source communication platform or protocol? Are you tired of dealing with negative responses to your misinterpreted posts?
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
Reposted by Sean Tilley
This whole day has been french toast erasure and I won't stand for it
October 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This whole day has been french toast erasure and I won't stand for it
Reposted by Sean Tilley
Realizing I never posted this to Bluesky 🫢
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Realizing I never posted this to Bluesky 🫢
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
Reposted by Sean Tilley
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
I beat Wolfenstein: The New Order yesterday, and started playing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. What a series! I can’t believe I slept on these.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I beat Wolfenstein: The New Order yesterday, and started playing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. What a series! I can’t believe I slept on these.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
The computer science course I'm taking this semester is a lot of fun, but the most recent stuff is super challenging. It's all Java-based, which I'm actually doing okay with, but refactoring code to incorporate new concepts is super hard.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The computer science course I'm taking this semester is a lot of fun, but the most recent stuff is super challenging. It's all Java-based, which I'm actually doing okay with, but refactoring code to incorporate new concepts is super hard.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Where's a good place to go to find all the cool stuff being built by Bluesky / ATproto devs? I want to start covering this stuff more closely.
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
September 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where's a good place to go to find all the cool stuff being built by Bluesky / ATproto devs? I want to start covering this stuff more closely.
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Dogs, particularly beagles, have the uncanny habit of both being deep sleepers, and also discerning the slight crinkling sound of a bag of chips. By the time they hear it, you’re already too late, and they’re silently asking for some.
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Dogs, particularly beagles, have the uncanny habit of both being deep sleepers, and also discerning the slight crinkling sound of a bag of chips. By the time they hear it, you’re already too late, and they’re silently asking for some.
I unwrap a Babybel Cheese for the beagles to enjoy. The dogs watch intensely, their tails wagging faster and faster. I can feel their eyes on me. 👀
September 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I unwrap a Babybel Cheese for the beagles to enjoy. The dogs watch intensely, their tails wagging faster and faster. I can feel their eyes on me. 👀