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@golang.org

🎆 Go 1.26.0 is released!

🗒️ Release notes: https://go.dev/doc/go1.26

⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.0

#golang

February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

We also have an #irc channel on libera.chat now, #librario. It’s IRC and a small project, so don’t expect much activity, but it should be a nice place to hang and chat about #books and the project.

irc://irc.libera.chat/#librario

#booksky

February 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

As of last night, the public build of Librario officially supports getting #book metadata from #Goodreads, in addition to the other sources.

Source code is on #SourceHut, if anyone is interested.

#booksky #opensource

librario: Simple REST API that aggregates book metadata into unified, comprehensive data.

sr.ht

February 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM

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Jake Gold

@jacob.gold

Apps that get DNS verification functionality wrong really cause a lot of pain for their users.

Having explained the problem a number of times, I finally decided to write it down so now I can just share a link.

Stop Telling Users Their DNS Is Wrong

If you’re like me, you’ve had the experience where you add a DNS record for a service. You triple check it. The app still says it’s invalid. You wait. You check again. Still invalid. You start wonderi...

jacob.gold

February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

I have written a #Goodreads #book metadata extractor for Librario days ago, but still haven’t been able to polish and write tests for it because come sleep time, the baby has been very fussy.

Being a dad isn’t compatible with having side projects, it seems 🤔

#booksky

February 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

Been a long time since I read a #book that I couldn’t put down until I was done, but Strange Pictures, by Uketsu, is that good.

Got me hooked on the first chapter and didn’t let me go until the very end.

#booksky

January 31, 2026 at 9:57 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

Looking to add more sources to Librario, the #opensource #book metadata API I’m building.

What do you use when you’re looking to get information about a book?

We currently have ISBNDB, Goodreads, Google Books, and Hardcover as sources, with OpenLibrary and Anna’s Archive in the works.

#booksky

January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

Built my first iOS application today, Booktello, a frontend for Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates data from several sources into a single response.

Now let’s hope Apple approves the app for TestFlight. I wonder if they’ll allow that “Download” link. Probably not.

#books #booksky #ios

A screenshot of Booktello showing basic information about the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, like cover, title, series, language, and number of pages. It includes a link to download the book and a link to view prices in different online stores.

A screenshot of Booktello showing information about the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, like a description of the book, and a list of genres, moods, and content warnings for the book. It also includes links to buy the book.

January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

If you could design your perfect book and reading tracking service or application, what features would you add?

#books #booksky

January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

I’m shocked.

Tuta @tuta.com · Nov 11

🚨 They are bringing back #ChatControl 🚨

Hummelgaard doesn't understand that no means no.

Discussion is scheduled for tomorrow, so act now: fightchatcontrol.eu

#No2Backdoors #Privacy #Security

Source: noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...

netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...

Peter Hummelgaard saying: "We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone's civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services."

November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

It doesn’t bode well for me that I get more followers when I don’t post anything.

November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM

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Ipstenu (Mika E.) 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🖖

@ipstenu.org

United States Citizens.

Please vote today. Vote for the future of the nation.

#YesOn50

November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM

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Joseph Cox

@josephcox.bsky.social

PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc

www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government

The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...

www.404media.co

November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

Question: if you’re looking for information on a book, is a non-spoiler summary of the book something you care about? What about one with spoilers, but clearly marked as such?

#booksky #question #book

November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

How did it take me this long to download and watch Key & Peele? I’m watching while putting the baby to sleep, bitting my tongue not to laugh too hard. So good.

October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

I assume we’ll see them trying this crap again next year. We have to win all battles, they only have to win once.

Tuta @tuta.com · Oct 31

🚨BREAKING: We've stopped #ChatControl for good!

Until a new Council Presidency tries again...

But for now, we can enjoy our success. Thanks everyone for fighting for #privacy along with us! ❤️ 👏

News screenshot: Danish Presidency backs away from ‘chat control
The Danes will seek to propose a voluntary detection regime in the CSAM proposal, instead of controversial mandatory detection orders

October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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selfh.st (Self-Host)

@selfh.st

Self-Host Weekly (2025-10-31)

Dissecting the #GitHub #Octoverse report, #software updates and launches, a spotlight on #HATimeMachine, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!

selfh.st/weekly/2025-...

#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #privacy #security #development #homelab #smarthome

Self-Host Weekly (31 October 2025)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, October 31, 2025

selfh.st

October 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

I don’t like to pick fights, but #Digimon is better than #Pokemon.

October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM

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David Crawshaw

@crawshaw.io

This is a very nice blog post because it is not afraid to explain hard work in terms of simple concepts. go.dev/blog/greente...

The Green Tea Garbage Collector - The Go Programming Language

Go 1.25 includes a new experimental garbage collector, Green Tea.

go.dev

October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM

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404 Media

@404media.co

One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is shutting down causing major issues for libraries.

🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM

James Pond

@jamespond.co

I started working on an #opensource REST API that aggregates #book information from several sources and returns more complete metadata. Quite a fun project to work on, when the baby lets me.

Check out the link below if you wanna try a “pre-alpha” build:

paste.sr.ht/~jamesponddo...

call-librario.sh — paste.sr.ht

paste.sr.ht

October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM