Jem
@jem.graphile.org
I wear many hats at Graphile - OSS for GraphQL & Postgres
Sponsor my open source work: https://graphile.org/sponsor
Ask me about the GraphQL Ambassador program
Something exciting: https://grafast.org
they/them
Sponsor my open source work: https://graphile.org/sponsor
Ask me about the GraphQL Ambassador program
Something exciting: https://grafast.org
they/them
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Jem
@jem.graphile.org
· Nov 21
Well then. It's been a while since I've seriously used any social media platform. How do we do it, again?
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This is so cool!
As a connoisseur of online color tools, it’s such a delight to discover a new funky take on the palette generator experience.
I love the Teenage Engineering / Dieter Rams aesthetic here colorpalette.pro
I love the Teenage Engineering / Dieter Rams aesthetic here colorpalette.pro
Color Palette Pro — A Synthesizer for Color Palettes
Generate customizable color palettes in advanced color spaces that can be easily shared, downloaded, or exported.
colorpalette.pro
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This is so cool!
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Twice a year I get contacted by someone who believes they've solved open source funding. It's usually a new app or licensing scheme. Both miss the point. Most companies see sponsoring open source as "charity" or an unnecessary expense, and until that changes, no solution will make a difference.
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Twice a year I get contacted by someone who believes they've solved open source funding. It's usually a new app or licensing scheme. Both miss the point. Most companies see sponsoring open source as "charity" or an unnecessary expense, and until that changes, no solution will make a difference.
It's the last 24 hours, get your talk proposal in!
🎤 The GraphQLConf CFP is open!
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
GraphQLConf 2026: Call for Papers
GraphQLConf 2026, the official GraphQL conference brought to you by the GraphQL Foundation, brings the entire GraphQL community together to learn, eng...
sessionize.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It's the last 24 hours, get your talk proposal in!
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One of the bigger challenges I have had promoting @solidjs.com is assuming developers have a general idea of how their tools work. I'd show off fine-grained rendering, and be met with "Isn't that how React works?" I'd find myself educating them more about their existing tools.
May 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One of the bigger challenges I have had promoting @solidjs.com is assuming developers have a general idea of how their tools work. I'd show off fine-grained rendering, and be met with "Isn't that how React works?" I'd find myself educating them more about their existing tools.
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GraphQL is coming home.
GraphQLConf 2026 will take place at Meta HQ in Menlo Park, where GraphQL was born.
CFP is open and we would love to hear your story 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
GraphQLConf 2026 will take place at Meta HQ in Menlo Park, where GraphQL was born.
CFP is open and we would love to hear your story 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
GraphQLConf 2026 — May 06-07 | GraphQL
Join the official GraphQL Conference by the GraphQL Foundation in Menlo Park, California, from May 06-07, 2026. Discover the future of GraphQL with leading experts, workshops, and networking opportunities.
graphql.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GraphQL is coming home.
GraphQLConf 2026 will take place at Meta HQ in Menlo Park, where GraphQL was born.
CFP is open and we would love to hear your story 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
GraphQLConf 2026 will take place at Meta HQ in Menlo Park, where GraphQL was born.
CFP is open and we would love to hear your story 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
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The GraphQLConf 2026 page is live 🎉
If you have a GraphQL idea, lesson, or story to share, now is the time.
CFP is open and we would love to hear from you.
Learn more and submit a talk 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
If you have a GraphQL idea, lesson, or story to share, now is the time.
CFP is open and we would love to hear from you.
Learn more and submit a talk 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
GraphQLConf 2026 — May 06-07 | GraphQL
Join the official GraphQL Conference by the GraphQL Foundation in Menlo Park, California, from May 06-07, 2026. Discover the future of GraphQL with leading experts, workshops, and networking opportunities.
graphql.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The GraphQLConf 2026 page is live 🎉
If you have a GraphQL idea, lesson, or story to share, now is the time.
CFP is open and we would love to hear from you.
Learn more and submit a talk 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
If you have a GraphQL idea, lesson, or story to share, now is the time.
CFP is open and we would love to hear from you.
Learn more and submit a talk 👇
graphql.org/conf/2026/
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🇳🇴 In Oslo? Join GraphQL Oslo on Monday 26th January for their next meet up, more details here: guild.host/events/grap...
GraphQL Oslo January 2026
Jan 26th 5:00PM: Vi har gleden av å invitere til et nytt møte i GraphQL Oslo. Merk at vi begynner litt tidligere på kvelden denne gangen, basert på endel tilbakemeldinger.
Programmet for kvelden er ikke klart enda, men det kommer helt sikkert til å bli spennende! Ta gjerne kontakt dersom du har lyst å bidra!
guild.host
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🇳🇴 In Oslo? Join GraphQL Oslo on Monday 26th January for their next meet up, more details here: guild.host/events/grap...
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You can also give back and help sustain the projects you use by creating thoughtful issues (read antfu.me/posts/why-reproductions-are-required by @antfu.me), and helping where you can.
Before talking with your employer, get a good pitch in order. @opensourcepledge.com is a great way to approach it.
Before talking with your employer, get a good pitch in order. @opensourcepledge.com is a great way to approach it.
Do you like a free tool? Send money.
Do you use a tool at work? Convince your employer to sponsor it. Stop marketing OSS as free stuff to your employer, and treat it as a cost for the company.
You only endanger the OSS project, if you don't give something in return.
Do you use a tool at work? Convince your employer to sponsor it. Stop marketing OSS as free stuff to your employer, and treat it as a cost for the company.
You only endanger the OSS project, if you don't give something in return.
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
You can also give back and help sustain the projects you use by creating thoughtful issues (read antfu.me/posts/why-reproductions-are-required by @antfu.me), and helping where you can.
Before talking with your employer, get a good pitch in order. @opensourcepledge.com is a great way to approach it.
Before talking with your employer, get a good pitch in order. @opensourcepledge.com is a great way to approach it.
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We are searching for our next host for London GraphQL, can you help us find a venue for February/March?
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We are searching for our next host for London GraphQL, can you help us find a venue for February/March?
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🎤 The GraphQLConf CFP is open!
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
GraphQLConf 2026: Call for Papers
GraphQLConf 2026, the official GraphQL conference brought to you by the GraphQL Foundation, brings the entire GraphQL community together to learn, eng...
sessionize.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🎤 The GraphQLConf CFP is open!
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
Got a GraphQL idea or story to share?
Join us May 6 - 7 at Meta HQ in Menlo Park.
Submit your talk 👇
sessionize.com/graphqlconf...
Why do I want a phone app on my Mac?
a white rabbit with pink ears is standing on a table with its mouth open .
Alt: a white rabbit with pink ears is standing on a table with its mouth open, confused look on face
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Why do I want a phone app on my Mac?
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Hey we need to write documentation?
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Hey we need to write an `AGENT.md` file that explains how this all works in great detail so the LLM can generate code.
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Hey we need to write an `AGENT.md` file that explains how this all works in great detail so the LLM can generate code.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Hey we need to write documentation?
🦗🦗🦗
Hey we need to write an `AGENT.md` file that explains how this all works in great detail so the LLM can generate code.
💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝
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Hey we need to write an `AGENT.md` file that explains how this all works in great detail so the LLM can generate code.
💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝💰📝
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You have no excuse for @tailwindcss.com.
You Have No Excuse for Tailwind | Open Source Pledge
Open Source economics are broken, and AI is rapidly accelerating the crisis.
opensourcepledge.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
You have no excuse for @tailwindcss.com.
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Kick off the new year with 5 essential episodes of the GitHub Podcast. 🎧
Go beyond trends and tools. Learn practical ways to think more clearly about where software is headed and how to grow alongside it.
If 2026 is about building with intention, start here.👇
Go beyond trends and tools. Learn practical ways to think more clearly about where software is headed and how to grow alongside it.
If 2026 is about building with intention, start here.👇
5 podcast episodes to help you build with confidence in 2026
These GitHub Podcast episodes help you cut through the noise and build with more confidence across AI, open source, and developer tools.
github.blog
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Kick off the new year with 5 essential episodes of the GitHub Podcast. 🎧
Go beyond trends and tools. Learn practical ways to think more clearly about where software is headed and how to grow alongside it.
If 2026 is about building with intention, start here.👇
Go beyond trends and tools. Learn practical ways to think more clearly about where software is headed and how to grow alongside it.
If 2026 is about building with intention, start here.👇
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prospective Pledge co's: idk it's a lot of money, will it really help with recruiting?
prospective employees:
prospective employees:
Haha thanks!
You & @chadwhitacre.com & @sentry.io putting so much time & effort & money into @opensourcepledge.com & sponsorships was a big reason why I joined Sentry. It speaks positively and strongly about the company culture and motivations and people!
You & @chadwhitacre.com & @sentry.io putting so much time & effort & money into @opensourcepledge.com & sponsorships was a big reason why I joined Sentry. It speaks positively and strongly about the company culture and motivations and people!
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
prospective Pledge co's: idk it's a lot of money, will it really help with recruiting?
prospective employees:
prospective employees:
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Calling all Philly devs!
We’re hosting our first ever Philly GraphQL meetup on Thursday, January 22nd at 6:30pm.
We’re keeping it casual with an Intro to GraphQL talk and plenty of time to socialize, ask questions, and tell us what topics you’d like to see next.
luma.com/etwcu14k
We’re hosting our first ever Philly GraphQL meetup on Thursday, January 22nd at 6:30pm.
We’re keeping it casual with an Intro to GraphQL talk and plenty of time to socialize, ask questions, and tell us what topics you’d like to see next.
luma.com/etwcu14k
Philly GraphQL · Luma
Philly GraphQL
Come join us at Rebel and Wolf for our first Philly GraphQL meetup! All are welcome, no GraphQL experience required. Just bring a curious mind…
luma.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Calling all Philly devs!
We’re hosting our first ever Philly GraphQL meetup on Thursday, January 22nd at 6:30pm.
We’re keeping it casual with an Intro to GraphQL talk and plenty of time to socialize, ask questions, and tell us what topics you’d like to see next.
luma.com/etwcu14k
We’re hosting our first ever Philly GraphQL meetup on Thursday, January 22nd at 6:30pm.
We’re keeping it casual with an Intro to GraphQL talk and plenty of time to socialize, ask questions, and tell us what topics you’d like to see next.
luma.com/etwcu14k
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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Who's going to FOSDEM in January?
There is no API devroom or any API stand. I was thinking, maybe some co-located meetup? unconference style - but not necessarily. There are many other events already there: opensourceweek.eu
Or too late?
There is no API devroom or any API stand. I was thinking, maybe some co-located meetup? unconference style - but not necessarily. There are many other events already there: opensourceweek.eu
Or too late?
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Who's going to FOSDEM in January?
There is no API devroom or any API stand. I was thinking, maybe some co-located meetup? unconference style - but not necessarily. There are many other events already there: opensourceweek.eu
Or too late?
There is no API devroom or any API stand. I was thinking, maybe some co-located meetup? unconference style - but not necessarily. There are many other events already there: opensourceweek.eu
Or too late?
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I see a lot of complaints about untested AI slop in pull requests. Submitting those is a dereliction of duty as a software engineer: Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/...
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
In all of the debates about the value of AI-assistance in software development there’s one depressing anecdote that I keep on seeing: the junior engineer, empowered by some class of …
simonwillison.net
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I see a lot of complaints about untested AI slop in pull requests. Submitting those is a dereliction of duty as a software engineer: Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
The Doctor Who series 10 soundtrack has FINALLY dropped. Only 8 years late. It's so good, I think a rewatch is in order over the Christmas break!
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Doctor Who series 10 soundtrack has FINALLY dropped. Only 8 years late. It's so good, I think a rewatch is in order over the Christmas break!
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could you make it one day without using open source? @vlad.website tried
A Day Without Open Source
YouTube video by clumsy computer
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
could you make it one day without using open source? @vlad.website tried
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Accessibility is usually an afterthought in software, added at the very end.
What if we made it part of the GraphQL schema from the get-go and treated it as a core part of the product?
Watch Vanessa Johnson from The New York Times explore this idea 👇
youtu.be/ttmp_zkHH_0
What if we made it part of the GraphQL schema from the get-go and treated it as a core part of the product?
Watch Vanessa Johnson from The New York Times explore this idea 👇
youtu.be/ttmp_zkHH_0
What If GraphQL Knew Accessibility? - Vanessa Johnson, The New York Times
What if your GraphQL schema could do more than provide data? What if it could help your app be more accessible from the start? In this lightning talk, we'll ...
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Accessibility is usually an afterthought in software, added at the very end.
What if we made it part of the GraphQL schema from the get-go and treated it as a core part of the product?
Watch Vanessa Johnson from The New York Times explore this idea 👇
youtu.be/ttmp_zkHH_0
What if we made it part of the GraphQL schema from the get-go and treated it as a core part of the product?
Watch Vanessa Johnson from The New York Times explore this idea 👇
youtu.be/ttmp_zkHH_0
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Every year on my birthday I do social media pet court and today is the day 🎉
Reply with a photo of your pet and tell me about their crimes to recieve my faultless judgement and their sentence (if applicable). 👩⚖️🐾
Reply with a photo of your pet and tell me about their crimes to recieve my faultless judgement and their sentence (if applicable). 👩⚖️🐾
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Every year on my birthday I do social media pet court and today is the day 🎉
Reply with a photo of your pet and tell me about their crimes to recieve my faultless judgement and their sentence (if applicable). 👩⚖️🐾
Reply with a photo of your pet and tell me about their crimes to recieve my faultless judgement and their sentence (if applicable). 👩⚖️🐾