Johan Alkstål
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Johan Alkstål
@johanalkstal.bsky.social
🇸🇪 Sweden
💻 Web developer remotely @ timetoact-group

I like to keep things simple
I love melodies and rhythms
I want everyone to be happy
I hate that society works against that
Time to watch some NHL!
Predators v Penguins 🏒
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Type stripping is now stable.
Enjoy 🌞
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I just backed Cipher System - Torn Between Realities on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...
Cipher System - Torn Between Realities
Help us getting the new Cipher System EP realized and released. For fans of quality melodic death metal from Gothenburg/Sweden!
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Football Manager 26 is a mess.

It is being rushed out the door in a state I would never have imagined.

It is in a state that I personally as a developer could never excuse.
This is clearly a business decision, they cannot afford to push it further.
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Football Manager 26 is nearly here, can't wait!
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Sleeping City by An Abstract Illusion is an amazing album!

The mix of death, black, progressive metal with excellent atmospheric sounds is just a treat to the ears.
Haven't heard music like this before.
Time to go back through their discography!
October 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Got Fedora running on my MacBook Air. Looking forward to exploring a life without a Apple or MS OS for a while.
October 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
V-Dem Institute, who every year releases a Democracy study of every nation in the world,
The USA is no longer a democracy.
It has fallen to the second lowest rating, Electoral Autocracy. Same as Russia and Hungary.

Swedish interview,
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Världsledande forskarna: USA inte en demokrati
USA är inte längre en demokrati. Det slår forskare fast – ett halvår innan världens största demokratimätning publiceras. – Just nu har USA med råge passerat gränsen till en autokrati, säger Staffan Li...
www.expressen.se
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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This includes the ability to print money out of thin air and buying it from you.
Some people are so powerful they don't have to steal, because they can legally take whatever they want.
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc

and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is frightening. If there isn't footage of something people believe to be true, they'll make it.

This alone is enough for me to dismiss this technology as harmful to society.
This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
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That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Crystal Lake dropped a banger 🤘

youtu.be/zNlIGbsbMCA?...
CRYSTAL LAKE - The Weight Of Sound (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Century Media Records
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It feels very nice to hear someone else sharing similar experiences in regards to LLMs and coding.

It's sometimes very lonely being a dev not using AI tools.

youtu.be/0ZUkQF6boNg?...
AI Coding Sucks
YouTube video by Syntax
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This sounds good, moving it away from Meta and into the community. Hope for the best.
Introducing the React Foundation
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Läser tweet från fd M-statssekreterare (nu chef för Svenskt Näringslivs tankesmedja) som försvarar utländska riskkapitalisters rätt att tjäna pengar på att undervisa svenska barn på engelska. I skolbolagets styrelse sitter två fd M-politiker. Även lobbychefen är fd M-politiker.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I can't stress enough how important it is to make an example here. Take all the money from these companies. Find alternatives.

Vote with your pockets because fundamentally money and power is everything to these insufferable pricks.
bell.bz Andy Bell @bell.bz · Sep 30
There’s never been a better time to switch from Next.js to Astro nitter.net/rauchg/statu...
nitter.net
September 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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On DHH’s “As I remember London” - paulbjensen.co.uk/2025/09/17/o...
On DHH’s “As I Remember London”
paulbjensen.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Du är 15 år och går på gymnasiemässan utan att veta att du bär på en väska med 350000 kr. Du möter en två år äldre elev från Kunskapsgymnasiet som lärt sig av retorikexpert hur man påverkar ditt val. Du tar upp mobilen och kollar en gymnasieinfosida. Den ägs av Academedia. 👍
På Kunskapsgymnasiets ambassadörsutbildning inför gymnasiemässan får elever som ska representera skolan lära sig ”hur du får andra att göra som du vill” av inhyrd retorikexpert. Sedan ska de träffa femtonåringar och få dem att göra som Peje vill.
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence

github.com/Floppy/plan-...
GitHub - Floppy/plan-vert-letter: An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence
An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence - Floppy/plan-vert-letter
github.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Ages ago, when I was still a student, I taught myself Ruby on Rails for my senior thesis and fell in love. Fifteen years later, and I’ve used Rails at every job I’ve ever held in the tech industry. Fifteen years, and I still love Rails! But there’s something rotten at its core, and we share a name.
Rails Needs New Governance
Ages ago, when I was still a student, I taught myself Ruby on Rails for my senior thesis and fell in love. Fifteen years later, and I’ve used Rails at every job I’ve ever held in the tech industry. Fifteen years, and I still love Rails! But there’s something rotten at its core, and we share a name.
davidcel.is
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Unlike human intelligence, it lacks the humility to acknowledge uncertainty,” said Neil Shah, VP for research and partner at Counterpoint Technologies. “When unsure, it doesn’t defer to deeper research or human oversight; instead, it often presents estimates as facts.”
September 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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your regularly scheduled reminder not to let the triangle company host your projects
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tomas Lindberg, singer of metal pioneers At The Gates has past away. 😔
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM