Matthew Bellantoni
mjbellantoni.bsky.social
Matthew Bellantoni
@mjbellantoni.bsky.social
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, bootstrapped and venture-funded startups, Boston, Celtics, democracy

Boston, MA

"Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming."
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Here's a thread of Jayson Tatum rehab videos from practice today.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I choose kindness and hope that you do as well.

Kindness and action …

okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
In Praise of dhh
A reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future.
okayfail.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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You can become a co-owner of gander social, an atproto social network built in Canada. Their crowd raise is going extremely well. People are hungry for change.

www.frontfundr.com/gandersocial
Gander Social — FrontFundr
We're making social media social again.
www.frontfundr.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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There are two Board Member seats open at @rubycentral.org. Interested parties should apply at the following link:

rubycentral.teamtailor.com/jobs/6723164...
Ruby Central Board Member - Ruby Central
About Ruby Central. Ruby Central is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the Ruby programming language and community. We steward foundational open source infrastructure su...
rubycentral.teamtailor.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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For Rails devs working with test fixtures, do you have any rules for yourself for when (if ever) you create one-off records within a test, instead of creating new fixtures?
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Searching BlueSky for Porrohman" and liking every post.
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Jaylen confirmed as a member of the Children of the Korn
Jaylen saying “Luke’s an All-Star to me. Luke’s an All-Star in all of our hearts. We didn’t lose one guy, we lost five.”

The greatest quote I’ve ever seen. Luke forever in our hearts 💚💚💚
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Jaylen saying “Luke’s an All-Star to me. Luke’s an All-Star in all of our hearts. We didn’t lose one guy, we lost five.”

The greatest quote I’ve ever seen. Luke forever in our hearts 💚💚💚
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Onion Spice Latte
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We're well into a hype cycle. These tools aren't useless, but folks are getting ahead of themselves.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Gonna have a very complicated relationship with @kornhub.bsky.social this season.
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Free From ICE!
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Bostonian abroad.
🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm guessing we're headed for a world of AI slop.

Mataphorically, that's gonna make low-background steel more valuable. Both the discovery and creation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-bac...
Low-background steel - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Tangled, a Git collaboration platform, built on atproto | Discussion
introducing tangled
a git collaboration platform, built on atproto
blog.tangled.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Whenever I create two- and three- (and four!-) deep nested modules, I always give a quick thanks to @fxn.bsky.social.

You never used to know if that was gonna do the right thing in production, and now you do.

Am I the only one who does this? 😂
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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We will see everyone on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in a statement announcing its decision to recognize Maria Corina Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025:
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM