Rob Ricci
@ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy
Research professor in the Kahlert School of Computing at the University of Utah. Co-director of the Flux Research Group: https://www.flux.utah.edu. I build research […]
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PHP stands for PHP Hypertext PHP
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
PHP stands for PHP Hypertext PHP
Oops I guess a window manager's gotta support dialog boxes and shit
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Oops I guess a window manager's gotta support dialog boxes and shit
Feeling good enough about my own window manager to remove the old one from my machine 🤞
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Feeling good enough about my own window manager to remove the old one from my machine 🤞
Having one of those "every attempt to solve a problem revels more problems" kinds of days
February 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Having one of those "every attempt to solve a problem revels more problems" kinds of days
I really want to know what my cat has named me
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I really want to know what my cat has named me
OK, here's how my vim-inspired window manager keybinds work:
They are not chorded (eg. you don't push ⌘+N at the same time, you push ⌘ then release then N)
There are a set of commands, each of which can be bound to a single character - commands like 'launch arbitrary program', 'go to […]
They are not chorded (eg. you don't push ⌘+N at the same time, you push ⌘ then release then N)
There are a set of commands, each of which can be bound to a single character - commands like 'launch arbitrary program', 'go to […]
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discuss.systems
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
OK, here's how my vim-inspired window manager keybinds work:
They are not chorded (eg. you don't push ⌘+N at the same time, you push ⌘ then release then N)
There are a set of commands, each of which can be bound to a single character - commands like 'launch arbitrary program', 'go to […]
They are not chorded (eg. you don't push ⌘+N at the same time, you push ⌘ then release then N)
There are a set of commands, each of which can be bound to a single character - commands like 'launch arbitrary program', 'go to […]
uh oh here come some ideas for a more vim-like way of doing window manager keybinds
February 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
uh oh here come some ideas for a more vim-like way of doing window manager keybinds
I'm not an American-football-watcher, but I wish a very pleasant afternoon to those of you who are
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm not an American-football-watcher, but I wish a very pleasant afternoon to those of you who are
[food (not vegetarian)]
uh oh i did a brunch
uh oh i did a brunch
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
[food (not vegetarian)]
uh oh i did a brunch
uh oh i did a brunch
ahhhh editing my window manager from inside my window manager
February 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ahhhh editing my window manager from inside my window manager
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem*, it's me
* problem = guy who wrote yet another tiling window manager, WHY
* problem = guy who wrote yet another tiling window manager, WHY
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem*, it's me
* problem = guy who wrote yet another tiling window manager, WHY
* problem = guy who wrote yet another tiling window manager, WHY
@SnoopJ It looks like the latest branch of the River compositor makes it fairly easy, it splits out window management from the compositor and there are some WMs that are just a couple hundred lines of code
February 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
@SnoopJ It looks like the latest branch of the River compositor makes it fairly easy, it splits out window management from the compositor and there are some WMs that are just a couple hundred lines of code
uh oh I think I'm going to write a window manager
February 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
uh oh I think I'm going to write a window manager
Reposted by Rob Ricci
I came across a user research study by @theverge that has the fediverse listed as the top result for the question "Which of the following online spaces do you feel connected..?"
full 20mb pdf if you want to see more of the report […]
[Original post on social.wake.st]
full 20mb pdf if you want to see more of the report […]
[Original post on social.wake.st]
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I came across a user research study by @theverge that has the fediverse listed as the top result for the question "Which of the following online spaces do you feel connected..?"
full 20mb pdf if you want to see more of the report […]
[Original post on social.wake.st]
full 20mb pdf if you want to see more of the report […]
[Original post on social.wake.st]
Reposted by Rob Ricci
I AM NORMAL AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR LEXER
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I AM NORMAL AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR LEXER
[curling]
Everything I ever needed to know about curling I learned by looking up terms in Tournament of Hearts by The Weakerthans
https://youtu.be/zFhthSEjSwg?si=nxtG-4zU4cIfpsaL
Everything I ever needed to know about curling I learned by looking up terms in Tournament of Hearts by The Weakerthans
https://youtu.be/zFhthSEjSwg?si=nxtG-4zU4cIfpsaL
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM
[curling]
Everything I ever needed to know about curling I learned by looking up terms in Tournament of Hearts by The Weakerthans
https://youtu.be/zFhthSEjSwg?si=nxtG-4zU4cIfpsaL
Everything I ever needed to know about curling I learned by looking up terms in Tournament of Hearts by The Weakerthans
https://youtu.be/zFhthSEjSwg?si=nxtG-4zU4cIfpsaL
@stefan Thanks! I have this idea to make a sort of a "skyline" for the Fediverse using the same data, with buildings representing the major servers
February 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
@stefan Thanks! I have this idea to make a sort of a "skyline" for the Fediverse using the same data, with buildings representing the major servers
@mastodonmigration you might like this 👆
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
@mastodonmigration you might like this 👆
Small anxiety the size of a large anxiety
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Small anxiety the size of a large anxiety