Cynthia 🐈
@cynthia.dev
23f. Computer scientist catgirl. Software efficiency, robustness, accessibility and sustainability advocate. Addicted to coffee and cookies.
🔗 https://cynthia.dev - 🏢 IRIT - 📍 Toulouse, France
🔗 https://cynthia.dev - 🏢 IRIT - 📍 Toulouse, France
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Cynthia 🐈
@cynthia.dev
· Feb 25
.gg TLD stands for "gamer girl"
cloudflare is what happens when you put a single opaque for-profit corporation in charge of a global network and pretend it's a good idea
The Internet should NEVER take such a widespread hit because of a single entity. It's DESIGNED to not be this way. Megacorporations killed the real Internet
The Internet should NEVER take such a widespread hit because of a single entity. It's DESIGNED to not be this way. Megacorporations killed the real Internet
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
cloudflare is what happens when you put a single opaque for-profit corporation in charge of a global network and pretend it's a good idea
The Internet should NEVER take such a widespread hit because of a single entity. It's DESIGNED to not be this way. Megacorporations killed the real Internet
The Internet should NEVER take such a widespread hit because of a single entity. It's DESIGNED to not be this way. Megacorporations killed the real Internet
FUCK CLOUDFLARE we'll never say it loud enough :)
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
FUCK CLOUDFLARE we'll never say it loud enough :)
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
Hey, hi, hello!
Our website is now live! If you want to get an idea of what the .meow Foundation is all about, what our mission statement is or you just want to look at pictures of the beautiful people involved, you can do so at dotmeow.org/en/what/
Go give it a look!!
Our website is now live! If you want to get an idea of what the .meow Foundation is all about, what our mission statement is or you just want to look at pictures of the beautiful people involved, you can do so at dotmeow.org/en/what/
Go give it a look!!
.meow - The Project
dotmeow.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hey, hi, hello!
Our website is now live! If you want to get an idea of what the .meow Foundation is all about, what our mission statement is or you just want to look at pictures of the beautiful people involved, you can do so at dotmeow.org/en/what/
Go give it a look!!
Our website is now live! If you want to get an idea of what the .meow Foundation is all about, what our mission statement is or you just want to look at pictures of the beautiful people involved, you can do so at dotmeow.org/en/what/
Go give it a look!!
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
Hey Elixir friends! :)
We need help completing Elixir's browser runtime by porting some Erlang functions to JavaScript.
No Erlang knowledge required. Each function unlocks multiple Elixir stdlib functions!
More here: hologram.page/blog/elixir-...
#Hologram #Elixir #ElixirLang #BEAM #WebDev
We need help completing Elixir's browser runtime by porting some Erlang functions to JavaScript.
No Erlang knowledge required. Each function unlocks multiple Elixir stdlib functions!
More here: hologram.page/blog/elixir-...
#Hologram #Elixir #ElixirLang #BEAM #WebDev
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hey Elixir friends! :)
We need help completing Elixir's browser runtime by porting some Erlang functions to JavaScript.
No Erlang knowledge required. Each function unlocks multiple Elixir stdlib functions!
More here: hologram.page/blog/elixir-...
#Hologram #Elixir #ElixirLang #BEAM #WebDev
We need help completing Elixir's browser runtime by porting some Erlang functions to JavaScript.
No Erlang knowledge required. Each function unlocks multiple Elixir stdlib functions!
More here: hologram.page/blog/elixir-...
#Hologram #Elixir #ElixirLang #BEAM #WebDev
PSA: if you're using a YubiKey-backed PGP key for signing emails on Thunderbird, make sure to **disable** saving drafts in encrypted format. Store them locally if you don't trust the server
Signed,
Someone who lost an email because TB panicked trying to encrypt it and lost it because gpg is GARBAGE
Signed,
Someone who lost an email because TB panicked trying to encrypt it and lost it because gpg is GARBAGE
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
PSA: if you're using a YubiKey-backed PGP key for signing emails on Thunderbird, make sure to **disable** saving drafts in encrypted format. Store them locally if you don't trust the server
Signed,
Someone who lost an email because TB panicked trying to encrypt it and lost it because gpg is GARBAGE
Signed,
Someone who lost an email because TB panicked trying to encrypt it and lost it because gpg is GARBAGE
Aight so why are americans obsessed with today's date?
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Aight so why are americans obsessed with today's date?
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
does anyone know a quick and dirty way to add a property to icalendar events in Thunderbird?
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
does anyone know a quick and dirty way to add a property to icalendar events in Thunderbird?
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
![Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifptvo6h6kdpf75j3i443ospzumiii7a3pblah2urjrawmyymh3ga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
does anyone know a quick and dirty way to add a property to icalendar events in Thunderbird?
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
does anyone know a quick and dirty way to add a property to icalendar events in Thunderbird?
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
SOGo sucks ass and uses the custom property `X-SOGO-SEND-APPOINTMENT-NOTIFICATIONS:NO` to not send email notifications on its own instead of the complying with standards :/
am I speedrunning being an old person if I find mailing lists and more generally email-based communications a lot more efficient (assuming everyone follows the netiquette)?
sharing is a single click, it's easily archivable and browsable (internally or publically), zero vendor lock-in, hrmm
sharing is a single click, it's easily archivable and browsable (internally or publically), zero vendor lock-in, hrmm
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
am I speedrunning being an old person if I find mailing lists and more generally email-based communications a lot more efficient (assuming everyone follows the netiquette)?
sharing is a single click, it's easily archivable and browsable (internally or publically), zero vendor lock-in, hrmm
sharing is a single click, it's easily archivable and browsable (internally or publically), zero vendor lock-in, hrmm
sucks that Vagrant isn't as popular as it used to be, means there's no oss fork since HashiCorp parted ways with open-source licensing
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
sucks that Vagrant isn't as popular as it used to be, means there's no oss fork since HashiCorp parted ways with open-source licensing
standard formats created in Europe shouldn't use the dollar sign, give me some
```json
{
"€kind": ...
...
}
```
```json
{
"€kind": ...
...
}
```
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
standard formats created in Europe shouldn't use the dollar sign, give me some
```json
{
"€kind": ...
...
}
```
```json
{
"€kind": ...
...
}
```
bots that automatically close stale issues are so bad, why did it become such a universal trend
an open issue burried deep in the tracker doesn't cause noise, that's straight up bullshit. it's just bad project management that leaves lots of valid bugs and use-cases unanswered, ughh
an open issue burried deep in the tracker doesn't cause noise, that's straight up bullshit. it's just bad project management that leaves lots of valid bugs and use-cases unanswered, ughh
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
bots that automatically close stale issues are so bad, why did it become such a universal trend
an open issue burried deep in the tracker doesn't cause noise, that's straight up bullshit. it's just bad project management that leaves lots of valid bugs and use-cases unanswered, ughh
an open issue burried deep in the tracker doesn't cause noise, that's straight up bullshit. it's just bad project management that leaves lots of valid bugs and use-cases unanswered, ughh
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
One thing that's been bothering me with atproto is the lack of clear data retention expectations
For a lot of use-cases losing access to user-generated content can be a significant loss of knowledge, yet the canonical source of a user's data can disappear overnight without notice
For a lot of use-cases losing access to user-generated content can be a significant loss of knowledge, yet the canonical source of a user's data can disappear overnight without notice
September 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
One thing that's been bothering me with atproto is the lack of clear data retention expectations
For a lot of use-cases losing access to user-generated content can be a significant loss of knowledge, yet the canonical source of a user's data can disappear overnight without notice
For a lot of use-cases losing access to user-generated content can be a significant loss of knowledge, yet the canonical source of a user's data can disappear overnight without notice
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
hdmi to vga converters should be called 8k to 8kg converters
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
hdmi to vga converters should be called 8k to 8kg converters
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
Removing obfuscation in Java Edition https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/removing-obfuscation-in-java-edition
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Removing obfuscation in Java Edition https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/removing-obfuscation-in-java-edition
Minecraft Java Edition is ditching obfuscation altogether!
No more dealing with Yarn/Mojmaps, nor weird edge cases introduced by obfuscation, and most definitely faster build times now that (de)obf is no longer a thing!!!
www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
No more dealing with Yarn/Mojmaps, nor weird edge cases introduced by obfuscation, and most definitely faster build times now that (de)obf is no longer a thing!!!
www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
www.minecraft.net
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Minecraft Java Edition is ditching obfuscation altogether!
No more dealing with Yarn/Mojmaps, nor weird edge cases introduced by obfuscation, and most definitely faster build times now that (de)obf is no longer a thing!!!
www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
No more dealing with Yarn/Mojmaps, nor weird edge cases introduced by obfuscation, and most definitely faster build times now that (de)obf is no longer a thing!!!
www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
Fun fact: the "Conformité Européenne" logo, the CE on all electronic products you buy, is awfully close to the "China Export" logo. Only the spacing between the letters is different!
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Fun fact: the "Conformité Européenne" logo, the CE on all electronic products you buy, is awfully close to the "China Export" logo. Only the spacing between the letters is different!
Reposted by Cynthia 🐈
Knowing how to protect yourself and stay private online is important, and there are many tips and tricks out there.
So to help you get started, here's a big one:
https://drive.proton.me/urls/ENZ7VZW9CG#MazXhWgb1yIp
So to help you get started, here's a big one:
https://drive.proton.me/urls/ENZ7VZW9CG#MazXhWgb1yIp
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Knowing how to protect yourself and stay private online is important, and there are many tips and tricks out there.
So to help you get started, here's a big one:
https://drive.proton.me/urls/ENZ7VZW9CG#MazXhWgb1yIp
So to help you get started, here's a big one:
https://drive.proton.me/urls/ENZ7VZW9CG#MazXhWgb1yIp
The ref selector for GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch is so frustrating because it's confusing and likely not what you want to use
I wish there was a way to restrict the trigger to a branch (i.e. don't use the spec from another branch) and accept a ref (with the fancy selector) as dispatch input :(
I wish there was a way to restrict the trigger to a branch (i.e. don't use the spec from another branch) and accept a ref (with the fancy selector) as dispatch input :(
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The ref selector for GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch is so frustrating because it's confusing and likely not what you want to use
I wish there was a way to restrict the trigger to a branch (i.e. don't use the spec from another branch) and accept a ref (with the fancy selector) as dispatch input :(
I wish there was a way to restrict the trigger to a branch (i.e. don't use the spec from another branch) and accept a ref (with the fancy selector) as dispatch input :(