Francesco Lodolo
@flod.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Mostly known as flod. Not the most social person.
Engineering Manager @mozilla for the Localization team.
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Engineering Manager @mozilla for the Localization team.
Opinions are my own, I'm not in the habit of talking on behalf […]
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Do you love Python, JavaScript, and localization? My team at Mozilla is #hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and maintain the libraries and tools that power our localization infrastructure.
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
This is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GM10HdXvQ
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GM10HdXvQ
People keep pontificating about localization communities without any real experience or understanding of how they actually work.
If I went by what I see on Mastodon or Reddit every day, I’d have never started contributing to open source.
You’re fooling yourself if you think the problem was the […]
If I went by what I see on Mastodon or Reddit every day, I’d have never started contributing to open source.
You’re fooling yourself if you think the problem was the […]
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December 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
People keep pontificating about localization communities without any real experience or understanding of how they actually work.
If I went by what I see on Mastodon or Reddit every day, I’d have never started contributing to open source.
You’re fooling yourself if you think the problem was the […]
If I went by what I see on Mastodon or Reddit every day, I’d have never started contributing to open source.
You’re fooling yourself if you think the problem was the […]
Meet the artist behind Firefox’s new community-created app icon
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/momo-creator/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/momo-creator/
blog.mozilla.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Meet the artist behind Firefox’s new community-created app icon
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/momo-creator/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/momo-creator/
Are we getting HBO shows on Netflix, or will it be an expensive add-on, making it full circle to cable TV?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/netflix-frontrunner-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-and-studio-sale
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/netflix-frontrunner-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-and-studio-sale
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Are we getting HBO shows on Netflix, or will it be an expensive add-on, making it full circle to cable TV?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/netflix-frontrunner-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-and-studio-sale
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/netflix-frontrunner-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-and-studio-sale
17x income increase in six months thanks to crypto. I guess I was naive in expecting the United States to have systems to prevent such blatant corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
17x income increase in six months thanks to crypto. I guess I was naive in expecting the United States to have systems to prevent such blatant corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches
Sunday lunch, it's been a while since I made pancakes.
That's one very confusing way to celebrate a milestone in weight loss 🐖
That's one very confusing way to celebrate a milestone in weight loss 🐖
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Sunday lunch, it's been a while since I made pancakes.
That's one very confusing way to celebrate a milestone in weight loss 🐖
That's one very confusing way to celebrate a milestone in weight loss 🐖
So tired of playing cat and mouse with YouTube to hide "members only" content via uBlock Origin. Apparently, they got rid of anything mentioning "membership" from the markup.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
So tired of playing cat and mouse with YouTube to hide "members only" content via uBlock Origin. Apparently, they got rid of anything mentioning "membership" from the markup.
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@flod/113253202920725600
This is one year old, but very much true these days.
And stop calling it browser war when there is only one engine all these AI browsers are built on top of. I liked that @theverge used "Web War" instead.
This is one year old, but very much true these days.
And stop calling it browser war when there is only one engine all these AI browsers are built on top of. I liked that @theverge used "Web War" instead.
fosstodon.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@flod/113253202920725600
This is one year old, but very much true these days.
And stop calling it browser war when there is only one engine all these AI browsers are built on top of. I liked that @theverge used "Web War" instead.
This is one year old, but very much true these days.
And stop calling it browser war when there is only one engine all these AI browsers are built on top of. I liked that @theverge used "Web War" instead.
I'm sure there are not a lot of fans of Amazon on Mastodon, but the step up from 10th to 12th generation for Kindle was a surprise to me. Not only the screen is larger, somehow it's notably lighter.
As for e-waste, my 2021 Kindle Paperwhite (10G) will be refurbished to my parents, like all the […]
As for e-waste, my 2021 Kindle Paperwhite (10G) will be refurbished to my parents, like all the […]
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November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm sure there are not a lot of fans of Amazon on Mastodon, but the step up from 10th to 12th generation for Kindle was a surprise to me. Not only the screen is larger, somehow it's notably lighter.
As for e-waste, my 2021 Kindle Paperwhite (10G) will be refurbished to my parents, like all the […]
As for e-waste, my 2021 Kindle Paperwhite (10G) will be refurbished to my parents, like all the […]
Life is too short to spend time reading idiots.
It's sad that people just moved their toxicity from Twitter and somehow managed to build an audience on Mastodon.
It's sad that people just moved their toxicity from Twitter and somehow managed to build an audience on Mastodon.
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Life is too short to spend time reading idiots.
It's sad that people just moved their toxicity from Twitter and somehow managed to build an audience on Mastodon.
It's sad that people just moved their toxicity from Twitter and somehow managed to build an audience on Mastodon.
Do you love Python, JavaScript, and localization? My team at Mozilla is #hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and maintain the libraries and tools that power our localization infrastructure.
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
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November 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Do you love Python, JavaScript, and localization? My team at Mozilla is #hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and maintain the libraries and tools that power our localization infrastructure.
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
We’re open to candidates based in Europe (Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, UK […]
The irony of using an LLM-generated image to complain about Firefox using LLMs 🤦♂️
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The irony of using an LLM-generated image to complain about Firefox using LLMs 🤦♂️
«The AI economy runs on invisible armies of linguists, annotators, and editors who train the systems that replace them.»
Ouch. https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2025/11/01/the-collapse-of-rws-facts-cash-and-the-cost-of-evasion/
Ouch. https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2025/11/01/the-collapse-of-rws-facts-cash-and-the-cost-of-evasion/
The Collapse of RWS: Facts, Cash, and the Cost of Evasion – Loekalization Blog
www.loekalization.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
«The AI economy runs on invisible armies of linguists, annotators, and editors who train the systems that replace them.»
Ouch. https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2025/11/01/the-collapse-of-rws-facts-cash-and-the-cost-of-evasion/
Ouch. https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2025/11/01/the-collapse-of-rws-facts-cash-and-the-cost-of-evasion/
It's a long interview but quite interesting. So many names I seemingly forgot (e.g. JoeH).
https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war
https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war
Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer
Chrome vs Firefox, Projects That Grew His Career, Distinguished Eng Examples
www.developing.dev
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's a long interview but quite interesting. So many names I seemingly forgot (e.g. JoeH).
https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war
https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war
Looking at my server's logs, Google sent over 100k request from 66.249.75.* and 66.249.76.* in less than 2 weeks.
At this point, I wonder why I shouldn't just block them all with the firewall.
At this point, I wonder why I shouldn't just block them all with the firewall.
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking at my server's logs, Google sent over 100k request from 66.249.75.* and 66.249.76.* in less than 2 weeks.
At this point, I wonder why I shouldn't just block them all with the firewall.
At this point, I wonder why I shouldn't just block them all with the firewall.
Hot take: If you ever wrote or thought "this was clearly written by AI, look at all those em dashes" you're as intelligent as an LLM — from 2 years ago.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hot take: If you ever wrote or thought "this was clearly written by AI, look at all those em dashes" you're as intelligent as an LLM — from 2 years ago.
Nice to see Firefox on The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/firefox-ai-internet-anthony-enzor-demeo
‘A good moment in time for us’: Firefox head on AI browsers and what’s next for the web
After the release of a slew of other AI-integrated browsers, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo discusses ChatGPT Atlas, the Google monopoly trial – and the future
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nice to see Firefox on The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/firefox-ai-internet-anthony-enzor-demeo
Amazon has earnings on Thursday, starts cutting 30,000 jobs today. What's the business justification? AI replacing everything?
In other news, I recently discovered the word "cobot" (collaborative robot), which is just an attempt to make less scary the idea that robots are going to replace you […]
In other news, I recently discovered the word "cobot" (collaborative robot), which is just an attempt to make less scary the idea that robots are going to replace you […]
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October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Amazon has earnings on Thursday, starts cutting 30,000 jobs today. What's the business justification? AI replacing everything?
In other news, I recently discovered the word "cobot" (collaborative robot), which is just an attempt to make less scary the idea that robots are going to replace you […]
In other news, I recently discovered the word "cobot" (collaborative robot), which is just an attempt to make less scary the idea that robots are going to replace you […]
At this point I wonder: how long before a browser from Meta?
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
At this point I wonder: how long before a browser from Meta?
This is one of the most beautiful documentaries about hiking in the Dolomites that I'v seen in a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKUqbyKmeU
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is one of the most beautiful documentaries about hiking in the Dolomites that I'v seen in a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKUqbyKmeU
If your Firefox UI changed language after updating to 144, please try to follow these steps and help us debugging the issue
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994910#c2
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994910#c2
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If your Firefox UI changed language after updating to 144, please try to follow these steps and help us debugging the issue
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994910#c2
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994910#c2
In other news: Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/dutch-government-takes-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia.html
It doesn't feel good when Russia or China make similar moves, not sure why this should be different.
It doesn't feel good when Russia or China make similar moves, not sure why this should be different.
荷兰政府以国家安全为由接管中资芯片制造商恩智浦
Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia (www.cnbc.com)
10-13 ↑ 110 HN Points
www.cnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In other news: Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/dutch-government-takes-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia.html
It doesn't feel good when Russia or China make similar moves, not sure why this should be different.
It doesn't feel good when Russia or China make similar moves, not sure why this should be different.
In Italian, we have an expression, "toccarla piano". Haven't found a good English equivalent yet. https://www.theverge.com/business/793525/bari-weiss-cbs-news-glass-cliff
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In Italian, we have an expression, "toccarla piano". Haven't found a good English equivalent yet. https://www.theverge.com/business/793525/bari-weiss-cbs-news-glass-cliff
I'm unreasonably excited about split view becoming available as a native feature in Firefox.
October 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I'm unreasonably excited about split view becoming available as a native feature in Firefox.