frank goossens 🇧🇪🇪🇺
@futtta.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
2 women 2 dogs 1 cat (no chickens anymore) and a #WordPress plugin (#autoptimize).
Toots in EN and NL (parfois aussi en FR)
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@futtta, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Toots in EN and NL (parfois aussi en FR)
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@futtta, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Still trying to figure out my website outages.
To recap: I have two #mediawiki wikis and one #wordpress site. And there seems to be _some_ background process which starts soon after 23:00 UTC (or 24:00 in France, where the servers are located) which puts such a strain on the website that I get […]
To recap: I have two #mediawiki wikis and one #wordpress site. And there seems to be _some_ background process which starts soon after 23:00 UTC (or 24:00 in France, where the servers are located) which puts such a strain on the website that I get […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Still trying to figure out my website outages.
To recap: I have two #mediawiki wikis and one #wordpress site. And there seems to be _some_ background process which starts soon after 23:00 UTC (or 24:00 in France, where the servers are located) which puts such a strain on the website that I get […]
To recap: I have two #mediawiki wikis and one #wordpress site. And there seems to be _some_ background process which starts soon after 23:00 UTC (or 24:00 in France, where the servers are located) which puts such a strain on the website that I get […]
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"The penalty with LLMs is that you eventually run out of people's work to steal"
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"The penalty with LLMs is that you eventually run out of people's work to steal"
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I hate the modern internet, looking up something staring at a blog post then realizing... this looks too much like AI slop... and it turns out to be... every single time...
If i want to read AI slop i will ask one of the 10 chatbots that randomly turn up on the internet thank you very much […]
If i want to read AI slop i will ask one of the 10 chatbots that randomly turn up on the internet thank you very much […]
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blahaj.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I hate the modern internet, looking up something staring at a blog post then realizing... this looks too much like AI slop... and it turns out to be... every single time...
If i want to read AI slop i will ask one of the 10 chatbots that randomly turn up on the internet thank you very much […]
If i want to read AI slop i will ask one of the 10 chatbots that randomly turn up on the internet thank you very much […]
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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🆕 blog! “Are there any open APIs left?”
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
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mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
🆕 blog! “Are there any open APIs left?”
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
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Don't worry, I've got you
Rest in Peace, Alex.
Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
Rest in Peace, Alex.
Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Don't worry, I've got you
Rest in Peace, Alex.
Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
Rest in Peace, Alex.
Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
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A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
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It’s time I crank up the search for new work to 11, because wow I really need it.
Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first.
My CV: https://jaredwhite.com/cv/
My biz […]
Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first.
My CV: https://jaredwhite.com/cv/
My biz […]
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indieweb.social
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It’s time I crank up the search for new work to 11, because wow I really need it.
Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first.
My CV: https://jaredwhite.com/cv/
My biz […]
Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first.
My CV: https://jaredwhite.com/cv/
My biz […]
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#wordpress company trust question. I'm curious to know which companies you trust without question in the WordPress space. A company you simply know / assume will do the right thing by you, their customer. Perhaps explain why you think this / how they earned that trust? Thank you.
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
#wordpress company trust question. I'm curious to know which companies you trust without question in the WordPress space. A company you simply know / assume will do the right thing by you, their customer. Perhaps explain why you think this / how they earned that trust? Thank you.
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«Please, pretty please, don't call it slop. Do you have any idea how much money we sunk on this thing? Can you imagine what kind of about-face I'll have to make if this thing tanks for good? Our investors are going to cry so hard when they figure out that we lit their money in fire. So please be […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
«Please, pretty please, don't call it slop. Do you have any idea how much money we sunk on this thing? Can you imagine what kind of about-face I'll have to make if this thing tanks for good? Our investors are going to cry so hard when they figure out that we lit their money in fire. So please be […]
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Oh so it's not a war but just a "military operation" instead?
A special one even?
Wonder where I heard that before. 🤔
I'm close but I can't quite put in where it was used.
A special one even?
Wonder where I heard that before. 🤔
I'm close but I can't quite put in where it was used.
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Oh so it's not a war but just a "military operation" instead?
A special one even?
Wonder where I heard that before. 🤔
I'm close but I can't quite put in where it was used.
A special one even?
Wonder where I heard that before. 🤔
I'm close but I can't quite put in where it was used.
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The bombing and invading will continue until a Nobel peace price is awarded. 🕊️
January 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The bombing and invading will continue until a Nobel peace price is awarded. 🕊️
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Tijdens Trumps 1e termijn had Rusland een voorstel voor Washington: "Jullie krijgen Venezuela, wij Oekraïne "
Dit bedoel ik de hele tijd met geopolitieke uitruil.
Dit bedoel ik de hele tijd met geopolitieke uitruil.
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Tijdens Trumps 1e termijn had Rusland een voorstel voor Washington: "Jullie krijgen Venezuela, wij Oekraïne "
Dit bedoel ik de hele tijd met geopolitieke uitruil.
Dit bedoel ik de hele tijd met geopolitieke uitruil.
In case anyone has missed @fairpm 's blogpost at https://fair.pm/blog/2025/12/24/fair-connect-1-2-2-release-announcement/ as I had:
When you're on Fair Connect 1.2.1 you cannot update to 1.2.2 automatically (you'll get errors) so you have to deactivate 1.2.1 and upload the 1.2.2 zip file and […]
When you're on Fair Connect 1.2.1 you cannot update to 1.2.2 automatically (you'll get errors) so you have to deactivate 1.2.1 and upload the 1.2.2 zip file and […]
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mastodon.social
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
In case anyone has missed @fairpm 's blogpost at https://fair.pm/blog/2025/12/24/fair-connect-1-2-2-release-announcement/ as I had:
When you're on Fair Connect 1.2.1 you cannot update to 1.2.2 automatically (you'll get errors) so you have to deactivate 1.2.1 and upload the 1.2.2 zip file and […]
When you're on Fair Connect 1.2.1 you cannot update to 1.2.2 automatically (you'll get errors) so you have to deactivate 1.2.1 and upload the 1.2.2 zip file and […]
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[..] onderzoeker Fieke Jansen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam. „Wat gebeurt er ín de datacenters? Waar wordt de schaarse stroom voor gebruikt? De ‘Metaverse’ van Facebook? Youtubefilmpjes? Bitcoins mijnen? En vinden we dat nuttig genoeg om daar de bouw van een woonwijk in Almere voor op te […]
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mastodon.social
January 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
[..] onderzoeker Fieke Jansen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam. „Wat gebeurt er ín de datacenters? Waar wordt de schaarse stroom voor gebruikt? De ‘Metaverse’ van Facebook? Youtubefilmpjes? Bitcoins mijnen? En vinden we dat nuttig genoeg om daar de bouw van een woonwijk in Almere voor op te […]