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@illegal.trading
aka Loudar | 26 | Developing a music service | https://lyda.app
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Really happy with where Lyda is going! Still working on a lot of things, not much of that being very visible unfortunately :D
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM
just published version 67 of lyda-shared: www.npmjs.com/package/@tar...
www.npmjs.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
been spending the last months fixing a lot of infrastructure and security issues i have

still some way to go, but this is really taking good shape
January 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM
My new two-track EP is coming out on January 23rd!

It's available on Lyda ahead of time: lyda.app/album/19
Loudar - Stop the Record & Julia
lyda.app
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
thanks to all the people that made #39c3 so fun to attend, but especially @goeo.lol for showing me the bathroom rave & music club! 🫶🏻
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#39c3 was a blast, can't wait for next year if it works out!
December 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#39c3 just delivered my third post card, it's starting to hit like a drug when you successfully deliver
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#39c3 call me through 65919 ☀️
December 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
can't wait for 39c3 honestly
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
steam servers appear to be on christmas vacation
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
goated dataset
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
decided to attempt writing an activitypub server
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
every time i use jira it's slower than before
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
no wonder that fedi didn't take off if the setup is such a pain in the ass
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by alex
23 year old moron still makes artslop the old fashioned way
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
illegal.trading's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out illegal.trading's year on Bluesky!
www.madebyolof.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Decided to only leave it at this first month for Ladybird and cancelled my support after learning details about the main maintainer:

hyperborea.org/reviews/soft...
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Software projects I would love to see succeed:

- Servo servo.org
- Ladybird ladybird.org
- Kagi kagi.com
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.
servo.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
it had to be done
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Reposted by alex
it doesn't matter if you're not first if you do it better than the others
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
now official, feels very validating and gets rid of a good chunk of self doubts
fulfilling all requirements for becoming lead developer at my job :3
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
got a small rack :3 not the crazy 48U that @miaow.ing has but a bit to store some stuff!

TBD: proper setup :D
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A Pangolin instance on a VPS now tunnels some stuff through to home-hosted stuff on this! :D

Even got a Pocket ID set up to secure some services behind that
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
reminder to replace your headphone ear pads from time to time
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
got a good deal for a small server, will setup linux on it and move some stuff from hetzner to my home :D
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM