matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social
long time techie, perpetual newbie dev, career geo-spatial, attending curiosity
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matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Software Needs To Be More Expensive
Software, like coffee, is too artificially cheap, and we need to make it more expensive. I have one suggestion for how to do that.
blog.glyph.im
wtf is #1p4floss?
One percent 💰 for Free & Libre Open Source Software
Normalize regularly giving to support the uncountable "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life rich.
Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/soft...
#floss
One percent 💰 for Free & Libre Open Source Software
Normalize regularly giving to support the uncountable "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life rich.
Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/soft...
#floss
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Exciting news: The PSF's Diversity & Inclusion Workgroup is ready to accept new members! If you're passionate about making an impact and shaping a more inclusive #Python community, fill out this short form -> forms.gle/Fr7zmwLuZTGf... Applications close 31 Dec 2025, 23:00 GMT.
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Exciting news: The PSF's Diversity & Inclusion Workgroup is ready to accept new members! If you're passionate about making an impact and shaping a more inclusive #Python community, fill out this short form -> forms.gle/Fr7zmwLuZTGf... Applications close 31 Dec 2025, 23:00 GMT.
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Alrighty. The Toad is out of the bag. 👜🐸
Install toad to work with a variety of #AI coding agents with one beautiful terminal interface.
I've been told I'm very authentic on camera. You just can't fake that kind of awkwardness.
#AI #Python #Toad
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLhct...
Install toad to work with a variety of #AI coding agents with one beautiful terminal interface.
I've been told I'm very authentic on camera. You just can't fake that kind of awkwardness.
#AI #Python #Toad
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLhct...
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Alrighty. The Toad is out of the bag. 👜🐸
Install toad to work with a variety of #AI coding agents with one beautiful terminal interface.
I've been told I'm very authentic on camera. You just can't fake that kind of awkwardness.
#AI #Python #Toad
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLhct...
Install toad to work with a variety of #AI coding agents with one beautiful terminal interface.
I've been told I'm very authentic on camera. You just can't fake that kind of awkwardness.
#AI #Python #Toad
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLhct...
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Yukon engineer and entrepreneur Roy Keith Byram recognized with Order of Canada
yukon-news.com/2025/12/18/y...
#yukon #canada
(never know what you might find in the alt-text)
yukon-news.com/2025/12/18/y...
#yukon #canada
(never know what you might find in the alt-text)
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yukon engineer and entrepreneur Roy Keith Byram recognized with Order of Canada
yukon-news.com/2025/12/18/y...
#yukon #canada
(never know what you might find in the alt-text)
yukon-news.com/2025/12/18/y...
#yukon #canada
(never know what you might find in the alt-text)
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“Re-inventing the wheel” should mean exactly the opposite of what it means, given that there is a decent chance that the wheel for transportation was invented just once, in the Carpathian Mountains around 3900 BC & apparently was never independently re-invented by other societies afterwards.
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“Re-inventing the wheel” should mean exactly the opposite of what it means, given that there is a decent chance that the wheel for transportation was invented just once, in the Carpathian Mountains around 3900 BC & apparently was never independently re-invented by other societies afterwards.
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Are you sick of the constant discussion of AI? Me too, so I spent an entire year trying to find a solution to make AI optional. I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/R-edYoZZosg
How to do anything (without AI)
YouTube video by Reject Convenience
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Are you sick of the constant discussion of AI? Me too, so I spent an entire year trying to find a solution to make AI optional. I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/R-edYoZZosg
Required viewing
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
another Who's Watching The Watcher story
#insecure #security
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
another Who's Watching The Watcher story
#insecure #security
We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Required viewing
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
another Who's Watching The Watcher story
#insecure #security
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
another Who's Watching The Watcher story
#insecure #security
Hey you
go read as much of Linkfest #40 as you think you can handle, and the links behind the links, until you lie blearily happily stupified 'neath spreading tree branches, like some Pooh bear 🐻 simply unable to lick 😋 even one more honeyed finger full🍯
buttondown.com/clivethompso...
go read as much of Linkfest #40 as you think you can handle, and the links behind the links, until you lie blearily happily stupified 'neath spreading tree branches, like some Pooh bear 🐻 simply unable to lick 😋 even one more honeyed finger full🍯
buttondown.com/clivethompso...
Linkfest #40: The "Chthulucene", Doom on a Satellite, and The Ethics of Selling a Haunted House
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I offer up the finest nuggets of science, culture and technology that I...
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hey you
go read as much of Linkfest #40 as you think you can handle, and the links behind the links, until you lie blearily happily stupified 'neath spreading tree branches, like some Pooh bear 🐻 simply unable to lick 😋 even one more honeyed finger full🍯
buttondown.com/clivethompso...
go read as much of Linkfest #40 as you think you can handle, and the links behind the links, until you lie blearily happily stupified 'neath spreading tree branches, like some Pooh bear 🐻 simply unable to lick 😋 even one more honeyed finger full🍯
buttondown.com/clivethompso...
@legacyupdate.net thank you ❤️for legacyupdate.net/download-cen... !! Major MS .com domains have been inaccessible for most of the day and I've been blocked by not having Office 2016 access database engine client available. You've saved my sanity this afternoon.
Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable - Microsoft Download Center Archive - Legacy Update
legacyupdate.net
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@legacyupdate.net thank you ❤️for legacyupdate.net/download-cen... !! Major MS .com domains have been inaccessible for most of the day and I've been blocked by not having Office 2016 access database engine client available. You've saved my sanity this afternoon.
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I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
hey #python: what do you add to your AGENTS.md so that #llm handle #uv properly? And differentiate between Claude, Codex, Amp, ...?
(mostly between betwen Codex and Claude. Claude likes SHOUTING while Codex hates it.)
cc: @simonwillison.net
(mostly between betwen Codex and Claude. Claude likes SHOUTING while Codex hates it.)
cc: @simonwillison.net
AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.
AGENTS.md
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
hey #python: what do you add to your AGENTS.md so that #llm handle #uv properly? And differentiate between Claude, Codex, Amp, ...?
(mostly between betwen Codex and Claude. Claude likes SHOUTING while Codex hates it.)
cc: @simonwillison.net
(mostly between betwen Codex and Claude. Claude likes SHOUTING while Codex hates it.)
cc: @simonwillison.net
Fund or claim bounties to reassert digital ownership over _your_ devices _you_ bought and paid for
youtu.be/TW-mdprDL3k?...
bounties.fulu.org
#fulu , defeat #enshittification
youtu.be/TW-mdprDL3k?...
bounties.fulu.org
#fulu , defeat #enshittification
After 17 years of repair, I’m doing something bigger
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Fund or claim bounties to reassert digital ownership over _your_ devices _you_ bought and paid for
youtu.be/TW-mdprDL3k?...
bounties.fulu.org
#fulu , defeat #enshittification
youtu.be/TW-mdprDL3k?...
bounties.fulu.org
#fulu , defeat #enshittification
Great explanation of the AWS outage: youtu.be/KFvhpt8FN18?...
Tldr: it was DNS. It's always DNS 🤣
Tldr: it was DNS. It's always DNS 🤣
Why the Web was Down - Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer
YouTube video by Dave's Garage
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Great explanation of the AWS outage: youtu.be/KFvhpt8FN18?...
Tldr: it was DNS. It's always DNS 🤣
Tldr: it was DNS. It's always DNS 🤣
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okay, after using it today, github.com/steveyegge/b... is very cool.
it's built for AI usage but even for projects without AI stuff, I'm gonna consider using it. I love issue tracking, but doing it via a super snappy CLI is much nicer than web-based, i think.
it's built for AI usage but even for projects without AI stuff, I'm gonna consider using it. I love issue tracking, but doing it via a super snappy CLI is much nicer than web-based, i think.
GitHub - steveyegge/beads: Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent. Contribute to steveyegge/beads development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
okay, after using it today, github.com/steveyegge/b... is very cool.
it's built for AI usage but even for projects without AI stuff, I'm gonna consider using it. I love issue tracking, but doing it via a super snappy CLI is much nicer than web-based, i think.
it's built for AI usage but even for projects without AI stuff, I'm gonna consider using it. I love issue tracking, but doing it via a super snappy CLI is much nicer than web-based, i think.
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I built a new lightweight Chrome MCP/Skill/Claude Plugin and wrote a bit about the Zen of MCP API Design: blog.fsck.com/2025/10/19/m...
When it comes to MCPs, everything we know about API design is wrong
I used to write more
blog.fsck.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I built a new lightweight Chrome MCP/Skill/Claude Plugin and wrote a bit about the Zen of MCP API Design: blog.fsck.com/2025/10/19/m...
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I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
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We need help
We need people
We don't have a big enough population to handle this, and our state congressional is out of session until Jan
We are not a wealthy state, and they keep it that way on purpose, but there will be changes, mark my word
We need all the sizes of clothes and winter gear
We need people
We don't have a big enough population to handle this, and our state congressional is out of session until Jan
We are not a wealthy state, and they keep it that way on purpose, but there will be changes, mark my word
We need all the sizes of clothes and winter gear
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We need help
We need people
We don't have a big enough population to handle this, and our state congressional is out of session until Jan
We are not a wealthy state, and they keep it that way on purpose, but there will be changes, mark my word
We need all the sizes of clothes and winter gear
We need people
We don't have a big enough population to handle this, and our state congressional is out of session until Jan
We are not a wealthy state, and they keep it that way on purpose, but there will be changes, mark my word
We need all the sizes of clothes and winter gear
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Alaskans know
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Alaskans know
how many of you knew that Alaska was hit with a typhoon? 😳
#Alaska #TyphoonHalong
I didn't, until a cranky old bear made some noise mastodon.social/@crankyoldbe...
1 killed, 51 rescued, 49 communities impacted, 1400 survivors in community shelters. From the "remnants" of Typhoon Halong.
#Alaska #TyphoonHalong
I didn't, until a cranky old bear made some noise mastodon.social/@crankyoldbe...
1 killed, 51 rescued, 49 communities impacted, 1400 survivors in community shelters. From the "remnants" of Typhoon Halong.
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
how many of you knew that Alaska was hit with a typhoon? 😳
#Alaska #TyphoonHalong
I didn't, until a cranky old bear made some noise mastodon.social/@crankyoldbe...
1 killed, 51 rescued, 49 communities impacted, 1400 survivors in community shelters. From the "remnants" of Typhoon Halong.
#Alaska #TyphoonHalong
I didn't, until a cranky old bear made some noise mastodon.social/@crankyoldbe...
1 killed, 51 rescued, 49 communities impacted, 1400 survivors in community shelters. From the "remnants" of Typhoon Halong.
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