Olivier Forget
@olivierforget.net
Aerospace engineer turned developer and entepreneur. https://olivierforget.net Interested in web and user agency on the net. Building https://dropserver.org
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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Bought an M1 iMac back in 2021, spec’d up enough to reach £2049.
Went though the Apple trade in flow to see how much they will give me now… £130 ⚰️
Went though the Apple trade in flow to see how much they will give me now… £130 ⚰️
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Bought an M1 iMac back in 2021, spec’d up enough to reach £2049.
Went though the Apple trade in flow to see how much they will give me now… £130 ⚰️
Went though the Apple trade in flow to see how much they will give me now… £130 ⚰️
Dropserver progress update for October 2025: I talk about shipping for the Mac and for Linux on arm64 🎉 plus some work on the Windows version.
Also, some talk about sandboxing on MacOS.
olivierforget.net/blog/2025/dr...
Also, some talk about sandboxing on MacOS.
olivierforget.net/blog/2025/dr...
Dropserver Progress - October 2025
Olivier Forget's Personal Blog
olivierforget.net
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Dropserver progress update for October 2025: I talk about shipping for the Mac and for Linux on arm64 🎉 plus some work on the Windows version.
Also, some talk about sandboxing on MacOS.
olivierforget.net/blog/2025/dr...
Also, some talk about sandboxing on MacOS.
olivierforget.net/blog/2025/dr...
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I've always found the OAuth auth flow sequence diagram to be useful to understand how what gets passed where and when.
Here's the AT Protocol OAuth Authorization flow as a mermaid diagram.
Is this useful for anyone else? tangled.org/strings/alex...
If something's not accurate, let me know!
Here's the AT Protocol OAuth Authorization flow as a mermaid diagram.
Is this useful for anyone else? tangled.org/strings/alex...
If something's not accurate, let me know!
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've always found the OAuth auth flow sequence diagram to be useful to understand how what gets passed where and when.
Here's the AT Protocol OAuth Authorization flow as a mermaid diagram.
Is this useful for anyone else? tangled.org/strings/alex...
If something's not accurate, let me know!
Here's the AT Protocol OAuth Authorization flow as a mermaid diagram.
Is this useful for anyone else? tangled.org/strings/alex...
If something's not accurate, let me know!
I've been tempted to record my screen while I scroll down quickly on one of those sites. If you scroll fast enough (not crazy fast, just "I'm busy and I'm looking for something fast") all you see is the background of the page. Like, it's blank.
I'd do it and post about it, but, I'm busy.
I'd do it and post about it, but, I'm busy.
Last 5 years (?) everyone's been making websites where when you scroll down new stuff fades in. It's so counterproductive and distracting and it makes me so mad so mad so mad.
What is this called? Where's the blog post explaining how much it sucks that I can send to people who use it?
What is this called? Where's the blog post explaining how much it sucks that I can send to people who use it?
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I've been tempted to record my screen while I scroll down quickly on one of those sites. If you scroll fast enough (not crazy fast, just "I'm busy and I'm looking for something fast") all you see is the background of the page. Like, it's blank.
I'd do it and post about it, but, I'm busy.
I'd do it and post about it, but, I'm busy.
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also just chuck everything behind @tailscale.com so your boxes don't get popped due to running something ancient.
the best way to run a homelab is to set everything up once and NEVER UPGRADE ANYTHING ever
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
also just chuck everything behind @tailscale.com so your boxes don't get popped due to running something ancient.
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Your periodic reminder that most CLI password prompts accept Ctrl+U to fully clear input so you can try again. Leave that backspace key alone.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Your periodic reminder that most CLI password prompts accept Ctrl+U to fully clear input so you can try again. Leave that backspace key alone.
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Making the web work with no-JavaScript is a noble goal, but it tends to lose credibility when folks neglect accessibility in their pursuit of it. So, now when people say no-JS or CSS-only, I'm immediately skeptical.
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Making the web work with no-JavaScript is a noble goal, but it tends to lose credibility when folks neglect accessibility in their pursuit of it. So, now when people say no-JS or CSS-only, I'm immediately skeptical.
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"The mainstream understanding of AI is as an interefering piece of shit which doesn't work" pt II
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"The mainstream understanding of AI is as an interefering piece of shit which doesn't work" pt II
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
The ratio of ratios on this is epic.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The ratio of ratios on this is epic.
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What happened with the P2P computing movement of the 2000's?
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What happened with the P2P computing movement of the 2000's?
Another very cool website. And very useful too if you're shopping for a cargo bike.
guys someone made a "plan your stable of cargo bikes" app: bikes.louiseveillard.com?bikes=super-...
like that 'look how big pickup trucks have got' website, but all the vehicles are awesome
like that 'look how big pickup trucks have got' website, but all the vehicles are awesome
Cargo Bikes Size Comparator
Compare the real size of cargo bikes easily.
bikes.louiseveillard.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another very cool website. And very useful too if you're shopping for a cargo bike.
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This is huge: graze.leaflet.pub/3m4yjmbnyec2c
Journalists are organizers – like political organizers – but of information, knowledge, and culture.
In my most humble opinion, I think journalists _need_ to be using tools like this, on their own terms. It's scary, but so is being a socialist in NYC.
Journalists are organizers – like political organizers – but of information, knowledge, and culture.
In my most humble opinion, I think journalists _need_ to be using tools like this, on their own terms. It's scary, but so is being a socialist in NYC.
About The Other Night... - Graze Newsletter
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
graze.leaflet.pub
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is huge: graze.leaflet.pub/3m4yjmbnyec2c
Journalists are organizers – like political organizers – but of information, knowledge, and culture.
In my most humble opinion, I think journalists _need_ to be using tools like this, on their own terms. It's scary, but so is being a socialist in NYC.
Journalists are organizers – like political organizers – but of information, knowledge, and culture.
In my most humble opinion, I think journalists _need_ to be using tools like this, on their own terms. It's scary, but so is being a socialist in NYC.
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Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder.
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder.
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
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Truly personal AI will require credible exit for agent memory. The alternative is gacha game girlfriend AI. Credible exit helps reduce the principle-agent problem by letting you pick up and leave.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Truly personal AI will require credible exit for agent memory. The alternative is gacha game girlfriend AI. Credible exit helps reduce the principle-agent problem by letting you pick up and leave.
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And I wish there was more skepticism exhibited towards giant corporations who exist to make profit for shareholders. I don't care if people like pods, but I *do* care if options which let consumers figure out ideal dosing for themselves are artificially worsened as it sure seems like they are.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
And I wish there was more skepticism exhibited towards giant corporations who exist to make profit for shareholders. I don't care if people like pods, but I *do* care if options which let consumers figure out ideal dosing for themselves are artificially worsened as it sure seems like they are.
This goes for self-hosting too (of anything, not just social media stuff).
We need tinker-less servers.
We need tinker-less servers.
"if you CAN tinker, it's empowering, if you MUST tinker, it's discouraging" @robin.berjon.com at #decidimfest on the difficulties of decentralized social media systems
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This goes for self-hosting too (of anything, not just social media stuff).
We need tinker-less servers.
We need tinker-less servers.
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Sending your family or friends a plug-and-play Tailscale device can help out both sides: with exit node access, remote tech support, file sharing, and more. Here's our guide to setting up a VPN by mail: tailscale.com/blog/exit-no...
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sending your family or friends a plug-and-play Tailscale device can help out both sides: with exit node access, remote tech support, file sharing, and more. Here's our guide to setting up a VPN by mail: tailscale.com/blog/exit-no...
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One of my favourite videos of all time. Pure art. There was no need to go this hard, and yet he did.
youtu.be/IkssYHTSpH4?...
youtu.be/IkssYHTSpH4?...
What Does A Great Cup Of Coffee Taste Like?
YouTube video by James Hoffmann
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of my favourite videos of all time. Pure art. There was no need to go this hard, and yet he did.
youtu.be/IkssYHTSpH4?...
youtu.be/IkssYHTSpH4?...
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We cannot be a meaningfully representative democracy until we replace the Senate & single-member districts as currently structured with actually representative & democratic institutions
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We cannot be a meaningfully representative democracy until we replace the Senate & single-member districts as currently structured with actually representative & democratic institutions
I just released Dropserver 0.14.4
This includes a build of ds-host for MacOS!
I'm still experimenting with Mac's sandbox feature. So far I don't have it working. I'll write more about this in the October progress update.
github.com/teleclimber/...
This includes a build of ds-host for MacOS!
I'm still experimenting with Mac's sandbox feature. So far I don't have it working. I'll write more about this in the October progress update.
github.com/teleclimber/...
Release v0.14.4 · teleclimber/Dropserver
003528d feat: release ds-host on MacOS
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just released Dropserver 0.14.4
This includes a build of ds-host for MacOS!
I'm still experimenting with Mac's sandbox feature. So far I don't have it working. I'll write more about this in the October progress update.
github.com/teleclimber/...
This includes a build of ds-host for MacOS!
I'm still experimenting with Mac's sandbox feature. So far I don't have it working. I'll write more about this in the October progress update.
github.com/teleclimber/...
The only thing that's gone wrong with my @frame.work laptop since I got it 4 years ago is that the USB cable fell apart.
They just sent me a new one free of charge. I didn't have to argue or anything (I think they don't mess around with anything that carries a decent amount of electrical juice.)
They just sent me a new one free of charge. I didn't have to argue or anything (I think they don't mess around with anything that carries a decent amount of electrical juice.)
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The only thing that's gone wrong with my @frame.work laptop since I got it 4 years ago is that the USB cable fell apart.
They just sent me a new one free of charge. I didn't have to argue or anything (I think they don't mess around with anything that carries a decent amount of electrical juice.)
They just sent me a new one free of charge. I didn't have to argue or anything (I think they don't mess around with anything that carries a decent amount of electrical juice.)
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I also cannot agree more with this. The ability to empathize with a "normie" end user is actually a talent quite a few designers and programmers lack and they simply never consider the "one button" approach. This is not a bad thing necessarily, but it definitely hinders wide spread adoption.
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I also cannot agree more with this. The ability to empathize with a "normie" end user is actually a talent quite a few designers and programmers lack and they simply never consider the "one button" approach. This is not a bad thing necessarily, but it definitely hinders wide spread adoption.
So much this. It's why I am literally right now working on making Dropserver run on MacOS, and I am trying to get it working on Windows too (without VMs or WSL2 or Docker).
I still do have a lot of work to do in terms of config files and installation process, but I'm working towards it.
I still do have a lot of work to do in terms of config files and installation process, but I'm working towards it.
I couldn't agree more.
Unfortunately this is also one of the biggest issues with the "Just put Linux on it" movement. It's great for power users and nerds, but the wild variation of Linux distributions makes troubleshooting for non power users very hard.
danieldelaney.net/normal/
Unfortunately this is also one of the biggest issues with the "Just put Linux on it" movement. It's great for power users and nerds, but the wild variation of Linux distributions makes troubleshooting for non power users very hard.
danieldelaney.net/normal/
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So much this. It's why I am literally right now working on making Dropserver run on MacOS, and I am trying to get it working on Windows too (without VMs or WSL2 or Docker).
I still do have a lot of work to do in terms of config files and installation process, but I'm working towards it.
I still do have a lot of work to do in terms of config files and installation process, but I'm working towards it.
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Once you have subdomain delegation there are lots of options. eg. LetsEncrypt could offer a service to reserve a free subdomain of some domain, you get a delegated CA cert, then your CA issues LAN certs however you want. Like tailscale's .ts.net domains but without needing a corp sponsor.
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Once you have subdomain delegation there are lots of options. eg. LetsEncrypt could offer a service to reserve a free subdomain of some domain, you get a delegated CA cert, then your CA issues LAN certs however you want. Like tailscale's .ts.net domains but without needing a corp sponsor.