Revin Guillen
@revin.toot.cafe.ap.brid.gy
Friend. Ridiculous introvert. Open Web advocate. Software developer. Armchair urban planning enthusiast. Perpetual work in progress. He/him.
[bridged from https://toot.cafe/@revin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://toot.cafe/@revin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Maybe the economics of AI make sense because the goal of the AI vendor is to eventually cut everyone off, assemble all the prompts they’ve collected over the years, replicate their former customers’ software, then drive them out of business by undercutting their costs
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Maybe the economics of AI make sense because the goal of the AI vendor is to eventually cut everyone off, assemble all the prompts they’ve collected over the years, replicate their former customers’ software, then drive them out of business by undercutting their costs
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engineers: ha, coding has nothing to do with textiles, you backwards luddite
also engineers: threads, linters, spools, punched cards, matrix displays,
also engineers: threads, linters, spools, punched cards, matrix displays,
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
engineers: ha, coding has nothing to do with textiles, you backwards luddite
also engineers: threads, linters, spools, punched cards, matrix displays,
also engineers: threads, linters, spools, punched cards, matrix displays,
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Above the waves, the turbines do what they were built to do: generate renewable electricity. Below the surface, they are also “producing” life.
Fish, oysters, and other marine species are beginning to return, turning energy infrastructure into living reef-like environments. What started as a […]
Fish, oysters, and other marine species are beginning to return, turning energy infrastructure into living reef-like environments. What started as a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Above the waves, the turbines do what they were built to do: generate renewable electricity. Below the surface, they are also “producing” life.
Fish, oysters, and other marine species are beginning to return, turning energy infrastructure into living reef-like environments. What started as a […]
Fish, oysters, and other marine species are beginning to return, turning energy infrastructure into living reef-like environments. What started as a […]
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
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The past year has made it clear that since I was a kid I've been fed a misguided ideal of "rugged individualism above all else" that akin to brainwashing all my life. The only "honorable" way to do anything was to do it all on your own. Anything less was you showing weakness by needing help from […]
Original post on xoxo.zone
xoxo.zone
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The past year has made it clear that since I was a kid I've been fed a misguided ideal of "rugged individualism above all else" that akin to brainwashing all my life. The only "honorable" way to do anything was to do it all on your own. Anything less was you showing weakness by needing help from […]
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As a company that has long boasted about its commitment to principles, Apple has had a bad several months. It removed ICE Block from the App Store. It let X remain, empowering its users to create child porn, which is apparently “free speech” now. After two American citizens were killed by ICE […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 AM
As a company that has long boasted about its commitment to principles, Apple has had a bad several months. It removed ICE Block from the App Store. It let X remain, empowering its users to create child porn, which is apparently “free speech” now. After two American citizens were killed by ICE […]
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“Personality you can’t fake.”
I don’t know the first thing about American Football (I’m more of a football fan), but I am enjoying these grocery store-style signs by Right Way Signs' veteran painter, Ches Perry […]
[Original post on typo.social]
I don’t know the first thing about American Football (I’m more of a football fan), but I am enjoying these grocery store-style signs by Right Way Signs' veteran painter, Ches Perry […]
[Original post on typo.social]
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“Personality you can’t fake.”
I don’t know the first thing about American Football (I’m more of a football fan), but I am enjoying these grocery store-style signs by Right Way Signs' veteran painter, Ches Perry […]
[Original post on typo.social]
I don’t know the first thing about American Football (I’m more of a football fan), but I am enjoying these grocery store-style signs by Right Way Signs' veteran painter, Ches Perry […]
[Original post on typo.social]
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Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.
https://tryquiet.org
#opensource #p2p #apps #chat
https://tryquiet.org
#opensource #p2p #apps #chat
Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
tryquiet.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.
https://tryquiet.org
#opensource #p2p #apps #chat
https://tryquiet.org
#opensource #p2p #apps #chat
general strike, shut it all down
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
general strike, shut it all down
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the eight stages of grief:
- Prefetch
- Fetch
- Align
- Decode
- Queue
- Register
- Execute
- Write
- Prefetch
- Fetch
- Align
- Decode
- Queue
- Register
- Execute
- Write
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
the eight stages of grief:
- Prefetch
- Fetch
- Align
- Decode
- Queue
- Register
- Execute
- Write
- Prefetch
- Fetch
- Align
- Decode
- Queue
- Register
- Execute
- Write
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The AI bubble will pop soon enough but this piece is surprisingly hopeful about what will emerge from the rubble — LLMs to help us write code faster or translate dialog on the fly, all the things I consider to be AI assistants.
One unsung hero right now is HuggingFace who are working hard to […]
One unsung hero right now is HuggingFace who are working hard to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The AI bubble will pop soon enough but this piece is surprisingly hopeful about what will emerge from the rubble — LLMs to help us write code faster or translate dialog on the fly, all the things I consider to be AI assistants.
One unsung hero right now is HuggingFace who are working hard to […]
One unsung hero right now is HuggingFace who are working hard to […]
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If you are a service operator, just a friendly reminder that data canaries are telling through inaction, not action.
Don't do: "Check this post in the future. I'll remove it if we're ever served a secret court order."
Those secret court orders can totally prevent you from making that change […]
Don't do: "Check this post in the future. I'll remove it if we're ever served a secret court order."
Those secret court orders can totally prevent you from making that change […]
Original post on m29.us
m29.us
January 21, 2026 at 9:17 PM
If you are a service operator, just a friendly reminder that data canaries are telling through inaction, not action.
Don't do: "Check this post in the future. I'll remove it if we're ever served a secret court order."
Those secret court orders can totally prevent you from making that change […]
Don't do: "Check this post in the future. I'll remove it if we're ever served a secret court order."
Those secret court orders can totally prevent you from making that change […]
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They say AI isn’t profitable. That’s not true.
Twice just this past week, I’ve been contacted and paid to fix problems caused by developers who relied on AI to configure servers.
#ai
Twice just this past week, I’ve been contacted and paid to fix problems caused by developers who relied on AI to configure servers.
#ai
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
They say AI isn’t profitable. That’s not true.
Twice just this past week, I’ve been contacted and paid to fix problems caused by developers who relied on AI to configure servers.
#ai
Twice just this past week, I’ve been contacted and paid to fix problems caused by developers who relied on AI to configure servers.
#ai
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/115928819688964301
Given the creative circular accounting practices we see around AI companies, slopholder does sound like the correct term for anyone in the unfortunate position of having spent hard currency on these stocks.
Given the creative circular accounting practices we see around AI companies, slopholder does sound like the correct term for anyone in the unfortunate position of having spent hard currency on these stocks.
mstdn.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/115928819688964301
Given the creative circular accounting practices we see around AI companies, slopholder does sound like the correct term for anyone in the unfortunate position of having spent hard currency on these stocks.
Given the creative circular accounting practices we see around AI companies, slopholder does sound like the correct term for anyone in the unfortunate position of having spent hard currency on these stocks.
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i like to make websites and I've been slowly realizing that my requirements for making websites might be a little weird
- I have maybe 20 websites (mostly static but not all)
- I want to spend basically 0 time maintaining them, maybe 5 minutes every 2 months at most
- I need to be able to […]
- I have maybe 20 websites (mostly static but not all)
- I want to spend basically 0 time maintaining them, maybe 5 minutes every 2 months at most
- I need to be able to […]
Original post on social.jvns.ca
social.jvns.ca
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
i like to make websites and I've been slowly realizing that my requirements for making websites might be a little weird
- I have maybe 20 websites (mostly static but not all)
- I want to spend basically 0 time maintaining them, maybe 5 minutes every 2 months at most
- I need to be able to […]
- I have maybe 20 websites (mostly static but not all)
- I want to spend basically 0 time maintaining them, maybe 5 minutes every 2 months at most
- I need to be able to […]
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One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
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Thank you for contacting me. I will be out of the office forever due to planetary annihilation. To tell you the truth, I never actually cared about scaling b2b applications for the enterprise
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Thank you for contacting me. I will be out of the office forever due to planetary annihilation. To tell you the truth, I never actually cared about scaling b2b applications for the enterprise
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Just going to note that while I get angry messages from Elon fans on a pretty regular basis, they never comment on how I look.
The level of misogyny facing women reporters is insane.
The level of misogyny facing women reporters is insane.
ahhh the reader emails i get sometimes on the muskland empire beat are like nothin else....
![screenshot of email to cnbc reporter lora kolodny on jan. 9, 2026: "Subject: [EXTERNAL] interesting take
old horse face all over Elon again. To bad your such a stupid cunt that you can't find anything more to write about then a couple of senators trying to censor thee internet. God you're such a piece of shit. I hope you have no kids we dont need any more ugly pieces of shit in the world
Sent with Proton Mail secure email."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w/bafkreifekz2qdte6cr7csaa72gt3ae4wqe23qaolhuw62lsrzlhorubm54@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Just going to note that while I get angry messages from Elon fans on a pretty regular basis, they never comment on how I look.
The level of misogyny facing women reporters is insane.
The level of misogyny facing women reporters is insane.
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Loving Rob Weychert’s latest article about using variable fonts to achieve consistent stroke widths across type and screen sizes. And he extends it to icons too, making them feel like part of the same system, something I’ve always struggled with (the comparison to fineliner pens is spot on). I’m […]
Original post on typo.social
typo.social
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Loving Rob Weychert’s latest article about using variable fonts to achieve consistent stroke widths across type and screen sizes. And he extends it to icons too, making them feel like part of the same system, something I’ve always struggled with (the comparison to fineliner pens is spot on). I’m […]
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I just tagged version 1.0.0, hopefully the forever version, of @bodil/opt, the Option/Result datatype package for TypeScript that I started three years ago because every alternative was terrible. It's just a tiny thing, and a tiny little corner of what I've been working on the past three years […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I just tagged version 1.0.0, hopefully the forever version, of @bodil/opt, the Option/Result datatype package for TypeScript that I started three years ago because every alternative was terrible. It's just a tiny thing, and a tiny little corner of what I've been working on the past three years […]
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Debate has never been an effective way of determining what is true.
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Debate has never been an effective way of determining what is true.