Notices by Andy Piper (andypiper@macaw.social), page 3

Really annoying that BuyMeACoffee, Ko-Fi et al don't let me put a Fediverse handle as a social link, and prioritise X and Meta platforms... read the room! 😞

@BeAware @juergen_hubert @tom I have a broken experiment at https://pipesring.glitch.me/ that I keep meaning to revisit...

@juergen_hubert @tom @BeAware Postmarks is more for bookmarking than a linktree links page... but I like the idea of something like a linktree for fedi!

@dansup what are the limiting factors to performance with that?

With all the excitement about the organisation changes announced yesterday, I nearly forgot to ship the product and engineering #TrunkAndTidbits updates post for last month - sorry it is a bit later than planned! Here's what @MastodonEngineering has been up to... (also, help appreciated with some React component dependency updates for the site!). Now looking forward to #FOSDEM. 💻 https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/trunk-tidbits-december-2024/

@silverpill surprised that there is no mention of Fediscovery here? https://fediscovery.org (note that @dave will be talking about this at #FOSDEM)

Oh, if you're trying out alternatives to Meta and getting a Pixelfed account, follow me @andypiper@pixelfed.social and our studio @forgeandcraft - and welcome to the better alternative to Instagram 🙂

If, like me, you've started to use #ghostty recently, this is a really excellent tool for customising your settings. https://ghostty.zerebos.com/

@celesteh /cc @pfefferle

At the start of December I delivered a keynote on the social web, Mastodon, and Ruby, at RubyWorld in Japan - here is my post about the trip and the talk (includes a long transcript).

https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/12/24/building-a-better-social-web/

@dansup the link is beta-preview, what version of Pixelfed can I use this from? Also, does it support adding alt text, I don't see that in the docs.

I am excited about this! We had *so many* great submissions for the #SocialWeb track at #FOSDEM, and being able to include some as a bonus for those able to attend the "After Hours" event was so important, amazing speakers all around. https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/04/social-web-after-hours-at-fosdem-2025/

I can’t believe I didn’t bring my #plushtodon on vacation to Malta with me.

Today - a Maltese chocolate-making workshop 😋

And just like that, it is a whole six years since my brother left us, far too young. Not my favourite time of year by a long shot. Proud of my family 💙

Cancelled Spotify. One of those things I'd allowed to roll far too long for no good reason (not paying attention), and the "ghost artists" stuff has made me feel particularly unfriendly towards the platform. https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

@james I find myself discovering those fun curiosities via newsletters and blogs, indeed.

Very happy to support @anewsocial - announced today by @quillmatiq and @snarfed.org, good people working to make the open social web better, easier, and accessible to more people.

https://www.anew.social/hello-social-web/

Visiting an Apple Genius Bar for my boot loop issue. Have attempted OS reinstall to no avail. AppleCare is still active so I think I’ll have them sort it, I lost a day already trying to get it to come back up.

Time for this month's #Mastodon team Trunk and TIdbits update - take a look at what we worked on during November. Thanks to the @MastodonEngineering team, and to all of the contributors! https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/12/trunk-tidbits-november-2024/