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Fits on a Floppy - A Manifesto for Small Software

Published: May 17, 2026 21:14

In a world where application are getting bigger and bigger seeing application that do something useful while still fitting in a floppy disk is remarkable. To be fair, the apps linked there heavily use the iOS and macOS SDK, so the application itself is…

New design for the FreeBSD website

Published: May 17, 2026 18:36

The commit introducing the new design: https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=c9c518d9dbb70240c23810f300ce4a5ba60442c6 Comments

Bitsocial: Open Source P2P Network for Social Apps

Published: May 17, 2026 18:18

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PyCon US 2026 Packaging Summit Recap

Published: May 17, 2026 06:40

Just published my notes from this year's Python Packaging Summit at PyCon US. If you've ever been curious what one of these is like from the inside: Wheel 2.0 + Zstandard, PyPI abuse vectors, conda vs pip, nab as a pip-resolver candidate. šŸ Comments

experimental OpenBSD MAP-E CE support (feedback)

Published: May 16, 2026 21:33

Hi fellow lobsters! I’m testing MAP-E support on OpenBSD, based on work originally done in 2021. I added another patch and a small daemon to handle the connection automatically. I currently have one installation running, with a second one coming soon. Both…

Virtual Bevy Meetup 13 Recordings now on YouTube

Published: May 16, 2026 09:58

The recordings of our last virtual meetup are now live on YouTube. Give it a watch and a like to appreciate our community speakers! Comments

Starting my own Content Delivery Network

Published: May 16, 2026 07:36

The accompanying post has latency measurements https://www.apalrd.net/posts/2026/asn_cdn/ Comments

LLM generated submissions should be disallowed

Published: May 15, 2026 19:34

There's a lot of talk about what to do if an LLM generated article gets posted. I don't believe that there's a clear policy about whether they should be allowed. I think users posting them regularly should be banned from the site. A notification on the…

security mitigations ansible role

Published: May 15, 2026 13:02

Ansible role to deploy mitigations for Linux vulnerabilities (DirtyFail/CopyFrag) Comments

PyCon US 2026 Typing Summit Recap

Published: May 15, 2026 07:02

Just published my notes from this year's Python Typing Summit at PyCon US. If you've ever been curious what one of these is like from the inside: intersection types, constraint sets in ty, tensor shapes in Pyrefly, Guido on direction. Comments

In what way if any are you a tech minimalist while maintaining your job/love for tech?

Published: May 15, 2026 00:50

Curious what others think about this recently popular lifestyle shift. I love my coding, selfhosting, and useful tools but I’ve found myself moving towards ā€œlowā€ tech solutions such as pen and paper or just micro, iPod, a physical calendar versus all these…

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