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@psychedeli.ca

building https://tracklist.diy, the music streaming platform where the power is in your hands. launching early 2026. also a composer and songwriter.

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the "Keystone Kops" of tech founders

06.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the BK big fish is still the same size as it used to be iirc, fight stagflation!

06.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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new atproto performance term just dropped

06.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

next year the nascar trucks will be encased in wax like tiny babybel cheeses most likely

06.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

dae constantly get Miami XO's "Bazooka" stuck in their head for probably the wrong reasons?

05.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is the web development equivalent of self-checkout at the grocery store.

05.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

brave browser on macOS will keep a live vid stream going if there's audio playing, but (if you have the optimize tabs setting turned on) it'll actually disconnect from the stream when you're not watching it. not sure if that happens on other platforms but seems like a similar optimization technique.

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

posting on bluesky b like "get out of my dreams, get into my .CAR"

05.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol whoops maybe i shoulda checked the MOTD…kinda feels like a rogue testing PDS that doesn’t have invites disabled but probably should.

i can imagine someone scanning known PDSes for open invites and spamming it with accounts to get it taken down or just slow down db access…

04.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

like visual artists or musical artists?

04.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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they call me the crypto keeper boys and ghouls

04.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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no pressure or anything media.tenor.com/59B8F0lfVHEA...

04.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ATOM: AT Protocol Over MoQ Transport This document specifies how the Authenticated Transfer (AT) Protocol can leverage Media over QUIC Transport (MOQT) for efficient data synchronization across decentralized social networks. The AT Proto...

if you’re into the hard stuff, here’s the IETF draft: datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-na...

TLDR from an atproto perspective relays using http/3 can take full advantage of hardware without losing guarantees they get from http/2.

04.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol jinx

04.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we’re thinking it might be useful for media delivery using `@moq-js/player`, but we might have to hack around not having a <canvas> element on native...but one use case for atproto apps could be a tap-style relay consumer for a particular did and subset of records.

04.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

record companies sell plastic, not music.

04.03.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are y’all using RN and/or expo for the streamplace app? we’re pretty interested in MoQT for the same reasons, but it doesn’t look like it’s supported in native builds…thinking that a WebTransport polyfill implemented in native code would be useful for both of us?

04.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All culture now is just some unholy combination of Reddit, 4chan, and Something Awful now

03.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Helix A post-modern modal text editor.

helix-editor.com

03.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

looking for an all-ages editor? try helix!

03.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

roscoe you can feel free to steal my identity for this single purpose only.

03.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

any leader can be a supreme leader if you just add cheese, diced tomatoes, and sour cream

02.03.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

- solomon hykes when he founded docker inc.

01.03.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

netted but she still stuxin

01.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

tracklist will be released under the β€œBeer & Balls” license. if you use it, please buy us a beer. if we rug pull, you’re allowed to kick us in the balls.

28.02.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it probably won't be called EPCOT though because there's already a park with that name. in my cities: skylines build demonstrating/simulating this, i called it Progress City. that was the codename/working title for EPCOT before walt came up with the acronym iirc. still sounds cool today.

28.02.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

speaking of transit we have to talk about conan o'brien's favorite kind of train. the monorail's capacity is not very large, and it's annoying to maintain. just use a regular elevated train to connect EPCOT to connect outside the city. maybe even cross the city with them a la philly's metro.

28.02.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

peoplemovers can be modernized too, no need for LIMs...model them after the autopilot tesla tunnel in vegas. self-powered vehicles on elevated roads that can only go one direction, entirely automated. can charge when you disembark the way some EV disney rides do (star wars: rise of the resistance)

28.02.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

let your kids run outside and play, they can't be hit by a car. hold public demonstrations in the green space between your homes, you can't be killed by a domestic terrorist with a box truck. density increases as you get closer to the center. thru traffic in large highway tunnels and/or overpasses.

28.02.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

EPCOT was designed to fully separate auto traffic from everything else. never see a single car most of the time you were in the city. just transit and walking. green space connecting houses to pedestrian paths. concentric circles so everything is close. no traffic noise, no hit-and-runs, no worries.

28.02.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0