@duckinator
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i'm not really interested in discussing the Shit™ because it's dominated the last half-year of my life, to the point i had to take time off work to address it.
the details of it are well-documented online if you're interested. my name will come up a lot, since i'm the one who first made it public.
the short version is Fucked Up Shit Happened™ and most of the folks who maintained RubyGems + rubygems[.]org from 2015-2025 are instead working on Gem Coop. (myself included.)
we decided to use it as a chance to solve long-standing problems that we never had the opportunity to prioritize before.
i just realized — those are basically an un-stacked American Foursquare.
neat.
my favorite part is, a lot of people tend not to have dedicated dining rooms these days ime (seems they meld into the kitchen or living room).
if you use that kind of apartment like that, you wind up with two common areas far enough away to not bother each other, which is SUPER nice to have.
that layout is kind of amazing. each apartment is close in size to the 1960 ranch i live in excluding the addition. (~24x50ft)
that's a really nice size for 2-4 people depending on how much space they need to be comfortable.
#GemCoop just* launched a public beta for namespaces!
gem.coop/updates/5/
* I'm sick and slept until 7pm, so I'm a few hours late, but I'm still super excited about this!
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i probably would've done better if i read the help text that explained it's Ruby/Rails terms *before* making my first 3 guesses. 😂
Bork v11 just released itself to PyPi using GitHub Actions as a Trusted Publisher!
pup-e.com/blog/bork-v11/
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
Try it! Let me know if it works! ❤️
I believe XMPP is, realistically, the best long-term option that exists for text + voice + video chat.
We should fund the software for it accordingly.
Dino also deserves a shout-out.
I prefer Gajim's interface, but Dino's got voice and video calls.
liberapay.com/Dino
Gajim is the best XMPP client I've tried, by far.
But they barely get any donations.
If you want a good XMPP client to exist, and you have spare cash, maybe toss some their way?
liberapay.com/Gajim/
oh! also! it's a native app, not Electron. rare thing these days.
to be perfectly honest, i had so much trouble with Matrix just never working properly that i never got far enough to start judging the clients aesthetics. >.>
weirdly, it's basically the opposite: they're throwing lists of email addresses acquired elsewhere at sign-up forms on zendesk-based support sites.
(and everything i *can* make calls with either looks like a toy or looks literally identical to how it looked in 2006 — and the latter was already hideous for its time.)
like i legit can't find anything *aside from* voice/video chat that i want and Gajim doesn't do.
ngl, i started playing with Gajim this week and it basically immediately became my favorite chat client i've ever used for any service. it's a shame it doesn't currently have voice/video support.
Bork v11 just released itself to PyPi using GitHub Actions as a Trusted Publisher!
pup-e.com/blog/bork-v11/
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
Try it! Let me know if it works! ❤️
i'm debating making a systemd service that periodically checks for an update and installs one if it exists.
but i think i'd want to get an integrated countdown for in place first.
(the /update mod still has some bugs, and the countdown won't happen if the update is triggered out-of-game anyway.)
in the time it took them to acknowledge this, i automated shit to the point that i have a proper continuous release process making a Debian package for it.
and i have an `ac-update` command that will:
1. wait for a new version
2. stop the server
3. download + install the update
5. start the server
basically universally: the faster the first support response is, the less annoyed people get about the problem.
going "hey, we're aware of this, might be a while before it's fixed" is the difference between people going "thanks!" and dropping it vs people bitching online for the next month (hi)
after THIRTY-ONE DAYS of the Minecraft login servers being fucked, and TWENTY-SIX days after it was reported to Mojang,
they have finally acknowledged the problem exists: report.bugs.mojang.com/servicedesk/...
truly fucking astounding that it took A MONTH for them to even say anything.
Bevy Jam #7 starts in 2 days! It isn't too late to sign up!
itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-7
people were all like "she must have some SINISTER AGENDA related to DECADE OLD GRUDGES".
meanwhile, my whole motivation was: if people are playing with fire in a way that affects my reputation & ability to keep a roof over my chosen-family's head, i want everyone to know who the arsons are.
"being a public person is weird", yup, abso-fucking-lutely
i made angry noises on the internet last year because of [things you have probably heard about] and wound up being discussed in basically any vaguely-tech-adjacent news outlet for like 4 months because of it and ngl, -∞/10, do not recommend
my gf's on the phone with [cellphone company] and i swear i just heard the automated voice system use the word "primordial", and i am concerned.
it being a reference to that ancient joke is whatever, but like
that face is distressing
The winners of the 2026 Gem Fellowship have been announced! gem.coop/updates/2026...
There are some *awesome* projects that got funded because of this.
honestly that explanation was amazing and i'm definitely gonna try it again now