Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

Shared by my Daughter
"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are"

In response to "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"

Me, 20 years ago: "HTML is fine, with some light CSS. I don't need a bunch of JavaScript."

Me, 10 years ago: "Look at all the jQuery I pumped in this page! It's so sparkly! And Bootstrap makes it look great everywhere!"

Me, at present: "HTML is fine, with some light CSS. I don't need a bunch of JavaScript."

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63792408

Last day (this Sunday) to submit your talk for FOSDEM PGDay and the PostgreSQL Devroom!

Please note that the event takes place in Brussels, no pre-recorded talks are considered at this point.

#FOSDEM #PostgreSQL #FOSDEMPGDay #Conference #CfP #Brussels

https://2023.fosdempgday.org/

Which programming paradigm, do you enjoy writing?

#programming #functional #oops

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

Really happy to see so many people from the other place appearing on Mastodon.

It's great to see you 👍🏻

Automattic is one of the most important companies on the Internet.

They make Tumblr, WooCommerce, Akismet, LongReads, WordPress—among others.

WordPress alone powers ~44% of the world's websites.

More interesting: despite being such a large, dominant company, few people hate Automattic.

Why is this? 🧵

What we think improves productivity vs. what actually does.

It's often easy to feel like you’re only productive if you are working hard non-stop. That’s a misnomer. Breaks are vital for boosting productivity and deterring burnout. Make time to re-energize,
get rest and enjoy life in between.

Illustration by Liz Fosslien

#softwareengineering

mastodon vs twitter (updated)

I keep hearing that #Mastodon is not likely to replace #Twitter. To that I say: so what?
I've been contributing to the #Linux desktop for the last 15 years not because it's likely to replace #Windows, but because providing people with free desktop is the right thing to do.
I use and support Mastodon not because it's likely to replace Twitter, but because it's a social network done right.

Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.

Call for Papers for #FOSDEMPGDay 2023 (both FOSDEM Devroom + PGDay on Friday) is open. Submit your talks!

#PostgreSQL #Conference #FOSDEM #CfP
https://2023.fosdempgday.org/

Call for Papers for #NordicPGDay 2023 in Stockholm is open. Submit your talks!

#PostgreSQL #Conference #CfP
https://2023.nordicpgday.org/