Online "town squares" where people make friends, find community, and live much of their lives, should not be for sale. They should not depend on the whims of wealth. I don't have the answer to what we should have instead, or how to make it work. But this platform isn't it.

@ceilfors I'm trying out Feedbin because I heard it recommended more than once, and I'm satisfied with it! You know where to message me if you get that substack going :)

Reminder that I'm still active on the Fediverse at but also: If another social media platform isn't your style but you use an RSS reader, I've also started blogging! So far, this one is probably most relevant to my circle:

@ceilfors It's no replacement for casual conversations, but I've started blogging at if you're into longform content. Maybe you could consider turning your weekly threads into blog posts, so they end up in my RSS reader?

I wonder when Twitter gets around to reading my bio and suspending me lol Anyway, hope to see you all elsewhere!

@eikonne This reminds me: I'm a fan of the thought of assuming "zero bugs" as an approachable goal, and viewing any bug in the software a symptom of a defect in the "development system" that can be improved.

RT @kode24no: - Magien med mob-testing er at dere lærer mye og blir mer kreative. I tillegg er det tidsbesparende! Dere vil jobbe bedre sam…

@rakyll I can sympathize with the situation, lots of young people depend on online communities, so the fate of Twitter is extremely important for them. If you don't understand just how shot Twitter's engineering capacity is, it's not surprising that Twitter's collapse is "unthinkable."

RT @avdi: The core idea is simple, but almost never admitted: if, in a society of people who mostly follow certain rules and conventions, y…

@jamesshore @jitterted ! Will the stream be saved for viewing later?

RT @cassiecodes: Whatever the opposite of “hardcore” 10x rock star dev is, that’s what I want. cosycore, moving slowly, making things righ…

RT @TomHenricksen: 5-Minute DevOps: Pain-Driven Development by @BryanFinster #developers #DevOps

@ceilfors Basically he's not my coach and certainly not my mentor - maybe "agent" is the best comparison!

@julielerman (I'm on myself - there's great company here! High density of cool software professionals)