Blain Smith
@blainsmith.com
Founding Member @limeleaf.coop building @apply.coop and @blueskydirectory.com | Signal: rblgk.13
Software Engineer, Go, Rust, C, Hare, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Databases
Decentralize and self host.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9620
Software Engineer, Go, Rust, C, Hare, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Databases
Decentralize and self host.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9620
Reposted by Blain Smith
Go 1.26 brings the long-awaited vectorized operations (SIMD) in the simd/archsimd package.
Since it's hard to create a portable high-level API, the Go team decided to start with a low-level, architecture-specific one and support only amd64 for now.
Since it's hard to create a portable high-level API, the Go team decided to start with a low-level, architecture-specific one and support only amd64 for now.
January 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Go 1.26 brings the long-awaited vectorized operations (SIMD) in the simd/archsimd package.
Since it's hard to create a portable high-level API, the Go team decided to start with a low-level, architecture-specific one and support only amd64 for now.
Since it's hard to create a portable high-level API, the Go team decided to start with a low-level, architecture-specific one and support only amd64 for now.
Reposted by Blain Smith
Built a 100% serverless Debian repository management system hosted entirely on GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages last night.
It was fun like the first days of typing in BASIC programs from a BYTE magazine.
#copilot #golang #opencode
github.com/frostyard/plow
It was fun like the first days of typing in BASIC programs from a BYTE magazine.
#copilot #golang #opencode
github.com/frostyard/plow
GitHub - frostyard/plow
Contribute to frostyard/plow development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Built a 100% serverless Debian repository management system hosted entirely on GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages last night.
It was fun like the first days of typing in BASIC programs from a BYTE magazine.
#copilot #golang #opencode
github.com/frostyard/plow
It was fun like the first days of typing in BASIC programs from a BYTE magazine.
#copilot #golang #opencode
github.com/frostyard/plow
Reposted by Blain Smith
If you're on the Death Star, nobody cares that you only did it for the college money
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
If you're on the Death Star, nobody cares that you only did it for the college money
Your app doesn't need chat or DMs.
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Your app doesn't need chat or DMs.
Sovereignty | John "Maddog" Hall | Monktoberfest 2025
youtu.be/VCeLjomUdS8?...
#OpenSource #FOSS #Sovereignty #Monktoberfest
youtu.be/VCeLjomUdS8?...
#OpenSource #FOSS #Sovereignty #Monktoberfest
Sovereignty | John "Maddog" Hall | Monktoberfest 2025
YouTube video by RedMonk Tech Events
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Sovereignty | John "Maddog" Hall | Monktoberfest 2025
youtu.be/VCeLjomUdS8?...
#OpenSource #FOSS #Sovereignty #Monktoberfest
youtu.be/VCeLjomUdS8?...
#OpenSource #FOSS #Sovereignty #Monktoberfest
"[Neurodivergent C-suite] representation matters because those executives notice and eliminate the inefficiencies that neurotypical leadership doesn’t even see as problems."
blog.drjoshcsimmons.com/p/how-neurod...
#Neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD #SoftwareEngineering #SystemsEngineering
blog.drjoshcsimmons.com/p/how-neurod...
#Neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD #SoftwareEngineering #SystemsEngineering
How Neurodivergent Brains Build Better Systems
A former manager once described me as a “purist”.
blog.drjoshcsimmons.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"[Neurodivergent C-suite] representation matters because those executives notice and eliminate the inefficiencies that neurotypical leadership doesn’t even see as problems."
blog.drjoshcsimmons.com/p/how-neurod...
#Neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD #SoftwareEngineering #SystemsEngineering
blog.drjoshcsimmons.com/p/how-neurod...
#Neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD #SoftwareEngineering #SystemsEngineering
My 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ with the original 4.0 litre engine and 6-speed transmission just hit 155,555 miles 250,341.5 km.
In a world full of enshittified unreliable garbage this is one of the few material things that bring a smile to my face.
#Jeep #Wrangler #Reliability #Enshittification
In a world full of enshittified unreliable garbage this is one of the few material things that bring a smile to my face.
#Jeep #Wrangler #Reliability #Enshittification
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
My 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ with the original 4.0 litre engine and 6-speed transmission just hit 155,555 miles 250,341.5 km.
In a world full of enshittified unreliable garbage this is one of the few material things that bring a smile to my face.
#Jeep #Wrangler #Reliability #Enshittification
In a world full of enshittified unreliable garbage this is one of the few material things that bring a smile to my face.
#Jeep #Wrangler #Reliability #Enshittification
One way to guarantee I don't use your CLI is if Step 1 of the installation is...
```
$ npm install {CLI}
```
npm has had far too many security problems over the years that I'll never use it again. Especially for CLIs that would grant that CLI system-level access.
#CLI #Terminal #npm #Security
```
$ npm install {CLI}
```
npm has had far too many security problems over the years that I'll never use it again. Especially for CLIs that would grant that CLI system-level access.
#CLI #Terminal #npm #Security
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I decided to rip out all the styles of the static site hosting app dashboard and just use brutalist.style to focus on functionality first.
#Minimalism #CSS #Brutalism
#Minimalism #CSS #Brutalism
brutalist.style
brutalist.css demo site
brutalist.style
January 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I decided to rip out all the styles of the static site hosting app dashboard and just use brutalist.style to focus on functionality first.
#Minimalism #CSS #Brutalism
#Minimalism #CSS #Brutalism
POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
indieweb.org/POSSE
#POSSE #RSS #DigitalOwnership #SelfHosting
indieweb.org/POSSE
#POSSE #RSS #DigitalOwnership #SelfHosting
POSSE
POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like soc...
indieweb.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
indieweb.org/POSSE
#POSSE #RSS #DigitalOwnership #SelfHosting
indieweb.org/POSSE
#POSSE #RSS #DigitalOwnership #SelfHosting
Site .tar.gz uploads with tokens via HTTP PUT/PATCH and form POST through the dashboard are working. Setting custom domains and refreshing tokens also are working. Aside from boring auth stuff it's basically a finished service.
#StaticHosting #TechCoop #HostingProvider
#StaticHosting #TechCoop #HostingProvider
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Site .tar.gz uploads with tokens via HTTP PUT/PATCH and form POST through the dashboard are working. Setting custom domains and refreshing tokens also are working. Aside from boring auth stuff it's basically a finished service.
#StaticHosting #TechCoop #HostingProvider
#StaticHosting #TechCoop #HostingProvider
Temporary home for the weekend while my wife paints my office for my holiday present.
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Temporary home for the weekend while my wife paints my office for my holiday present.
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My personal VPS got flagged and suspended for abusive spam mail activity and I only found out about it after it was shut down and I couldn't SSH into it. It has no mail services running. No prior warning or email. I found out by logging into the dashboard and saw it off with a support ticket.
December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My personal VPS got flagged and suspended for abusive spam mail activity and I only found out about it after it was shut down and I couldn't SSH into it. It has no mail services running. No prior warning or email. I found out by logging into the dashboard and saw it off with a support ticket.
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)
www.zeitgeistofbytes.com/p/bye-bye-bi...
#BigTech #EU
www.zeitgeistofbytes.com/p/bye-bye-bi...
#BigTech #EU
Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)
“Bye bye bye.” It took some time, and a serious amount of research, but I have finally crossed the finish line. I have officially migrated my digital life to pure, EU-hosted solutions.
www.zeitgeistofbytes.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)
www.zeitgeistofbytes.com/p/bye-bye-bi...
#BigTech #EU
www.zeitgeistofbytes.com/p/bye-bye-bi...
#BigTech #EU
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reposted by Blain Smith
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
Today will be spent getting Caddy and Garage working together.
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today will be spent getting Caddy and Garage working together.
20 minutes lost because...
$ caddy run Caddyfile.local
...and...
$ caddy run -c Caddyfile.local
...both actually start and run, but the latter is actually the correct way to specify a Caddyfile.
#FacePalm #CaddyServer
$ caddy run Caddyfile.local
...and...
$ caddy run -c Caddyfile.local
...both actually start and run, but the latter is actually the correct way to specify a Caddyfile.
#FacePalm #CaddyServer
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
20 minutes lost because...
$ caddy run Caddyfile.local
...and...
$ caddy run -c Caddyfile.local
...both actually start and run, but the latter is actually the correct way to specify a Caddyfile.
#FacePalm #CaddyServer
$ caddy run Caddyfile.local
...and...
$ caddy run -c Caddyfile.local
...both actually start and run, but the latter is actually the correct way to specify a Caddyfile.
#FacePalm #CaddyServer
Sketching out some UI for the project I've been working on. This should help me start to put things together for a working version by the end of next week.
#BuildInPublic #StaticHosting #SimpleCSS
#BuildInPublic #StaticHosting #SimpleCSS
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sketching out some UI for the project I've been working on. This should help me start to put things together for a working version by the end of next week.
#BuildInPublic #StaticHosting #SimpleCSS
#BuildInPublic #StaticHosting #SimpleCSS
Reposted by Blain Smith
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
External
Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.