Derk-Jan Karrenbeld
@derk-jan.com
I complain about (in)accessibility & bad customer support. Helping devs achieve fluency at exercism.org. Building complex software at delftsolutions.nl. On the spectrum. Cancer Survivor (x3) 👨🏽🦽
@sleeplessbyte / @LookingForAmy almost everywhere
@sleeplessbyte / @LookingForAmy almost everywhere
Thanks for being there!
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks for being there!
It's okay. There's much wrong with me too ;)
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It's okay. There's much wrong with me too ;)
If they actually cared deeply they'd all resign.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
If you care deeply about the Ruby programming language, open source sustainability, and community growth, here is your chance to help shape the future of the Ruby ecosystem. Accepting applications for the Board of Directors until November 21st: rubycentral.teamtailor.com/jobs/6723164...
Ruby Central Board Member - Ruby Central
About Ruby Central. Ruby Central is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the Ruby programming language and community. We steward foundational open source infrastructure su...
rubycentral.teamtailor.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If they actually cared deeply they'd all resign.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
@joel.drapper.me Yooooo. Sorry I rolled away *if you recalled* at EuRuKo. I did wanna chat, butttt we had reservations for dinner!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@joel.drapper.me Yooooo. Sorry I rolled away *if you recalled* at EuRuKo. I did wanna chat, butttt we had reservations for dinner!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
Having met with both sides on the current RubyCentral/RubyGems situation, here's my take:
- RubyCentral have managed this exceptionally poorly in many ways including removing literally the most active member of the RubyGems organisation by mistake who has declined to return
- RubyCentral have managed this exceptionally poorly in many ways including removing literally the most active member of the RubyGems organisation by mistake who has declined to return
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Derk-Jan Karrenbeld
“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
There isn't a single apology or even recognition of bad decisions. Once again the generic "we need to move forward" bullshit.
So yeah, that taste will remain for the foreseeable future.
So yeah, that taste will remain for the foreseeable future.
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There isn't a single apology or even recognition of bad decisions. Once again the generic "we need to move forward" bullshit.
So yeah, that taste will remain for the foreseeable future.
So yeah, that taste will remain for the foreseeable future.
Accessibility isn't a feature.
Something that's not accessible is unusable and that should be a major programming mistake, also known as bug.
Something that's not accessible is unusable and that should be a major programming mistake, also known as bug.
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Accessibility isn't a feature.
Something that's not accessible is unusable and that should be a major programming mistake, also known as bug.
Something that's not accessible is unusable and that should be a major programming mistake, also known as bug.
I stopped using BlueSky because of this. 13/15 issues (I stopped reporting after that) are still open, nothing marked as planned. One of the closed issues was silently reverted without any response from the developer who did that why they did that.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
I hope that Bluesky Social hires someone to improve the accessibility foundation of BlueSky.
Right now it's basically horror to use with my screenreader. Slapping role tags and aria-label tags on everything, mostly incorrectly. Using only a keyboard? Too bad, it won't work well.
It's kinda sad.
Right now it's basically horror to use with my screenreader. Slapping role tags and aria-label tags on everything, mostly incorrectly. Using only a keyboard? Too bad, it won't work well.
It's kinda sad.
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I stopped using BlueSky because of this. 13/15 issues (I stopped reporting after that) are still open, nothing marked as planned. One of the closed issues was silently reverted without any response from the developer who did that why they did that.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
Wouldn't it make more sense to register euruko.org instead?
EuRuKo: Europe's biggest Ruby conference
EuRuKo is a Ruby conference organised annually, each year in a different European city chosen by the participants.
euruko.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wouldn't it make more sense to register euruko.org instead?
github.com/bluesky-soci...
In the past 6 months, 2 issues have been closed (resolved). One by someone from the staff. The other one has silently been reverted by @hailey.at with no explanation or follow up. The fix is no longer live. See also: github.com/bluesky-soci...
In the past 6 months, 2 issues have been closed (resolved). One by someone from the staff. The other one has silently been reverted by @hailey.at with no explanation or follow up. The fix is no longer live. See also: github.com/bluesky-soci...
Issues · bluesky-social/social-app
The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android - Issues · bluesky-social/social-app
github.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
github.com/bluesky-soci...
In the past 6 months, 2 issues have been closed (resolved). One by someone from the staff. The other one has silently been reverted by @hailey.at with no explanation or follow up. The fix is no longer live. See also: github.com/bluesky-soci...
In the past 6 months, 2 issues have been closed (resolved). One by someone from the staff. The other one has silently been reverted by @hailey.at with no explanation or follow up. The fix is no longer live. See also: github.com/bluesky-soci...
4 months in. Same story.
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
4 months in. Same story.
It's now part of my first use process to completely remove all copilot shit.
That and the shit move where they increase everyone's office 365 subscription price to have access to copilot with a pretty difficult path to downgrade...
That and the shit move where they increase everyone's office 365 subscription price to have access to copilot with a pretty difficult path to downgrade...
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's now part of my first use process to completely remove all copilot shit.
That and the shit move where they increase everyone's office 365 subscription price to have access to copilot with a pretty difficult path to downgrade...
That and the shit move where they increase everyone's office 365 subscription price to have access to copilot with a pretty difficult path to downgrade...
PSA
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
PSA
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Reposted by Derk-Jan Karrenbeld
there are tons of color syntax's folks dont know about, check out my #CSS Color MEGA LIST 🤘🏻
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
January 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
there are tons of color syntax's folks dont know about, check out my #CSS Color MEGA LIST 🤘🏻
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
Reposted by Derk-Jan Karrenbeld
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
It is extremely obvious that whomever handled my support requests did not even attempt to reproduce any of the issues as I've been asked to make a screenrecording "if the issue still persists". The only issues they noted for "future improvements" have already been fixed weeks ago.
What's the point?
What's the point?
December 22, 2024 at 3:25 AM
It is extremely obvious that whomever handled my support requests did not even attempt to reproduce any of the issues as I've been asked to make a screenrecording "if the issue still persists". The only issues they noted for "future improvements" have already been fixed weeks ago.
What's the point?
What's the point?
It's now the 22nd of December. I just received a "response" to all the other support requests I made.
The response ranges from "your feedback is valuable" to a proverbial please go fuck yourself. Accessibility issues are not "nice suggestions to track". Generic responses after 1 month are not okay
The response ranges from "your feedback is valuable" to a proverbial please go fuck yourself. Accessibility issues are not "nice suggestions to track". Generic responses after 1 month are not okay
December 22, 2024 at 3:25 AM
It's now the 22nd of December. I just received a "response" to all the other support requests I made.
The response ranges from "your feedback is valuable" to a proverbial please go fuck yourself. Accessibility issues are not "nice suggestions to track". Generic responses after 1 month are not okay
The response ranges from "your feedback is valuable" to a proverbial please go fuck yourself. Accessibility issues are not "nice suggestions to track". Generic responses after 1 month are not okay
Guess what.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
December 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Guess what.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
That said, if github.com/ariatype/ari... is unioned with the HTMLAttributes thing, ya should be there?
github.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 AM
That said, if github.com/ariatype/ari... is unioned with the HTMLAttributes thing, ya should be there?