Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
@essentialrandom.bsky.social
https://essentialrandomness.com
Software engineer (and more) on a mission to bring community back to the web. Founder of @fujoweb.dev, https://fujocoded.com/ and https://bobaboard.com/. Loves building random, chaotically-delightful stuff. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
Software engineer (and more) on a mission to bring community back to the web. Founder of @fujoweb.dev, https://fujocoded.com/ and https://bobaboard.com/. Loves building random, chaotically-delightful stuff. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
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Longing for an internet that's kinder, queerer, and just plain more fun? FujoCoded LLC works to bring internet weirdos together and to empower niche communities to reclaim their online spaces!
Help us help the web by supporting our work today!
patreon.com/fujocoded
Other links below 🔗👇
Help us help the web by supporting our work today!
patreon.com/fujocoded
Other links below 🔗👇
Hello! I'm Ms Boba, and I'm a software dev + fandom person who really 💜s the web.
Check out some of the projects I founded in the quoted post 👇, and help us help niche online communities take back their internet by supporting us on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/c/fujocoded
Check out some of the projects I founded in the quoted post 👇, and help us help niche online communities take back their internet by supporting us on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/c/fujocoded
BTW late announcement as is tradition but not streaming today cause I fucked up my back and I cannot stand (which is what I usually do). Taking this time to update the progress on FujoGuide and also fix my crossposter so it doesn't take me so long to do it.
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
BTW late announcement as is tradition but not streaming today cause I fucked up my back and I cannot stand (which is what I usually do). Taking this time to update the progress on FujoGuide and also fix my crossposter so it doesn't take me so long to do it.
Progress report 🚨✨
Slowed down but not deterred by professional hazards* impacting my writing workflow—that is, sitting on the floor surrounded by paper—the first chunk of FujoGuide TODOS are now TODONE! 🎉
Thoughts below 👇
*I sat on an uncomfortable chair too long so now my lower back hates me
Slowed down but not deterred by professional hazards* impacting my writing workflow—that is, sitting on the floor surrounded by paper—the first chunk of FujoGuide TODOS are now TODONE! 🎉
Thoughts below 👇
*I sat on an uncomfortable chair too long so now my lower back hates me
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Progress report 🚨✨
Slowed down but not deterred by professional hazards* impacting my writing workflow—that is, sitting on the floor surrounded by paper—the first chunk of FujoGuide TODOS are now TODONE! 🎉
Thoughts below 👇
*I sat on an uncomfortable chair too long so now my lower back hates me
Slowed down but not deterred by professional hazards* impacting my writing workflow—that is, sitting on the floor surrounded by paper—the first chunk of FujoGuide TODOS are now TODONE! 🎉
Thoughts below 👇
*I sat on an uncomfortable chair too long so now my lower back hates me
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/essentialrandom.bsky.social AO3.js release + Checking in PRs + Astromosphere Conf Website
@essentialrandom.bsky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
AO3.js release + Checking in PRs + Astromosphere Conf Website
stream.place
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/essentialrandom.bsky.social AO3.js release + Checking in PRs + Astromosphere Conf Website
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
Harkness test but for Linux distros
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Harkness test but for Linux distros
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
So, my slashfic between the Ubuntu wheel and the alma Linux hand ring is no good then :(
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
So, my slashfic between the Ubuntu wheel and the alma Linux hand ring is no good then :(
I love that @bmann.ca's summon has resulted in a bunch of fandom folks debating the nuances of incest shipping under an innocent third party's post. Let this be a warning.
(pictured: fujin discuss incest shipping)
(pictured: fujin discuss incest shipping)
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I love that @bmann.ca's summon has resulted in a bunch of fandom folks debating the nuances of incest shipping under an innocent third party's post. Let this be a warning.
(pictured: fujin discuss incest shipping)
(pictured: fujin discuss incest shipping)
So, I was supposed to stream and I went as far as opening OBS and setting things up but... well, I'm having to move the @bobaboard.bsky.social email account away from Google Workspace, and if there's a reason people can forgive me not streaming for it's that.
(speaking of which, boost our call 👀👇)
(speaking of which, boost our call 👀👇)
Tired of the web falling apart while everyone's stuck in endless discourse? Been part of an org hitting growing-org pains and thought "I could fix her—if people *cared* and *listened*"?
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard Volunteer Application: Volunteers Coordinator Edition
BobaBoard is looking for a Volunteer coordinator to help recruit, organize, and direct volunteers in pursuit of our mission to improve the experience of fandom communities on the web.
We welcome appl...
forms.gle
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
So, I was supposed to stream and I went as far as opening OBS and setting things up but... well, I'm having to move the @bobaboard.bsky.social email account away from Google Workspace, and if there's a reason people can forgive me not streaming for it's that.
(speaking of which, boost our call 👀👇)
(speaking of which, boost our call 👀👇)
After a long break, it is time (again): jump on in for a look back at one of our older plugins that loads AO3 data on an Astro website!
Let's update it and look at the README 👀 one of our community members generously contributed 💖
On streamplace 👇 & Twitch 👉 www.twitch.tv/essentialran... ]
Let's update it and look at the README 👀 one of our community members generously contributed 💖
On streamplace 👇 & Twitch 👉 www.twitch.tv/essentialran... ]
January 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
After a long break, it is time (again): jump on in for a look back at one of our older plugins that loads AO3 data on an Astro website!
Let's update it and look at the README 👀 one of our community members generously contributed 💖
On streamplace 👇 & Twitch 👉 www.twitch.tv/essentialran... ]
Let's update it and look at the README 👀 one of our community members generously contributed 💖
On streamplace 👇 & Twitch 👉 www.twitch.tv/essentialran... ]
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/essentialrandom.bsky.social AO3 Astro Loader — The reloadening
@essentialrandom.bsky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
AO3 Astro Loader — The reloadening
stream.place
January 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/essentialrandom.bsky.social AO3 Astro Loader — The reloadening
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
What better Friday evening than helping the independent fandom web thrive?
Fill out—or share!—our Volunteer Coordinator application 👇 and help fujos, furries, and other fellow fans build a better web for their communities.
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Fill out—or share!—our Volunteer Coordinator application 👇 and help fujos, furries, and other fellow fans build a better web for their communities.
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
January 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
What better Friday evening than helping the independent fandom web thrive?
Fill out—or share!—our Volunteer Coordinator application 👇 and help fujos, furries, and other fellow fans build a better web for their communities.
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Fill out—or share!—our Volunteer Coordinator application 👇 and help fujos, furries, and other fellow fans build a better web for their communities.
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Have not really been streaming this past couple weeks (sorry 🙏😭) as I keep running around trying to catch up with stuff, but I plan to get back to it next Monday or Thursday at most! 💖
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Have not really been streaming this past couple weeks (sorry 🙏😭) as I keep running around trying to catch up with stuff, but I plan to get back to it next Monday or Thursday at most! 💖
Pls help us boost our call for a volunteer coordinator 👇 before i start busting out the sherlock gifs
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pls help us boost our call for a volunteer coordinator 👇 before i start busting out the sherlock gifs
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
If you, like us, believe in the power of building our own future; if you, like us, believe it's possible—not easy—to come together to fix our communities; if you want to join a group of stubborn peers dedicated to helping fans *ship*, in more ways than one—
Heed our call:
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Heed our call:
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard Volunteer Application: Volunteers Coordinator Edition
BobaBoard is looking for a Volunteer coordinator to help recruit, organize, and direct volunteers in pursuit of our mission to improve the experience of fandom communities on the web.
We welcome appl...
forms.gle
January 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
If you, like us, believe in the power of building our own future; if you, like us, believe it's possible—not easy—to come together to fix our communities; if you want to join a group of stubborn peers dedicated to helping fans *ship*, in more ways than one—
Heed our call:
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Heed our call:
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
tl;dr:
- 🔍 We need: a volunteer coordinator to build accountability systems to help fans actually ship
- 🧑🔬 Who has: experience herding folks toward shared goals—formally or through zines, forums, modding, burlesque, J-fashion tea parties, LARP, DIY shows...
- 🏁 Your task: forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
- 🔍 We need: a volunteer coordinator to build accountability systems to help fans actually ship
- 🧑🔬 Who has: experience herding folks toward shared goals—formally or through zines, forums, modding, burlesque, J-fashion tea parties, LARP, DIY shows...
- 🏁 Your task: forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard Volunteer Application: Volunteers Coordinator Edition
BobaBoard is looking for a Volunteer coordinator to help recruit, organize, and direct volunteers in pursuit of our mission to improve the experience of fandom communities on the web.
We welcome appl...
forms.gle
January 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
tl;dr:
- 🔍 We need: a volunteer coordinator to build accountability systems to help fans actually ship
- 🧑🔬 Who has: experience herding folks toward shared goals—formally or through zines, forums, modding, burlesque, J-fashion tea parties, LARP, DIY shows...
- 🏁 Your task: forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
- 🔍 We need: a volunteer coordinator to build accountability systems to help fans actually ship
- 🧑🔬 Who has: experience herding folks toward shared goals—formally or through zines, forums, modding, burlesque, J-fashion tea parties, LARP, DIY shows...
- 🏁 Your task: forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
Tired of the web falling apart while everyone's stuck in endless discourse? Been part of an org hitting growing-org pains and thought "I could fix her—if people *cared* and *listened*"?
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard Volunteer Application: Volunteers Coordinator Edition
BobaBoard is looking for a Volunteer coordinator to help recruit, organize, and direct volunteers in pursuit of our mission to improve the experience of fandom communities on the web.
We welcome appl...
forms.gle
January 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Tired of the web falling apart while everyone's stuck in endless discourse? Been part of an org hitting growing-org pains and thought "I could fix her—if people *cared* and *listened*"?
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
Help us spread the word and let's find @bobaboard.bsky.social a Volunteers Coordinator! 👀🙏
This is The Position We Need™ that unlocks everything else. Help our sibling org level up—like every org should—from "passionate chaos" to "passionate ORGANIZED chaos."
This is The Position We Need™ that unlocks everything else. Help our sibling org level up—like every org should—from "passionate chaos" to "passionate ORGANIZED chaos."
Tired of the web falling apart while everyone's stuck in endless discourse? Been part of an org hitting growing-org pains and thought "I could fix her—if people *cared* and *listened*"?
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to rally fans and get 'em building 🧵👇
forms.gle/evUr3VXMV1ba...
BobaBoard Volunteer Application: Volunteers Coordinator Edition
BobaBoard is looking for a Volunteer coordinator to help recruit, organize, and direct volunteers in pursuit of our mission to improve the experience of fandom communities on the web.
We welcome appl...
forms.gle
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Help us spread the word and let's find @bobaboard.bsky.social a Volunteers Coordinator! 👀🙏
This is The Position We Need™ that unlocks everything else. Help our sibling org level up—like every org should—from "passionate chaos" to "passionate ORGANIZED chaos."
This is The Position We Need™ that unlocks everything else. Help our sibling org level up—like every org should—from "passionate chaos" to "passionate ORGANIZED chaos."
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Ms Boba: Yearning for the Open Protocols
ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub
January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
You can support @essentialrandom.bsky.social and her work on @fujoweb.dev, by visiting fujocoded.com and bobaboard.com.
FujoCoded LLC – A Better Web, Together
Empowering fujoshi and other online subcultures to shape their web through software, education, and community collaboration.
fujocoded.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
You can support @essentialrandom.bsky.social and her work on @fujoweb.dev, by visiting fujocoded.com and bobaboard.com.
I'm incredibly glad the ATproto community stepped in to publish the transcript of the talk I gave last year before I could. If you haven't had the chance to check it out and want a quick intro to ATproto and/or the impact of fandom on the web, this is the day!!
As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Here's @essentialrandom.bsky.social with a talk called Yearning for the Open Protocols.
Ms Boba: Yearning for the Open Protocols
ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I'm incredibly glad the ATproto community stepped in to publish the transcript of the talk I gave last year before I could. If you haven't had the chance to check it out and want a quick intro to ATproto and/or the impact of fandom on the web, this is the day!!
"I'm winning but at what cost"
(running experiments to check if my logic is sound, leading to tears and new edge cases)
(running experiments to check if my logic is sound, leading to tears and new edge cases)
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"I'm winning but at what cost"
(running experiments to check if my logic is sound, leading to tears and new edge cases)
(running experiments to check if my logic is sound, leading to tears and new edge cases)
This year give yourself the gift of finally figuring out how to update robinboob.com (robinboob.com) with new characters and fandoms 👀
(If you're wondering why it took so long pls consult the chart 👇)
(If you're wondering why it took so long pls consult the chart 👇)
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This year give yourself the gift of finally figuring out how to update robinboob.com (robinboob.com) with new characters and fandoms 👀
(If you're wondering why it took so long pls consult the chart 👇)
(If you're wondering why it took so long pls consult the chart 👇)
Reposted by Ms Boba (rebuilding community era)
Feeling that post-Christmas cheer? Want "new year, new internet"?
Help us find the right person(s) to get fandom sitting down and working together to build a better fandom web! 🌐🦝🦝🦝🙏
Share our hiring call 👇 on your Discord, your group chats, everywhere 🙏
...and if YOU'RE that person, ✨apply!✨
Help us find the right person(s) to get fandom sitting down and working together to build a better fandom web! 🌐🦝🦝🦝🙏
Share our hiring call 👇 on your Discord, your group chats, everywhere 🙏
...and if YOU'RE that person, ✨apply!✨
With YOUR support we can pay key roles AND have space to grow volunteers!
Help us get fandom working together for a better fandom...web ✨
-💰Project Manager [PAID part-time] (forms.gle/tRwvwFHcBjAp...)
-🙏BobaBoard Volunteer Coordinator (forms.gle/SmFv19hmamKV...)
-🙏FujoGuide Beta Wrangler (DMs 👀)
Help us get fandom working together for a better fandom...web ✨
-💰Project Manager [PAID part-time] (forms.gle/tRwvwFHcBjAp...)
-🙏BobaBoard Volunteer Coordinator (forms.gle/SmFv19hmamKV...)
-🙏FujoGuide Beta Wrangler (DMs 👀)
December 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Feeling that post-Christmas cheer? Want "new year, new internet"?
Help us find the right person(s) to get fandom sitting down and working together to build a better fandom web! 🌐🦝🦝🦝🙏
Share our hiring call 👇 on your Discord, your group chats, everywhere 🙏
...and if YOU'RE that person, ✨apply!✨
Help us find the right person(s) to get fandom sitting down and working together to build a better fandom web! 🌐🦝🦝🦝🙏
Share our hiring call 👇 on your Discord, your group chats, everywhere 🙏
...and if YOU'RE that person, ✨apply!✨
This newsletter comes super late, but it's finally here 🙏 Thank you all for your patience waiting to hear updates 🙇♀️
We started drafting it 3 months ago, but between the digital pack and day by day operations... it sure took a long time to wrap up ⏰🌯
...and that's why...
We started drafting it 3 months ago, but between the digital pack and day by day operations... it sure took a long time to wrap up ⏰🌯
...and that's why...
"General company news" includes everything from our first publicly-buyable teaching product (the Fandom Cookies pack! 🥠) to store upgrades, library releases, and our contractors teaming up for our $upporters VIP lounge (with secret merch and blorbo walls 👀)
fujocoded.com/updates/25-1...
fujocoded.com/updates/25-1...
Digital pack launch, Garage Sale 📦, and... so. many. articles. – FujoCoded
Between stores and writing processes, betas and autoreleases, there's a lot of ground to cover. We hope you brought a shovel (or a Project Manager) ❄️🏂
fujocoded.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This newsletter comes super late, but it's finally here 🙏 Thank you all for your patience waiting to hear updates 🙇♀️
We started drafting it 3 months ago, but between the digital pack and day by day operations... it sure took a long time to wrap up ⏰🌯
...and that's why...
We started drafting it 3 months ago, but between the digital pack and day by day operations... it sure took a long time to wrap up ⏰🌯
...and that's why...
When you manage to hit "send" on the newsletter you've been passing back and forth for 2 months
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
When you manage to hit "send" on the newsletter you've been passing back and forth for 2 months
Starting now!!! Jump on in on Twitch OR Streamplace
- www.twitch.tv/essentialran...
- stream.place/essentialran...
- www.twitch.tv/essentialran...
- stream.place/essentialran...
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Starting now!!! Jump on in on Twitch OR Streamplace
- www.twitch.tv/essentialran...
- stream.place/essentialran...
- www.twitch.tv/essentialran...
- stream.place/essentialran...