Chris DiBona
@cdibona.bsky.social
Released a few open source projects here and there. Dad, Skiiier, Nerd, Villager.
I promise this isn't about Google Reader, despite the footnote that mentions it...
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Technical Credit Scores
Code Fico? Equicodefaxunion? How I think about the scourge that is Technical Debt.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I promise this isn't about Google Reader, despite the footnote that mentions it...
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I've been enjoying the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books by Matt Dinniman. The way he interacts with his fans/readers shares commonalities with how @emollick.bsky.social interacts with his audience... admittedly this might also just be me talking about DCC.
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Dungeon Crawler Ethan Mollick
In which I draw a strained analogy with the barest of connective tissue...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I've been enjoying the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books by Matt Dinniman. The way he interacts with his fans/readers shares commonalities with how @emollick.bsky.social interacts with his audience... admittedly this might also just be me talking about DCC.
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So. These dudes? Totally fearless. Which is a completely reasonable assessment of my intent.
July 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So. These dudes? Totally fearless. Which is a completely reasonable assessment of my intent.
As @cdibona.bsky.social mentioned, we're looking for guidance on ATproto development and pilot testing as we develop tools with bluesky and others! Our goal is to build for everyone, AT Protocol and beyond 🚀 #ATmosphereConf
and we're hiring!
and we're hiring!
March 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I'll be attending atprotocol.dev/atmosphereco... in connection with my @roost.tools work.
ATmosphere Conference
An in-person conference focused on AT Protocol that powers Bluesky and the wider ATmosphere. Join us in Seattle, March 22nd & 23rd.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'll be attending atprotocol.dev/atmosphereco... in connection with my @roost.tools work.
I have, well, reacted predictably to that whole "60 hours a week thing " from Sergey... open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
60 Hours a week? How about 4 uniterrupted hours a day?
..or...the AGI meetings will continue until morale improves.
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March 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I have, well, reacted predictably to that whole "60 hours a week thing " from Sergey... open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
A light, fun, story to get your mind off of (waves hands) all that nonsense. I had a little talk with deepseek , see... it's really interesting to see llms hallucinate...
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Knowledge Anchoring within Deepseek.
...or how a cute conversation with deepseek went a little overboard
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March 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A light, fun, story to get your mind off of (waves hands) all that nonsense. I had a little talk with deepseek , see... it's really interesting to see llms hallucinate...
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I , as you might imagine, have thoughts about the shitshow that is doge and the fed.... though I pollute my thoughts with reminisces (how many plural s' or i's do I add to this word?) of my early career.
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State Department Intake Thoughts...
In which I talk about days gone by, and how much I think about my friends in federal service in the age of muskrump mismanagement of government. Doge? Seriously?
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February 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I , as you might imagine, have thoughts about the shitshow that is doge and the fed.... though I pollute my thoughts with reminisces (how many plural s' or i's do I add to this word?) of my early career.
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Deepseek, open source and the growth of the Internet. open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
Deepseek, open source and the growth of the Internet
History is rhyming again...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Deepseek, open source and the growth of the Internet. open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
This is a somewhat bloggy post about a Treo 600, car wreck and a selfie.
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Loss aversion, early smart phones and car wrecks..
An attendance prize, Force = Mass * Acceleration and Apples.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a somewhat bloggy post about a Treo 600, car wreck and a selfie.
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Just back Cory Doctorow's new book/ebook kickstartery thing: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc... . @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy never let me down....
Picks & Shovels: Marty Hench at the dawn of enshittification
The standalone origin story of Marty "Red Team Blues" Hench (read by Wil Wheaton), a tale of weird PCs and tech's first enshittifiers
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January 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just back Cory Doctorow's new book/ebook kickstartery thing: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc... . @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy never let me down....
And here's my legally required pic from Supreme at Alta.
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And here's my legally required pic from Supreme at Alta.
As you might expect, I've been up LCC. I donated to the patrol fund two or three years ago after a whoopsie that dislocated my right shoulder. They were terrific . I'm really glad Vail came to their senses, though all of this could have been avoided literally years ago.
The Park City ski patrol strike is over. The workers got every major item they wanted from Vail Resorts.
-Starting wages up by $2/hr.
-Senior workers get pay raised by as much as $7.75/hr.
-Better parental leave and professional development.
-A better wage scale and more.
-Starting wages up by $2/hr.
-Senior workers get pay raised by as much as $7.75/hr.
-Better parental leave and professional development.
-A better wage scale and more.
January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As you might expect, I've been up LCC. I donated to the patrol fund two or three years ago after a whoopsie that dislocated my right shoulder. They were terrific . I'm really glad Vail came to their senses, though all of this could have been avoided literally years ago.
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble.... open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
Contract Killer: License efficiency and Open Source Software
This is part of a regular series of Open Source fundamentals that I'll release and update on the regular.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble.... open.substack.com/pub/cdibona/...
Reposted by Chris DiBona
The upcoming System Collapse tour schedule: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/634600.html
October 17, 2023 at 2:06 PM
The upcoming System Collapse tour schedule: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/634600.html
Hey, weirdos, come check it out with me: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
October 10, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Hey, weirdos, come check it out with me: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
So here we go! Today we premiered our Early Access Launch trailer and announced we're heading to Steam October 18! After 7 years, we can't wait for everyone to explore our version of Maui and build their dream base: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjNd...
Fractured Veil - Gameplay Launch Trailer - Steam Early Access
Fractured Veil is a survival MMO set in Hawaii with building, crafting, exploration and PvPvE. After 7 years, we are thrilled to announce that Fractured Veil...
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September 8, 2023 at 1:21 PM
So here we go! Today we premiered our Early Access Launch trailer and announced we're heading to Steam October 18! After 7 years, we can't wait for everyone to explore our version of Maui and build their dream base: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjNd...
I can't be the only one who's, you know, gonna give Bethesda a moment, before diving into starfield. For those of you enduring new game code, I salute you.
September 1, 2023 at 2:17 AM
I can't be the only one who's, you know, gonna give Bethesda a moment, before diving into starfield. For those of you enduring new game code, I salute you.
Inhave a optically transparent lead tungstate collimator crystal from the CMS experiment......well, from the same factory, anyhow.
Reskeet with something you own that most people don't.
I own my own pizza delivery bag. It's wonderful for getting takeout or bringing kugel or mac and cheese to a potluck. I love being able to keep my food hot and pizza places always seem to think it's cool that I have it.
I own my own pizza delivery bag. It's wonderful for getting takeout or bringing kugel or mac and cheese to a potluck. I love being able to keep my food hot and pizza places always seem to think it's cool that I have it.
August 27, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Inhave a optically transparent lead tungstate collimator crystal from the CMS experiment......well, from the same factory, anyhow.
Guess he shouldn't have flown Nyetjets: https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-382515214f691e47daa2e3635d64e612
August 24, 2023 at 2:06 PM
Guess he shouldn't have flown Nyetjets: https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-382515214f691e47daa2e3635d64e612
I dunno, I mean, looking at the diaspora from the Kelvin, the idea that 800 people fit in the shuttles and such from that ship seems .... Excessive beyond truth.
August 5, 2023 at 5:30 AM
I dunno, I mean, looking at the diaspora from the Kelvin, the idea that 800 people fit in the shuttles and such from that ship seems .... Excessive beyond truth.
I know this come will come as a complete shock to everyone but guess who has two thumbs and contracted COVID from a funeral in Florida. (Me, I have two thumbs and contracted COVID from a funeral with some anti-vax folks in attendance).
Dammit.
Dammit.
August 1, 2023 at 12:12 PM
I know this come will come as a complete shock to everyone but guess who has two thumbs and contracted COVID from a funeral in Florida. (Me, I have two thumbs and contracted COVID from a funeral with some anti-vax folks in attendance).
Dammit.
Dammit.
What, a weather delay for an afternoon (now night) United flight out of Dulles for a funeral? Quelle surprise.
Seriously this is like the third funeral that a delayed Dulles flight has featured prominently. Did I build in time for it, as I expected it to happen again? Yup.
Seriously this is like the third funeral that a delayed Dulles flight has featured prominently. Did I build in time for it, as I expected it to happen again? Yup.
July 27, 2023 at 9:06 PM
What, a weather delay for an afternoon (now night) United flight out of Dulles for a funeral? Quelle surprise.
Seriously this is like the third funeral that a delayed Dulles flight has featured prominently. Did I build in time for it, as I expected it to happen again? Yup.
Seriously this is like the third funeral that a delayed Dulles flight has featured prominently. Did I build in time for it, as I expected it to happen again? Yup.
Streets of Fire. What a movie! Holy crow. If you haven't seen it, check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKQgXVRWT1Y
July 24, 2023 at 4:48 AM
Streets of Fire. What a movie! Holy crow. If you haven't seen it, check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKQgXVRWT1Y