I initially thought Codeberg's updated terms of service against vibe coding and crypto was a good change, but after reading several critiques, I like it even more.
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Ross A. Baker
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@eclecticpassions@fosstodon.org I don't have a more eloquent explanation that Codeberg's own post, but I do have:
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hours spent defending my own server instead of creative pursuits.
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legacy GitHub projects where it's no longer worth sifting through slop to find the genuine PRs.
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the alienation of trying to exchange ideas with other developers and realizing I'm talking to a bot.
FOSS in 2026 is miserable, and Codeberg is taking positive action to fix it.
The June, 2026 Emacs Carnival is "Underapprecated Emacs Built-ins." There are about two million lines of code in the core Emacs repo. Send me your favorite hidden treasure. If you're unsure where to look, see some ideas in the post.
https://rossabaker.com/blog/underappreciated-emacs-built-ins/
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@sillyCoelophysis@hachyderm.io Codeberg's own post lays it out well. The operators and the community they serve are strained by these technologies, and the community has voted to protect itself.
https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
If the IndieWeb is punk, writing a manifesto with Claude is Good Charlotte.
My son capped an undefeated soccer season despite my coaching, followed by my wife walking for her MLIS. Today is a good day.
Despite the "no warranty" in my projects' licenses, I prioritize security. I don't typically use GitHub on weekends anymore, but here I am on Mother's Day, after the mom in the house went to bed.
If you ever point your Slop-o-Matic 3000™ at a repo I maintain, ignoring the multiple paths offered for responsible disclosure, you will not be around to see my response. You will be damned.
Rain or shine, vote every time.
Another cursed article about how to write scrapers to circumvent anti-bot protections. I'm not anti-bot per se, but I am staunchly anti-anti-anti-bot.
So, I got carded last night while drinking a Diet Pepsi in my late forties.
"Reclining your seat in coach is a jerkass move," he typed into his acutely angled laptop.
An Emacs rite of passage is to fork code-review and fix the bitrot. My turn has come.
https://codeberg.org/rossabaker/code-review
Between forge and code-review, I am starting to see a path to a tractable notification system. At the very least, I see a path to spending less time on github.com.
Emacs has an obscure keybinding, `C-h C-w,` that opens the disclaimer of warranty. More useful would be a keybinding that popped that up on entitled user's screens.
Opened the season with a scoreless draw, but the weather is perfect. I'm claiming one point for the result and a second for the fresh air.
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@dwardoric@chaos.social Yeah, my graying beard and slowing brain are the most obvious signs of aging. I can hide one of them if it gets real bad!
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@whbboyd@infosec.exchange @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange I do this, and the inverse: tell me something you enjoyed about this crufty old thing at the bottom of the resume. Selects against hype and toxicity and for nuance.
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@tpolecat@mastodon.social You want to sear the exterior of the bugs to lock in their flavor.
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@tpolecat@mastodon.social Not my favorite language, not my favorite tool chain, but right now easily my favorite product of the two.
Substitute coached one final soccer game this spring. We conceded with five minutes to go, then equalized with two. I want to live in an America that embraces universal health care and tie games.
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@eli_oat I rebooted my Emacs config into two layers. One strictly self-contained that's usable in a pinch, and a lighter second layer with third-party packages for comfortable use.
https://rossabaker.com/series/december-adventure-march-2026/
> This is a song that deals with the rapidly approaching 200th birthday of the United States of America, ladies and gentlemen!
> This is a song that warns you in advance that next year
> Everybody is gonna try and sell you things that maybe you shouldn't ought to buy
To speak of this family's immense sacrifices to settle here invites unfair competition with others. To say they did everything "the right way" justifies an unjust system. But Indy is absolutely a better place for the Kotians being here, and it would mean a lot if you would contact Rep. Carson, Sen. Young, and Sen. Banks on their behalf.
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@eli_oat I saw @fractalkitty present the genquilt earlier today. As an IndieWeb fan, the /blank slashpage by @rjkwon was another delight.
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@fractalkitty@mathstodon.xyz I read that as "gauche doodle" and was like, seems pretty nice, actually?
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@reillypascal@hachyderm.io I was fighting the urge, and then you had to drop an Emacs and a Scheme on me. How can I resist?
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@reillypascal@hachyderm.io BASIC was my first language and Perl my first paid language, but Scheme was the first where I started to see how to make the others. That one is special.
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@reillypascal@hachyderm.io I had a program in the mid-to-late 1980s called Music Construction Set, and haven't composed much since. This post kinda makes me want to drop everything and dive back in.
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@NefariousAryq@hoosier.social I just got reupped on February 19th without any of that. I hope this means I have 360 more bullshit-free days!
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@eli_oat I stood up an HTTP endpoint to receive webmentions, and a CLI to send them. Fully integrating them into my static site generator will have to spill over into a January jaunt.
https://codeberg.org/rossabaker/kbbl
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@chailotl@wetdry.world I noticed my login was broken last night. The PGP is down, and I removed my GitHub relme. This is exactly what I was wishing existed!
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@mormund@mastodon.social I'm a "supporting member," so I don't vote, but I do get the emails. And ... yep!
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@lars@mastodon.hupel.info A review from another Illinoisan:
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No notes on the pizza.
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You only get one life, but ketchup on a hot dog is how my younger child learned the word "disinherit," at about age 4.
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Instead of being concerned about structural integrity, order it dipped and accept the delicious consequences. This would have been the more appropriate place to contemplate having only one life.
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@sacha@social.sachachua.com I've been going through the classic Prot videos and am hungry for more. I would love this!
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@skippy@dungeoncrawler.world I used to live in Cook County, and despite popular legend, they only let you have one ballot there, too!
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@chailotl@wetdry.world Yeah, the PGP was always my favorite. Maybe not as convenient, but more "indie." Your post already anticipated my question about a personal Forgejo, but the answer made sense! 😆
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@smallen@mas.to Extra innings go so fast under these rules, I think Pat Hughes was still taking a mid-inning leak.