Posts by cwebber@social.coop
(DIR) Post #AyxfaOTib2mdqbdjCC by cwebber@social.coop
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This is an observation about the present. But we're coming up close to a year since I wrote my original articles about how decentralized Bluesky ishttps://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/https://dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-bluesky-decentralization/Some things *have* improved, and Blacksky is largely to praise for that. Still tho...
(DIR) Post #AyxfaP3ATF8jcYE2S0 by cwebber@social.coop
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I will probably follow up at the 1 year mark on my articles to assess: how much holds true, how much has improved, etcBut by and large, I think the things I wrote and the concerns I laid out remain accurate.
(DIR) Post #Az01hk3tKoYG7dO8fY by cwebber@social.coop
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I feel like maybe it's time for me to finally put down the 22 year old Intuos tablet I have and get a monitor I can draw onThey're so expensive tho :(
(DIR) Post #Az01olennlXv650G5w by cwebber@social.coop
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@dannotdaniel @aeva @davidrevoy Secret of Mana is so good
(DIR) Post #AzHB4ZxALPLFRwOAwC by cwebber@social.coop
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I am SO EXCITED to announce the new release of @spritely Goblins 0.17.0 featuring to MAJOR new improvements to our persistence system, including a lightning-fast storage backend called Bloblin! https://spritely.institute/news/spritely-goblins-v0-17-0-persistence-is-better-than-ever.htmlThis is an exciting release, and to celebrate I animated this loop of the persistence system mascot (Aurie!) serializing to a crystal and breaking out again :)Exciting stuff! :D
(DIR) Post #AzHB4b3wDiLwtEZ68G by cwebber@social.coop
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(Actually, the first half of the animation loop appeared in a previous release... I finished the loop for this release!)
(DIR) Post #AzHB4bdO5ui2fB9PO4 by cwebber@social.coop
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Bloblin is pretty neat, it streams deltas to disk really fast! So fast that the storage backend is no longer the bottleneck.We already have fairly efficient serialization that's smart and only serializes the deltas of the objects that changed. Bloblin makes things much better by streaming update by update individually to an open file in a directory for that store, compacting and garbage collecting writing into new files occasionally.
(DIR) Post #AzHB4chK8lS5xg04A4 by cwebber@social.coop
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I started the work and design on Bloblin, and @tsyesika carried it across the finish line (itself not a trivial task!)On a somewhat self-indulgent level, this release is nice because I often am caught up in the day-to-day operations these days as Executive Director. Bloblin was a group effort, but I built out the core of the design, which was nice to do that kind of engineering again.Plus I got to do the animation :)
(DIR) Post #AzHB4dc2jsp2naXMZM by cwebber@social.coop
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If you like the animation and like Blender, the source file is here if you want to take a look! https://files.spritely.institute/videos/aurie-crystal-cycle.blend
(DIR) Post #AzHB4eKi3oYF27R2Bs by cwebber@social.coop
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I should also clarify that @tsyesika *in general* is the one who has made our persistence system into something as awesome as it is. Aurie is in many ways Jessica's baby, even if I contributed this backend, and she's done incredible work on it. So proud of her and its' such a privilege to work with her :)
(DIR) Post #AzHB4f31P3zrFYAQG8 by cwebber@social.coop
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Speaking of spreading the credit around, this release also continues the history of characters that were co-designed by @davidrevoy and myself. I'm really happy to complete the loop on this character's serialization, and I consider myself so lucky to have been able to work with @davidrevoy who really took my tiny sketches and made them into something magical. All artwork we've done since has much to thank from @davidrevoy's strong legacy :)
(DIR) Post #AzI1gmpI7tc3zlFITQ by cwebber@social.coop
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Lovely Queer Person Working at the Local Game Store: "May I ask you a personal question?"Me: "Sure, what is it?"LQPWatLGS: "Did you sing 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' at queeraoke last month?"Me: *tosses hair*
(DIR) Post #B0EmjEoV0S1mOBDo5w by cwebber@social.coop
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@mntmn omg OMG O M G YES
(DIR) Post #B0uZFt9XK4gw2x3NaK by cwebber@social.coop
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Holy shit look at @grimmware's absolutely wild MNT Pocket Reform "keyboard dock" thing, this is amazing
(DIR) Post #B0uZFxPdU9wjG2cIEa by cwebber@social.coop
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I absolutely love how the MNT Pocket Reform can be a "cyberdeck foundation"And tbh if I were gonna make a cyberdeck that had a completely different form factor I'd still use the guts of the MNT Pocket Reform setups and modify from there, even if I was just buying the gut-parts individually.
(DIR) Post #B0uZFxW16R3BZpbOBE by cwebber@social.coop
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/cc @vv who I think said she'd be interested in something like this, but if the keyboard folded out from the base
(DIR) Post #B14mEYOIGtwALkFVc8 by cwebber@social.coop
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A hint of my new portable "full workstation" computing setup featuring the MNT Pocket Reform. First the glowy pic!All this packs up and fits in the front pouch of my backpack.
(DIR) Post #B14mEaZi9QG57jbegi by cwebber@social.coop
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And here's what it looks like with lights on. You can also see @mlemweb's dollhouse making activities left on the desk.The portable monitor and stand, the keyboard, and the MNT Pocket Reform all fit nicely in the front pocket of my backpack allowing for a full ergonomic dual screen setup which I can pull out anywhere. The pocket's trackball itself acts as an easy to access mouse.Additionally, with this setup, if *not* going full workstation, I can just use the Pocket by itself!
(DIR) Post #B14mEbhBz5pwbE78zI by cwebber@social.coop
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I took these pictures in a hurry, I plan on taking better looking ones later before I write a blogpost if I can, but I took these in a hurry last night and kinda wanted to post them
(DIR) Post #B2RuM7AfDy12eQ6Fge by cwebber@social.coop
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This is pretty broad but thank you every open source developer who makes my computer awesome