Lincoln Russell / is on Nostr

Web engineering leader deep in community building & education who thinks PHP is great. He/him. 🚀

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2024-09-03 16:44:13

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@npub1jpp…u59l I am in the same boat. I'm sure I've audited my parents' devices for microphone access in the last year or so. I really want to know what's underlying this technologically.

2024-09-03 16:14:41

I legitimately thought my mom was confusing correlation with causation, but 🤷 I was wrong again. https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/113073338146129963

2024-08-27 14:05:44

Every time I see Perforce has a seat on the PHP Foundation I go "who?" and take 2-3 minutes to remember they bought Zend.

2024-08-18 16:45:39

"For years, your bosses tricked you into thinking you were founders in waiting, temporarily embarrassed entrepreneurs who were only momentarily drawing a salary.
You certainly weren’t workers. Your power came from your intrinsic virtue, not like those lazy slobs in unions who have to get their power through that kumbaya solidarity nonsense.
It was a trick. You were scammed. [...] The only durable source of power for tech workers is as workers, in a union."
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/

2024-08-18 15:22:48

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@npub13w7…mktw I suspect the most important quality of a community Board member is being fearlessly empathetic. This feels like a preoccupation with correctness instead.

2024-07-30 16:25:22

My too-online summary of what the VP pick will signal:
Walz — Messaging is king and he delivered.
Shapiro — PA at all costs.
Peters — Michigan at all costs.
Kelly — Centrists at all costs.
Buttigieg — "Debate me" dialed to 11.

2024-07-01 19:34:17

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@npub13w7…mktw I do love a good "Yes THAT is the nuanced idea I was trying to communicate poorly for so long" essay. Right into my bookmarks.

2024-06-03 15:32:26

Kyle, the kid I helped raise, would've been 25 today. He was killed bicycling in a crosswalk by someone who chose to ignore red lights.
My nephew's wife is still in a coma after an accident last month.
Our car was totaled last week when someone turned in front of my husband (luckily he was fine, but still very sore).
We don't need smarter cars. We don't need wider roads. We don't need stricter laws. We don't need technology disruption peddled by a billionaire.
We need mass transit. Now.

2024-05-23 14:15:31

AWS is an absolutely miserable user experience, top to bottom.