Gabe Kangas / is on Nostr

My name is Gabe and I'm here to say, I'm rockin' on the mic every single day.

I'm the maintainer and primary developer of #Owncast. I'm not extremely #hardcore.

I'm not on Mastodon, I'm on the Fediverse.

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2024-07-16 22:20:51

I have covid and feel bad :(

2024-03-29 21:58:34

My heart goes out to xz. A single maintainer, who was clearly in a rough place with mental health, screaming out to the world for some help and additional contributions, and somebody shows up wanting to help. Could you imagine how happy that maintainer was? They were no longer alone.
And it turns out the only reason somebody wanted to help them was nefarious. I can’t imagine how they feel right now as everyone is blaming them. I hope they’re ok.

2024-01-12 19:44:22

I still think it’s weird that in the corporate world, people who want nothing more in life than to steal as much money as possible from people have lifelong support networks, where they learn from each other, help each other, make introductions, and share in their peer’s success when they buy their first yacht.
In the free and open source world, where people genuinely try to do something positive for the world, people sit in their tiny bedrooms, alone, and cry until they burn out.

2023-12-28 03:07:24

I have a pile of Rokus and I can't get any of them to pair with any of the remotes. It's a trick, I tell you, to get me to buy another one. I don't even want to own a Roku, and now I'm buying another one. I've owned so many, and personally used none of them. The life of a developer.

2023-12-19 02:02:26

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 Letterboxd was crowdsourced. That's why I loved it. Everyone built lists, and had reviews, and tagged movies, and it was great. It was real people who populated it. I discovered so many great films through people's lists. But like everything online, people's crowdsourced data has been sold. I know exactly how many movies I've seen, and when, and what I thought of them because of Letterboxd. Just like I did with music and LastFM. Until they sold LastFM to CBS.

2023-12-19 00:20:11

I'm legitimately really upset to read this news. Letterboxd was one of the last places where people were hanging out and talking about media. I discovered so many great films through the lists people posted.
Fuck investors. Jesus christ.
https://gizmodo.com/letterboxd-majority-acquired-by-tiny-for-50-million-1850887306

2023-12-13 23:08:47

I respond to VCs about Owncast pretty often, and I’ve never been super transparent about it. So here’s a response I just sent.
https://social.gabekangas.com/media/9670e1d43f6b27b5fc140fb94520939b6683415dc87a787361de0c522af5082d.jpeg

2023-11-01 17:16:59

I leave in a couple of hours for #ubuntusummit. I'm super excited to have an opportunity to share #Owncast with a new group of people. If you have the chance to attend the event in Riga, I'd love for you to visit my talk on the 4th.

2023-10-05 18:49:13

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@npub178r…qekt Additionally, I have problems with the color blue. So if you post a photo that has any blue, I’d appreciate if you could create a different account with no followers and post it there. Thanks in advance.

2023-07-25 05:51:20

Your reminder that this isn't Mastodon, this is the Fediverse. And you can optionally use Mastodon, or many other pieces of fantastic software, to access the Fediverse.
Tell your friends.

2023-07-07 21:05:24

Finally got the final tally from my two day hospital stay at the beginning of the year. $41,000. Luckily I was still insured and it covered all of it somehow. Two days. $41k. This country sucks.

2023-06-16 17:35:28

I'm going camping for the first time tomorrow and I'm super nervous. I'm not an outdoors person. I'm not equipped for such a thing. I'm afraid I'm going to be miserable and drag the rest of the group down. I don't know what to expect.