The animated gifs and illustrations in @loro.dev's docs are delightful. Finding these docs to be an enjoyable and readily comprehensible introduction to CRDTs. Thanks @zxch3n.com!

A key turning point in creative work for me is dropping the ceremony and getting opportunistic with ~15-minute gaps when they present

I was thinking about this today. How it’s not enough to believe in yourself. You have to believe in the world too. You have to believe that people are basically good, that what you don’t know is more interesting than what you do, and that what you do matters--at least to you. You have to buy in.

The best things are the ones you don't plan. The ones you call serendipitous. They make you feel... lucky. I'd like to infuse the internet with a bit of the magic you feel when you run into a good friend, or make a new one, in the place you least expect

the quality of your internal tools is a reflection of how you treat yourself and therefore your users

Once again appreciating Maria Papova's lifetime dedication to the themarginalian.org. Her most recent post, Do not Spare yourself, is a powerful tribute to Mario Benedetti's stunning poem of the same name. I highly recommend www.themarginalian.org/2025/01/10/n...

Do Not Spare Yourself

The only thing more dangerous than wanting to save another person — a dangerous desire too often mistaken for love — is wanting to save yourself, to spare yourself the disappointment an…

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Hi BlueSky! I'm experimentally rejoining the ranks of social media users, cajoled by the promise of a new platform. So, hello world...