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Jan Lehnardt

@janl.bsky.narrativ.es

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25 years on the web. Makes CouchDB, PouchDB & #offlinefirst. CEO at @bsky.neighbourhood.ie. ASF Member & CouchDB PMC Chair. Made JSConf EU, Greenkeeper, Hoodie, Mustache.js. Dissatisfied with the status-quo. Soft Boy. Likes birds, bikes & bees.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 19h

You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.

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[foreign Object] @jcoglan.com · 1d

why are you notifying package authors on friday night about a change that takes effect monday morning. what the hell are you doing

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Neighbourhoodie @bsky.neighbourhood.ie · 5d

What if your database just… worked? 🤔

User data isn’t lost…
It works on the web…
It has built-in sync, for #offline and #local apps from day 1…
And it’s got a proven track-record…

Some of you know it already exists — it’s @couchdb.bsky.social ! ✨

Take a look: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/08...

Neighbourhoodie - What is CouchDB? #1: Introduction

Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.

neighbourhood.ie

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 6d

Ruby folk, a new home for your gems is up: gem.coop

gem.coop

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 6d

Oh and we are exporting 5–10GW on top and prices are low to zero.

Love everything* about this.

(*still lots to be done)

Thanks app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/

app.electricitymaps.com

Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 6d

Yes it’s Sunday of a long weekend, but weekday loads are 60–65GW tops, so this ain’t half bad, as we’re using a little more than 1/2 of the installed wind capacity and less than 1/5th installed solar capacity (modulo time of year).

Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 6d

Neat, Germany is earlier today produced 97% of its ~50GW energy from renewables.

Roughly 2/3 wind and 1/3 solar.

Diagram showing carbon intensity of 53g per kWh and 97% of total energy generation done by renewables for Oct 5, 12pm.

Bar chart showing the installed capacity and current usage of renewable energy. Values as described in the post.

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 7d

Welcome to undiagnosed ADHD-club. I

Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 7d

I did the thing that was bugging me constantly since June that was so big in my head that I never made time for it and now I have a hard deadline coming up and I did the thing and it took 30 minutes and I am so relieved. I will learn nothing from this.

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 7d

Nah

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Su-Shee @sushee.bsky.social · 7d

"long night of vacination" wednesday night in #berlin

lange-nacht-des-impfens.de

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 8d

It has its problems, but do give mastodon another try and don’t expect it to be the new Twitter but a place where you can hang out with your friends.

Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 8d

Oh no my ceo.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8d

Harvest 2025 is on! To celebrate, here’s a coupon for ✨25% OFF✨ our Limited Edition tinctures. Give yourself the gift of a better night's sleep or a little extra chill during this stressful time.

Use code CROPTOBER25 at checkout or just visit this link:
milkbarn.farm/discount/CRO...

A bunch of happy people harvesting hemp.

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jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️ @jennschiffer.com · 8d

once you state the power dynamic out loud like that, there’s no going back. you have to go full villain - eye mask, ambiguously erotic clown makeup, a cat that never seems to need to walk on its own legs

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 9d

You can extrapolate a little from their discussion on why they say they can’t have an Android app www.iceblock.app/android

tl;dr: push notifications require identifiers. iOS hides that from developers, so it can’t be stolen off of them, only Apple.

ICEBlock - Android Platform Statement

www.iceblock.app

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 9d

You can extrapolate a little from their discussion on why they say they can’t have an Android app www.iceblock.app/android

ICEBlock - Android Platform Statement

www.iceblock.app

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Neighbourhoodie @bsky.neighbourhood.ie · 12d

📣 Here’s one for FOSS maintainers based in the EU 🌍

@sovereign.tech is currently accepting proposals from communities that want to enhance their resilience with:

🧱 contributions

🐛 bug bounties

🔍 code audits

Requirements & application: www.sovereign.tech/programs/bug...

Good luck, everyone!

Sovereign Tech Resilience | Sovereign Tech Agency

www.sovereign.tech

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 12d

Happy birthday!

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Ashe Dryden @ashedryden.bsky.social · 12d

Is anywhere hiring remote #Ruby / #rails folks that isn’t otherwise finance/AI?

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Jan Lehnardt @janl.bsky.narrativ.es · 15d

I hogged it, sorry

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Witch’s Black Kat Marchán 🐈‍⬛🧙🏼 @zkat.tech · 17d

Additionally, there’s an open letter calling for the forking of Rails, and a pledge to adopt the alternative: github.com/Plan-Vert/op...

GitHub - Plan-Vert/open-letter: An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence

An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence - Plan-Vert/open-letter

github.com

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Witch’s Black Kat Marchán 🐈‍⬛🧙🏼 @zkat.tech · 17d

I hope the Ruby community is able to recognize his role in harm after harm, and the deeply racist/white suprematist, xenophobic, and otherwise hate-grounded views he holds deeply in his heart, expel him, and begin to heal from all this hurt.

And I hope rv rekts these people’s asses at a tech level

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Witch’s Black Kat Marchán 🐈‍⬛🧙🏼 @zkat.tech · 17d

DHH is an embarrassment of a human being and should’ve been chased out of this industry and his entire community years ago for being the toxic missing stair that he is.

His presence provides no benefit to anyone.

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jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️ @jennschiffer.com · 16d

“Without the community, there is no point to this work, and there is no way it could ever have been done in the first place.”

André Arko @indirect.io · 17d

Bundler belongs to the Ruby community

andre.arko.net/2025/09/25/b...

Bundler belongs to the Ruby community

I’ve spent 15 years of my life working on Bundler. When I introduce myself, people say “oh, the Bundler guy?”, and I am forced to agree. I didn’t come up with the original idea for Bundler (that was Y...

andre.arko.net

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