Blain Smith
@blainsmith.com
Founding Member @limeleaf.coop building @apply.coop and @blueskydirectory.com | Signal: rblgk.13
Software Engineer, Go, Rust, C, Hare, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Databases
Decentralize and self host.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9620
Software Engineer, Go, Rust, C, Hare, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Databases
Decentralize and self host.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9620
10th Person
blainsmith.com/articles/10t...
#10thPerson #DecisionMaking #Consensus #Autism #SoftwareEngineering
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#10thPerson #DecisionMaking #Consensus #Autism #SoftwareEngineering
10th Person - Blain Smith
blainsmith.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Hare 0.26.0 Released
- Loop values and for..else
- #DragonflyBSD support
- Explicit syntax for ignoring errors when needed
- Replacing @offset with fields named _ for padding structs
- Support for explicitly uninitialized variables
harelang.org/blog/2026-02...
#HareLang
- Loop values and for..else
- #DragonflyBSD support
- Explicit syntax for ignoring errors when needed
- Replacing @offset with fields named _ for padding structs
- Support for explicitly uninitialized variables
harelang.org/blog/2026-02...
#HareLang
Hare 0.26.0 released
harelang.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Hare 0.26.0 Released
- Loop values and for..else
- #DragonflyBSD support
- Explicit syntax for ignoring errors when needed
- Replacing @offset with fields named _ for padding structs
- Support for explicitly uninitialized variables
harelang.org/blog/2026-02...
#HareLang
- Loop values and for..else
- #DragonflyBSD support
- Explicit syntax for ignoring errors when needed
- Replacing @offset with fields named _ for padding structs
- Support for explicitly uninitialized variables
harelang.org/blog/2026-02...
#HareLang
Happy #FridayThe13th to those who celebrate!
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Happy #FridayThe13th to those who celebrate!
Wrote a whole blog post in my brain while powerlifter. Now to type it out and publish after I finish lat pull downs and some high protein noms.
#Autism #Powerlifting
#Autism #Powerlifting
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Wrote a whole blog post in my brain while powerlifter. Now to type it out and publish after I finish lat pull downs and some high protein noms.
#Autism #Powerlifting
#Autism #Powerlifting
Reposted by Blain Smith
Small #golang PSA:
Most of the very nice automatic code problem reports in your editor or IDE come from Staticcheck by Dominik Honnef (@honnef.co).
gopls is the LSP, and it uses many of the rules from Staticcheck.
Suggestion: consider sponsoring Dominik! (Well worth it in my humble opinion😅)
Most of the very nice automatic code problem reports in your editor or IDE come from Staticcheck by Dominik Honnef (@honnef.co).
gopls is the LSP, and it uses many of the rules from Staticcheck.
Suggestion: consider sponsoring Dominik! (Well worth it in my humble opinion😅)
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Small #golang PSA:
Most of the very nice automatic code problem reports in your editor or IDE come from Staticcheck by Dominik Honnef (@honnef.co).
gopls is the LSP, and it uses many of the rules from Staticcheck.
Suggestion: consider sponsoring Dominik! (Well worth it in my humble opinion😅)
Most of the very nice automatic code problem reports in your editor or IDE come from Staticcheck by Dominik Honnef (@honnef.co).
gopls is the LSP, and it uses many of the rules from Staticcheck.
Suggestion: consider sponsoring Dominik! (Well worth it in my humble opinion😅)
Today on "Enshittified Tech" there's a text editor with a remote code execution CVE. I'll give you 3 guesses who's responsible, but you'll only need one.
#MicroSlop
#MicroSlop
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today on "Enshittified Tech" there's a text editor with a remote code execution CVE. I'll give you 3 guesses who's responsible, but you'll only need one.
#MicroSlop
#MicroSlop
Reposted by Blain Smith
We offer managed or collaborative hosting of Matrix, Rocketchat, Mattermost and DeltaChat.
Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.
#techcoops #hosting
Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.
#techcoops #hosting
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We offer managed or collaborative hosting of Matrix, Rocketchat, Mattermost and DeltaChat.
Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.
#techcoops #hosting
Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.
#techcoops #hosting
Very early stages, but at least we have the domain and marketing site up.
henhouse.coop
#Henhouse #StaticHosting #TechCoop
henhouse.coop
#Henhouse #StaticHosting #TechCoop
Henhouse - Own your data. Own your infrastructure.
Henhouse is a member-owned web hosting platform built on open source technology.
henhouse.coop
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Very early stages, but at least we have the domain and marketing site up.
henhouse.coop
#Henhouse #StaticHosting #TechCoop
henhouse.coop
#Henhouse #StaticHosting #TechCoop
It is moves like the one #Discord made that inspired us at @limeleaf.coop shift most of our services to alternatives.
limeleaf.coop/blog/how-lim...
#Mattermost #MiroTalk #Nextcloud #Codeberg
limeleaf.coop/blog/how-lim...
#Mattermost #MiroTalk #Nextcloud #Codeberg
How Limeleaf Divested from Big Tech and Took Ownership of Our Data — Limeleaf Worker Collective
limeleaf.coop
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It is moves like the one #Discord made that inspired us at @limeleaf.coop shift most of our services to alternatives.
limeleaf.coop/blog/how-lim...
#Mattermost #MiroTalk #Nextcloud #Codeberg
limeleaf.coop/blog/how-lim...
#Mattermost #MiroTalk #Nextcloud #Codeberg
Folks suggesting Discourse, Signal, IRC, Telegram, etc. to replace #Discord are not helping the situation. Those are not in the same class as Discord.
Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip are more in line with similar features apart from the "audio rooms".
Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip are more in line with similar features apart from the "audio rooms".
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Folks suggesting Discourse, Signal, IRC, Telegram, etc. to replace #Discord are not helping the situation. Those are not in the same class as Discord.
Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip are more in line with similar features apart from the "audio rooms".
Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip are more in line with similar features apart from the "audio rooms".
"Using LLMs is like taking steroids, but everyone else is getting acne."
finestructure.co/blog/2026/2/...
#AI #LLM #Programming
finestructure.co/blog/2026/2/...
#AI #LLM #Programming
Thoughts on LLMs — finestructure
finestructure.co
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
"Using LLMs is like taking steroids, but everyone else is getting acne."
finestructure.co/blog/2026/2/...
#AI #LLM #Programming
finestructure.co/blog/2026/2/...
#AI #LLM #Programming
Automatic TLS cert provisioning are working via @letsencrypt.bsky.social using Go's `autocert` pkg (pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x...) so folks that sign up to use #Henhouse can have certificates for their own custom domains.
#Henhouse #TLS #LetsEncrypt #ACME #GoLang #BuildInPublic
#Henhouse #TLS #LetsEncrypt #ACME #GoLang #BuildInPublic
autocert package - golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert - Go Packages
pkg.go.dev
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Automatic TLS cert provisioning are working via @letsencrypt.bsky.social using Go's `autocert` pkg (pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x...) so folks that sign up to use #Henhouse can have certificates for their own custom domains.
#Henhouse #TLS #LetsEncrypt #ACME #GoLang #BuildInPublic
#Henhouse #TLS #LetsEncrypt #ACME #GoLang #BuildInPublic
Using the Popover API to avoid any JavaScript is pretty neat.
#Henhouse #NoJS #NoJavaScript #StaticHosting #SelfHost
#Henhouse #NoJS #NoJavaScript #StaticHosting #SelfHost
February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Using the Popover API to avoid any JavaScript is pretty neat.
#Henhouse #NoJS #NoJavaScript #StaticHosting #SelfHost
#Henhouse #NoJS #NoJavaScript #StaticHosting #SelfHost
Laura Manach :bongoCat: (@[email protected])
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mastodon.social
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I post on here WAY less than I do on my Fediverse instance solely because of Bsky's character limit. Anytime I want to write something meaningful beyond a link share or some pithy take it ends up being too long so I delete it and don't edit to fit.
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I post on here WAY less than I do on my Fediverse instance solely because of Bsky's character limit. Anytime I want to write something meaningful beyond a link share or some pithy take it ends up being too long so I delete it and don't edit to fit.
I started reading Masters of Doom with the kid at night. This is probably my 3rd time reading it through. Now that he's old enough (12yo) he'll enjoy it.
www.randomhousebooks.com/books/96382/
#DOOM #VideoGames #Parenting
www.randomhousebooks.com/books/96382/
#DOOM #VideoGames #Parenting
Masters of Doom | Random House Publishing Group One Book – Random House Publishing Group
www.randomhousebooks.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I started reading Masters of Doom with the kid at night. This is probably my 3rd time reading it through. Now that he's old enough (12yo) he'll enjoy it.
www.randomhousebooks.com/books/96382/
#DOOM #VideoGames #Parenting
www.randomhousebooks.com/books/96382/
#DOOM #VideoGames #Parenting
Reposted by Blain Smith
@rog.bsky.social this sounds perfect for testing servers locally, especially with synctest 😊
github.com/golang/go/is...
github.com/golang/go/is...
proposal: testing/nettest: in-memory implementations of net package interfaces · Issue #77362 · golang/go
This is a proposal to add in-memory implementations of net.Listener, net.Conn, and net.PacketConn to the standard library. Motivation The net package defines abstract interfaces describing stream a...
github.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
@rog.bsky.social this sounds perfect for testing servers locally, especially with synctest 😊
github.com/golang/go/is...
github.com/golang/go/is...
I got our (@limeleaf.coop) static site hosting app to provision TLS certs directly without the use of anything else (Caddy, nginx, etc.). It's complete with a web dashboard to manage custom domains, permissions, upload tokens, etc. as a single distributable binary.
#StaticHosting #SelfHost
#StaticHosting #SelfHost
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I got our (@limeleaf.coop) static site hosting app to provision TLS certs directly without the use of anything else (Caddy, nginx, etc.). It's complete with a web dashboard to manage custom domains, permissions, upload tokens, etc. as a single distributable binary.
#StaticHosting #SelfHost
#StaticHosting #SelfHost
If you can't code when your AI slop bot is down then you probably shouldn't be coding.
Read the fucking manual.
blainsmith.com/articles/rea...
#AI #LLM
Read the fucking manual.
blainsmith.com/articles/rea...
#AI #LLM
Read the Fucking Manual - Blain Smith
blainsmith.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
If you can't code when your AI slop bot is down then you probably shouldn't be coding.
Read the fucking manual.
blainsmith.com/articles/rea...
#AI #LLM
Read the fucking manual.
blainsmith.com/articles/rea...
#AI #LLM
This huma.rocks framework is making this API I'm making quite easy, especially for being able to generate client code for it.
#GoLang #OpenAPI
#GoLang #OpenAPI
Huma
A modern, simple, fast & flexible micro framework for building HTTP APIs in Golang backed by OpenAPI 3 and JSON Schema.
huma.rocks
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This huma.rocks framework is making this API I'm making quite easy, especially for being able to generate client code for it.
#GoLang #OpenAPI
#GoLang #OpenAPI