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Orta Therox @orta.io · 6d

I am in NYC for a week

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 8d

Welcome!

Orta Therox @orta.io · 9d

@puzzmo.com has just shipped a Crossword Mini!

The goal is over the next 30 days, we want to be teaching you the culture of bigger Crosswords. Available for free, daily.

bsky.app/profile/puzz...

Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 9d

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 10d

thanks for highlighting the meetup! will try make the next ones

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 10d

We do use vercel for the main website static hosting (+ middleware) but I've been edging us off for a while and I guess I have more reasons - its expensive but solid

Shame, I moved off Cloudflare for similar reasons back in the day

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 10d

Apropos of nothing, we've been really happy with @render.com for almost all of the puzzmo.com infrastructure.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 11d

It's not (anymore) blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/0...

Shipping the iOS App

Well, “finally” we got a Puzzmo iOS App. From day 1, I had been anticipating needing to build a native app for Puzzmo eventually, in part because of Zach’s rich history of shipping iOS games but also ...

blog.puzzmo.com

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 11d

Both a new Claude Code and a new Wallaby.js - quite the day to read up on tooling

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 12d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QK-...

Sherma's Song(Quintet Version Cateek Cover) | Hollow Knight Silksong

YouTube video by Cateek 捡猫怪

www.youtube.com

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 12d

Sending positive chants for your upcoming battles

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System76 @system76.bsky.social · 14d

The COSMIC Beta has arrived. Fully update the Alpha to use the Beta, or download on your favorite distro: s76.co/FnfKcbYD

COSMIC is a desktop environment that centers around user preference so you can work faster, be more focused, and have more fun.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 14d

Since I started working on the @puzzmo.com iOS app, my Linux box has atrophied as I've needed to use a Mac.

I'm looking forwards to getting back to my simpler dev environment this weekend

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 14d

Looks like my timing for getting back from vacation is perfect, the new Pop_OS! beta with COSMIC (a new desktop environment) has just come out

system76.com/pop/pop-beta/

Screenshots of tweets from the hellsite, https://x.com/system76

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 15d

Spent some time with babystepsgame.bsky.social last night (a spiritual 3D sequel to Getting Over It. )

I think they really nailed the controls, took about an hour for me to be able to walk relatively normally - and it was way cheaper than I expected. Worth a play with others in the room!

Baby Steps - OUT NOW! (@babystepsgame.bsky.social)

As easy as putting one foot after the other.

babystepsgame.bsky.social

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 17d

Very cool work

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 17d

I've played this, its bangin'

bsky.app/profile/robd...

sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 17d

on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★, what's a ★★ food? or ★★★★★ weather? do you and your friends even agree on what "★★★★" means? announcing STARFRIENDS, a new social card game that melds these questions into the best kind of loosely competitive experience. physical decks coming soon, follow our KS page today!

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 17d

they said it was the height of foolishness to go up against baby steps on 9/23. don't do it, they pleaded, you must postpone. but no.... i vowed this wave of silksong delays would end with me. and so, i am pleased to announce i made today's puzzmo crossword, SELECTED WORKS puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

puzzmo.com

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Tekin Süleyman @tekin.co.uk · 18d

The Ruby community has a DHH problem
tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

The Ruby community has a DHH problem

The Ruby community can no longer afford to stand silent in the face of DHH and his toxic ideas.

tekin.co.uk

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 21d

That is how I do it in puzzmo.com - yeah

Been a while since I thought about it and wrote that code, but I think if I had a choice it would be a generic simply because it makes for simpler front-end code + queries if there is one root type - this is my err opinions artsy.github.io/blog/2018/10...

A search result in Puzzmo's codebase for errorable response

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Orta Therox @orta.io · Sep 9

Here's an examples of some I have used in a (trivial) admin app based on graphqxl - (Partial is a built-in)

In this case, every generic use is transformed into a concrete type so types always have a name in the type system for queries / fragments

www.npmjs.com/package/@ort...

A screenshot of three source code responses

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Orta Therox @orta.io · Sep 4

Them: "LLMs require crafting perfect prompts"

Me:

A Claude Code prompt saying "I dont see a giggle vytib" and the LLM responding with "Let me check the current implementation to see what might be wrong with the toggle button visibility:"

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Orta Therox @orta.io · Sep 3

Yah, so wild.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · Sep 3

Silksong, tomorrow?

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Sep 3

The trial of Jair Bolsonaro and his allied generals began today for their plot to stage a coup d'état in January 2023 after losing the election to Lula da Silva.

In the following thread, we share an English version of an analysis of the situation from our Brazilian anarchist comrades.

🧵⬇️

Crimethinc Pt-Br @crimethincbr.bsky.social · Sep 2

Começou hoje o julgamento de Jair Bolsonaro e seus generais por tentativa de golpe de estado em janeiro de 2023 após perder a eleição para Lula.

É a primeira vez que um líder político e generais militares vão aos tribunais por um (dos vários) golpe de estado ou tentativa de golpe no Brasil.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · Aug 28

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