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valentin (he/him)
@valentin.viennot.me
founder. using open source to destroy tech and finance monopolies, forever.

"in the center of the sun no one cares about anything, so everything is fine"

🗣️ 🇫🇷🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

kindness. honesty. freedom.

now working on @smashchats.com
I was supposed to be doing admin stuff , so I ended up building an app to review and cleanup old BlueSky posts with a Tinder-like interface instead 🥹😂
January 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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if you're interested in using a Tinder-like interface to cleanup your posts/skeets (do expect bugs, we'll come back to it in a few days , feel free to open issues on @github.com in the meantime!) github.com/unstaticlabs...
Release v1.0.0-alpha: Initial Release - BlueSky Post Manager with Swipe Controls · unstaticlabs/swiper-cleaner
First alpha release of Swiper Cleaner, a React Native mobile app for BlueSky users. • Tinder-style swipe interface for post management Swipe left to delete Swipe right to keep Swipe up to repost S...
github.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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our @radicle.xyz repositories are now public 🎉

app.radicle.xyz/nodes/seed.r...
December 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM
December 4, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Republiez si BlueSky est désormais votre réseau social numéro 1.
November 29, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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it's called mug-driven development
December 2, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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December 7, 2023 at 12:01 PM
curiosity + audacity + persistence
November 26, 2023 at 4:40 PM
What I loved about golden-era Twitter is what I also loved about golden-era YouTube. Random, brilliant, passionate folks just sharing about what makes them excited. Sharing was the sole honest purpose. No selling. I am slowly starting to see that here on @bsky.app and I enjoy it. ☺️
November 22, 2023 at 3:54 PM
"jumping off a cliff and assembling a plane on the way down"
November 15, 2023 at 5:44 AM
I believe the future of work will be open, collaborative, and decentralised. mindthegapblog.com/posts/future-of-work
The future of work.
We work because we are humans. Looking back at humanity’s history, the evolution of our modes of subsistence shows how central the modes of production and the organisation of human labor are in prov...
mindthegapblog.com
November 13, 2023 at 8:40 PM
The end of the free (unpaid) internet is happening right now before our eyes. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but let's work to ensure it doesn't also mark the end of the free (freedom) internet.
November 8, 2023 at 11:39 AM
must read: pluralistic.net/2023/11/03/s... (in complement to Yanis Varoufakis' latest book "Technofeudalism")
Pluralistic: Big Tech’s “attention rents” (03 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory...
pluralistic.net
November 7, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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Latest newsletter is out!

Undefined Neighbourhoods and the Power of Naming Things:

sceneswithsimon.com/p/undefined-...
Undefined Neighbourhoods and the Power of Naming Things
Also: Rent Collusion, Taylor Swift, and Latent Cultural Potential
sceneswithsimon.com
November 5, 2023 at 1:53 PM
"Bluesky saw it first" mindthegapblog.com/posts/saving... (it's a draft! feedback, comments, questions welcome) —do share!
October 22, 2023 at 8:52 PM
I don't want to change the world, I want the world to change. It's not about me. ☺️
September 26, 2023 at 3:08 PM
I need your help. I am working to solve the lack of funding/investment in open source software.
I'm interested to meet:

1. Companies using Open Source projects
2. Open Source Project Leaders
3. Open Source Contributors

Please DM, repost, or share with your contacts!
September 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Feedback and insights welcome. Currently building a team: mindthegapblog.com/posts/why-op...
September 22, 2023 at 9:56 AM
"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"
September 22, 2023 at 9:56 AM