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GP&CTO @blueyard.com Author, musician, speaker, developer https://chadfowler.com/ I'm on Germ DM πŸ”‘ anchr://ger.mx/A4ThL8vo6C6uygkNTQKyjHTSc9ZUaQWU0s5aVU3Io2s4#did:plc:4qsyxmnsblo4luuycm3572bq

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The only diagrams I speak are dots+lines & byte layouts

06.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
three replies from "Endless Screaming" to me and Joshua Erlich. the posts are "AAAAAHHHH"s of varying lengths

three replies from "Endless Screaming" to me and Joshua Erlich. the posts are "AAAAAHHHH"s of varying lengths

finally, a streamlined social media experience

06.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 557 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 2

It may be that we in fact regenerate entire applications much like infrastructure-as-code - see @chadfowler.com's writing

06.03.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Notation – Build serverless applications with TypeScript Notation is an open source framework that makes serverless development a breeze

Interesting post. It reminds me a bit of notation.dev which essentially had a quasi runtime, like how you describe, to provide type constraints over the infra layer. The one question I have is how seperable architecture and implementation are in practice.

06.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Compile to Architecture For a long time we’ve treated frameworks as the target of software development. But if systems are meant to be regenerated and replaced safely, the real compilation target has to be the architecture itself.
06.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

06.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol

05.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Safe travels (wow) and looking forward to hearing from you!

05.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't but this is a cool direction. Would love to see your take on this.

I've been going broad, fast, and messy so far just to get something working and semi-compelling to use. It started as a lark and took on a life of its own.

05.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you mean because BlueSky is centralized and that's where the DID comes from?

05.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a Tauri build too. And don't miss the client SDK.

05.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! There are iOS and android apps in the repo also. Everything needs work

05.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What do you think is the best way to do it? I enabled things like cross-posting with Bluesky + media uploads to the repo for e.g. dragging images into a channel.

05.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It does this because it uses this for media storage (e.g. /media command). Could make it optional or I might just be ignorant of a better way?

05.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was on IRC before I was on the web. Bringing ATproto to IRC is amazing.

05.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Hmm….bug

05.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 90s are so back. Showing the kids what they missed

05.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can’t do AT auth with a legacy client though I know now how I can enable that

05.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Freeq'ing awesome. πŸ“»

05.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can’t do AT auth with a legacy client though I know now how I can enable that

05.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eri Yamamoto Quadraphonic - Fly with the Wings - Culturedarm A spark of inspiration led Eri Yamamoto to this rhythm and blues record, with Chad Fowler, Kevin Thomas and Ikuo Takeuchi making for a lively quadraphonic.

Wearing her purple wig for fun as she soars over her new quartet album, the pianist Eri Yamamoto embraces rhythm and blues while featuring Chad Fowler on the saxophone plus Kevin Thomas on bass and Ikuo Takeuchi on drums.

culturedarm.com/eri-yamamoto...

17.11.2024 12:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruby has always been more than syntax. It’s a way of thinking about software that keeps humans in the loop, especially as systems grow more automated.
Recognizing Chad Fowler at Ruby Gala Dinner 2026.
Register here: givebutter.com/c/yKDqzL

10.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Relocating Rigor - The Phoenix Architecture The Discipline That Looks Like Recklessness

By lack of a better word but it's the first word that comes to mind: brilliant article by Chad Fowler on relocating rigor when using LLM agents.

aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2...

23.01.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
freeq β€” IRC with identity IRC server with AT Protocol (Bluesky) identity authentication. Connect with any IRC client, authenticate with your Bluesky account.

Not quite ready to launch, but if you're a decentralized identity and/or AT proto nerd, you might want to take an early peek at this freeq.at

05.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 15

This was the reply on the chain that turned this thread from an 8 to a 10 for me

28.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In between now but always some kind of FPS. I loved PUBG for a while. Nothing great right now so passing time with CoD (current one sucks) and overwatch

26.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

same! But I was never a Marathon person.

26.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local-First Conf 2026 Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.

One of the most inspiring events I have been to for the past couple of years. Don’t miss it!

www.localfirstconf.com

26.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New on the Blog: "Poke around our repos and you’ll find a CLAUDE.md ... sitting alongside a homepage that says β€œhuman-centric.” We don’t think that’s a contradiction, and we’d like to explain why."

https://miren.dev/blog/surfboard-makers

26.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@phinze.com and I wax philosophical about the state of software development and how we're navigating the (sometimes shark infested) waters.

26.02.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0