The great dirty secret of the software industry is that an awful lot of the work that is critical to sustainably build and maintain a software system/product/whatever only happens in the wild because one person with a little extra care and a little extra time decided "I'm not going to wait for this to get priority. I'm not going to wait for permission. I'm just going to do this because it should be done, and damn the consequences."
It is with immense sadness that we must share with you the news of the loss of our friend, our leader, and our mentor, Kris Nóva.
It was Nóva who inspired us to come together to build Hachyderm, whose vision created Nivenly, and whose mission we continue to carry forward. In her working life beyond Nivenly, she has left behind a legacy of professionalism and strength of vision, and we all miss her terribly.
This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.
The commercial that undoubtedly caused an entire generation to hear “time to make the donuts” in their heads at least once a week when rousing ourselves in the morning, for the rest of our lives
I wonder when (if?) driver behavior will get back to normal. Despite barely driving, most of the most reckless driving I've ever seen has been since the pandemic.
You can see this in the data: 2019-2021 had the biggest (%) increase in U.S. per capita motor vehicle fatalities over a two year period since 1944-1946, which was due to people coming back from the war. Normalized for miles travelled, 2019-2021 had the largest increase over a two year period as far back as there's data (1921).