@gabek@social.gabekangas.com

gabek

@gabek@social.gabekangas.com

My name is Gabe and I'm here to say, I'm rockin' on the mic every two or three days.

I'm the maintainer and primary developer of #Owncast. I'm generally always happy to talk to you about the project, it means a lot to me.

I'm not on Mastodon, I'm on the Fediverse. So are you.

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gabek, to random

When I was younger I did everything myself. I even ran my own email server from home. And then something changed and I outsourced absolutely everything, and ran nothing myself. And now, I'm back to hosting my own things again (but not email, I use Fastmail). I wonder if this is a cycle in life. Will I go back to not wanting to host my own services again one day?

frameworkcomputer, (edited ) to random
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    gabek,

    @frameworkcomputer I have to assume at this point if DHH is involved that something about it is awful.

    gabek, to random

    I bought this shirt from @docpop. In black, of course. You can have one too. https://docpop.threadless.com/

    nicknisi, to random
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    Me explaining to a friend how to get into programming:

    “First, install this package manager so that you can install this other package manager that will then let you install the right package manager to install Tailwind.”

    gabek,

    @nicknisi That ain't the programming I know. Yours must be broken.

    gabek, to random

    Today is my birthday, and it’s been a hell of a year. In a good way.

    gabek,

    @ed Thanks!

    aral, to fediverse
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    “Fediverse” “a16z” “crypto” “VCs”

    The fuck is this shit?

    smh

    https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/112524750248407253

    gabek,

    @aral I had to unfollow. It used to be about the Fediverse but now it’s about Bluesky and VC funded startups? Hard pass.

    sue, to random
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    Not linking directly because I don't want to shit on projects I believe are genuinely trying to make the web better, but every time I see a post about "the small web" or a more "humane" web or whatever that includes phrases like this about content: "created without the motivation of financial gain" I sigh so deeply lol

    I am begging ethical web enthusiasts to understand what an extreme privilege it is to spend time working on something without worrying about money

    gabek,

    @sue The internet is a big place, and we’re all allowed to try our own things for our own reasons. Because I choose to write software, and give it away, to enable people to do things with, doesn’t make me a part of some kind of problem, and I’m sorry you see me that way. I can’t do everything for everyone, but I can do this. There are plenty of companies who make money and they’ll happily take you. Turning every free software project into a capitalist, venture-funded, profit-first endeavor isn’t the solution that you think it is.

    gabek, to random

    Some photos from this past weekend.

    Gabe playing with an interface filled with balls that is used to sequence music.
    A large red digital sign that says severe weather seek shelter immediately.
    Gabe playing with a Roland synthesizer.
    A photo of four people smiling at a music festival.

    gabek, to random

    I come back from the Movement Festival in Detroit today. After four days of non-stop music and dancing, I think I’m ready to go home. On the plus side, I’ve been living west coast hours on the east coast by staying out until 6am every day, so hopefully that helps me out in the long run.

    simonbs, to random
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    I provided App Review with email/password combinations for test users to sign in with. Instead of using the provided credentials when reviewing the app, they chose to sign in with a magic link using one of the email addresses, which they don’t have access to.

    So now their conclusion is that login doesn’t work in my app and rejected the app 🤦‍♂️

    gabek,

    @simonbs I had to create a burner email address and give them the credentials to it for this exact reason in the past.

    gabek, to random

    Day zero of festival pre-parties complete. A great experience, but now onto the actual festival. Hate that feeling when you’re going home and the birds are waking up, but that’ll be my life for a few days.

    gabek, to random

    I'm heading out to Detroit today for the Movement Electronic Music Festival. Beginning tonight through Monday, it's non-stop dance music, with sleep as a secondary concern. I might die.

    andypeters, to random
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    May Music.
    (I still use and love last.fm)

    gabek,

    @andypeters I'm still using it too!

    operationpuppet, to fediverse
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    Happy 4th birthday (first commit) to @owncast! Thank you @gabek and all the contributors for your hard work. You’ve made the web a better place. #owncast

    gabek,

    @operationpuppet That's so very kind of you to say! I really appreciate it!

    gabek,

    @gcspitfire Thank you!

    gabek, to random

    Honest question out of curiosity: What's with mushrooms being so popular? Everywhere I turn people are talking about gathering them, or growing them, or cooking with them, etc. Sure, they've always been around, but it's kind of weird. It seems to be a hobby now that other foods aren't.

    lindner, to random
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    Uncharted Territory: https://1500wordmtu.com/2024/uncharted-territory

    gabek,

    @lindner Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that. But it sounds like something great is going to come out of this. Let me know if there’s anything I can do.

    gabek, to random

    I’ve been having a great time with my new @frameworkcomputer laptop. The flexibility is really unique. First I got to build the laptop myself with parts, and now I get it to be what I want it to be with regards to input and ports and such. I’ll probably swap out the screen bezel for a bolder color, though. The purple is not very purple. Worth the 6 month wait!

    Framework laptop with keyboard aligned left and rgb macro pad on the right.

    gabek,

    @codemonkeymike The keyboard feels and looks great!

    gabek,

    @krakalak Oh that’s so fun! I’ll be looking into it!

    gabek,

    @blenderfox I’ve never had a fancy looking computer, just Thinkpads and MacBooks. I’m not a gamer, I don’t care about RGB lighting, or making the computer fun. But I thought for this one, since the options are there, I’d go all the way the other direction and make it really fun, just for a change of pace. I’m enjoying different for different sake!

    gabek,

    @piegames It’s a macropad, so you can program it to be whatever you want it to be. Numpad, arrows, special keys for the computer, whatever. I use it to switch between my window manager desktops.

    gabek,

    @frigginglorious I can totally see having a dedicated numpad would be useful for that use case. I’ve been using the macropad to perform one key macros to change desktops in my tiling window manager. It’s actually been really convenient, especially when my hands aren’t already on the keys. I just tap a single key, and I’m at my browser.

    gabek,

    @piegames Framework Computers.

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