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David Celis

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`block-kit`: A Ruby gem to build UI with Slack's Block Kit framework

Just finished building my first open-source library in ages! This one is a Ruby gem for Slack’s Block Kit framework, something we use heavily at FireHydrant. I built it using ActiveModel validations for all of their schema limits, many of which the gem can fix automatically!

`block-kit`: A Ruby gem to build UI with Slack's Block Kit framework

💬 A Ruby gem to build UI with Slack's BlockKit framework - davidcelis/block-kit

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Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon

holy shit it finally merged! we’re closer than ever to making Mastodon’s Reply Guy problem a little less awful

Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon

Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i&#39...

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A Student Used AI to Beat Amazon’s Brutal Technical Interview. He Got an Offer and Someone Tattled to His University

what an absolute LEGEND

A Student Used AI to Beat Amazon’s Brutal Technical Interview. He Got an Offer and Someone Tattled to His University

Roy Lee built an AI system that bypasses FAANG's brutal technical interviews and says that the work of most programmers will be obsolete in two years.

gizmodo.com

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AI Hank Hill sings Propane Genesis Evangelion

i didn’t think the original could get any better, but…

AI Hank Hill sings Propane Genesis Evangelion

All credit for the actual edited and animated video goes to Gamblor who made the original "Propane Genesis Evangelion - King of the Hill Anime OP" video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdgErAfiRQ Credit for the AI cover goes to RakanishuFoo on discord. And I had to find out that by trial and error that the original evangelion OP and the instrumentals were off tempo by 0.158%, so I had to fix that to get them to sync correctly. Then I put this video together.

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The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond

Principles have a price. Anyone can stand up for their values when it’s popular and easy, but principles are tested when standing up has a cost.

well said! too bad it’s being said by terrible people for the wrong reasons, though. if you’re still on Substack… why? come on.

The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond

On Substack’s ongoing commitment to freedom of the press

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It’s All About Manton

when i saw this post quoted earlier, i assumed someone else had written it. when i saw that Manton had written it himself, in the third person, i was flabbergasted. but that didn’t last long, because it’s just par for the course. he’ll keep making it all about himself.

It’s All About Manton

I hope one day, if I get through this with my sanity and health, we look back and find it odd that in the first week of Trump’s 2nd term, looking for someone to blame, all eyes turned to… Manton. The guy who has been fighting Trump for 8 years. The guy who has volunteered on campaigns against Trump. The guy who when Trump first won, broke down in tears. The guy who dedicated his life to building a safe platform. That’s the guy who must pay the price now.

manton.org

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The pressure to stay genteel

great summary of what’s been happening with the Micro.blog fallout this week. i tried it a bit before falling into the “i’ll just build my own blog” circle of hell and… well:

It’s hard not to notice, though, that there’s a distinct vibe of “no politics” there.

The pressure to stay genteel

For years, one of the highlight shows of Anthrocon, a furry convention in Pittsburgh, was a comedy act put on by an aspiring professional comedian who was part of that community. He was good friends with the con’s chairman—a guy who’s a pretty good comedic storyteller in his own right, and who did his own show at the con. They often shared the stage together.

coyotetracks.org

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“MEGA” —DHH

i never play the “fork” card lightly, but i strongly believe we need a community fork of Rails that divests itself from DHH. i’m tired of the influence that people like him and Tobi hold in the Ruby/Rails communities. at what point do we say enough is enough? how do we get Rails Core on board?

“MEGA” —DHH

Trump is back at the helm of the United States, and the majority of Americans are optimistic about the prospect. Especially the young. In a poll by CBS News, it's the 18-29 demographic that's most excited, with a whopping two-thirds answering in the affirmative to being optimistic about the next four years under Trump. And I'm right th...

world.hey.com

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Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

i mean, it’s interesting, but the headline makes it sound like an official app. also, Bluesky limits images to being under 1 MB. that’s kind of a bummer for any real photo sharing

Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

techcrunch.com

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