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Bridgy Fed status update time! It’s been a busy couple weeks. I’m happy to report that I’ve made solid progress on three of my four goals from last time – reliability, delays, and bugs – and improved a number of other things along the way. Here’s a sampling:
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I’m at my kid’s volleyball game, and I just watched her accidentally high five one of her teammates in the face. 🤣🤦♂️
Psyched to play Animal Well! The descriptions so far are giving me very NetHack/Rogue vibes. Anyone else?
Phew! It’s been quite a few days, Bridgy Fed is up to almost 2500 bridged accounts total. Thanks again for all of your interest! I’ve been in a constant state of whiplash, back and forth between hearing “this is so cool!” and “it’s broken in these 10 different ways.”
I love that you all are enjoying it! And it absolutely is broken in all of those ways, and more. I’m sorry. I’d planned on a bit more time to iron out bugs first, but c’est la vie. Testing in production! 🤷 Continue reading
there are few things quite as glorious as a whole day with no meetings
we all know maker’s schedule manager’s schedule, but still, the impact on productivity never ceases to amaze me. way bigger than linear
(even so, I do miss the bandwidth of a whole team! way harder and slower doing everything myself)
Hi all! Well, I didn’t plan it, but word got out anyway: Bridgy Fed‘s Bluesky <=> fediverse support went online a couple weeks ago, quietly and without announcement, but people still found it. Over 1200 accounts have turned it on so far and bridged themselves one direction or the other. It’s great to see so much early interest!
(For anyone unfamiliar with Bridgy Fed, here’s an introduction.)
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Saw “brownfield” for the first time just now as the opposite of “greenfield.” Yuck.
Feels a bit harsh – legacy software projects do much of the heavy lifting that makes the world go ’round – but I guess still a useful term. Maybe.