nyc-based programmer and designer. alum @recurse.com. public transit enjoyer. azzajew. thoughts on local-first software, atproto, javascript frameworks, web components, css and other web minutiae.
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Jake Lazaroff
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DEATH TO APPVIEWS
is there something analogous to xcancel.com / nitter.net but for substack?
Many builders in the Open Social Web are discouraged by the lack of funding in the ecosystem, slow pace of feature development (e.g. private accounts), and “low” adoption relative to incumbents like Meta.
In my keynote I emphasized multi-generational struggle & movement building. People who faced…
A couple new bangers from @vale.rocks on upcoming features:
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Declan has a real knack for explaining complex things like these very, very clearly.
modern CSS is so good
Fancy Bluesky buttons for everyone!
No need to store @standard.site rkeys in your YAML frontmatter – just derive them from your existing URL paths.
i think there's a simpler explanation: anything associated with AI is just deeply uncool, like a teenager cringing at slang from their parents' generation
We're thrilled to announce our next speaker batch for Local-First Conf 2026.