Nostr notes by Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉

it was “mouseless commander” because unlike Norton commander, ...

2026-07-29T19:34:32+02:00

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it was “mouseless commander” because unlike Norton commander, we had no mouse support. But then we addre GPM support on Linux and it became “mouseless commander with mouse support” and it was getting ridiculous, so we had a community poll and renamed it

Fabulous use of AI: https://overpaid.lol

2026-07-22T17:27:49+02:00

Fabulous use of AI:

https://overpaid.lol

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2026-07-13T17:57:23+02:00

Experiencing Silo withdrawal until Friday

I found this post quite insightful ...

2026-06-25T20:08:10+02:00

I found this post quite insightful

https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky

En Español, los programadores que usan IA se denominan ...

2026-06-25T01:14:18+02:00

En Español, los programadores que usan IA se denominan “vibradores”

I had an argument with ...

2026-06-04T19:40:09+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…yfmr
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I had an argument with [@josephhill](https://hachyderm.io/@josephhill ) over this screenshot. I said “let’s remove it, I can’t tell the difference”. He said “I picked this one because the difference is so clear”

You be the judge:

Xogot on iPad is now powered by Godot 4.6, and to celebrate we ...

2026-06-04T18:35:48+02:00

Xogot on iPad is now powered by Godot 4.6, and to celebrate we added a bunch of new samples and tutorials.

Details: https://blog.xogot.com/xogot-1-6-powered-by-godot-4-6-with-new-videos-tutorials-and-starter-kits/

Good post from the author of rsync on the recent pile-on: ...

2026-06-03T14:09:33+02:00

Good post from the author of rsync on the recent pile-on:

https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0

This is tragic, the fall of Bitwarden: ...

2026-05-19T16:24:27+02:00

This is tragic, the fall of Bitwarden: https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden

“You opened this page. It already knows the following.” ...

2026-05-09T15:00:14+02:00

“You opened this page. It already knows the following.”

https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken

ah yes, we are living in constant dread over here. Sorry! And you ...

2026-05-04T15:30:59+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…wt54
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ah yes, we are living in constant dread over here. Sorry! And you haven’t seen my Twitter which has been going strong for two years on depressing topics and close to zero tech content

where were you that the air got stuffy?

2026-05-04T13:58:21+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…qtp8
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where were you that the air got stuffy?

The jalapeños I find in Boston are indistinguishable from ...

2026-05-01T14:09:35+02:00

The jalapeños I find in Boston are indistinguishable from celery.

I had an AI criticize my UI and it said “it’s giving win32” ...

2026-05-01T03:19:53+02:00

I had an AI criticize my UI and it said “it’s giving win32” - we have reached AGI.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116483896730844416 This ...

2026-04-28T21:08:03+02:00

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116483896730844416

This is where our banana republic is at
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RE: https://social.makerforums.info/@clolsonus/116431728200817316 ...

2026-04-19T16:03:12+02:00

RE: https://social.makerforums.info/@clolsonus/116431728200817316

One time, on a date at a fresh restaurant, with my rusty French I saw “something something cerveau” and my mind thought “oh shrimp, I like that”

Friends, the panic struck me when I saw what I got. And I spent the meal slicing and hiding slices under the veggies.
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2026-04-18T16:57:38+02:00

Monteiro over at Bluesky “A violent reminder that Gilly & ...

2026-04-10T02:48:20+02:00

Monteiro over at Bluesky “A violent reminder that Gilly & Billy pins are back in stock and look great on your jean jacket, backpack, or lapel if you’re running for office.”

https://www.mulebooks.com/store/gilly-amp-billy-enamel-pin-fpbpz-y2d7t

The herpes of the internet is back at it: https://browsergate.eu/

2026-04-03T14:38:36+02:00

The herpes of the internet is back at it: https://browsergate.eu/

“I was lost away from home in a bizarre territory where people ...

2026-04-03T13:46:43+02:00

“I was lost away from home in a bizarre territory where people made plans that didn’t make sense with the aplomb of a drunk LLM.”

https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion

Some 20 years ago, I said in some blog post “Israel is a ...

2026-03-28T16:46:36+01:00

Some 20 years ago, I said in some blog post “Israel is a terrorist state” and I was hounded for years by Zionists that would make sure all my bosses knew about it.

It just took 20 or so years for this to be generally acknowledged, and soon, hopefully people won’t pay a financial price for speaking up about this apartheid regime.

Israel killed this journalist in Lebanon in a double-tap killing ...

2026-03-28T16:29:04+01:00

Israel killed this journalist in Lebanon in a double-tap killing two hours after this report.

Israel does not want their new war of occupation documented.

This is why you can’t trust Europeans with their regulations, ...

2026-03-28T15:11:26+01:00

This is why you can’t trust Europeans with their regulations, they are just as corrupt as the Americans. And I love regulation, but the politicians that end up calling the shots are as stupid, tainted and corrupt as our trumpian overlords.

We truly are ruled by crooks.

https://jacobin.com/2026/03/eu-us-sanctions-gaza-russia

Man, Orange Cheeto surrendered. I thought the US was just going ...

2026-03-23T14:51:47+01:00

Man, Orange Cheeto surrendered.

I thought the US was just going to commit a bunch of war crimes and get away with it. And now, the Mossad, the CIA, the Israelis and the Americans have been shown to be a collection of incompetent criminals.

The hubris of Trumpism really infects everything it touches.

And yet, Iran is committed to extract the guarantees from these losers that it demanded since the start.

In Mexico, when someone is too stupid we say "no rebuzna ...

2026-03-22T15:09:07+01:00

In Mexico, when someone is too stupid we say "no rebuzna porque no se sabe la tonada" and I think that’s beautiful.

Resignation letter of the Director of the National ...

2026-03-17T15:07:13+01:00

Resignation letter of the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

We went to war to Iran to satiate Israel’s desires.

Thank you Aral!

2026-03-16T16:43:02+01:00

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Thank you Aral!

Metal accelerated renderer for SwiftTerm is out! It took five ...

2026-03-16T15:31:27+01:00

Metal accelerated renderer for SwiftTerm is out!

It took five different attempts, in the end, I based SwiftTerm's implementation on Ghostty's GPU support - lots of really nice small touches in there.

Get it while it is hot: https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm

You have built a lovely all-around experience, it is truly ...

2026-03-06T17:25:56+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…uln6
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You have built a lovely all-around experience, it is truly incredible.

It is so pretty! For now, my app will do (for the couple of ...

2026-03-06T17:25:19+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…ypl5
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It is so pretty! For now, my app will do (for the couple of things I am doing), and I use it on my iPad on the piano, but when I level up, I think that the choice is clear!

We are doomed: ...

2026-03-05T19:05:57+01:00

We are doomed: https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another

Making myself a practice app, because MuseScore on iPad is a ...

2026-03-03T21:56:08+01:00

Making myself a practice app, because MuseScore on iPad is a hostile piece of shit.

What happened at Block will likely happen everywhere else - ...

2026-02-27T20:52:36+01:00

What happened at Block will likely happen everywhere else - companies now find themselves with an overstock of talent, and they are not structurally ready to absorb additional capacity.

People will achieve more with less - but this also opens the doors to building entire new businesses.

Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data ...

2026-01-24T04:32:59+01:00

Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.

Might as well give your password to everyone:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/

i know. I grew up in Mexico :-)

2026-01-22T12:52:42+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…smpx
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i know. I grew up in Mexico :-)

In image form: ...

2026-01-22T04:36:31+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…upec
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In image form:

Man this is such a good thread over at Twitter: ...

2026-01-22T04:16:53+01:00

Man this is such a good thread over at Twitter:

https://x.com/moorehn/status/2014050043527876847?s=46

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, ...

2026-01-15T04:15:07+01:00

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and LLM will dutifuly exfiltrate your data via a hidden prompt:

https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files

y

2026-01-11T16:40:11+01:00

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y

The original one did quote: ...

2026-01-11T00:18:50+01:00

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The original one did quote:

Haha I made a similar thing about the American democrats ...

2026-01-10T23:31:52+01:00

Haha I made a similar thing about the American democrats recently, after reading my SMS spam:

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:otqxvkccrtrrapsa5up5jpf5/post/3mbod5fc3gc2v

Has anyone heard anything from Apple regarding the safety of X, ...

2026-01-07T21:38:56+01:00

Has anyone heard anything from Apple regarding the safety of X, given that it is a porn generator on demand?

They seemed to be very concerned about it a year ago:

France is outright rejoicing in this illegal coup. Just echoing ...

2026-01-03T21:26:50+01:00

France is outright rejoicing in this illegal coup. Just echoing pure propaganda.

Full participation really:

Golden opportunity to become a reverse centaur! You only need to ...

2025-12-23T20:51:15+01:00

Golden opportunity to become a reverse centaur! You only need to audit/review 5,600 lines of c++ code ported to rust per hour!

Holy shit ...

2025-12-21T17:04:39+01:00

Holy shit

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/12/21/documents-reveal-harvard-salient-complaint/

when I found out you were coming to town, I rushed to book, but ...

2025-12-13T22:47:23+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…s855
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when I found out you were coming to town, I rushed to book, but it was sold out.

Didn’t want to annoy you with “can you score me a ticket”, but just wanted to let you know you are too popular and plenty of us missed out due to physics - cheers!

Jesus fucking christ. https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

2025-12-13T16:55:56+01:00

Jesus fucking christ.

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

The dream of safe C/C++ code is here. I have been following this ...

2025-10-18T03:58:39+02:00

The dream of safe C/C++ code is here.

I have been following this development, and I am in awe at how much has been achieved, now available as a package:

https://fil-c.org/install_optfil

You can get drunk on the details here:

https://fil-c.org

Details on Greta’s torture at the hands of the Israelis: ...

2025-10-16T14:40:59+02:00

Details on Greta’s torture at the hands of the Israelis:

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face

In Mexico, people call Oracle the company "Obstacle". And ...

2025-10-03T23:25:32+02:00

In Mexico, people call Oracle the company "Obstacle".

And I think this is beautiful.

Those bugs are not going to inject themselves into the codebase: ...

2025-10-03T15:57:40+02:00

Those bugs are not going to inject themselves into the codebase:

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2025-09-28T15:17:58+02:00

A friend reminded me about this tweet, and I wanted to share it ...

2025-09-20T00:54:11+02:00

A friend reminded me about this tweet, and I wanted to share it with you folks.

I should pick up this series.

Just yesterday, Israel sniping aid seekers for sport in Gaza; ...

2025-09-13T15:19:07+02:00

Just yesterday, Israel sniping aid seekers for sport in Gaza; bombing the offices of journalists in Yemen - killing 25 journalists.

The retired guy that lead the campaign said yesterday:

The real awe that Apple promised us, was quietly published on ...

2025-09-10T13:07:31+02:00

The real awe that Apple promised us, was quietly published on this blog post:

This is amazing - congratulations!
https://infosec.exchange/@madcoder/115175739709593875

Despite their rebranding efforts, Facebook remains a deeply ...

2025-09-08T16:54:40+02:00

Despite their rebranding efforts, Facebook remains a deeply rotten company:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/09/08/meta-research-child-safety-virtual-reality/

Vía Zamaan Qureshi:

woohoo! Booked!

2025-08-30T19:03:05+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…hpln
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woohoo! Booked!

Ok, fixed, CoreText is now using 1024 bytes less than FreeType. ...

2025-08-16T17:50:30+02:00

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Ok, fixed, CoreText is now using 1024 bytes less than FreeType.

Not the win I was hoping for. Clearly I wired this up to the wrong place, because what I really want is for Godot to stop loading a full copy of that fat Emoji font - and it is doing it with gusto.

Look at this Absolute Unit of a font:

Apple Color Emoji
Created a data provider with size: 188,589,668 bytes

OPERATOR ERROR.

2025-08-16T17:44:02+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…qds0
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OPERATOR ERROR.

It is still allocating, even if I use ...

2025-08-16T17:39:22+02:00

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It is still allocating, even if I use CFDataCreateWithBytesNoCopy.

This API is worthless:

Ok, found the chubby leaker with Instruments, comparing ...

2025-08-16T17:30:33+02:00

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Ok, found the chubby leaker with Instruments, comparing side-by-side.

There is something off going on with the 'g' - like the ...

2025-08-16T06:42:29+02:00

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There is something off going on with the 'g' - like the CoreText codepath is drunk.

Update: CoreText progress, left is with CoreText, right without. ...

2025-08-16T06:41:40+02:00

Update: CoreText progress, left is with CoreText, right without.

That said, the new approach consumes twice as much memory at startup, so it defeats the purpose of this exercise.

Really bad ;-)

Latuff never misses: ...

2025-08-11T18:23:03+02:00

Latuff never misses:

Israel assassinated the entire staff of Al Jazeera in Gaza today. ...

2025-08-11T05:03:14+02:00

Israel assassinated the entire staff of Al Jazeera in Gaza today.

They will finally be able to finish their genocide without those upsetting images.

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2025-07-26T17:21:32+02:00

Europe playing catch up to America. Team Western Values! ...

2025-07-11T07:48:44+02:00

Europe playing catch up to America.

Team Western Values!

https://xcancel.com/hussedogru/status/1925845756927197233#m

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2025-05-17T18:35:37+02:00

After 18 months of gestation, Godot and SwiftUI had a baby! Xogot ...

2025-05-06T18:00:52+02:00

After 18 months of gestation, Godot and SwiftUI had a baby!

Xogot is out now on the AppStore:

https://blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-godot-for-ipad-available-on-the-app-store/

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xogot-make-games-anywhere/id6469385251

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2025-04-18T04:00:20+02:00

Finally my habit of buying Apple products in six packs has come ...

2025-04-09T01:51:58+02:00

Finally my habit of buying Apple products in six packs has come in handy.

I love this, and I am in awe at the community getting behind this ...

2025-03-27T02:42:09+01:00

I love this, and I am in awe at the community getting behind this grueling work, instead of fun hacks.

This is the kind of things companies can mandate but is harder to convince a community to do.

TCP/IP but with session cookies instead of src/dst address/ports ...

2025-03-16T02:31:48+01:00

TCP/IP but with session cookies instead of src/dst address/ports to keep the session alive.

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2025-03-16T01:23:36+01:00

Our oligarch class devours its own feculence

Cute! The new live camera feature from Godot 4.4 works on the ...

2025-03-04T23:44:44+01:00

Cute! The new live camera feature from Godot 4.4 works on the iPad without any changes:

We are going on vacation to Japan, and I want ti optimize for the ...

2025-03-01T18:44:51+01:00

We are going on vacation to Japan, and I want ti optimize for the kids having fun (so they want to go again).

If you have ideas for kid-centric activities to do, please let me know!

My trusty toothbrush finally broke. It served me for almost 12 ...

2025-02-26T23:33:00+01:00

My trusty toothbrush finally broke. It served me for almost 12 years:

Humanity loving people, I will be on a panel on the launch of ...

2025-02-24T19:04:20+01:00

Humanity loving people, I will be on a panel on the launch of Enterpreneurs for Palestine this Wednesday, would love if you could join us.

https://entrepreneursforpalestine.com/official-launch/

I think I am pretty much done with Godot for iPad, after some 500 ...

2025-02-24T02:40:12+01:00

I think I am pretty much done with Godot for iPad, after some 500 bugs and features closed during the TestFlight preview.

I am going to submit Godot for the iPad to AppStore review to get a sense of how screwed I am.

Will report my findings!

Folks, I think that against my best judgment I need to buy ...

2025-02-24T02:31:58+01:00

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Folks, I think that against my best judgment I need to buy another bottle of this blessing of the gods.

The last glass of wine was amazing.

2025-02-24T02:30:25+01:00

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The last glass of wine was amazing.

Seared tuna for dinner, finishing that wine from yesterday: ...

2025-02-24T01:41:34+01:00

Seared tuna for dinner, finishing that wine from yesterday:

Good morning macro data refiners

2025-02-13T13:05:32+01:00

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Good morning macro data refiners

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2025-02-13T04:47:09+01:00

Good night macro data refiners

We are watching it in real time, but nice to have a roadmap: ...

2025-02-12T14:17:42+01:00

We are watching it in real time, but nice to have a roadmap:

“The Path to American Authoritarianism: What Comes After Democratic Breakdown”

Or “Why google and Apple renamed their maps”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump

We go to live footage of our broligarchs: ...

2025-01-29T21:06:22+01:00

We go to live footage of our broligarchs:

The EU should demand that American Big Tech sell their assets to ...

2025-01-19T17:44:21+01:00

The EU should demand that American Big Tech sell their assets to European companies. They can’t be trusted to not manipulate the data for propaganda reasons.

Not doing so is a national security risk.

Am I doing this right?

The TikTok ban that is going to financially ruin a bunch of ...

2025-01-19T02:51:20+01:00

The TikTok ban that is going to financially ruin a bunch of Americans was part of the “95 billions in weapons for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan bill”

When the USA gives you the finger, it uses both hands.

“Python tool for converting files and office documents to ...

2024-12-15T14:28:40+01:00

“Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown”

https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

it is for the best, they would just kill it within 12 Months of ...

2024-11-28T16:48:42+01:00

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it is for the best, they would just kill it within 12 Months of launch.

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2024-11-22T03:03:18+01:00

Depends. If you are Mexican/nahuatl: “sho-got” If you ...

2024-11-13T20:44:28+01:00

Depends.

If you are Mexican/nahuatl: “sho-got”
If you Galician, “Jho-got”
If you are Brazilian, “sho-got-eh”
If you are American, “Zo-got”
If you are Spaniard, “exo-got”
If you speak Arabic, شوقوت
https://mastodon.social/@khalidabuhakmeh/113476868927955908

Xogot: iPad for iPad TestFlight is open now, details: ...

2024-11-12T16:25:45+01:00

Xogot: iPad for iPad TestFlight is open now, details: https://blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-godot-on-ipad-preview/

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2024-11-12T15:44:44+01:00

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/publication/c7155aaf-40b6-4da4-8d36-15556100ee7e

it is really tragic that this is the world we live in now, when ...

2024-11-07T18:43:35+01:00

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it is really tragic that this is the world we live in now, when our spaces can be hijacked in the. Link of an eye.

Dan offered to kindly answer questions on Bluesky architecture, ...

2024-11-07T15:42:08+01:00

Dan offered to kindly answer questions on Bluesky architecture, and I was wondering, could it be hijacked by a billionaire?

His fascinating answer is here (see the post this was in reply to for a bunch of other great insights):

https://bsky.app/profile/migueldeicaza.bsky.social/post/3la3gfn7wi22p

“A cartography of a genocide”- full experience on desktop ...

2024-10-27T13:49:45+01:00

“A cartography of a genocide”- full experience on desktop

https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide

A friend came to visit me yesterday, and he was sneezing. And I ...

2024-10-24T13:56:35+02:00

A friend came to visit me yesterday, and he was sneezing. And I said “is that covid?” And he goes “I don’t think so, it’s just a cold”.

Tested him on the spot.

He had covid.

it is very hard. It can drive some people crazy, just look at ...

2024-10-19T15:14:50+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…dk9u
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it is very hard. It can drive some people crazy, just look at Wordpress :-)

holy shit. I just skimmed it, this is so bad. I was aware through ...

2024-10-15T02:52:17+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…220j
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holy shit. I just skimmed it, this is so bad. I was aware through the years of minor anecdotes, nothing like this.

(I hosted stallman at my place some 30 or so years ago, and for years I bonded with other hosts comparing notes. Short version: you don’t want to host him)