Dutch gov OSPO | Open Source | GovTech | Digital Sovereignty | Gaming | IT nerd | 🇪🇺🇳🇱

Advocate for open, ethical alternatives to big tech. On an eternal quest to find the place I want to live. Very excited for the remake of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Posting on a personal title.

One of Fosstodon's admins. Boardmember of F-Droid. Staff of Pookie and Wessie. Big fan of bouldering. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈&🏳️‍⚧️ ally. 🇺🇦🍉

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Last Notes

TIL about @npub1pam…c0c5 / #Amiko, a human friendly fork of Ruby on Rails, in response to DHH's politics.
I'm actually learning a bit of Ruby atm to understand OpenProject's back-end code a bit better.
(And yes, I live under a rock)
https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy/116997766777309382
#foss #rubyonrails #ror

2026-07-28 07:01:08 UTC

Khajiit has wares if you have coin 👀🪎
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #CaturdayEveryday #PookieAndWessie
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2026-07-17 12:07:11 UTC

The developers of Funda and Rabobank seem to suddenly block alternative mobile OS's, like [@e_mydata](https://mastodon.social/@e_mydata ) and @npub1kwa…e0nj
They're likely doing this through using the strictest device attestation settings in Google's Play Integrity API.
Funda is the largest Dutch housing platform in the country (like Zillow), and Rabobank is the 2nd largest bank in the #TheNetherlands.
This is why we need alternatives within the mobile ecosystem.
#digitalsovereignty #EUPolicy #foss #mobile
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2026-06-30 12:55:16 UTC

A great point made again during the @npub1s57…t7zs Conference 2026 today:
"Europe has 3 million #opensource developers. We still pay €260 billion to buy it back."
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/839/154/749/426/375/original/9c1f0da874ac1bd7.jpg

2026-05-09 07:39:23 UTC

Should I... move here? 🇲🇫🥐☕️ #fontainebleau #bouldering #france
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2026-02-22 16:35:08 UTC

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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
3/n

2025-05-15 14:13:46 UTC

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I have no idea tbh? I saw her messages had disappeared, I thought she'd blocked me.

2025-05-15 12:00:36 UTC

@npub1sq6…prl8 @npub18yc…eptl Lol you think I can just take over an 8 year 60.000 user server without any involvement from the former admins? 😅 You have no idea how big the whole Fosstodon ecosystem is.
BTW, I've listened and respectfully responded to your views. I'm all for constructive feedback, but you've passed that station. If your persistent negative targeting continues I will report it as harassment.