👋 You may know me from such former Twitter users as @bumpynux. 💻 I get computers ‘putin, write on things that don’t belong to me, and organize with @demsocialists.bsky.social. 🍞🌹 I like to talk about tech, labor, and creating a better world together.https://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.eshttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mofsvm5w3k2o"One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The driverless mules cause plow damage to his property in excess of $50 million." [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofsvm5w3k2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3moea4olhnh2dHello from hachyderm test: verify Mastodon syndication after hachyderm migration https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/hello-from-hachyderm/15 Jun 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3moea4olhnh2dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mnkipqybf52gWith standard.site landing in the Bluesky timeline, I've been trying to learn more about atproto lexicons. I started hacking away at a little proof-of-concept project I'm calling LinkedAt://. Think of it as LinkedIn but maybe less terrible. https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/atproto-job-board/05 Jun 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkipqybf52ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mnirphugr224the worst part about AI coding agents is that kids these days won't experience the joy of vim keybindings04 Jun 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnirphugr224https://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mnduwsae6s2pMore than 100 people are on hunger strike at Adelanto ICE detention center. Yesterday, families and community members shared what's happening inside. People are forced to eat expired food with maggots in it, denied medical care, and dying in a facility that shows complete disregard for human life.03 Jun 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnduwsae6s2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mn265tgddh2eFOSSE is in preview and Reclaim is headed to WordPress.org feat: announce FOSSE developer preview and Reclaim theme directory work https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/fosse-reclaim-the-web-block-theme/30 May 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn265tgddh2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmzbnyk5gs2l#atproto folks: how do you decide when to build on an existing lexicon vs. create a new one? I’m especially interested in cases where an existing shape is close but not an exact fit. Are there norms/best practices for proposing changes upstream vs. creating a new lexicon?29 May 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzbnyk5gs2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmx2qm5jb227I keep seeing pieces likening the AI rollout to the Industrial Revolution. I’ll admit there are similarities between the two. But the similarities I see are not the ones being packaged into neatly wrapped sales pitches about productivity gains and shared prosperity. https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/aindustrial-revolution/28 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx2qm5jb227https://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmuqeogr622m... need to fix my syndication script28 May 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuqeogr622mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmrkaxyoyc2q@kraft.im and I have been having fun hacking on FOSSE these past few weeks. tl;dr: we released a dev preview of FOSSE, a plugin that bundles ActivityPub + AT Protocol into one WordPress setup flow, making it easier to syndicate to the Atmosphere and Fediverse. Let us know what you think! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrkaxyoyc2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmpmtsp44c2x👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpmtsp44c2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmmknl2bic2kmaking huevos rancheros in this economy24 May 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmknl2bic2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmhvx3lgyx2rI spent the last month on a greenfield project during a company-wide push to use more AI assistance. I wrote up a few DevEx takeaways on dogfooding, PR/deploy queues, and what changes when implementation moves faster. https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/when-writing-code-is-not-the-slow-part/22 May 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhvx3lgyx2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mmb4nlvg7s2kexplaining to my boss that I didn’t need to review that PR because I told my AI to not make any mistakes before committing my .env to a public GitHub repo20 May 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmb4nlvg7s2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mm66g7spbb2uWhat web would you reclaim? On FOSSE, the open web, and what could come next https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/what-web-would-you-reclaim/19 May 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm66g7spbb2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mm66g7spbb2uWhat web would you reclaim? On FOSSE, the open web, and what could come next https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/what-web-would-you-reclaim/19 May 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm66g7spbb2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mlxdosmlhc2xWe're seeing another uptick in ICE activity and have been supporting local vendors as best we can so they aren't forced to choose between their safety and their livelihood. Please donate if you can! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1353161499475968072&created=1771691032.87514516 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxdosmlhc2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mlum3lca4i24Pushing Posts to the Atmosphere https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/pushing-posts-to-the-atmosphere/15 May 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlum3lca4i24https://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mltortxasc2kYes, and don’t ask again when running another supply chain attack.14 May 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltortxasc2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mltiic3jpk2kLet's try a quote... [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltiic3jpk2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mltgzibixs2gA Vim + Tmux + Aider Workflow for Local LLMs https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/aider-vim-tmux-local-llms14 May 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltgzibixs2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mlmksnm67c2areviewers HATE this one simple trick!12 May 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmksnm67c2ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mku3uh54kc2zSolidaridad para siempre!02 May 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku3uh54kc2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ryancowl.es/post/3mkawos6qo22u2. Yes, and don’t ask again for: rm*24 Apr 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:jbot5ew44m7z5p6gqeasjf2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawos6qo22u