FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies thelibre.news/foss-infrastruct… Please boost for awareness, reach and to public shame Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, Perplexity and other such AI companies.

#opensource #programming #Developers

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

^{Niccolò Venerandi (LibreNews)}

Hey, #DevOps, #SRE and #Developers in general: what laptop would you recommend to a new hire as a business laptop?

It's highly appreciated that it works with Linux, but Mac it's also considered.

Are you an Austin-based developer working on the open social web? If so, you’re invited to our Developer Meetup, hosted by ActivityPub co-author @evan. You don’t need a badge to attend but we do ask that you RSVP. 🙏 Let’s see what you’re building! lu.ma/bvump3m6

#socialweb #openweb #opensocialweb #fediverse #developers #sxsw #sxsw2025 #austin #AustinTX #activitypub

Developer Meetup

Developer meetup and book signing with ActivityPub co-author Evan Prodromou

^lu.ma

Reminder for people in #DevOps, #developers, #SREs, system admins, and other related fields.

If you are planning on pushing to production before Christmas. It's too late. If you do it now, you'll be debugging it in your childhood bedroom, on poor quality WiFi, while your racist uncle argues with your partner downstairs. Save yourself the pain. Freeze production until the new year.

The essential ActivityPub toolset

pubkit.net will be sending invites to beta applicants early next week!

ActivityPub testing is about to get a lot easier ✨

#pubkit #activitypub #madeByPixelfed #developers

PubKit by Pixelfed

Empower your fediverse development with PubKit, the go-to ActivityPub toolkit for creators and innovators. Join the forefront of social platform development—get started with PubKit today.

^pubkit.net

At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵 @simone, new W3C Security Lead, spoke on Security.

Privacy and security, fundamental to HumanRights and civil liberties, have always been key W3C agenda items. Onofri outlined a three-pillar approach to security: developing security standards, verifying those standards, and guiding #developers to create a secure web.

🎬 Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=_dq28QMKde…

Security

by Simone Onofri , W3C Security LeadPrivacy and security, fundamental to human rights and civil liberties, have always been key W3C agenda items. At the rece...

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#Privacy and #security, fundamental to #HumanRights and civil liberties, have always been key W3C agenda items.

At the recent @w3c member meeting in Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @simone - new W3C Security Lead - outlined a three-pillar approach to security: developing security standards, verifying those standards, and guiding #developers to create a secure web.

🎬 Watch the video: youtu.be/_dq28QMKdeM

The current frequency of language usage on the Web (e.g. 52% of websites in English) doesn't reflect the diverse cultural and linguistic needs essential for global access, highlighting the importance of internationalization (i18n).

Fuqiao Xue, @w3c i18n activity lead, gave a comprehensive report of past and future @webi18n work, collaborating with spec and #browser #developers to address gaps, particularly for endangered scripts and #languages.

🎬 Watch the video: youtu.be/re7dazZZuTc

The @w3c breakouts day 2024 recap is out!
▶️ w3.org/blog/2024/breakouts-day…

Participants organized 19 sessions, covering:
- detailed technical discussions (FedCM, #RDF)
- strategic discussions (#AI, #Privacy, funding the ecosystem)
- ideas for more efficient work (incubation, managing registries)
- new/proposed groups (#identity, real estate)
- Web for #developers (@MDN, @openwebdocs, installing #WebApps)

Check session slides, minutes, notes and links, and potential follow-up discussions.