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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Several days on, the cause of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>’s biggest <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> in two decades is still being investigated. Spain’s grid operator, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RedEl%C3%A9ctrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedEléctrica</span></a>, says a loss of generation in the country’s south-west led to a sudden cascade of failures. </p><p>What tripped off, why, and how this escalated so dramatically is unclear. </p><p>But the fact that an entire peninsula could be plunged into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkness</span></a> in a matter of seconds has caused alarm around the world, raising urgent questions about the stability of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnergyUInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyUInfrastructure</span></a> at a time when many countries are switching to low carbon <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> instead of burning fossil fuels”</p><p>“Our power systems were conceived for an era of centralised, predictable generation,” says <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/XavierDaval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XavierDaval</span></a>, chair of France’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> energy trade association <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SOLERSER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOLERSER</span></a>. “But the emerging electric world is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/adaptive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adaptive</span></a>. This is not a glitch to patch — it’s a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/paradigm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paradigm</span></a> that must be rethought.” </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://archive.md/JOyS3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/JOyS3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3b807eff-fdaf-49f6-9611-00c4ff992a43" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/3b807eff-fdaf-4</span><span class="invisible">9f6-9611-00c4ff992a43</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
Lin<p>At ICSE <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@icseconf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>icseconf</span></a></span> 2025? Check out Jiannan Wang’s D3 talk at 2:30 PM today Friday in Room 215 about how we find real-world bugs in production distributed systems code! <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lin-tan.bsky.social/post/3ljvkq4fjzk23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/lin-tan.bsky.</span><span class="invisible">social/post/3ljvkq4fjzk23</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepleanring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepleanring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a></p>
distribits<p>Happy International Workers’ Day!</p><p>We want to celebrate the hard work you’ve put into <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/workflows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workflows</span></a> 🔀, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> 🛠️, etc.</p><p>Make sure to get your registration for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distribits2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distribits2025</span></a> in TODAY before registrations close: <a href="https://distribits.live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distribits.live</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p>
Compsci Weekly<p>Thoughts on Bluesky Verification</p><p><a href="https://steveklabnik.com/writing/thoughts-on-bluesky-verification/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steveklabnik.com/writing/thoug</span><span class="invisible">hts-on-bluesky-verification/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://steveklabnik.com/writing/thoughts-on-bluesky-verification/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://steveklabni</span><span class="invisible">k.com/writing/thoughts-on-bluesky-verification/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>
Compsci Weekly<p>A New Form of Verification on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2</span><span class="invisible">025-verification</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://bsky.social</span><span class="invisible">/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>pgdog: Horizontal scaling for PostgreSQL with automatic sharding <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/qnvvne" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/qnvvne</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Leach<p>The GitHub link: <a href="https://github.com/stevenaleach/iden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/stevenaleach/iden</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linkeddata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linkeddata</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/helloworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helloworld</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peer2peer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peer2peer</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peerreview</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Steve Leach<p>I think I finally have this thing complete - the paper is live hosted on a little test node, also lives as README.md on the GitHub.</p><p><a href="https://idens.net/iden://z1HRUsTNcYMkN5WPm9s1YjGaLUVs58RVRHPjBrV1kYwdAJ.642/pub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">idens.net/iden://z1HRUsTNcYMkN</span><span class="invisible">5WPm9s1YjGaLUVs58RVRHPjBrV1kYwdAJ.642/pub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linkeddata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linkeddata</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/helloworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helloworld</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peer2peer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peer2peer</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peerreview</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Compsci Weekly<p>Mastodon Exit Interview</p><p><a href="https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-int</span><span class="invisible">erview</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://v.cx/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/mastodon-exit-interview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>How $5 could change New Zealand <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/917893/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/917893/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> #100 #5 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/could" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>could</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/how" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>how</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kiwiharvest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiwiharvest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/million" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>million</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/over" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>over</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rescued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rescued</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
Python Weekly 🐍<p>git-withme - Peer-to-peer, encrypted, ephemeral Git collaboration (git daemon with encryption)</p><p><a href="https://git.sr.ht/~meejah/git-withme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">git.sr.ht/~meejah/git-withme</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://git.sr.ht/~meejah/git-withme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://git.sr.ht/~</span><span class="invisible">meejah/git-withme</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcs</span></a></p>
distribits<p>⏰ The clock is ticking — only 3 weeks left to register and submit talk ideas for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distribits2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distribits2025</span></a> (deadline 01 May): <a href="https://distribits.live/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distribits.live/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>We want to hear from YOU about the technologies for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data_management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data_management</span></a> in your life. We also hope you’ll join us for a collaborative <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hackathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackathon</span></a> to further network with other people who get excited about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rdm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rdm</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a>. 😎</p><p>When? 🗓️ 23-25 October, 2025<br>Where? 📍 Düsseldorf, Germany (and online)<br>Cost? 💰 Nothing — it’s free!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@datalad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>datalad</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gitAnnex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gitAnnex</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>git-withme - Peer-to-peer, encrypted, ephemeral Git collaboration (git daemon with encryption) via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/@kngl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kngl</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/0trtbx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/0trtbx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a><br><a href="https://git.sr.ht/~meejah/git-withme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">git.sr.ht/~meejah/git-withme</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Compsci Weekly<p>Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices</p><p><a href="https://blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-architects-about-microservices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.container-solutions.com/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-im-no-longer-talking-to-architects-about-microservices</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-architects-about-microservices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://blog.contai</span><span class="invisible">ner-solutions.com/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-architects-about-microservices</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scaling</span></a></p>
Golang Weekly<p>Distributed Systems without Raft (part 1)</p><p><a href="https://david-delassus.medium.com/distributed-systems-without-raft-part-1-a6b0b43db7ee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">david-delassus.medium.com/dist</span><span class="invisible">ributed-systems-without-raft-part-1-a6b0b43db7ee</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://david-delassus.medium.com/distributed-systems-without-raft-part-1-a6b0b43db7ee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://david-delas</span><span class="invisible">sus.medium.com/distributed-systems-without-raft-part-1-a6b0b43db7ee</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>What is the AT Protocol? </p><p>Wikipedia: “The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATProtocol</span></a> (Authenticated Transfer Protocol, pronounced "@ protocol" and commonly shortened to ATProto) is a protocol and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandard</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialNetworking</span></a> services. It is under development by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueskySocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueskySocial</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBC</span></a>, a public benefit corporation originally created as an independent research group within <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> to investigate the possibility of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/decentralizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralizing</span></a> the service.”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Protocol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Pro</span><span class="invisible">tocol</span></a>&gt;</p>
distribits<p>Hello fellow <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> enthusiasts 👋 It’s time to register and submit your abstracts for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distribits2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distribits2025</span></a>! Find the link and learn more at <a href="https://distribits.live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distribits.live</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>🗓️ 23-25 October, 2025<br>📍 Düsseldorf, Germany (and online)<br>💰 Nothing — it’s free!</p><p>Join us to talk all things <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@datalad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>datalad</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gitannex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gitannex</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rdm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rdm</span></a>, and everything in between.</p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributed</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/decentralised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralised</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> networks aren’t left-wing. They are right-wing technologies which aim to escape from being controlled by a central authority.</p><p>They aren’t democratic either. Democracy requires a central authorative force which can apply the collective will even to parties resisting it.</p><p>We are being sold a right-wing package wearing hippy left-wing tie-dye. That’s why it’s so conflicting.</p><p>One of the best books in years:<br><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/c</span><span class="invisible">yberlibertarianism/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://soc.octade.net/octade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>octade</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/usenet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>usenet</span></a></span> - another misuse of Usenet. 🙄 <br>If you really want permanent decentralized encrypted storage, try building it on the Autonomi network - <a href="https://autonomi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">autonomi.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> .<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usenet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a></p>
redmp (EDITED)<p>does anyone know of examples of network protocols that cannot easily be specified or thought of simply as instances of 1:1 protocols?</p><p>with TCP based protocols this question seems mostly moot, since everything boils down to the connection abstraction; but maybe some protocols are more easily specified not .. that way?</p><p>or perhaps there are UDP protocols not easily specified as a bunch of instances of 1:1 protocols?</p><p><a href="https://recurse.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/distsys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distsys</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/distributedsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributedsystems</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/localfirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localfirst</span></a></p>