洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

Hello! I'm Hong Minhee (洪 民憙), an open source software engineer in my late 30s, living in Seoul, Korea. I'm bisexual and non-binary (they/them), and an enthusiastic advocate of free/open source software and the fediverse.

I work full-time on @fedify, an ActivityPub server framework in TypeScript, funded by @sovtechfund. I'm also the creator of @hollo, a single-user ActivityPub microblog; @botkit, an ActivityPub bot framework; Hackers' Pub, a fediverse platform for software developers; and LogTape, a logging library for JavaScript and TypeScript.

I have a long interest in East Asian languages (CJK) and Unicode. I post mostly in English here, though occasionally in Japanese or in mixed-script Korean (國漢文混用體), a traditional writing style that interleaves Chinese characters with the native Korean alphabet. Wanting to write in that style was actually one of the reasons I joined the fediverse. Feel free to talk to me in English, Korean, Japanese, or even Literary Chinese!

#introduction

はじめまして！ソウル在住の30代後半のオープンソースソフトウェアエンジニア、洪 民憙（ホン・ミンヒ）と申します。バイセクシュアル（bisexual）・ノンバイナリー（non-binary）で、自由・オープンソースソフトウェア（F/OSS）とフェディバース（fediverse）の熱烈な支持者です。

STF（@sovtechfund）の支援を受け、TypeScript用ActivityPubサーバーフレームワーク「@fedify」の開発に専念しています。他にも、おひとり様向けのActivityPubマイクロブログ「@hollo」、ActivityPubボットフレームワーク「@botkit」、ソフトウェア開発者向けフェディバースプラットフォームHackers' Pub、JavaScript・TypeScript用ロギングライブラリLogTapeなどの制作者でもあります。

東アジア言語（いわゆるCJK）とUnicodeにも興味があります。このアカウントでは主に英語で投稿していますが、時々日本語や国漢文混用体（漢字ハングル混じり文）の韓国語でも書いています。実はこの文体で書きたくてフェディバースを始めた、という経緯もあります。日本語、英語、韓国語、漢文でも気軽に話しかけてください！

#自己紹介

安寧(안녕)하세요! 저는 서울에 살고 있는 30代(대) 後半(후반)의 오픈 소스 소프트웨어 엔지니어 洪民憙(홍민희)입니다. 兩性愛者(양성애자)(bisexual)이자 논바이너리(non-binary)이며, 自由(자유)·오픈 소스 소프트웨어(F/OSS)와 聯合宇宙(연합우주)(fediverse)의 熱烈(열렬)한 支持者(지지자)이기도 합니다.

STF(@sovtechfund)의 支援(지원)을 받아 TypeScript用(용) ActivityPub 서버 프레임워크 @fedify 開發(개발)에 專業(전업)으로 任(임)하고 있습니다. 그 外(외)에도 싱글 유저用(용) ActivityPub 마이크로블로그 @hollo, ActivityPub 봇 프레임워크 @botkit, 소프트웨어 開發者(개발자)를 위한 聯合宇宙(연합우주) 플랫폼 Hackers' Pub, JavaScript·TypeScript用(용) 로깅 라이브러리 LogTape 等(등)의 製作者(제작자)이기도 합니다.

東(동)아시아 言語(언어)(이른바 CJK)와 Unicode에도 關心(관심)이 많습니다. 이 計定(계정)에서는 主(주)로 英語(영어)로 포스팅하지만, 때때로 日本語(일본어)나 國漢文混用體(국한문 혼용체) 韓國語(한국어)로도 씁니다. 聯合宇宙(연합우주)에 오게 된 動機(동기) 中(중) 하나가 바로 國漢文混用體(국한문 혼용체)로 글을 쓰고 싶었기 때문이기도 하고요. 韓國語(한국어), 英語(영어), 日本語(일본어), 아니면 漢文(한문)으로도 말을 걸어주세요!

#툿친소 #연친소 #별친소 #자기소개

@laurenshof Yeah, the timing was so perfect!

@_elena Yeah, let's hang out tomorrow! 🙌🏼

@mellifluousbox Thanks for welcoming me! Would you attend this FOSDEM?

It's really interesting to see news about the fediverse on the TV!

https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/115984304052464741

@hongminhee @2chanhaeng @peertube I think this is the report they were broadcasting https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-tech/20260129-souverainet%C3%A9-num%C3%A9rique-1-3-menace-donald-trump-r%C3%A9veil-pays-europ%C3%A9ens

#FOSDEM I have arrived

Drinking coffee around Stalingrad kiez Brussels with @hongminhee and @2chanhaeng!

Wow so while I was explaining how I got into the fediverse to @hongminhee and @2chanhaeng the tv in this cafe started talking about @peertube on #France24

@gosha It's good to hear you've enjoyed my talk! Thanks!

@hongminhee Hello! I came across your slides on yak shaving, and I loved them. When I lived in Japan ~15 years ago, we also explored building tools for simplifying language learning using the `<ruby>` tag. It's super cool that you have built all this tooling around something you care about :)

@brunus Haha, so you know about Wand! That's a project I started 10 years ago; I didn't think anyone knew about it. Thank you.

By the way, whenever I'm in the West, my confidence in my English speaking really takes a hit. I have a hard time understanding people if they speak even a little bit fast, and I feel like communication is a struggle because my own accent is so strong. 😩

#PieFed v1.6 (coming soon) will make it possible to quote boost PieFed posts in Mastodon!

#fediverse

Just walked into a cafe in Brussels and saw this sign. It instantly made me feel safe and welcomed.

A few #fosdem advices for newcomers: wear a mask (it's very crowded, it's cold, you're in the middle of winter, people will be sick and there will be a flu cluster).
Wear warm clothes and preferably layered clothes: entering and leaving buildings all day long, you'll enjoy being able to open a zipper in the overly heated buildings and going out in the cold. Bring a rain coat / an umbrella as it tends to rain quite often.
Arrive in advance, otherwise you might miss your most-wanted talk because the room was full.

I was so tired I slept for over 20 hours. 😂

My companion almost got pickpocketed twice in front of Brussels Central Station.

​​ Le dev de Hollo sera au FOSDEM
Depuis Seoul (Corée du sud) whooaa ça en fait du chemin.

RE: hollo.social/@hongminhee/019bfef9-c1d2-754b-900a-27359317798a

Just arrived at Brussels International Airport! It was long trip…

@django Great! I'm looking forward to your talk!

@zundan Yeah, maybe? This Coca-Cola had a bit more of a tangy taste.

@django Thanks! Are you attending this FOSDEM?

The Coca-Cola I bought at Abu Dhabi Airport tastes... slightly different from the ones I used to drink in Korea.

Just arrived in Abu Dhabi. First time in the Middle East.

Internet on the plane is… really… slow…

Internet on the plane is really… slow…

@root Hollo는 어떠세요?

Listen, if you're enjoying your time on Mastodon (or the fediverse at-large), it's time to talk to your friends who are still on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook (and ESPECIALLY Twitter/whatever-it's-called-now). The billionaire owners of these websites are not only NOT their friends, they are actively selling THEIR information.

Facebook knows all about them (and probably most of us, too) and will monetize that. They're also not going to let them see what THEY don't want THEM to see...

That shit doesn't happen here. It'll never happen here because the fediverse isn't algorithm-driven (and algorithm-manipulated). It's people-powered. You gotta be slinging good shit to show up in people's feed because either 1) people are reboosting you, or 2) they are following you.

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

Prediction:

Pinterest, as people have known it, will be dead within five years. I honestly don't think the leadership there has any idea what their userbase actually wants. The End of UX continues…

(I wonder if it's time for a #Fediverse version of Pinterest. Scratch that, it is definitely time!)

https://www.theverge.com/news/868531/pinterest-layoffs-cuts-15-percent-ai-transformation

Cloudflare just published a vibe coded blog post claiming they implemented Matrix on cloudflare workers. They didn't, their post and README is AI generated and the code doesn't do any of the core parts of matrix that make it secure and interoperable. Instead it's littered with 'TODO: Check authorisation' and similar

https://blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-matrix-homeserver-workers/