#FOSDEM2026

@webrecorder what do yo think of #zkTLS? (As introduced at #fosdem2026)

Want a premium Linux shirt that actually looks good? 🐧📱

Our well-designed shirt (penguin holding a phone) is 100% cotton with a stitched penguin logo.

Available this weekend at the #FOSDEM #LinuxOnMobile stand.

Location: Building U, entrance UD2 — grab your size before they’re gone!

Model: @Standara3217

#FOSDEM2026 #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #sdm845 #Mobian #Phosh #Linux

The Future Is Federated

...

And will be federated for the amazing work of the amazing people in the fediverse.

One of my fav photos from #fosdem2026

Sweater by @_elena, photo by @sturmsucht

#activitypub #fediverse

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

#FOSDEM was a blast - Faces of Fosdem updated with the 2026 #portrait batch : https://toujoursdeja.fr/projects/faces-of-fosdem/2026.html <3 👋 h01ger Long live #opensource #fosdem2026

RE: https://mastodon.blaede.family/@cassidy/116026624253943199

We come back from FOSDEM and suddenly we’re on the fediverse! 😀

We really did have a great time talking to and sharing ideas with all of the folks across ALL of the decentralized and federated platforms and protocols.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

RE: https://mastodon.blaede.family/@cassidy/116026624253943199

We come back from FOSDEM and suddenly we’re on the fediverse! 😀

We really did have a great time talking to and sharing ideas with all of the folks across ALL of the decentralized and federated platforms and protocols.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

Hello, fediverse! We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a nonprofit that makes open source trust & safety infra tools.

https://roost.tools

We recently openly released Osprey, the automated rules engine and investigation tool used in production by Discord and Bluesky.

We were at FOSDEM. And now we’re finally here on Mastodon! 👋

You can continue to follow @roost.tools as a direct bridge from our Bluesky account, but we’ll post more specifically for the fediverse directly over here, now.

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as ROOST:

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-osprey-fosdem-2026/

#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as ROOST:

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-osprey-fosdem-2026/

#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

The new UNBRK HEX boards have arrived! An improved version of the UNBRK, this ultra-compact prototyping board for QFP48/64/100/144 MCUs has wider trace geometry for better low-power performance, provisions for header pins, and an improved, unique 0201 prototyping grid to experiment with components reclaimed from #ewaste. #openhardware released under the CERN-OHL-S and supported by @nlnet and @NGIZero, you can find its repository at https://repo.unbina.re/unbinare/UNBRK_HEX #fosdem2026

This was a good look at what open source maintainers are having to put up with when when people use AI tools for reporting issues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU

Alternatively, on the @fosdem site: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/B7YKQ7-oss-in-spite-of-ai/

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

Hehe, I’m having way too much fun with this https://fossasia.org badge from @fosdem. How’s my tiny pixel art @roost.tools logo? 👀

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Here's the second published video of my FOSDEM talks, about VM Integrations in systemd:

https://video.fosdem.org/2026/h2213/G7VMEN-vm_integration_in_systemd.av1.webm

one more to come, stay tuned.

#systemd #fosdem #fosdem2026

You can see the couple of slides that got missed at the start lol

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Here's the first published video of my FOSDEM talks, about native OCI support in systemd:

https://video.fosdem.org/2026/ua2118/ZKKQWC-native_oci_container_support_in_systemd.av1.webm

two more to come, stay tuned.

#systemd #fosdem #fosdem2026

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

@josh In addition to the other replies, the Dutch government's Open Source Program Office (#OSPO) also runs "Mijn Bureau":
https://minbzk.github.io/mijn-bureau/
Which was presented at #FOSDEM2026:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/BNPJ7P-from-policy-to-practice-open-source-in-gov/

Also, do you have a syllabus and bibliography for your class? I'd love to read it!

#opensource

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

Reading the Room: What Europe’s MySQL Community Is Really Saying: https://mariadb.org/reading-the-room-what-europes-mysql-community-is-really-saying/ #mariadb #opensource #database #mysql #percona #fosdem #fosdem2026

Reading the Room: What Europe’s MySQL Community Is Really Saying: https://mariadb.org/reading-the-room-what-europes-mysql-community-is-really-saying/ #mariadb #opensource #database #mysql #percona #fosdem #fosdem2026

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

- -
Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

The @roost.tools talk from @fosdem is up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOoUfaInsaE

We’ve uploaded it to YouTube for convenience, or you can view it and the slides on the FOSDEM event page:

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/U7ABHE-roost-osprey/

Give it a watch to learn a bit about trust and safety and Osprey, our open source automated rules engine and investigation tool!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource #TrustAndSafety

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

And now the night train to Stockholm

#travel #fosdem #fosdem2026 #europwbyrail #hamburghbf

And now the night train to Stockholm

#travel #fosdem #fosdem2026 #europwbyrail #hamburghbf

Home from a wild #Fosdem, expect picture dumps and blogs this week... but for now tea and sleep are the priority. For now though please enjoy my favourite sticker of the many I was given! #GenAINeinDanke #fosdem2026

Mastodon plushy Plushtodon at FOSDEM 2026.

Not mine.

@Mastodon

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon #Plushtodon

Hey, #FOSDEM people I saw a stand with light blue t-shirt with a growing tree on it and test like "seed, growth, sustain". Do you know which company was selling it?

#fosdEM2026 #treeHugger

#FOSDEM was a blast - Faces of Fosdem updated with the 2026 #portrait batch : https://toujoursdeja.fr/projects/faces-of-fosdem/2026.html <3 👋 h01ger Long live #opensource #fosdem2026

#FOSDEM was a blast - Faces of Fosdem updated with the 2026 #portrait batch : https://toujoursdeja.fr/projects/faces-of-fosdem/2026.html <3 👋 h01ger Long live #opensource #fosdem2026

#FOSDEM was a blast - Faces of Fosdem updated with the 2026 #portrait batch : https://toujoursdeja.fr/projects/faces-of-fosdem/2026.html <3 👋 h01ger Long live #opensource #fosdem2026

I miraculously made it to the correct train on the correct platform at the correct time. Goodbye, Brussels!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

I definitely crashed hard when I sat down on the bed for a bit to “rest” and then woke up a couple of hours later. 😅 I'll take that as a hint that I should actually go to bed so I make my morning flight.

Thanks everyone for a great time at FOSDEM! I had a blast chatting with everyone about GNOME, ROOST, and open source. ✌️

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

If you attended the 2026 Social Web Developers Room or watched online, how would you rate it?

#EvanPoll #poll #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

💢 FOSDEM 2026 | https://fosdem.org/2026
📅 30 Jan - 01 Feb 📍 ULB Brussels
👉 Schedule : https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule
📢 Welcome to #FOSDEM2026
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SFKNTZ-welcome_to_fosdem_2026
🎦 1079 Events: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/events
🔴 SOCIAL WEB Track (Fediverse) | Video Replay :
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web
👉 FRIENDICA: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DNS7Z8-friendica_-_hidden_in_plain_sight_since_2025
👏 Many thanks to the organizers, participants, speakers and volunteers
✊🏾✊🏽✊ #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #SocialWeb #Fediverse #JoinTheFediverse #Friendica

@friendi.ca @Tobias@social.diekershoff.de @tobias@friendi.ca @fsfe

💢 FOSDEM 2026 | https://fosdem.org/2026
📅 30 Jan - 01 Feb 📍 ULB Brussels
👉 Schedule : https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule
📢 Welcome to #FOSDEM2026
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SFKNTZ-welcome_to_fosdem_2026
🎦 1079 Events: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/events
🔴 SOCIAL WEB Track (Fediverse) | Video Replay :
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web
👉 FRIENDICA: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DNS7Z8-friendica_-_hidden_in_plain_sight_since_2025
👏 Many thanks to the organizers, participants, speakers and volunteers
✊🏾✊🏽✊ #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #SocialWeb #Fediverse #JoinTheFediverse #Friendica

@friendi.ca @Tobias@social.diekershoff.de @tobias@friendi.ca @fsfe

If you attended the 2026 Social Web Developers Room or watched online, how would you rate it?

#EvanPoll #poll #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

#SocialWebFOSDEM if you're out in Brussels tonight, try to pass through À la Bécasse. I'll be there around 9 or 10. Not a scheduled or organized event; just a slightly higher probability of running into people from the Fediverse. Warning: it can get crowded! #fosdem2026

I visited the FuriLabs booth at FOSDEM 2026.

...

I showed them my FuriLabs FLX1s phone 🙂

...

I actually caused an issue with my FLX1s. @fakeshell on the @furilabs team fixed it!

Thank you @fakeshell !!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FLX1 #FLX1s #FLX1Slim #FuriLabs #FuriPhone #LinuxPhone

If you attended the 2026 Social Web Developers Room or watched online, how would you rate it?

#EvanPoll #poll #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

my brother in christ the people building the #reticulum #rust port have "defence & tactical communications" as their primary use case... followed by drones and mining 😵‍💫 #fosdem2026

https://beechat.network/applications/#application-1

https://github.com/BeechatNetworkSystemsLtd/Reticulum-rs

Mastodon plushy Plushtodon at FOSDEM 2026.

Not mine.

@Mastodon

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon #Plushtodon

My Mastodon stickers from FOSDEM 2026

@Mastodon

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

KiCad project status at #fosdem2026 #kicad #foss

We also left some stickers with our friends at the @matrix stand! You might find me hanging around there as well.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

I keep forgetting to tell people: I have a bunch of @roost.tools stickers and a handful of keychains! Ask me for one if you see me. 😁

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

Been running around all over since the talk. Headed back to AW to chat more!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

One thing that the discussions I’m seeing on security, encryption, and backdoors is that it reminds me so much of what resilience and safety engineering went through a few decades ago

“Zero incidents” doesn’t work as a mindset in resilience *or* security. So the question for me is what are the arguments we can make and what are the tools we can build that enable this mindset. Rather than saying “no, it doesn’t work like that. go away” can we say “no, it doesn’t work like that, but here’s what *does*”?

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Please help @bagder with his sticker problem #curl #fosdem #fosdem2026 #fosdem26
(location: chez theo cafeteria)
(Notice: in Janson speaking)

Stop trusting, start sandboxing! gomodjail locks down Go modules, keeping your projects safe from malicious dependencies. Supply-chain attacks beware!

#golang #security #FOSDEM2026

A thread - Saga of the promised Nightjet 468 and the unneeded adventure to Brussels

Finally I had time and enough sleep to sit down and post this what transpired on Friday. We were prepared for the inevitable arrival at Köln instead of Brussels due to the strikes, when I got woken up at 6:30am, my thoughts were "OH nice, we're finally there, but people seemed more panicky than usual and I heard from.. Continuing below ⬇️

#fosdem #fosdem2026 #hackertrain #deutschebahn #nightjet

A thread - Saga of the promised Nightjet 468 and the unneeded adventure to Brussels

Finally I had time and enough sleep to sit down and post this what transpired on Friday. We were prepared for the inevitable arrival at Köln instead of Brussels due to the strikes, when I got woken up at 6:30am, my thoughts were "OH nice, we're finally there, but people seemed more panicky than usual and I heard from.. Continuing below ⬇️

#fosdem #fosdem2026 #hackertrain #deutschebahn #nightjet

There are only a few hours left to submit a proposal to the NLNet Open Social Fund. It's an easy proposal process!

#FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFosdem #ActivityPub #SocialWeb

https://nlnet.nl/opensocial/

Please help @bagder with his sticker problem #curl #fosdem #fosdem2026 #fosdem26
(location: chez theo cafeteria)
(Notice: in Janson speaking)

#kotlin #fosdem #fosdem2026

Day 2 of #FOSDEM2026 and we're back ready to show our project! If you still want a t-shirt come by quick as they're running out fast!

How about @signalapp ?

Signal has sooo many problems, Oğuz states:

• It's a walled garden
• There's no federation
• Nothing on F-Droid
• Threatened a developer who wanted to fork (apparently? don't have the details on this, just reporting)
• Everything must go through Signal's central servers, which .... as the recent outage shows, use AWS!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #signal

There are only a few hours left to submit a proposal to the NLNet Open Social Fund. It's an easy proposal process!

#FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFosdem #ActivityPub #SocialWeb

https://nlnet.nl/opensocial/

Digital feudalism is the reality today, argues Özcan Oğuz in their talk.

"You don't need to understand" is the new serfdom. Where people loose their freedoms, privacy, and control

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Yesterday we started strong at #FOSDEM2026 with 4 talks and today we're keeping up with one keynote and 3 more talks. @marga, @txenoo, @wingo and @jsuarezr will talk about #OpenSource economics, #RaspberryPi, #Mesa3D and #WebAssembly. Don't miss them!

@Codeberg @terts @CoMaps Looking forward to migrating to you this year, Codeberg. #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty 💚💙 https://codeberg.org/NLnetLabs

Yesterday we started strong at #FOSDEM2026 with 4 talks and today we're keeping up with one keynote and 3 more talks. @marga, @txenoo, @wingo and @jsuarezr will talk about #OpenSource economics, #RaspberryPi, #Mesa3D and #WebAssembly. Don't miss them!

Free & open source software development is work, says Manterola.

You may do it because you love it. Because you want to make the world a better place.

But it's still work.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

There are only a few hours left to submit a proposal to the NLNet Open Social Fund. It's an easy proposal process!

#FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFosdem #ActivityPub #SocialWeb

https://nlnet.nl/opensocial/

Free & open source software development is work, says Manterola.

You may do it because you love it. Because you want to make the world a better place.

But it's still work.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Major contributors to burnout in open source:

• developers are struggling to a make a living
• toxic behaviour from community members wearing developers down

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #burnout #tech

Marga Manterola's raises the issue of burnout:

Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source?

live now here: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/janson

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #burnout #tech

If you attended the 2026 Social Web Developers Room or watched online, how would you rate it?

#EvanPoll #poll #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

The first #FOSDEM Local First dev room is about to start!

I’m running the Q&A in the room and chat for the first half of the day.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/local-first/

#LocalFirst #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

The first #FOSDEM Local First dev room is about to start!

I’m running the Q&A in the room and chat for the first half of the day.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/local-first/

#LocalFirst #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

Good morning Brussels! I’m on my way to the campus to give a talk about how @roost.tools is bringing open source to trust & safety (and vice versa). We’ll be in AW at 10 AM!

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/U7ABHE-roost-osprey/

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #TrustAndSafety

GNOME designers inspired by the best font when choosing a bar at FOSDEM…

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #GNOME

Some great and weird beers tonight at the GNOME social event. Time for bed, I have a talk about a new Open Source @roost.tools project at 10 AM! Good night, Brussels!#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #GNOME

Nothing else to add to @benpate at #fosdem #fosdem2026

"Every single thing you do to improve the #fediverse is a win for humanity"

How to grow the Herd #fosdem2026

The new UNBRK HEX boards have arrived! An improved version of the UNBRK, this ultra-compact prototyping board for QFP48/64/100/144 MCUs has wider trace geometry for better low-power performance, provisions for header pins, and an improved, unique 0201 prototyping grid to experiment with components reclaimed from #ewaste. #openhardware released under the CERN-OHL-S and supported by @nlnet and @NGIZero, you can find its repository at https://repo.unbina.re/unbinare/UNBRK_HEX #fosdem2026

RE: https://floss.social/@Luanti/115989004284379920

Lovely phone running #Luanti on #Mobian — give it a try this Sunday! #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Internet Archive Europe at #FOSDEM2026: Let's Meet in Brussels!
Visit our stand on Saturday, 31 January, and spot us around FOSDEM on Sunday, 1 February
📍 Where: K2-A-11, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels
🔗 More info: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/01/22/internet-archive-europe-at-fosdem-2026-lets-meet-in-brussels/
#FOSDEM #OpenSource

So excited to be at @fosdem with @dweb and our awesome team of volunteers @tommi @JeroenBaten @blmurch and Jeff and Beth to educate people about the work Internet Archive Europe is doing and DWeb camp in July. Thank you to the community for an incredible day and your unexpected but highly appreciated and anonymous cash donations!

#FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #DWeb

Super long #fosdem2026 day. Excellent conversations had on the @FreeCAD and @kicad booth. Food and sleep now before co-managing the #openhardware #cad #cam room tomorrow!

From @Tobias

"We need more people doing outreach for the Fediverse"

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

From @Tobias

"We need more people doing outreach for the Fediverse"

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@mapache talking about @badgefed and how it was built using #dotnet at #fosdem2026

Nothing else to add to @benpate at #fosdem #fosdem2026

"Every single thing you do to improve the #fediverse is a win for humanity"

Mentioned by @evan :

https://tags.pub

(Site doesn't work yet, apparently.)

But also here is the git repo:

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #HashTag #HashTags

This was mentioned by one of the speakers:

Digital Independence Day
https://di.day

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Nothing else to add to @benpate at #fosdem #fosdem2026

"Every single thing you do to improve the #fediverse is a win for humanity"

A new bookmark sharing Fediverse software from @raffomania :

Ties
https://github.com/raffomania/ties

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

BridgyFed and ANewSocial mentioned in @Bonfire talk.

CC: @quillmatiq @snarfed.org

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

BridgyFed and ANewSocial mentioned in @Bonfire talk.

CC: @quillmatiq @snarfed.org

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next @benpate

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

A new bookmark sharing Fediverse software from @raffomania :

Ties
https://github.com/raffomania/ties

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

From @Tobias

"We need more people doing outreach for the Fediverse"

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Related 🙂

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115027602942031351

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Related 🙂

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115027602942031351

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next @benpate

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

From @Tobias

"We need more people doing outreach for the Fediverse"

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Slides from @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Slides from @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Slides from @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

So excited to be at @fosdem with @dweb and our awesome team of volunteers @tommi @JeroenBaten @blmurch and Jeff and Beth to educate people about the work Internet Archive Europe is doing and DWeb camp in July. Thank you to the community for an incredible day and your unexpected but highly appreciated and anonymous cash donations!

#FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #DWeb

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@hongminhee happy to see you at #fosdem2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Up next is @hongminhee talking about @fedify

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

BridgyFed and ANewSocial mentioned in @Bonfire talk.

CC: @quillmatiq @snarfed.org

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

BridgyFed and ANewSocial mentioned in @Bonfire talk.

CC: @quillmatiq @snarfed.org

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Enshittifiability #fosdem2026

ActivityPub is a contamination vector (and that's a good thing)

#fosdem2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

ActivityPub is a contamination vector (and that's a good thing)

#fosdem2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

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Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

From @mapache slides

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@mapache talking about @badgefed and how it was built using #dotnet at #fosdem2026

Buying more merchandise directly from the source 😎

#debian #fosdem #fosdem2026 #floss

Fedivariety logbook menu. Tag yourself! #fosdem2026

Fedivariety logbook menu. Tag yourself! #fosdem2026

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

- -
Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@tsyesika showing off Mandy, AP on the Goblins framework. #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSCON

https://spritely.institute/news/mandy-activitypub-on-goblins.html

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@cwebber is about to speak at #fosdem

"How to level up the fediverse"

https://stream.fosdem.org/h2215.m3u8

(I hope I got the link right)

#fosdem2026

@cwebber is about to speak at #fosdem

"How to level up the fediverse"

https://stream.fosdem.org/h2215.m3u8

(I hope I got the link right)

#fosdem2026

At #fosdem2026 , getting my feelings hurt

This may be the most perfect image for the Fediverse ever #fosdem2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

@cwebber is about to speak at #fosdem

"How to level up the fediverse"

https://stream.fosdem.org/h2215.m3u8

(I hope I got the link right)

#fosdem2026

@cwebber is about to speak at #fosdem

"How to level up the fediverse"

https://stream.fosdem.org/h2215.m3u8

(I hope I got the link right)

#fosdem2026

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Person on stage arguing that we need Fediverse messaging apps.

That more people would use the Fediverse if they existed.

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

This may be the most perfect image for the Fediverse ever #fosdem2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

- -
Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

It's not the Fediverse if it's not diverse #fosdem2026

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

It's not the Fediverse if it's not diverse #fosdem2026

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@bortzmeyer overheard at #FOSDEM
> “There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”

This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn't have federation turned on.

Cc: @jzb

#GPL #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #copyleft #AGPL

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

- -
Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Fedimedia.it wooooooooo #fosdem2026

At #fosdem2026 , getting my feelings hurt

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

- -
Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

A new bookmark sharing Fediverse software from @raffomania :

Ties
https://github.com/raffomania/ties

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

@bortzmeyer overheard at #FOSDEM
> “There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”

This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn't have federation turned on.

Cc: @jzb

#GPL #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #copyleft #AGPL

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Mentioned by @andypiper :

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

Mentioned by @andypiper :

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

Wow! Mastodon will be changing the default signups flow to feature more servers!!!

#FOSDEM2026

Jolla is at FOSDEM! Welcome to meet the team, try the new Jolla Phone appearance model at your own hand 👋 and see the latest Sailfish OS community ports ❤️

For a limited time, you can use the discount code FOSDEM2026 at the Jolla Shop and get a free Jolla pipo 🥳

We’re also hosting a community meetup in the evening and would love to see as many of you there as possible. Meetup details here:
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/fosdem-2026-sailfish-os-meetup-and-bof/26813

#FOSDEM2026

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

This was mentioned by one of the speakers:

Digital Independence Day
https://di.day

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Mentioned by @evan :

https://tags.pub

(Site doesn't work yet, apparently.)

But also here is the git repo:

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #HashTag #HashTags

Mentioned by @evan :

https://tags.pub

(Site doesn't work yet, apparently.)

But also here is the git repo:

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #HashTag #HashTags

This was mentioned by one of the speakers:

Digital Independence Day
https://di.day

#Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Mentioned by @andypiper :

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

Speaker on stage in the Social Web room at FOSDEM 2026 is arguing for open-source Fediverse projects to do product-development.

Although he is framing it in terms of building for a community.

I agree with him. Although, I think it is true of open-source projects in general.

(For completeness — others have said that, too.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

omg they are real !!
Thank you so much @Gargron@mastodon.social and @Ameboid@mastodon.social ♥️ #fosdem2026 #fosdem26 #fosdem

Speaker on stage in the Social Web room at FOSDEM 2026 is arguing for open-source Fediverse projects to do product-development.

Although he is framing it in terms of building for a community.

I agree with him. Although, I think it is true of open-source projects in general.

(For completeness — others have said that, too.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

How to grow the Herd #fosdem2026

Wow! Mastodon will be changing the default signups flow to feature more servers!!!

#FOSDEM2026

OH: "Can we bring all of you over to Pixelfed"

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Pixelfed

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

How to grow the Herd #fosdem2026

Wow! Mastodon will be changing the default signups flow to feature more servers!!!

#FOSDEM2026

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

The new UNBRK HEX boards have arrived! An improved version of the UNBRK, this ultra-compact prototyping board for QFP48/64/100/144 MCUs has wider trace geometry for better low-power performance, provisions for header pins, and an improved, unique 0201 prototyping grid to experiment with components reclaimed from #ewaste. #openhardware released under the CERN-OHL-S and supported by @nlnet and @NGIZero, you can find its repository at https://repo.unbina.re/unbinare/UNBRK_HEX #fosdem2026

omg they are real !!
Thank you so much @Gargron@mastodon.social and @Ameboid@mastodon.social ♥️ #fosdem2026 #fosdem26 #fosdem

The Legal & Policy Devroom is kicking off strong at #FOSDEM2026! Right now Gabriel Ku Wei Bin is giving a great intro to legal issues to kick things off and orient people before we talk about more in depth issues. The room is already pretty full!

https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ub5230

#FOSDEM

Day 1 of 2 of FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels — I am attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

I arrived a bit late. But, I am here now 🙂

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

How to grow the Herd #fosdem2026

Wow! Mastodon will be changing the default signups flow to feature more servers!!!

#FOSDEM2026

Ugh, need an extension cord in the social web dev room. Anyone here can help? #FOSDEM2026

But don't fall into the trap of jumping into European-based big tech!

That'd be the same predators, just based in a different location

Instead, what this moment needs is social initiative, not more 🤑 says Leenaars

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

J'ai pris un petit tas de stickers @SolInfoNat à distribuer au #FOSDEM2026. hésitez pas à me demander si vous me croisez ! (Je serai au stand de Software Heritage, au bâtiment K, dimanche)

Ugh, need an extension cord in the social web dev room. Anyone here can help? #FOSDEM2026

But don't fall into the trap of jumping into European-based big tech!

That'd be the same predators, just based in a different location

Instead, what this moment needs is social initiative, not more 🤑 says Leenaars

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

It's Stockholm syndrome, Leenaars says.

Mentions the example of the Dutch government - ministry of Finance making a big project out of moving to Microsoft, even though this creates:

• More dependence on US-based tools
• Productivity loss

#fosdem #fosdem2026

There's a big opportunity at this moment. Society is in panic mode, because it's become too dependent

And society is looking at tech workers for a solution

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Are these big tech companies your friends? Will they take care of you?

So many of these companies offer convenience. But at what cost?

You become dependent.

There's abuse

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Exhibit 1: Github (= Microsoft)

WIth a repo on there, even if you don't share you code with anyone, you still share it with Github/MSFT, which in turn shares it with the US government

"We've been played", says Leenaars

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #github

Leenaars discusses the early days of the internet, how much optimism there was.

And how much, in retrospect, naïvité in choosing partnerships -- both with what became Big Tech and with governments

#FOSDEM #fosDEM2026

First talk! Michiel Leenaars speaks on FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI

Live here now: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/janson
Direct: https://stream.fosdem.org/janson.m3u8

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Every given year...

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026

Resist, organize, protect.

#fosdem2026 #opensource #fosdem

We're ready at #FOSDEM2026! Come visit us at UD2 and we'll tell you about all the awesome things we do and what happened since last year.

We're showing off Fairphone as a desktop setup, our brand-new hardware CI, our work-in-progress immutable edition and more!

Also, we have some limited amount of t-shirts to sell, so come by before they run out!

Another talk relevant to workers:

1 Feb, at 16:05
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together

This talk identifies 6 factors that contribute to developer burnout:

1. difficulty getting paid,
2. workload and time commitment,
3. maintenance work as unrewarding,
4. toxic community behaviour,
5. hyper-responsibility
6. pressure to prove oneself.

Recommendations for structural changes to address developer burnout:

1. pay OSS developers
2. foster a culture of recognition and respect
3. grow the community
4. advocate for maintainers

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #burnout #TechWork

Curious (or not?) that one of FOSDEM 2026's sponsors is google, which provides part of the tech infrastructure for israel to commit genocide in Palestine through its participation in project Nimbus...

some refs:

• Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
• Documents Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Is Selling to Israel
• The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military
• No tech for apartheid

#FOSDEM #NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide #FOSDEM2026

FOSDEM starting in a bit!

Some talks that could be interesting for workers:

31 Jan, 10:00
FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI -> war always most hurts working people

We need to talk about war. And we need to talk about companies building bots that propose to rewrite our source code. And about the people behind both, and how we preserve what is great about FOSS while avoiding disruption. How do geopolitical conflicts on the one hand and the risk of bot-generated (adversarial) code on the other influence the global community working together on Free and Open Source software?

cc @techwerkers

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026 #tech #techwork

GNOME designers inspired by the best font when choosing a bar at FOSDEM…

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #GNOME

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

Greetings from the emergency response team in trains and buses to #FOSDEM2026! Looking forward to seeing you soon.

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

Greetings from the emergency response team in trains and buses to #FOSDEM2026! Looking forward to seeing you soon.

If you’re going to FOSDEM, please wear masks. The venue is stuffy and con crud was a thing before the virus that can take away your ability to concentrate enough to make software.

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026

😍
…It is wonderful to be loved by the Norwegian #FOSS community. Last year, @sjn brought me 500g of #Brunost at #FOSDEM. This year, a larger group — incl. @Liks0m & @Foxboron & @aslakr — conspired to bring me 3kg of Brunost & 1kg of Geitost!

They now joke (?) that it'll continue to progress: .5kg->2.5kg->12.5kg
I keep reminding them I have to prove to USA CBP it's all for personal consumption. I can totally eat 12.5kg in 1 year, but CBP might not believe me!
♥️NORGE_FOSS!

#FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026

😍
…It is wonderful to be loved by the Norwegian #FOSS community. Last year, @sjn brought me 500g of #Brunost at #FOSDEM. This year, a larger group — incl. @Liks0m & @Foxboron & @aslakr — conspired to bring me 3kg of Brunost & 1kg of Geitost!

They now joke (?) that it'll continue to progress: .5kg->2.5kg->12.5kg
I keep reminding them I have to prove to USA CBP it's all for personal consumption. I can totally eat 12.5kg in 1 year, but CBP might not believe me!
♥️NORGE_FOSS!

#FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026

@reiver YES. We are having a meetup at A La Mort Subite in the old town. Come after 8pm. Wear a Fediverse symbol ⁂ so people can find you. It's a popular spot especially during FOSDEM. #SocialWebFOSDEM #FOSDEM #fosdem2026

@evan

Are you aware of any FOSDEM Social Web events happening today (Friday) in Brussels?

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

A reminder for those of you who will be in Brussels for FOSDEM: Some of us will be there too!

If you want to meet up to chat about CoMaps, #OpenStreetMap, or other geo/FOSS-nerdery, join us on Matrix at "#CoMaps_EN_Cafe:matrix.org" to find a place and time.

We'll also bring a bunch of CoMaps stickers that you'll be able to find at the stand of our friends from @Codeberg!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Want a premium Linux shirt that actually looks good? 🐧📱

Our well-designed shirt (penguin holding a phone) is 100% cotton with a stitched penguin logo.

Available this weekend at the #FOSDEM #LinuxOnMobile stand.

Location: Building U, entrance UD2 — grab your size before they’re gone!

Model: @Standara3217

#FOSDEM2026 #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #sdm845 #Mobian #Phosh #Linux

Day 2 in Brussels (for this trip). I think I have adjusted enough to the time-zone change that I will be able to be (mostly) awake for FOSDEM 2026 — which takes place this weekend.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the first day of FOSDEM 2026. I will be attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115975330181816783

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Day 2 in Brussels (for this trip). I think I have adjusted enough to the time-zone change that I will be able to be (mostly) awake for FOSDEM 2026 — which takes place this weekend.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the first day of FOSDEM 2026. I will be attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115975330181816783

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

Proof of GNOMies

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #GNOME

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2169-6d53-c71f-64c343942764

There are playlists for all the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

We're behind the pizza place!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #GNOME

Heading to Wolf Food Market again in about 30 mins with GNOMies!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #GNOME

Waiting at Praha hl.n. for the #HackerTrain 🚆

All set for the sleeper back to Brussels, but currently showing a 40-minute delay on the board. Honestly, not too bad for a cross-Europe night train, and it’s all part of the adventure.

Next stop: Brussels and FOSDEM.

#BetterByRail
#HackerTrain
#EuropeanSleeper
#NightTrain
#SleeperTrain
#EuropeByRail
#SlowTravel
#RailAdventure
#Prague
#FOSDEM2026

If you’re going to FOSDEM, please wear masks. The venue is stuffy and con crud was a thing before the virus that can take away your ability to concentrate enough to make software.

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026

This weekend we’re at @fosdem - and are proud to present the devroom we’re once again hosting with @sovtechfund, @nlnet, @linuxfoundation & @fsfe!

Come by on Saturday - full schedule here: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/funding-the-foss-ecosystem/

Our community and friends are gonna be in Brussels as well - find out where in this little thread 👇

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#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Now so many people are offering to bring me Brown Cheese I may get enough for the whole of 2026 to have some every morning.

I did bring an extra suitcase just in case this happened. 🤣

Cc: @Liks0m
@Foxboron @sjn @fosdem @aslakr

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

Foiled again by my heavy work schedule. I just saw @sjn at this #FOSDEM Fringe event thing, & he noted that I had failed to properly place my Brown Cheese order with him. My own fault for letting it fall off my @fosdem prep agenda.

Any Norwegians who haven't left for FOSDEM yet want to deliver me some Brown Cheese? I'll take as much as you can carry of G35 and Geitost. I'll pay you a 5% markup for your trouble.

Cc: @aslakr

#FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

I stopped by Wolf Food Market for a bite on the way over to some meetings. I'm sitting by the Greek place!

Rue du Fossé aux Loups 50, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fcoRvkBYfwJZVoWV9

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026/

Come and visit our booth this weekend at @fosdem 2026!

We’ll be in Building K, Level 2, alongside other community booths, showing the newest version of Plasma on a laptop, plus other devices like the OP6, Fairphone 5, Mecha Comet, ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16, PineTab 2, Steam Deck, and Surface running Plasma.

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #Plasma

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

I am on my last flight to get to FOSDEM 2026 — for the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

I am arriving a bit earlier — arriving tomorrow.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115724746004384948

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

On my way to Brussels!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026

This weekend we’re at @fosdem - and are proud to present the devroom we’re once again hosting with @sovtechfund, @nlnet, @linuxfoundation & @fsfe!

Come by on Saturday - full schedule here: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/funding-the-foss-ecosystem/

Our community and friends are gonna be in Brussels as well - find out where in this little thread 👇

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#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026

Meet @debian at @fosdem2026 next weekend! Our booth will be at building H level 1. And Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader, will give a talk titled 32 years of Debian: how a do-ocracy keeps evolving https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/H3KFYZ-32_years_of_debian_how_a_do-ocracy_keeps_evolving/ #debian #fosdem #fosdem2026 #01

I will be at FOSDEM 2026 — for the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

In Brussels on Saturday January 31st & Sunday February 1st.

See you there?

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

We’ll be out in force at @fosdem '26 at the end of this week, with eight talks on a wide variety of topics—the latest on @servo, GStreamer work, graphics stacks, MathML interop, WebAssembly runtimes, handing out Servo stickers, and more! #FOSDEM2026 https://www.igalia.com/2026/01/26/Igalia-at-FOSDEM-26.html

We’ll be out in force at @fosdem '26 at the end of this week, with eight talks on a wide variety of topics—the latest on @servo, GStreamer work, graphics stacks, MathML interop, WebAssembly runtimes, handing out Servo stickers, and more! #FOSDEM2026 https://www.igalia.com/2026/01/26/Igalia-at-FOSDEM-26.html

Ansibleが嫌すぎてPyinfraに乗り換えましたが、FOSDEM 2026でPyinfraの面白そうな話があるみたい。

> 警告：この講演を聴くと、AnsibleのPlay bookを全てリファクタリングしたいという抑えきれない衝動に駆られるかもしれません。副作用として、生産性の向上、睡眠の質の向上、そして同僚がインフラコードを実際に理解してくれるようになることなどが挙げられます。

挑発的だなー。いいぞ、もっとやれ #pyinfra #fosdem #fosdem2026 #python #ansible

FOSDEM 2026 - PyInfra: Because Your Infrastructure Deserves Real Code in Python, Not YAML Soup: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VEQTLH-infrastructure-as-python/

See you on Saturday! #FOSDEM2026 cc @khorben

Ansibleが嫌すぎてPyinfraに乗り換えましたが、FOSDEM 2026でPyinfraの面白そうな話があるみたい。

> 警告：この講演を聴くと、AnsibleのPlay bookを全てリファクタリングしたいという抑えきれない衝動に駆られるかもしれません。副作用として、生産性の向上、睡眠の質の向上、そして同僚がインフラコードを実際に理解してくれるようになることなどが挙げられます。

挑発的だなー。いいぞ、もっとやれ #pyinfra #fosdem #fosdem2026 #python #ansible

FOSDEM 2026 - PyInfra: Because Your Infrastructure Deserves Real Code in Python, Not YAML Soup: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VEQTLH-infrastructure-as-python/

Ansibleが嫌すぎてPyinfraに乗り換えましたが、FOSDEM 2026でPyinfraの面白そうな話があるみたい。

> 警告：この講演を聴くと、AnsibleのPlay bookを全てリファクタリングしたいという抑えきれない衝動に駆られるかもしれません。副作用として、生産性の向上、睡眠の質の向上、そして同僚がインフラコードを実際に理解してくれるようになることなどが挙げられます。

挑発的だなー。いいぞ、もっとやれ #pyinfra #fosdem #fosdem2026 #python #ansible

FOSDEM 2026 - PyInfra: Because Your Infrastructure Deserves Real Code in Python, Not YAML Soup: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VEQTLH-infrastructure-as-python/