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Followers
2.3K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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🧰 Free analysis for arclight
📊 Post engagement
9
Avg engagement / post
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
Jan 2023
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: I don't say it enough but the community I have here in the Fediv · 42 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
22.5 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.7×
Follows 1.4K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Once upon a time I might have had respect for software development as a profession. There may still be small pockets of professionalism hidden away but for the most part it's a deeply and dangerously unserious field.
I am without words or at least words safe to use at work.
For the most part I have found VS Code to be a fairly decent IDE for what I need. I can pinpoint the exact date it was enshittified - whenever MS put it on a biweekly release cycle.
That is far too frequent for a dependable trustworthy too…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/117002582414297450
"It's called 'software testing' Linda."
Donut is nesting against my ankle which is a huge reason I feel life is somewhat worthwhile right now.
Whinging averted.
The one darkly amusing note from today was that one of the other ceramic studios in town suffered a minor gas explosion when being lit this morning. Thankfully no injuries and damage seems limited to just the kiln. The explosion isn't the …
Almost done addressing comments on my software evaluation report for the Creaky Sodium Fire Code. Reading through it, it's not a good report. It started as my report, got handed to someone else because I was overloaded, and now I'm updatin…
ATX people: Does anyone know if there's a city department that deals with invasive species? The developers serm to want to plant bamboo next door - everyone with a goddamn brain in this city knows not to plant bamboo. It's invasive, imposs…
I can't buy games without watching at least 30 minutes of gameplay or without 30 minutes of representative demo. Too much stuff gets returned at the 45 minute mark if I don't. Honestly, I wish I would have returned No Man's Sky and Space E…
YES! New Atarashi Gakko! video dropped yesterday: https://youtu.be/J0jwy5qEQwI
For the most part I have found VS Code to be a fairly decent IDE for what I need. I can pinpoint the exact date it was enshittified - whenever MS put it on a biweekly release cycle.
That is far too frequent for a dependable trustworthy too…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/117002582414297450
"It's called 'software testing' Linda."
Donut is nesting against my ankle which is a huge reason I feel life is somewhat worthwhile right now.
Whinging averted.
The one darkly amusing note from today was that one of the other ceramic studios in town suffered a minor gas explosion when being lit this morning. Thankfully no injuries and damage seems limited to just the kiln. The explosion isn't the …
Almost done addressing comments on my software evaluation report for the Creaky Sodium Fire Code. Reading through it, it's not a good report. It started as my report, got handed to someone else because I was overloaded, and now I'm updatin…
ATX people: Does anyone know if there's a city department that deals with invasive species? The developers serm to want to plant bamboo next door - everyone with a goddamn brain in this city knows not to plant bamboo. It's invasive, imposs…
I can't buy games without watching at least 30 minutes of gameplay or without 30 minutes of representative demo. Too much stuff gets returned at the 45 minute mark if I don't. Honestly, I wish I would have returned No Man's Sky and Space E…
YES! New Atarashi Gakko! video dropped yesterday: https://youtu.be/J0jwy5qEQwI
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
oldbytes.space
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
Jan 2023
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 9 views per post.
📤Posts about 22.5× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
66/100
Good
Credibility score
89%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.4% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Engineer (nuclear, safety analysis), scientific software developer, rehabilitator of unloved FORTRAN, recovering sysadmin, marginally competent solderator. Occasional Bond Villain (Card Overpunch). Nuclear Scoundrel™
My internet claim to fame was livetweeting the Fukushima reactor failures on the Birdsite. I'm pretty chipper for one spending so much time looking at sad melty reactors and sad creaky software.
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