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Followers
203
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

1
Avg engagement / post
0.5%
Engagement vs followers
Aug 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Saw Hiromi's Sonicwonderland tonight, wow! not really a jazz fan · 1 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
4.1 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.3×
Follows 625 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
🔥 Top post Saw Hiromi's Sonicwonderland tonight, wow! not really a jazz fan but I gotta admit it can take you places ★ 1
really really good programmers can write C with low defect rates. But most programmers are not that good. I am not that good. silly question, if I use a global cargo build-dir, and I delete a particular project repo, how can I do `cargo clean` for build artifacts created when working in that project dir? ★ 1 GitHub finally has gh-stack, for stacked PRs, but unfortunately the design they chose was stateful. There is some local saved metadata about the stack, which can get out of sync and break. All the github stacking tools have this problem. … ★ 1 I'm coming around real fast to the idea that we maybe need to screen for certain personality disorders for people seeking election to positions of power. Instead of "show us your tax returns" maybe it should be "show us your psych exam tha… ★ 1 The 1M context window is way too big and extremely wasteful and expensive. Set this instead: CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW=200000 CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACT_PCT_OVERRIDE=95 Then autocompact will just run on 200k automatically. The token/cost sav… Someone on youtube said "The success of China might lead you to the conclusion that authoritarianism is a better system. But this is the wrong conclusion. The success of China is due to long term planning and implementing those plans." I … ★ 1 given how zelensky is doing, maybe we should elect more comedians ★ 1 I observe that ai coding agents can work well with just html, css, and js, and they don't need heavy frameworks. ★ 1 I observe that the difference between "python" and "rust", is significantly smaller than "before AI" and "after AI" ★ 1 Here's a pretty good snapshot of living in italy as a foreigner: - to join a gym, you need a certificate of health from a doctor - you must use your assigned family doctor - the doctors office only takes bookings by phonecall - the doctor'… ★ 1 i was not selected for this steam machine round ★ 1

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Aug 2022
An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 1 views per post.
📤Posts about 4.1× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

75/100 Good
  • Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
92%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Author of "Using Asyncio in Python" 🐸 book and "Learning Cython" 🐍 video course, both at O'Reilly. Rust, es mi encanta nueva 🦀🦀🦀! FAQ Q: How can I learn Rust? A: https://lborb.github.io/book/official.html Q: Is Rust easy or difficult? A: Hard to learn, easy to use Q: What Rust libraries are important? A: https://blessed.rs/crates Q: If Rust is safe why do I still get bugs? A: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/behavior-not-considered-unsafe.html

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