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35
Account age
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First release of my Meld app just thappened! Meld is a visual diff and merge tool created by #GNOME, written in #Python using #GTK. I've packaged it as #macOS application. Let's see if I can get it upstream ;-).
https://gitlab.com/dehesselle/meld_macos
5 views
This came up during a late-night session.
The suspense is killing me.
📊 Post engagement
17
Avg engagement / post
48.6%
Engagement vs followers
Mar 2024
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: The #inkscape team called it "the unicode tofu issue" (https://g · 60 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.14 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
8.8×
Follows 4 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Ganz wichtige Petition von @webvision :
https://openpetition.de/!opensource
Grüße aus Heinsberg!
Important news from @gnome: https://blogs.gnome.org/sid/2025/04/27/macstadium-sponsors-gnome-macos-ci-infrastructure/
I'm proud of what we've accomplished here. This helps to improve macOS platform support in the long run, which is especia…
Christmas came early this year! MacStadium is significantly increasing their investment into Open Source with a new sponsorship agreement that provides #Inkscape with access to their Orka cluster solution. I've had my onboarding today and …
I haven't seen this being shared yet: @CRogers let's #inkscape shine in his 90 minute talk "Inkscape for Everything" he gave at Ubuntu Summit 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96qmLfFhgYM
I've begun the transition from custom shell scripts to https://conan.io to orchestrate the build process for my custom Python.framework build on macOS. This will power the upcoming Python integration in #siril. I don't want to jinx it - th…
macOS CI for Apple Silicon (sorry, no Intel) has just landed in Meld.
Does that mean there will be an official app? Yes it does!
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld
#gnome #gtk
All the outrage in wake of #Adobe 's recent moves. When do we reach that tipping point where (at least a few) design studios/companies decide to make that first step and get seriously invested in #Inkscape? Do they realize we can become su…
Today I noticed that I have a lot of broken releases across all my #GitLab projects. Lots (but not all) of the download links suddenly don't work anymore and give a 404. I re-read the documentation and have a theory: apparently it was neve…
This came up during a late-night session.
The suspense is killing me.
Last weekend I wanted to announce that I updated the Windows CI so that GTK4-based development builds are now available for #Inkscape, but the artifacts don't work yet, so... meh. Don't get excited just yet. But we're getting close.
First release of my Meld app just thappened! Meld is a visual diff and merge tool created by #GNOME, written in #Python using #GTK. I've packaged it as #macOS application. Let's see if I can get it upstream ;-).
https://gitlab.com/dehessel…
This came up during a late-night session.
The suspense is killing me.
Last weekend I wanted to announce that I updated the Windows CI so that GTK4-based development builds are now available for #Inkscape, but the artifacts don't work yet, so... meh. Don't get excited just yet. But we're getting close.
First release of my Meld app just thappened! Meld is a visual diff and merge tool created by #GNOME, written in #Python using #GTK. I've packaged it as #macOS application. Let's see if I can get it upstream ;-).
https://gitlab.com/dehessel…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
floss.social
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
Mar 2024
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 17 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
71/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.5× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
I bring GTK apps to macOS (build/package/CI).
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