Noel De Martin @noeldemartin@noeldemartin.social

Do you want to make apps using the #Solid protocol, but don't know where to start? This Wednesday I'm going to present a Hello World I've been working on, that just uses plain JavaScript and HTML (no frameworks!). Come and join the conversation! https://chat.0data.app/t/zero-data-swap-4-hello-world-november-24-2021

@dokoissho @rosano Nice :D some day when I implement tracking TV shows you'll be able to add Squid Game too! Or do you mean literal squids? xD

In January I'll be traveling abroad for the first time in 2 years, and what better occasion than to attend #LaraconEU in Amsterdam. I don't know how it took me this long to attend a Laravel conference, but it's finally going to happen. I'm super excited to meet my fellow artisans!

Some months ago I uninstalled WhatsApp from my phone, and it's been by far the most difficult technology to stop using... Only yesterday I was changing my internet provider, and they required me to have a WhatsApp account to confirm the appointment with the technician.

So I hope this "meta" thing doesn't catch on -.- https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/facebook-company-is-now-meta/

@humanetech I guess I'm not surprised 😞 Maybe you can find a website to try, I just did a couple of searches and there are Emoji mashup builders online but they don't produce the same results.

@humanetech It's built with Gboard, you just switch the keyboard to emojis instead of characters and if you pick two you'll see the mashup https://lifehacker.com/create-and-customize-your-own-android-emojis-with-gboar-1841638107

This is apparently year-old news, but I just found out you can create Emoji mashups in Android and that's awesome :D.

For example, 🌶️ + 💘 =

@humanetech cool, thanks for letting me know :D

I still have to read your response in the forum, but I think it's ok to talk about that, you can't always separate tech from people. If it goes too much off topic you can always branch into a new topic.

If you enjoyed this post, we have been talking about it in the Solid Forum and the Zero Data Chat:

https://forum.solidproject.org/t/interoperable-serendipity/4738
https://chat.0data.app/t/interoperable-serendipity/43

Join us!

One of the reasons why I am working with Solid is that it embraces interoperability as one of its core values. But there is a lot of nuance about what that looks like in practice. In this blog post, I share my thoughts on the topic. https://noeldemartin.com/blog/interoperable-serendipity

I've just released an alpha version of an app I'm working on. It's not production-ready, but I'd appreciate it if you give me some feedback: https://forum.solidproject.org/t/request-for-comments-crdtish-approach-to-solid/4211/14

@Gina @VincentTunru Well I don't think there are any available openings for a product owner, but I'd encourage you to send an email anyways. That way we'll have your contact if there is an opening. We work remotely yes :). http://moodle.com/careers

@VincentTunru @Gina Well I work at MoodleHQ, the makers of the software. But there are many other companies working "with Moodle", so I guess that's what she meant.

@dajbelshaw @JordiGH I don't know, I think each organization is a different world in that regard. But yeah, for most of them it's probably as you say.

Personally I don't care about my job title, and I don't think I care about my "career path" either. I just want to do something I enjoy doing :). And improve following my curiosity, rather than having a plan.

@dajbelshaw I agree with @JordiGH's point, not everyone wants to be "promoted" in that way. But yes, it is tricky to define what a Senior is/isn't. I like how Basecamp put it https://basecamp.com/handbook/appendix-05-titles-for-programmers

@tychi Yeah I know waiting for the network is annoying, that's why the app I'm working on will be offline-first, and I'll eventually update Media Kraken as well :D. But it's definitely not simple under the hood, it was already complicated enough with an ORM for Solid, now I'm adding sort of a CRDT 😅 .

I'd be happy to help you if you have any questions about Solid, feel free to ask me if you ever get stuck or have any doubts :).

@tychi @VincentTunru Thanks for the ping, I'll check it out and I'll be looking forward to see what you make with Solid :).

Going for Simple is probably a good idea, it seems like I've taken the complete opposite route and I'm second guessing that choice every day xD. I do want my apps to last as long as the web though :).

@VincentTunru @5am @Zwifi Yes I do :) But I haven't updated it for a long while. I am still using an old version of NSS, but maybe if I did it today I would use CSS. I don't mind so much because I'm the only one using it, I don't host data for anyone else.

You can read about how I did it in my website. Since I wrote that, I haven't changed a single thing: https://noeldemartin.com/tasks/configuring-a-self-hosted-solid-pod-server

PS:

NSS - https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server
CSS - https://github.com/solid/community-server

@VincentTunru @Zwifi @michielbdejong That's indeed bittersweet news. It's been a pleasure to have you in the Solid community. Thanks for all your work, and hopefully I'll continue seeing you around (even if not as much :D).