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LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Beer, Badges, and the Spirit of the PNW

Three months after speaking at FOSDEM in Brussels, I brought my family to LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, WA. What I found was a college town bursting with craft beer, open-source energy, and one of my personal heroes.

AI is Making Libraries Obsolete

AI agents are fundamentally changing the economics of general-purpose libraries. Why build on Bootstrap when an agent can generate exactly what you need? A collection of thoughts on where this is all heading.

If There's a Nazi at Your Bar, It's a Nazi Bar

I found out Substack isn't just tolerating extremism—it's literally hosting Nazi newsletters. So I'm out. Here's why you should care.

FOSDEM 2026: The Kid Who Dreamed of Hackers Found Them in Brussels

A kid from a small Mexican town dreamed of finding real-life hackers. Two decades later, he flew his family to Brussels and spoke at one of the world's largest open-source conferences. This is that story.

A Guide to Implementing ActivityPub in a Static Site (or Any Website) - Part 9: Quote Posts

Find the index and earlier parts of this series here . Quote Posts for Static Sites: A Practical Guide to FEP-044f Implementation Transform your static blog int...