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  1. I self-host not because it is cheaper or easier, but because it lets me break things in very personal, handcrafted ways.
    Also because the server lives in Europe and speaks politely to GDPR.

    But jokes aside, I am genuinely curious:
    Why do so many technically aware people still default to Google, Microsoft, or Meta for almost everything?

    Is it convenience? Habit? The feeling that “everyone is there anyway”?
    Or maybe the quiet assumption that opting out is pointless because the damage is already done?

    The problem is not that these platforms are evil in a comic-book sense. The problem is structural. Their business models are fundamentally built around surveillance, profiling, and extraction of behavioral data. Even when you are not the customer, you are the product. Often both.

    Your email metadata, your documents, your location history, your contacts, your photos, your calendar patterns. All of it is collected, correlated, retained, and analyzed. Not because someone is spying on you personally, but because at scale, this data becomes power. Economic, political, and informational power.

    And the argument “I have nothing to hide” misses the point entirely. Privacy is not about hiding wrongdoing. It is about retaining agency. About not having your digital life continuously optimized for engagement, monetization, or influence by systems you neither control nor meaningfully understand.

    What makes this especially frustrating is that alternatives exist. Good ones. Mature ones. European ones. Open-source ones. Federated ones. Boring ones, even. Email providers that do not scan your inbox. Search engines that do not follow you across the web. Social platforms that do not build shadow profiles of non-users. Cloud services where data residency is not a marketing slogan but a default.

    Yes, they may require a bit more effort. Sometimes the UI is less polished. Sometimes you have to read documentation. Sometimes you even have to think.

    But that trade-off buys you something valuable: autonomy.

    Self-hosting is not for everyone, and it does not need to be. Neither is abandoning Big Tech overnight. But questioning defaults should be normal for people who claim to understand technology. Blind trust in massive, opaque platforms is not pragmatism. It is outsourcing responsibility.

    So I will keep running my small, imperfect services. I will keep breaking them. Fixing them. Learning from them.
    And I will keep asking this question, especially to fellow tech people:

    If we know how these systems work, why do we still accept them as inevitable?

    #SelfHosting #Privacy #DigitalAutonomy #Fediverse #OpenSource #Decentralization #BigTech #DataOwnership #SurveillanceCapitalism #GDPR #TechCulture

  2. Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?

    I am here for that kind of conversation.

    Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.

    #ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
    #Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
    #FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

  3. Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?

    I am here for that kind of conversation.

    Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.

    #ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
    #Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
    #FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

  4. Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?

    I am here for that kind of conversation.

    Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.

    #ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
    #Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
    #FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

  5. Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?

    I am here for that kind of conversation.

    Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.

    #ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
    #Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
    #FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

  6. The problem isn’t that DHH finally said the quiet part out loud.

    The problem is that you’re still pretending it’s shocking, still refusing to connect the dots, and still showing the world that whiteness matters more to you than justice.

    Post Link: jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-

    #DHH #WhiteSupremacyCulture #Mediocre #TechCulture #WhiteMen #Complicity #Equity #Inclusion #Antiracism #SystemsOfOppression #Whiteness #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton

  7. I don't use #eHailing (or any other public transport) very much myself, because I'm fortunate to have people in my support system who can drive and are generally available to take me where I need to go. But I know that plenty of my visually impaired peers use it quite often.

    These regulations are ostensibly aimed at improving safety for riders in South Africa: techcentral.co.za/the-sweeping

    I think safety's a good thing, but I'm concerned about the requirement that all vehicles used for e-hailing be branded on both sides of the car, because I know one or two people who drive for Uber and Bolt, and to my mind, the whole point of doing so is to make a little extra money on the side. Drivers use their personal vehicles, and they can decide if and when they're available for work, and which company they're driving for. The fact that, when they're not actively working, they don't necessarily have to make it known that they *do* drive for Uber/Bolt is a big plus (of course, they do have to display their PDP in the windshield, but that's fairly unobtrusive, and could mean anything).

    It's also why I'm kinda against making these drivers full-time employees, with all the benefits -- and restrictions -- that that implies, because they're NOT full-time employees; they do lots of different things.

    So... yeah, I dunno. What do you think? #SouthAfrica

  8. 💰 Salary, 🌟 Development, 😊 Joy.
    Everyone in your Team needs these values.
    Pick two? You won't last.

    Yes, you can earn well without joy. But your weekends vanish. Your energy dies. Your money gets spent on escape.

    Yes, you can love your job and get paid well. But if you're stuck with no growth, no challenge, eventually your spark fades.

    And working forever on your weaknesses? That's not growth. That's managerial malpractice. Real development means doubling down on strengths, not sanding down your edges.

    Also: the €5k difference between €95k and €100k? You won't feel it.
    But the difference between €48k and €60k? That hits your daily.

    Want joy, growth, and sustainability?
    → Fewer roles.
    → Smaller teams.
    → Clearer direction.
    → Less compromise.
    → Room and Space for every role.

    That's how you build something that actually works.

    #Leadership #TeamDesign #DeveloperExperience #WorkJoy #CareerGrowth #NoMoreBS #MinimalTeams #Productivity #FutureOfWork #PragmaticLeadership #TechCulture #WorkLifeDesign #TeamClarity

  9. A lot of people use #AI coding assistants. Not strictly #VideCoding (although it could be); there are add-ons to popular IDEs that let you start typing some code, and then the AI figures out what you're trying to do and fills in the rest. It can be pretty useful -- I use these tools myself -- but the tools are not impervious to hackers... techcentral.co.za/vibe-coding- #SoftwareDevelopment

  10. A lot of people use #AI coding assistants. Not strictly #VideCoding (although it could be); there are add-ons to popular IDEs that let you start typing some code, and then the AI figures out what you're trying to do and fills in the rest. It can be pretty useful -- I use these tools myself -- but the tools are not impervious to hackers... techcentral.co.za/vibe-coding- #SoftwareDevelopment

  11. A lot of people use #AI coding assistants. Not strictly #VideCoding (although it could be); there are add-ons to popular IDEs that let you start typing some code, and then the AI figures out what you're trying to do and fills in the rest. It can be pretty useful -- I use these tools myself -- but the tools are not impervious to hackers... techcentral.co.za/vibe-coding- #SoftwareDevelopment

  12. A lot of people use #AI coding assistants. Not strictly #VideCoding (although it could be); there are add-ons to popular IDEs that let you start typing some code, and then the AI figures out what you're trying to do and fills in the rest. It can be pretty useful -- I use these tools myself -- but the tools are not impervious to hackers... techcentral.co.za/vibe-coding- #SoftwareDevelopment

  13. A lot of people use #AI coding assistants. Not strictly #VideCoding (although it could be); there are add-ons to popular IDEs that let you start typing some code, and then the AI figures out what you're trying to do and fills in the rest. It can be pretty useful -- I use these tools myself -- but the tools are not impervious to hackers... techcentral.co.za/vibe-coding- #SoftwareDevelopment

  14. 🎉 Happy Easter - Show me your Easter eggs :)
    I have a 15-year-old homepage with a hidden chat from an old game 👉 yuna.berlin
    Guess the game?

    Easter: a seasonal reminder that most companies have the imagination of a beige wall.
    Let’s talk software Easter eggs – tiny sparks of joy buried under layers of Jira tickets.

    If your product has none?
    Congratulations. Your engineers are either chained in the feature factory…
    or your company is too visionless to let them play.

    Examples of fun companies:
    🐍 Snake while YouTube buffers
    🎮 GitHub mobile mini-game
    🙃 Blame-someone error pages

    Your product?
    ❌ No dark mode
    ❌ No gamification
    ❌ No clever errors
    ❌ No i18n
    ❌ No responsive design
    ❌ No joy

    But hey, Time to Market, right?
    You’re not innovating. You’re duct-taping compliance machines.

    No Easter eggs = No creative freedom
    No themed UI = No empathy
    No jokes = No soul
    No dev input = No ownership

    You’re not building software.
    You’re crafting digital despair.

    Fix it. Or at least add a theme toggle.

    💀 Happy Easter.
    Go find your soul.

    List of Google Easter eggs: elgoog.im/

    Hashtags:
    #EasterEggs #SoftwareHumor #UXDesign #DevLife #HappyEaster #TechCulture #DarkModeOrDie #EngineerJoy #FeatureFactory #ProductDesign #DeveloperExperience #FunInSoftware #i18n #ResponsiveDesign #Gamification #ErrorPageHumor #OldWeb #RetroGames #DigitalSoul #CreativityInTech #coding #programming

  15. In the news today! 👋

    A brand new episode of Redefining #Society & #Technology Podcast, on ITSPmagazine

    Living Forever (Sort Of): AI Clones, Digital Ghosts, and the Problem with Perfection

    Bruce Y. Lee and I met once again in our favorite make-believe bar to explore what might be one of the most unsettling — and fascinating — questions of our time: What happens when your AI clone outlives you?

    In this episode, Bruce Y. Lee and I explore digital immortality, algorithmic relationships, and what makes a person… well, a person. Star Trek, deepfakes, AI therapists, and dead celebrities all make an appearance. Is it still you if your clone outlives you?

    Let’s discuss!

    – Star Trek ethics and uncanny valleys

    – ChatGPT friendships that feel a little too real

    – What it means to build a digital legacy you never signed off on

    – And whether a recreated version of “you” is still… you 👻 🫢

    From #holograms to memory simulations, #socialengineering to emotional #algorithms, we’re not here to decide what’s right or wrong — just to ask: where does reality end, and where does the replica begin?

    Teaser: youtu.be/gcj4ug4blbg

    📺 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/in-4Mj_9TzE

    👻 Listen to the full episode: redefining-society-podcast.sim

    Oh, subscribe to my newsletter as I am pretty sure this is going to turn into some amusing article real soon: linkedin.com/newsletters/70798

    #podcast #DigitalIdentity #RedefiningSociety #TechAndHumanity # #Cyberpsychology #ChatGPT #Immortality #HybridAnalogDigitalSociety #Storytelling #StarTrek #BruceYLee #MarcoCiappelli #DigitalLegacy #TechCulture #EmotionalAI #PhilosophyAndTech #UncannyValley #Future #memories Sean Martin, CISSP

  16. In the news today! 👋

    A brand new episode of Redefining #Society & #Technology Podcast, on ITSPmagazine

    Living Forever (Sort Of): AI Clones, Digital Ghosts, and the Problem with Perfection

    Bruce Y. Lee and I met once again in our favorite make-believe bar to explore what might be one of the most unsettling — and fascinating — questions of our time: What happens when your AI clone outlives you?

    In this episode, Bruce Y. Lee and I explore digital immortality, algorithmic relationships, and what makes a person… well, a person. Star Trek, deepfakes, AI therapists, and dead celebrities all make an appearance. Is it still you if your clone outlives you?

    Let’s discuss!

    – Star Trek ethics and uncanny valleys

    – ChatGPT friendships that feel a little too real

    – What it means to build a digital legacy you never signed off on

    – And whether a recreated version of “you” is still… you 👻 🫢

    From #holograms to memory simulations, #socialengineering to emotional #algorithms, we’re not here to decide what’s right or wrong — just to ask: where does reality end, and where does the replica begin?

    Teaser: youtu.be/gcj4ug4blbg

    📺 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/in-4Mj_9TzE

    👻 Listen to the full episode: redefining-society-podcast.sim

    Oh, subscribe to my newsletter as I am pretty sure this is going to turn into some amusing article real soon: linkedin.com/newsletters/70798

    #podcast #DigitalIdentity #RedefiningSociety #TechAndHumanity # #Cyberpsychology #ChatGPT #Immortality #HybridAnalogDigitalSociety #Storytelling #StarTrek #BruceYLee #MarcoCiappelli #DigitalLegacy #TechCulture #EmotionalAI #PhilosophyAndTech #UncannyValley #Future #memories Sean Martin, CISSP

  17. In the news today! 👋

    A brand new episode of Redefining #Society & #Technology Podcast, on ITSPmagazine

    Living Forever (Sort Of): AI Clones, Digital Ghosts, and the Problem with Perfection

    Bruce Y. Lee and I met once again in our favorite make-believe bar to explore what might be one of the most unsettling — and fascinating — questions of our time: What happens when your AI clone outlives you?

    In this episode, Bruce Y. Lee and I explore digital immortality, algorithmic relationships, and what makes a person… well, a person. Star Trek, deepfakes, AI therapists, and dead celebrities all make an appearance. Is it still you if your clone outlives you?

    Let’s discuss!

    – Star Trek ethics and uncanny valleys

    – ChatGPT friendships that feel a little too real

    – What it means to build a digital legacy you never signed off on

    – And whether a recreated version of “you” is still… you 👻 🫢

    From #holograms to memory simulations, #socialengineering to emotional #algorithms, we’re not here to decide what’s right or wrong — just to ask: where does reality end, and where does the replica begin?

    Teaser: youtu.be/gcj4ug4blbg

    📺 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/in-4Mj_9TzE

    👻 Listen to the full episode: redefining-society-podcast.sim

    Oh, subscribe to my newsletter as I am pretty sure this is going to turn into some amusing article real soon: linkedin.com/newsletters/70798

    #podcast #DigitalIdentity #RedefiningSociety #TechAndHumanity # #Cyberpsychology #ChatGPT #Immortality #HybridAnalogDigitalSociety #Storytelling #StarTrek #BruceYLee #MarcoCiappelli #DigitalLegacy #TechCulture #EmotionalAI #PhilosophyAndTech #UncannyValley #Future #memories Sean Martin, CISSP

  18. In the news today! 👋

    A brand new episode of Redefining #Society & #Technology Podcast, on ITSPmagazine

    Living Forever (Sort Of): AI Clones, Digital Ghosts, and the Problem with Perfection

    Bruce Y. Lee and I met once again in our favorite make-believe bar to explore what might be one of the most unsettling — and fascinating — questions of our time: What happens when your AI clone outlives you?

    In this episode, Bruce Y. Lee and I explore digital immortality, algorithmic relationships, and what makes a person… well, a person. Star Trek, deepfakes, AI therapists, and dead celebrities all make an appearance. Is it still you if your clone outlives you?

    Let’s discuss!

    – Star Trek ethics and uncanny valleys

    – ChatGPT friendships that feel a little too real

    – What it means to build a digital legacy you never signed off on

    – And whether a recreated version of “you” is still… you 👻 🫢

    From #holograms to memory simulations, #socialengineering to emotional #algorithms, we’re not here to decide what’s right or wrong — just to ask: where does reality end, and where does the replica begin?

    Teaser: youtu.be/gcj4ug4blbg

    📺 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/in-4Mj_9TzE

    👻 Listen to the full episode: redefining-society-podcast.sim

    Oh, subscribe to my newsletter as I am pretty sure this is going to turn into some amusing article real soon: linkedin.com/newsletters/70798

    #podcast #DigitalIdentity #RedefiningSociety #TechAndHumanity # #Cyberpsychology #ChatGPT #Immortality #HybridAnalogDigitalSociety #Storytelling #StarTrek #BruceYLee #MarcoCiappelli #DigitalLegacy #TechCulture #EmotionalAI #PhilosophyAndTech #UncannyValley #Future #memories Sean Martin, CISSP

  19. Intelligent people aren't blessed.
    They're cursed with clarity.

    While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".

    You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
    They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.

    They usually don't talk much.
    Not because they're shy,
    but because your noise hurts their logic.

    You hired them to solve problems.
    So let them finish.
    Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.

    Give them space.
    And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
    you're not even equipped to imagine.

    Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
    Let them work.

    #Intelligence #Clarity #DeepThoughts #Leadership #CriticalThinking #SystemDesign #Innovation #LetThemWork #TechLeadership #QuietGenius #MicromanagementKills #FutureProof #BuildBetter
    #EngineeringMindset #ProblemSolvers #TechCulture #ThinkDifferent #HighPerformance #SilentRevolution #BrillianceHurts

  20. Intelligent people aren't blessed.
    They're cursed with clarity.

    While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".

    You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
    They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.

    They usually don't talk much.
    Not because they're shy,
    but because your noise hurts their logic.

    You hired them to solve problems.
    So let them finish.
    Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.

    Give them space.
    And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
    you're not even equipped to imagine.

    Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
    Let them work.

    #Intelligence #Clarity #DeepThoughts #Leadership #CriticalThinking #SystemDesign #Innovation #LetThemWork #TechLeadership #QuietGenius #MicromanagementKills #FutureProof #BuildBetter
    #EngineeringMindset #ProblemSolvers #TechCulture #ThinkDifferent #HighPerformance #SilentRevolution #BrillianceHurts

  21. Intelligent people aren't blessed.
    They're cursed with clarity.

    While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".

    You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
    They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.

    They usually don't talk much.
    Not because they're shy,
    but because your noise hurts their logic.

    You hired them to solve problems.
    So let them finish.
    Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.

    Give them space.
    And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
    you're not even equipped to imagine.

    Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
    Let them work.


  22. Intelligent people aren't blessed.
    They're cursed with clarity.

    While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".

    You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
    They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.

    They usually don't talk much.
    Not because they're shy,
    but because your noise hurts their logic.

    You hired them to solve problems.
    So let them finish.
    Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.

    Give them space.
    And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
    you're not even equipped to imagine.

    Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
    Let them work.

    #Intelligence #Clarity #DeepThoughts #Leadership #CriticalThinking #SystemDesign #Innovation #LetThemWork #TechLeadership #QuietGenius #MicromanagementKills #FutureProof #BuildBetter
    #EngineeringMindset #ProblemSolvers #TechCulture #ThinkDifferent #HighPerformance #SilentRevolution #BrillianceHurts

  23. Please note that to be eligible for the early dismissal and company-wide wellness day you are required to work at least 4 hours on the day before the day off.

    Enjoy the time off with your families, and have a chag sameach! Yehuda Kahan
    #HR Director, TechCenter Corp.

    #DearColleagues
    #MedinatAmerica = #Satire

    2/2

  24. #Truecaller is really popular where I live. I use it, and in fact, just about everyone I know uses it too. And we hit that Block button often. ;)

    But it's currently in trouble with the POPIA act in #SouthAfrica because it seems that, when you install it, it automatically downloads your address book and adds all your contacts to its database. :-O

    techcentral.co.za/truecaller-p

    #privacy