Tag: twitter
- Announcing gh_announce - A python bot that posts a tweet each time you make a release on github (27 Jun 2019)
I happen to maintain a lot of python projects on github such as distroverify and vtscan. And each time I make a tagged release on Github, I have to make a status tweet like this to let people know: So today I thought why not automate this process by writing... - Smyte is no more - The latest episode in the acquisition saga of Tech Giants (22 Jun 2018)
Not even a month has been passed since Microsoft gave a big surprise to the world at large and the open source community by acquiring Github Inc. a few days ago, and there has been another acquisition yesterday. This time, Twitter Inc. bought the well known online service Smyte. Smyte... - It's high time we find alternatives to centralized platforms like Youtube, Patreon and Twitter (27 Jan 2018)
The other day, I was listening to this Linux Unplugged podcast when I realized to what extent we have been locked in by the so-called “platforms” already. Only few days ago, Google started blocking some of Amazon’s videos on Youtube only because Amazon refused to sell Nest Cams and Chromecasts...