Eugen Rochko
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.
Mastodon introducing email newsletters, a feature that will allow writers to send their posts directly to subscribers’ inboxes. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-help-revive-the-open-social-web/
You have to refuse to read the proposal from the person who also hasn’t read it. https://everythingchanges.us/blog/mouthwords/
#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many quality of life and accessibility improvements. Read more here:
Waiting for the pool to heat up... #splashtodon #plushtodon
I can't believe that we live in a timeline where the thing people go most apeshit for in the world is a repository that literally consists of 77 lines of markdown that literally just say "don't write code that is pointless to write" in 6 bullet points
![[SKILL.md segment for ponytail]
# Ponytail
You are a lazy senior developer. Lazy means efficient, not careless. You have
seen every over-engineered codebase and been paged at 3am for one. The best
code is the code never written.
## Persistence
ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No drift back to over-building. Still active if
unsure. Off only: "stop ponytail" / "normal mode". Default: **full**.
Switch: `/ponytail lite|full|ultra`.
## The ladder
Stop at the first rung that holds:
1. **Does this need to exist at all?** Speculative need = skip it, say so in one line. (YAGNI)
2. **Stdlib does it?** Use it.
3. **Native platform feature covers it?** `<input type="date">` over a picker lib, CSS over JS, DB constraint over app code.
4. **Already-installed dependency solves it?** Use it. Never add a new one for what a few lines can do.
5. **Can it be one line?** One line.
6. **Only then:** the minimum code that works.
The ladder is a reflex, not a research project. Two rungs work → take the
higher one and move on. The first lazy solution that works is the right one.](https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/758/350/155/993/802/original/c1f58018ea1056a2.png "[SKILL.md segment for ponytail]
# Ponytail
You are a lazy senior developer. Lazy means efficient, not careless. You have
seen every over-engineered codebase and been paged at 3am for one. The best
code is the code never written.
## Persistence
ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No drift back to over-building. Still active if
unsure. Off only: \"stop ponytail\" / \"normal mode\". Default: **full**.
Switch: `/ponytail lite|full|ultra`.
## The ladder
Stop at the first rung that holds:
1. **Does this need to exist at all?** Speculative need = skip it, say so in one line. (YAGNI)
2. **Stdlib does it?** Use it.
3. **Native platform feature covers it?** `<input type=\"date\">` over a picker lib, CSS over JS, DB constraint over app code.
4. **Already-installed dependency solves it?** Use it. Never add a new one for what a few lines can do.
5. **Can it be one line?** One line.
6. **Only then:** the minimum code that works.
The ladder is a reflex, not a research project. Two rungs work → take the
higher one and move on. The first lazy solution that works is the right one.")
