Matej Ľach ✅ @MatejLach@social.matej-lach.me

I decided to start sharing parts of #fediQuest as they become mature.

Today, I am releasing a #Golang library for decoding ActivityStreams 2.0 objects into native Go objects and also for encoding Go objects into ActivityStreams 2.0 JSON objects.

Repo: https://github.com/MatejLach/astreams

The usage is your typical Go Marshal/Unmarshal, (see tests for examples).

The license is copyleft (AGPLv3).

Your feedback (and a star) are welcome :-)

It already means that GTK4 will be ready for phones, which is huge, I don't necessarily see Samsung jumping on this anytime soon, but a Raspberry Pi 5 sold as an official phone kit w/ case, modem, screen all included similar to their desktop kits, getting into schools, on TV and into magazines, offering compelling performance at an affordable price...maybe even #Huawei jumping in with super polished hardware now that they're locked out of the #Google ecosystem?

The future looks interesting...

Yes, the #Librem5 doesn't have have modern hardware, yes, it's expensive for now & yes, Purism has made missteps along the way, but I am still eagerly waiting for mine, because it's been 12 years since the original iPhone and I'd say that's enough of a head start for proprietary software. Once there's real hardware to target, free software will catch up quickly & that will make hardware OEMs consider it, springing up more compelling hardware, eventually, but for now we can't be very HW picky.

People are understandably upset about #Microsoft removing the option to not sign in into their cloud if you' happen to install #Windows while connected to the internet, but sadly and somewhat predictably, I see a lot of commenters making excuses for why they still cannot switch to #Linux, non working WiFI, audio - things not valid for a decade - instead people seem to be looking at #Apple.

#Apple that increasingly relies on services, lets contractors listen in on Siri conversations etc.

Am reminded of the recent Apple piece attacking Project Zero for exposing iOS flaws.

Might've been a better idea not to say anything if THIS is what they're going to come out with.

"It’s not about the $100,000, it’s about decisions we’ve made to engage the government." [because future contracts would be worth far more?]

"that’s the decision that we made as a leadership team" [so shut up about it, worker bees?]

"I certainly don’t want to be viewed as I’m taking a strong stand in support of ICE" [He'd rather just support them without being noticed?]

Regardless of what one things about the actual issue, this is a terrible writing style for a CEO.

So Chef's CEO has published a blog post regarding the current controversy re their U.S. Gov contracts & honestly it's among the worst attempts at a positive spin I've ever seen,

"For some portion of the community, and some portion of our company, this is a super, super-charged lightning rod..." [but not him?]

"I think our challenge as leadership right now is how do we collectively navigate through times like this" [so that we don't face backslash?]