ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Machine knitting: the life and death of dishcloth chattie
I made this test-version of a chattie hat, learned some lessons, and decided I was ready to try a "real" one for producer Amy. I have this pretty-weird cotton-blend yarn that I got from Fab Scrap some months ago. It's green, it's got slubs, some kind of elastic core may...
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Good lord, also QOTD
Another person was killed today in Minneapolis by agents of the United States government. As an older person I have a hard time with blanket slogans. But the thing we call “ICE:” United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement not doing a good job: it kills people and kidnaps. Started in 2003. End it NOW. Tell...
More winter storm prep today. Groceries. Went to my mom’s house too to wrap pipes, drip facets, turn the heat up. 😞 I’m sure this is all a foreign concept for folks in the north… Here in central Texas our infrastructure is just not ready for crazy cold. ❄️
A new home page for the Scripting News podcast. Nice to get this one off the big todo list.
This week
This has been a busy week!
Earlier in the week, I attended my first EdinburghJS Meetup, at which I met many wonderful people. As always, I am a bit nervous before going to events. What if I can’t find the location? What will I say? Those fears usually leave my system after a...
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Started the day with a Balboa Park walk and later an OB session (windy)
I've been following Bluesky since inception, even tried developing for it and found it was nothing new with its 300 character limit, no links, titles, etc. Basically you can build the same apps for Bluesky that we were able to develop for Twitter. I've also been following Le...
My first rule of platforms: "People don't listen to their friends, they listen to their competitors." I thought that rule was pretty new, but it actually appears in a 1996 blog post.
Reading The Morrigan by Kim Curran.
Reading The Morrigan by Kim Curran.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Notable links: Jan 24, 2026
What does the future of engineering look like? And more.
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Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm
"Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered."
Watched: Disneyland Handcrafted. Some great early construction footage. 🍿
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
The Five Levels: from Spicy Autocomplete to the Software Factory
"I’ve now seen dozens of companies struggling to put AI to work writing code, and each one has moved through five clear tiers of automation. That felt familiar."
This Week in the IndieWeb
January 16-23, 2026
Recent Events
From events.indieweb.org/archive:
Homebrew Website Club - Düsseldorf/Germany
Thursday, January 22 at 6:00pm
DÜSSELDORF, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Xafé im KAP1 Bibliothekscafé
Homebrew Website Club (HWC) Düsseldorf is an in-person meeting for ev...
Just watched Darkest Hour, a biopic of Winston Churchill, as he became prime minister and had to decide whether to surrender or fight Mr Hitler as they called him. I had seen it of course when it came out, but it's especially appropriate to our times. I'm glad the NATO's are resisting the US. We have to all work together to keep democracy alive, not just in our own countries, but around the world. If ever there was a time when working together mattered more than it does today, I sure can't think of it.
For Micro.blog this year, we want to highlight more long-form blog posts. The kind of posts that are worth setting aside a few minutes to read, not just a quick skim. Ever come across a post you love? Drop the URL in this new slow reads submission form. 🐢
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
