Rowan Merewood

Rowan Merewood

@rowan.fyi

It's rowan.fyi #DevRel with #Chrome at #Google We should improve the web somewhat. 🦣 mastodon.social/@rowan_m 🐙 github.com/rowan-m 👔 linkedin.com/in/rowanmerewood 🧵 threads.com/@rowan_m

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Google Open Source
@opensource.google

"This blog is about celebrating that friendship" with open source developers. That was our first post in Feb 2008. Today, all 1,557 posts (2008–2026) live in the Atmosphere as verified @standard.site records: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2008/02/welcome-to-google-open-source-blog.html

opensource.googleblog.comWelcome to the Google Open Source BlogPosted by Chris DiBona, Open Source Team Three years and some 320 posts ago, we launched the code.google.com blog with a post detailing (with too m...

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Sam Goto
@sgo.to

I'm going to be hosting a session at TPAC next week in Dublin to have an open discussions on how browsers could help with atproto, activitypub, lws, indieweb, more specifically with identity! www.w3.org/events/meeti... I'd love to see you all represented there, remotely or in person!

w3.org26 October 2026 | Open-World FedCM for Decentralized Social Networks | CalendarThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.
Sam Goto@sgo.to

@thisismissem.social @divy.zone and I recently went through an exploration of how the browser can help you login to websites with atproto accounts. We recently presented to the FedID CG and here is a sneak peek in case you couldn't join! This is early but we'd love your input before we go too far!

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Partially a reminder to me to go look at the code, but maybe some Bluesky team peeps see this too... would the Email Verification origin trial be a valid experiment to run on `bsky.social`? developer.chrome.com/docs/identit...

developer.chrome.comEmail Verification  |  Identity  |  Chrome for DevelopersVerify that a user owns an email address directly in the browser with their email provider, without interrupting their flow.
Ben Werdmuller@werd.io

Truly wish Bluesky MFA offered TOTP, passkeys, or basically anything other than a code in your email.

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Theo Sanderson
@theo.io

Londoners! I've made a website that discovers everything going on in the physical world of London (talks, exhibitions, gigs, plays, etc.) and finds stuff it thinks you'll like. You teach it your interests by swiping events left or right. Decent recs after ~100 swipes. Check out realworld.events!

realworld.eventsrealworld.events: what’s on in London, picked for youSwipe through London’s upcoming events: right if it’s your kind of thing, left if not, and the deck learns your taste. Filter by date, evening, area and type.

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Stephen Judkins
@stephenjudkins.bsky.social

The Bob's Burgers illustrators love accurate buildings and infrastructure, down to the framing, plumbing, wiring. The boiler has an expansion tank. The power poles have transformers wired up just like they should be. There's a gas meter in the alley. The under-sink plumbing is detailed and correct

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ATProto London • Bluesky social events in London, UK
@atproto.london

Our autumn event will be on Monday, 9 November at Newspeak House in Shoreditch. So far we have @aendra.com talking about her @moji.blue project; if you'd like to do a 10-15 minute talk at our event, please get in touch! luma.com/f86ebld5

luma.comATProto London November · LumaCurious about how Bluesky is different from other social network websites? Interested in building cool stuff using atproto, the underlying technology powering…
Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Oh no. I love this and am seriously considering adding it on my site.

Bramus@bram.us

Remember Internet Explorer’s “Page Transitions”? Well, they’re back, thanks to the View Transition API! → Blog post: brm.us/page-transit... → Demo site: page-transitions.style The project leverages IE’s meta tags so browser support is not limited to Modern Browsers™ but also includes IE 5.5–8.0 😆

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

When you accidentally tell the AI building your slides to "eff off".

Kevin Beaumont@doublepulsar.com

Well done to the person in charge of Surface for doing a presentation where Surface wasn’t spelled correctly.

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Kaptajnen
@kaptajnen.bsky.social

In today's #Doom news, here is a new #homebrew port for the #Vectrex made by "Jason Kopp" Made possible with the "Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2" it pulls off a very impressive, smooth and fast-paced vector version of the iconic FPS youtu.be/pDJuGPmYWis #gaming #retrogaming #mod #retrogames #wad

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Plus you get this much cleaner diagram for sharing, as people kept sharing my original informative, yet sinfully ugly, developer-focused sequence diagram before.

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Challenging myself to cook too many roast potatoes as I have never seen a shred of compelling evidence, anecdotes, or even whispered rumours that such a thing is even possible.

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Ladies, gentleman, and developers - lunch is over and there are still potatoes. We have not hit dinner yet though.

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

No one is hungry for dinner. We have left-over potatoes! 🥔🤯🥔 I have never seen this before. The end times are upon us.

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

Getting into the latest #SlowHorses and I love the recurring theme that River Cartwright is just a chronically awful spy. Genuinely causes more problems than he solves.

Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi

And with some late night bug fixing, #Nimbye correctly handles accounts with a different PDA or App view, e.g. Blacksky. Thank you @elvedin.officialawesome.com ! Now to see if I can speed up that sync process even more...

Rowan Merewood@rowan.fyi

Always check your project name before launch! Anyway, ByeSky (at least my instance) is now #Nimbye. Same functionality, better pun, 100% fewer naming conflicts, and hopefully not offensive. 🤞 (Also my first solid use of @atproto.com `api` + `oauth-client-browser` for a real app!)

nimbye.web.appNimbye — Clean up who you follow on BlueskySpot inactive, muted, or one-way Bluesky accounts. Score by real interactions, lock favourites, and unfollow in bulk.

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Sanho Tree
@sanho.bsky.social

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

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London Web Standards
@londonwebstandards.org

There are still tickets available for this

London Web Standards@londonwebstandards.org

This Thursday we partner with our friends from @open-web-advocacy.org Get your tickets to join the conversation/fight for a fairer web londonwebstandards.org/events/lws-o...

londonwebstandards.orgMeet Open Web Advocacy | London Web StandardsMeet the contributors from Open Web Advocacy, there will be a few talks by their members giving updates on the work they are doing to help make the web a better place for all.

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Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.co

I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood.