#developer relations

[andypiper]

Six (and a bit) months on Team Mastodon

What I worked on with Mastodon in 2023.

Back in May, Eugen announced that I’d joined the team at Mastodon gGmbH, to look after Developer Relations. I was helping out in different ways, and getting to know the community across different Fediverse projects, since the start of the year; it was great to be able to spend a small portion of my freelance time working on something that I personally believe in, that I’m excited about, and where…

[shimmershy]

Happy 9th anniversary, Undertale.

You will be important forever and ever and ever.

[egophiliac]

2025 is the year of the DRAGON SLIPPERS

[13personalities]

I need some people to understand that I will absolutely ship two characters who would absolutely never get together in canon simply because I want to. No I don’t think they’re canon nor will I look for subtext that they like each other. In fact, I don’t even want them to be canon. I just like the art and fanfiction man. Like their shippers low-key got something fire going on and I wanna be a part of that. It really isn’t that deep.

[aardvaark]

i love that sophie canonically told eliot, hardison & parker her real name like a decade ago, but now, even when its just them four alone, they still call her sophie. on one hand, that's very sweet and significant - as she tells astrid, sophie is her "real name", sophie devereaux has become real through the important relationships she's had as sophie and the way they've shaped her as a person. on the other hand, i think it would be funny if they're not calling her by the "real name" because they forgor

[httyd-art-requests]

( @yuiayyy ) They know a fellow criminal when they see one

(Not canon to the Toothless in Gravity Falls AU!)

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[myloveonherknees]

@/mothercain. "alternate covers for preachers daughter, shot by my sister delilah" twitter, 18 may 2022.

[oysters-aint-for-me]

tips on refrigerator ownership for the mentally ill

1.) letting food go bad does NOT make you a Bad Person.

2.) it is okay to throw out only one thing at a time. even especially if there are a lot of expired things in there.

3.) give yourself permission to throw out tupperware once in a while.

[insertdisc5]

Does the head housemaiden dye her hair

fu fu fu... YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!!!!! have a doodle i kept secret for the artbook but also: you did activate my trap card

[andypiper]

DevRel in the era of "Community Everywhere"

Last week, I had the pleasure of talking to the Dublin #DevRel Meetup, organised by my friends at Voxgig – all about Developer Relations in the era of “Community Everywhere”. I covered a range of the current and emerging social platforms where we can connect with our communities, and later in the session I talked more specifically about what’s new in Mastodon 4.2. What is “Community Everywhere”?…

[toastydumpster]

"this guy ain't half bad"

[poppy-479]

My "I hate pink" phase was a necessary character development I fear

[beedreamscape]

I know I've mentioned Bolo being cake in Portuguese (and the mispronounced Bola being Ball) but Idk if people know Porco, from Patia's surname, means Pig in Portuguese (and other romantic languages that use it as an alternative word for it) and I wish Marisha had talked more about it, if it was intentional or not.

[butterfly-95]

I think people need to realize that it was sheer luck that they have been born in developed countries with decent living conditions, away from the threat of war or civil conflicts. It is by pure coincidence at times that you end up being a citizen of a developed country, rather than one with an impoverished population experiencing man-made (because it is man-made in this day and age) famine, diseases that have been long eradicated or war (be it a civil conflict or due to selfish interests of developed nations who profit from these, at the cost of civilian lives). You could have been born into these conditions.

The point is: NO ONE should ever be made to witness the horrors of war, famine, poverty, disease or any other trauma inducing situation in which they have no free will or say about its outcome.

[laurellala-comics]

Finally pinning down a design for Miles Edgeworth, my terrible loser man who I adore. I did some color tests too.

Also sharing my personal mental notes that help me stay consistent with him in case people find them amusing xoxo

The hair vents must be aerodynamic. Jutting out over the forehead rather than up is key. Also give him a hairline pretty please

Some part of his face should be wrinkled in disgust. It is a big deal when his face softens so do so SPARINGLY!

He is pointy but not in a willowy way. He's very solid/squared. Less triangle more pentagon

It is better for expressions to tuck his bangs back, otherwise they cover up his side view. Let bangs get messier as he loses his cool for dramatic affect tho

Swoop his bangs to mimic his cravat ruffles. We are playing 4d chess with shape language here

While drawing Miles ask yourself: does his face look punchable? If the answer is no, you are doing something wrong

Words to guide his expressions: judgemental, disgusted, pained, frustrated, and uncomfortable.

Warm him up... stay away from purples unless he's being evil and dramatic. The orange/red end of the spectrum is really fun and lets you get away with a browner grey for the hair

He can be a little sassy. As a treat.