Kyle Phillips

Building backend philosopher, self-hoster of everything
Open-source software dev & infrastructure engineer

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

Linear raised the bar for issue tracking.
Obsidian raised the bar for personal knowledge.
Zed raised the bar for fast collaborative tools.

I’m building Nosdesk with that same obsession for helpdesk and project teams.

Fast, collaborative, self-hostable, Rust-powered.
https://t.co/0Fi9UMvMWm

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@kyrsive Yeah, I’d rather not have people over 30+ made by electronica

[Tom Moor @tommoor]

The duality of product decisions

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@LLMJunky @maria_rcks Too many false positives. In my defence I blame the timeline.

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@varien Still think the second Industrial Revolution was ahead of its time, and now you’re pulling off all this

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@tommoor A lot of bad decisions are made with good intentions. Being attached to the intentions that were lost in integration holds you to a higher standard than the implementation ever could.

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough. But don’t let good enough be the ceiling that limits your potential.

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

I’m working on getting the hosted version online, but if you can’t wait for the free trial, have a go at spinning up the docker image!
https://t.co/3nEJStWSyA

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

Nosdesk is moving fast! Multiple patch releases this week (up to 1.0.10), closing security gaps, improved email reliability, and tenant isolation. From 1.0.0 stable to production-hardened in a few days. Anyone self hosting the open-source helpdesk that actually ships?

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

If you don’t want to do something cool for the login page – why not?

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@RavenKwok Reminds me of Aboriginal desert dot paintings. Looks amazing!

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@kepano @obsdmd The steak video is fitting considering how hard you’re cooking with this one

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

No model, not even Mythos, can compensate for bad taste. Great software stems from strong foundational intent.

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@ankkala Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft was a great read about this. When the craft is replaced by abstractions, you lose something real through the process. At least some of us are still trying to build things the workshop way!

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

I can't imagine ever going back to using Docker Desktop after using Orbstack, and don't know why I didn't try it sooner.

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@oprydai Depends if the way you work with data is more like an art form, or a more structured methodological practice.

[kache @yacineMTB]

if something needs to be done, and it isn't getting done by others, it's probably because it's not easy to do & not worth their time. find out why it's not easy, by doing it yourself, and then make it easy to do

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@aksjshjsjs @luciascarlet https://t.co/ns5Lh5Qppz

[† lucia scarlet 🩸 @luciascarlet]

@JustDeeevin 3 layers of glow with increasing blur radii to simulate exponential falloff, with the larger layers using more saturated colours so that the text appears vibrant and saturated despite being a very light shade

it simulates how bright light sources behave on cameras and to our eye

[Kyle Phillips @kylephillips]

@aksjshjsjs @luciascarlet Multiple layered blurs with exponential radius/intensity falloff to simulate the bloom effect from light entering our retina.