Simon Weber

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

We’ve spent the past year running the Recurse Center in RC Together, a virtual space to help people feel connected and collaborate.

Today, we’re opening up private beta access so other groups can try it out!

https://t.co/6Enufyr1al

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[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@yasoobkhalid Hi! Growth has been pretty slow; we're still in the low thousands. I'd love to reach the size of The Listserve someday!

[Kleroteria @JoinKleroteria]

Kleroteria is now open source! https://t.co/sf3EiktPMB

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@Preflight01 possible you have lag in your stream but not in your monitor? sounds like the keys are sometimes behind the computer's audio, eg with https://t.co/jHiKUvyw05

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

First new project of 2020! Opsgrid is a free server monitoring service that stores your metrics in Google Sheets. More about it at https://t.co/CsjTKBth3o

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

What would you ask a community of 1,700 nice programmers? Answers may be published in future issues of Still Computing! https://t.co/lFgFcSW7pG

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

In case you missed it: We've made all our remaining batches in 2020 remote-friendly.

You can now attend RC and become a lifelong member of the community no matter where you live.

Learn more: https://t.co/r2Azel4ND4

(Please retweet to help spread the word!)

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

If you'd like to attend RC online and join our community of kind, thoughtful programmers, our first ever remote batch begins on March 30th!

You can apply to Spring 2 or Mini 3 here: https://t.co/RYzhkES177

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Caption this cartoon by Aidan Holloway-Bidwell! Submit your captions by 5pm tomorrow for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to your local bookstore. Send your entries to [email protected] with CAPTION in the subject line.

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Today's Joy of Computing: An autoresponder for Hangouts to use while you're on vacation, or for accounts you don't use often, by @simonmweber.

https://t.co/xAFa5Ux7c2
https://t.co/mnNHQm0gXM
https://t.co/K644qjMWH7

[David Cramer @zeeg]

Sentry has committed to contributing $100,000 to open source in 2020 https://t.co/6BphS2i7bk

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

"For the longest time I was involved in a loose collective of people whose only binding element was the shared desire to disrupt online scammers." -- last week's fascinating Kleroteria post is now available publicly! https://t.co/CK7cBWDmFd

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

📢 We offer grants of up to $7,000 to folks from groups that are underrepresented in programming who do a batch at RC. Tell your friends! https://t.co/tFBDFL8942

💻 RC is free for everyone: our grants cover living/travel expenses that would prevent someone from attending.

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

TIL there's a .weber gTLD, meaning it's technically possible for me to own the domain https://t.co/M7JxuZgtgz. Unfortunately, it would require taking over a multi-billion dollar international construction company: https://t.co/ySD5LZNgOa

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

I finally got around to open sourcing my NYC Parks & Rec closure alert site: https://t.co/o9m83RvYnx

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@ZachWeiner I expected to have to recommend Open Borders to the NYPL, but they've already got 26 copies and a queue of 16 holds!

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@maltzj @scott_triglia [email protected] is fine

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@maltzj I'm not very familiar with the python backend part of it, just the js part that's in Autoplaylists. I can take a look tomorrow and see what I remember; shoot me an email so I don't forget to do it

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@mrbrianfirenzi "Nicolas Cage on his legacy, his philosophy of acting and his metaphorical — and literal — search for the Holy Grail": https://t.co/CfWNdwRVzH

[Simon Weber @simonmweber]

@mrbrianfirenzi I thought the quote-off was surprisingly poignant