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Mike Skoe<p>Today it is not that interesting which library to use in 2025. It is much more intriguing which library to use in 2015</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grumbling</span></a></p>
Mariusz Felisiak<p>Django tip: Before you waste unreasonable amount of time trying to fix a potential &quot;race condition&quot; 🏎️ 🧱 in your async code, check that you&#39;re not calling save() without update_fields which could undo all your hard work 🤦 💂 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/django" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>django</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grumbling</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tip</span></a></p>
Tatjana Scheffler<p>One of the worst parts of grant based funding causing huge inefficiencies is that it keeps scientists busy with financial administration work: calculating personnel costs, projecting pay rises, applying for rebooking money from one account or one year to another... 💸 💰 None of us actually have training in this <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grantFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grantFunding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grumbling</span></a></p>
FediThing 🏳️‍🌈<p>Why is the share icon on mobile apps an icon that isn't in any standard font sets? It makes it really difficult to include in text guides for helping non-techy people.</p><p>Also impossible to refer to it in a text post.</p><p>⋯ and ☰ are available in fonts but not the share icon.</p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grumbling</span></a></p>
FediThing 🏳️‍🌈<p>People used to dance Conga lines in the 1940s and 1950s to tunes like this:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwaWhOUpYk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwaWhOUpY</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>...and it's derived from older traditional music from Cuba and ultimately Africa.</p><p>So why is it that when you try to find music for conga lines now, it is totally different 1980s pop tracks by Gloria Estefan or Black Lace? 🤔 They're not even suited to dancing in long lines, the Estefan version is way too fast, yet there are people trying to use Estefan's music for the older dance.</p><p>It's weird how revisionist pop culture can be, it's like the original music has been wiped from existence.</p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Conga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conga</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grumbling</span></a></p>
SmolSelkie<p>I'm salty that DMs are like impossible to figure out on the Tusky app? Like wtf. <a href="https://kcmo.social/tags/Grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grumbling</span></a></p>
P.D. Magnus<p>The inability to Quote Toot might reduce toxic pile-ons, but it also means that there isn't an easy way to distinguish Boosting one great post from Boosting a post that's part of a great thread. Even just a button that Boosts with the added signal "Read the Whole Thread" would do the trick. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotetoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotetoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grumbling</span></a></p>
🗑<p>Playstore à la $@!*$ qui te sors le truc en Allemand (?) sans pouvoir changer </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/grumbling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grumbling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/osef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osef</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a></p>