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Chris van der Loo

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Started a tech company to avoid getting a real job. I code, ski, run, hike, game, and (occasionally) make music. CTO @ 🐟 https://bluefin.one

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Don’t verify Jerry it’ll only make him worse

14.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

tfw your startup is working when 90% of them are supposed to fail

13.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it. Hosting is a great business model. Keeps the tooling free and encourages adoption!

13.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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13.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSomeone on LinkedIn viewed your profile”

<deletes account>

12.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6

Jinxed it

13.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve really loved jj and Zed! I hadn’t used the VCS panel much - I was quite used to just pulling up lazygit pre-jj. So I’m not even sure what an integration would look like that I’d heavily use.

13.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll mention that I’ve been reaching to Copilot more frequently to get PRs going. For low hanging fruit it’s quite nice.

12.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my god. Hire this man now please

12.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rust’s biggest psychological trick is being able to just run β€œcargo run” and in most cases it just goes. I’ve been made a fool of

12.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You guys are getting paid?

11.03.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

not blooskee!!

11.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Astro is an insanely well thought out metaframework. Very diligent on developer experience and minimizing overhead. Great release!

11.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As it turns out, LLMs can’t parse garbage much in the same way that humans can’t parse garbage.

10.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My mom has been doing it for 40 years. The seniority earns you some really good trips. It probably won’t stop being fun 😁

07.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re still on there?

05.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Anirudh!

02.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Boiiiing

01.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m upset that you put β€œStudio Display Won’t Be Updated”, why would you jinx it

28.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going for practicality makes for a better product. A better product is easier to adopt. A network with more adoption is a network that will win.

Nicely put, Paul!

25.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

do it do it do it

25.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s go Andrea! Welcome to Bluesky!

24.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t doubt it. Number of applications we got for a founding engineer role was pretty jaw dropping. It was my whole job for a month or so to sort through them.

23.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like this hiring process. Seems like an effective way to cut through the loads of applications you’ll otherwise receive. Wish more did it like this - someone could tailor and really pick the right roles, as opposed to spray and pray.

23.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🐟 is not a mackerel but congrats I guess

23.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What do you think the status symbol could look like?

23.02.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, I guess the biggest thing would be writing the renderer.

23.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope Bluesky is healthier and happier for you!

23.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

also almost nobody, checking in

21.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For the @standard.site lexicons, I wonder if having a compat layer (like this, or just markdown) would make sense so that if the provider-specific lexicon is not there, there’s a standardized fallback.

20.02.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0