“due to bad experiences, I don’t work with scammers. I don’t want scammers to contact me.”
“but how do you know they’re scammers? what if the scammer does good work?”
every #foss discussion right now.
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product designer who codes.
I design and build software.
both how it looks, and how it works.
🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help #FOSS projects with design: https://github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱
been doing design in #OpenSource like #GNOME, #Pidgin, #Intel, #RedHat, #Xamarin, #VSCode and more for 2 decades.
enjoy creating #PixelArt #RetroGames for #GameBoy / #NES.
🍵 green tea lover
📷 lazy film photographer
🌌 #aurora chaser
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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is #flathub being slow publishing updated builds today?
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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1d ago
broke my own rule of not creating new bash scripts and instantly regretting it.
spending more time debugging the script than I was supposed to save creating a release... just going to write up the steps in a text file.
doing fast frictionless releases is dangerous anyway. it's good to slow down. 🌱
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Ok, libadwaita 1.9 released. Read the blog post for details: https://nyaa.place/blog/libadwaita-1-9/
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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3d ago
@alice awesome. great update!
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Mar 06, 2026
“It’s the most visible rejection of care in software: People proudly saying how much the software they work on is “vibe coded” or “written by Claude””
“It’s like a chef loudly stating that they didn’t even taste the menu they now want you to pay 200 EUR for.”
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
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Mar 03, 2026
hey everyone,
you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…
also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.
I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:
- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for #Linux / #GNOME
- ✏️ provide free #design support to #OpenSource projects
if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?
thank you. :)
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 26, 2026
the process is the point. ❤️
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 24, 2026
only been back to GNOME full-time for about 2 months and whenever I open my MacBook it's jarring...
nothing is polished anymore. everything is a bit ugh. and I haven't even upgraded to the latest macOS yet.
times have changed. designers use #Linux.
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 24, 2026
so done with all the plastic shit. I'm throwing it all out. literally every week there's a report about how bad the stuff is.
the hippies were right.
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 24, 2026
RE: @rebane2001@infosec.exchange
“HTML/CSS is not real programming”
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 22, 2026
#GitHub sticking two fingers in its ears and going LALALALALALALA
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 21, 2026
what?! I was near the end!
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 21, 2026
the days are just a little bit longer now and it’s less cloudy and my mood and motivation is infinitely better. ☀️
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 20, 2026
got my first AI slop PR and it feels so so much dirtier than I thought it would be. fuming. 😡
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product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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@hbons@mastodon.social
product designer who codes. I design and build software. both how it looks, and how it works. 🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help # FOSS projects with design: https:// github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱 been doing design in # OpenSource like # GNOME , # Pidgin , # Intel , # RedHat , # Xamarin , # VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating # PixelArt # RetroGames for # GameBoy / # NES . 🍵 green tea lover 📷 lazy film photographer 🌌 # aurora chaser # NoAI
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Feb 05, 2026
most of us here have probably been there. great talk by @mirandah@mastodon.social at #fosdem.
"Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together"
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