Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Here's my summary of why websites are offline right now, and why nerds are laughing at the number 4.

I've attempted to explain the jargon in use, so those interested but not working in tech have a chance at understanding what's going on.

https://natgray.co.uk/blog/why-websites-are-offline-and-nerds-are-laughing-at-the-number-4/

New commission!

"Is this a Dragon? Is this a Kobold?! Who cares, she's cute, look at her!! 💜"

Made by the lovely Niccy!! ✨

#dragon #kobold #commission

the main thing that's good about the web as a medium, imo, is that you can just chuck something into a directory and then it will appear in web browsers around the world. you can edit the file and hit save and refresh. the magic that you feel is the core of the entire thing. and as far as i've seen, Web Development, as a discipline, has focused for the last few decades on systematically destroying that magic

Seems like a good day to remind people that blaming tools that have been maintained by underpaid devs or volunteers or with little to no support for decades - or worse, blaming those underpaid devs or volunteers - without assigning any responsibility or culpability whatsoever to the negligence of companies that have made millions or billions or hundreds of billions of dollars off the backs of those underpaid devs or volunteers' work is picking a side.