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The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 06 February, 2026

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Welcome to this week’s The Programmer’s Fulcrum.

It’s your weekly review of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening […]

https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-06-february-2026/

#ActivityPub #ATProto #Bonfire #CSS #DrupalCMS #fediverse #firefox #Ghost #Gutenberg #Holos #HTML #HTMX #javascript #Krita #LibreOffice #Linux #Mastodon #Mozilla #Nextcloud #OMN #OpenProject #OpenProject #Scribus #signal #WebComponents #WordPress #xWiki

The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 06 February, 2026

This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum.

Welcome to this week’s The Programmer’s Fulcrum.

It’s your weekly review of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening […]

https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-06-february-2026/

#ActivityPub #ATProto #Bonfire #CSS #DrupalCMS #fediverse #firefox #Ghost #Gutenberg #Holos #HTML #HTMX #javascript #Krita #LibreOffice #Linux #Mastodon #Mozilla #Nextcloud #OMN #OpenProject #OpenProject #Scribus #signal #WebComponents #WordPress #xWiki

If anyone has noticed the JavaScript runtime warnings for 'yt-dlp' on a GNU/Linux system, the easiest fix, if you already have 'nodjs' installed, is to create the following file...

"~/.yt-dlp/config.txt"

...with the following contents...

--js-runtimes node --remote-components ejs:github

And yes, it starts with "--" and nothing else beforehand. You do not need anything else afterwards either unless you know what you are doing.

#linux #youtube #javascript #nodejs #ytdlp #terminal #commandline

If anyone has noticed the JavaScript runtime warnings for 'yt-dlp' on a GNU/Linux system, the easiest fix, if you already have 'nodjs' installed, is to create the following file...

"~/.yt-dlp/config.txt"

...with the following contents...

--js-runtimes node --remote-components ejs:github

And yes, it starts with "--" and nothing else beforehand. You do not need anything else afterwards either unless you know what you are doing.

#linux #youtube #javascript #nodejs #ytdlp #terminal #commandline

🥳 JavaScript Database (JSDB)¹ version 7.0.0 released

- *Breaking change* JSTable.PERSIST event now uses a parameter object with properties for `type`, `keypath`, `value`, `change`, and `table`. This should make listening for events on your databases much nicer to author. e.g., a snippet from Catalyst² I’m working on:

```js
const settingsTable = db.settings['__table__']
const JSTable = settingsTable.constructor

settingsTable.addListener(JSTable.PERSIST, ({ keypath, value }) => {
switch (keypath) {
case 'servers.serverPoolSize':
console.info('New server pool size requested', value)
this.updateServerPool()
break
// etc.
}
})
```

This new version of JSDB is not in the latest Kitten³ yet as it is a breaking change and I want to make sure I update my sites/apps first if needed. I should have it integrated tomorrow.

To see the simple use case for JSDB in Kitten (the default untyped database that’s easy to get started with and perfect for quick experiments, little sites, etc.), see: https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/persistence/

For a more advanced tutorial for creating your own typed databases in Kitten, see the Database App Modules tutorial: https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/database-app-modules/

For another example, see: https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb/#table-events

Full change log: https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md#7-0-0-2026-02-10

Enjoy!

💕

¹ https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#readme
² https://catalyst.small-web.org
³ https://kitten.small-web.org

#JavaScriptDatabase #JavaScript #appendOnlyLog #JS #JSDB #JSDBUpdates #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Kitten #Catalyst

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Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.

Using the https://thi.ng/units converter with its Lisp-like domain specific language, I can easily compute the following, freely mixing compatible units with complete ease. Using the S-expression DSL is optional. There's also a normal TypeScript/JavaScript API...

```
// weight in kilograms of 48cm x 35cm x 8mm plate
(kg (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass))
// 3.36

// or use a DIN paper size preset
(kg (* (area din_a3) 8mm glass))
// 2.4948

// calculate force
(newton (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass earth_gravity))
32.86191

// calculate PSI (pounds per square inch) of the plate on a smaller area
// here for a 6x4" print area example
(psi (/ (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass earth_gravity) (* 6in 4in)))
// 0.30782

// compare with a simple picture frame
(psi (/ (* 24cm 30cm 2mm glass earth_gravity) (* 6in 4in)))
// 0.03298

// ...the thicker plate causes ~10x more pressure. q.e.d.
```

Maybe someone else finds that useful. The package readme contains a lot more information about possibilities, predefined constants and examples...

#ThingUmbrella #UnitConversion #Physics #TypeScript #JavaScript #DSL #Lisp

Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.

Using the https://thi.ng/units converter with its Lisp-like domain specific language, I can easily compute the following, freely mixing compatible units with complete ease. Using the S-expression DSL is optional. There's also a normal TypeScript/JavaScript API...

```
// weight in kilograms of 48cm x 35cm x 8mm plate
(kg (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass))
// 3.36

// or use a DIN paper size preset
(kg (* (area din_a3) 8mm glass))
// 2.4948

// calculate force
(newton (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass earth_gravity))
32.86191

// calculate PSI (pounds per square inch) of the plate on a smaller area
// here for a 6x4" print area example
(psi (/ (* 48cm 35cm 8mm glass earth_gravity) (* 6in 4in)))
// 0.30782

// compare with a simple picture frame
(psi (/ (* 24cm 30cm 2mm glass earth_gravity) (* 6in 4in)))
// 0.03298

// ...the thicker plate causes ~10x more pressure. q.e.d.
```

Maybe someone else finds that useful. The package readme contains a lot more information about possibilities, predefined constants and examples...

#ThingUmbrella #UnitConversion #Physics #TypeScript #JavaScript #DSL #Lisp

Muito legal essa brincadeira! Pelo que vi ao abrir a página sob proteção de :noScript: e :libreJS:, este ainda reclama do script na linha 46 que não declara qual licença se aplica. 💪😸

Dá pra fazer JavaScript reconhecidamente livre seguindo as instruções de https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html

Problemáticos são alguns frameworks muito difudidos atualmente que, mesmo ainda considerados livres perante quem desenvolve algo com base neles, deixam de incluir as necessárias declarações para o usuário final de quais licenças de software livre se aplicam e dificultam que quem desenvolve sua página faça isso, por gerarem nomes de arquivos aleatórios.

Declarar o licenciamento nos formatos propostos pelo #LibreJS permitiria facilitar a vida de quem faz questão de executar apenas software livre em sua máquina sem precisar cortar absolutamente todo #JavaScript.

A partir deste momento, a qualquer pessoa que acreditar que incluir #JavaScript é inevitável na #Web, recomendo uma visita à página do GNU Guix: https://guix.gnu.org

:guix: Acho que é o sítio da Web mais bem construído absolutamente sem exigir a execução local de qualquer código remoto que me lembro de ter visto. Inspirador!

A propósito, descubra por que desativar JavaScript hoje. :noJS: :noScript:

Holis, si alguien sabe por favor de algun trabajo como desarrollador full-stack o de lo que sea, le pido por favor que me avise, no estoy para nada bien económicamente y necesito conseguir un trabajo urgente...

Stacks y posiciones que manejo:
- MERN (Mongo Express React Node)
- MESN (Mongo Express Svelte Node)
- Python (Django/DRF + React/Svelte)
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
- Webmaster

#fedihire #work #trabajo #empleo #desarrollador #developer #javascript #linux #admin

Holis, si alguien sabe por favor de algun trabajo como desarrollador full-stack o de lo que sea, le pido por favor que me avise, no estoy para nada bien económicamente y necesito conseguir un trabajo urgente...

Stacks y posiciones que manejo:
- MERN (Mongo Express React Node)
- MESN (Mongo Express Svelte Node)
- Python (Django/DRF + React/Svelte)
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
- Webmaster

#fedihire #work #trabajo #empleo #desarrollador #developer #javascript #linux #admin

There is now an up-to-date pandoc-wasm package available on npm.

The credit for this goes to @gws and @johanneswilm thanks a lot!

https://www.npmjs.com/package/pandoc-wasm

#pandoc #wasm #npm #javascript

I wrote another one! I ported my Javascript + WebGPU implementation to Python + wgpu-py, and now I have a desktop app.

And I pushed it to Github. "Share and enjoy!"

https://github.com/kbob/bubble-universe

🧵 7/N

#BubbleUniverse #Javascript #WebGPU #wgpu

I wrote another one! I ported my Javascript + WebGPU implementation to Python + wgpu-py, and now I have a desktop app.

And I pushed it to Github. "Share and enjoy!"

https://github.com/kbob/bubble-universe

🧵 7/N

#BubbleUniverse #Javascript #WebGPU #wgpu

My books on #JavaScript and #TypeScript are free to read online:

– Exploring JavaScript (ES2024 edition)
– Deep JavaScript
– Tackling TypeScript
– Shell scripting with Node.js

Boosts appreciated!

https://exploringjs.com

There is now an up-to-date pandoc-wasm package available on npm.

The credit for this goes to @gws and @johanneswilm thanks a lot!

https://www.npmjs.com/package/pandoc-wasm

#pandoc #wasm #npm #javascript