Cassidy James

he/him

Building open communities and useful, usable tech for good.

@roost.tools community manager @gnome.org director

Previously: partners & community at Endless; co-founder at elementary; UX at System76

Opinions my own (duh). More at blaede.family/@cassidy

Cassidy James

@cassidyjames.com

19h

Hello there!

Cassidy dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi, including a legit blue lightsaber.

The Matrix.org Foundation

@matrix.org

Here's your bumper, news-filled This Week In Matrix!

A look back at The Matrix Conference, looking ahead to #FOSDEM, and... a raft of spec improvements, client app updates, and news stories from elsewhere on the web. Happy weekend! 🚀

#matrix #matrixconf

matrix.org/blog/2026/10...

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

matrix.org

This Week in Matrix 2026-10-30

Cassidy James

@cassidyjames.com

Unfortunately I drank my last Club-Mate that I brought home from the Matrix Conference. Fortunately, I have some ingredients, an open source recipe, a friend with a SodaStream, and the super power of ADHD hyperfocus. 👀

Ingredients lined up on a counter: yerba mate tea, sugar, brown sugar, guarana powder, and citric acid

absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

@absintheofcolor.bsky.social

6mo

So now when you Google your name will this be at the top 🤣

oliver

@eikopf.com

guys it turns out distributed systems are hard who could possibly have known this

Emelia

@thisismissem.social

As an aside, it would be a MASSIVE help have a company willing to help sponsor my work on Client ID Metadata Documents, since we have a large issue backlog and working through them takes a considerable amount of time

AT Protocol, MCP Servers, and more all depend on CIMDs, I'm sure someone can help!

Emelia @thisismissem.social

Just did a monumental issue triage session with @aaronpk.com on Client ID Metadata Documents ahead of IETF 127 in a few weeks.

Please send replies of support because that was a LOT, like, 4 hours of chatting and figuring out changes we need.

hayleigh

@hayleigh.dev

im still looking for contract/part time work if anyone has any leads 🥺👉👈 things are pretty dire these days it seem and finding pt stuff is hard at the best of times

Cassidy James

@cassidyjames.com

Meta renamed their GitHub organization from `facebook` to `meta` without warning, and then someone (hopefully Meta!) registered the `facebook` account. This broke the automatic redirect behavior for repo clones and image pulls. 🤦

CSS by T. Afif

@css-only.dev

💡 CSS Tip!

random() + shape() + confetti = fancy shape explosion 🎉

css-tip.com/shape-confet...

A CSS-only fun (and useless) demo powered by modern features.

Cassidy James

@cassidyjames.com

I finally added pagination and tags to my blog. Only a decade after setting up this iteration of the site. 🫣

Pagination, tags, and an import of my writing from elsewhere

cassidyjames.com

Updates to the Blog

Atmosphere Community

@atmosphere.community

And yes, NEW GOOSE. Introducing Guus/Guusje, created and designed by Johanna from @moat-studio.bsky.social

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Firefox for Web Developers

@webdevs.firefox.com

Scroll-driven animations are newly available in all major engines! Here's how they work:

dame

@dame.is

every major AI lab should be required to use 100% renewable energy, build solar infrastructure, do rigorous environmental impact assessments, and operate at carbon neutral or better

The data center buildout could cause a massive increase in gas prices as companies scramble for limited supplies and infrastructure fails to meet demand.

wired.com

Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks

Cassidy James

@cassidyjames.com

Excellent use of a domain name. No notes.

isitfuckenwimdy.com

Is it fucken wimdy?

Firefox

@firefox.com

Since 2004, this community has helped make Firefox and the open internet possible.

Our “Come Back to Firefox” campaign reunites a few early internet icons to remind people what made the internet special, and why it’s worth protecting.