Wondering what Mastodon is all about? More importantly, what does it offer Python developers and other open source folks compared to Twitter? There is a huge amount of interest in the tech community about what's happening at Twitter and whether they should expand to or even move to a new location. So I decided to put together a set of experienced Python developers who have been Mastodon inhabitants for a long time to discuss what this unexpected shift means for one of our important online watering holes. 
 

 
On this episode you'll meet Gina Häußge, Simon Willison, and Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez. We're going to have a great time talking about the technology and the culture of Mastodon from this Python perspective. 
 
Links from the show 
 
<div>Gina on Mastodon: <a href="https://chaos.social/@foosel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chaos.social/@foosel</a> 
Juan on Mastodon: <a href="https://social.juanlu.space/@astrojuanlu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social.juanlu.space/@astrojuanlu</a> 
Simon on Mastodon: <a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">simonwillison.net/@simon</a> 
Michael on Mastodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fosstodon.org/@mkennedy</a> 
Talk Python on Mastodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@talkpython" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fosstodon.org/@talkpython</a> 
Mastodon: <a href="https://joinmastodon.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joinmastodon.org</a> 
Fosstodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fosstodon.org</a> 
Mastodon is just blogs article: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/8/mastodon-is-just-blogs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">simonwillison.net</a> 
C-Suite Folks Resign at Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1590724257608134657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitter.com</a> 
The Importance of Choosing the Correct Mastodon Instance: <a href="https://carlchenet.com/the-importance-of-choosing-the-correct-mastodon-instance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carlchenet.com</a> 
Wizard to choose your instance: <a href="https://instances.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">instances.social</a> 
Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">technologyreview.com</a> 
Dealing with unwanted content: <a href="https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">docs.joinmastodon.org</a> 
Twitter poll on moving to Mastodon: <a href="https://twitter.com/mkennedy/status/1590783881187577857" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitter.com</a> 
Toot package: <a href="https://pypi.org/project/toot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pypi.org</a> 
Takahe server: <a href="https://github.com/andrewgodwin/takahe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">github.com</a> 
Validating your Github account on your Mastodon profile: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@shanselman/109317379036473093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mastodon.social</a> 
Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/11/1063162/twitters-imminent-collapse-could-wipe-out-vast-records-of-recent-human-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">technologyreview.com</a> 
Simon's Streaming API: <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/bac2bfb7973832d97d7b023898eae885" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gist.github.com</a> 
Mastodon 4.0 is out (day after recording): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/109344018834782353" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mastodon.social</a> 
Watch this episode on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBfMoR3bvI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youtube.com</a> 
Episode transcripts: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/390/mastodon-for-python-devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talkpython.fm</a> 
 
--- Stay in touch with us --- 
Subscribe to us on YouTube: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/youtube" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youtube.com</a> 
Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@talkpython" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talkpython</a> 
Follow Michael on Mastodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@mkennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mkennedy</a> </div> 
Sponsors 
<a href='https://talkpython.fm/awsinsiders'>AWS Insiders</a>
<a href='https://talkpython.fm/foundershub'>Microsoft</a>
<a href='https://talkpython.fm/assemblyai'>AssemblyAI</a>
<a href='https://talkpython.fm/training'>Talk Python Training</a>

Podurama

Home

Trending

Personal

Your Podcasts

New Episodes

My Files

Favourite Episodes

Tags (Folders)

Recently Played

Bookmarks

Followed Playlists

#390: Mastodon for Python Devs

Talk Python To Me