The Programmer’s Fulcrum 10 July, 2026

This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno […]

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How C++20 improved the for-loop syntax

Here’s a small piece of syntactic sugar I just discovered from C++20.
https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/cpp-for-range-init/

#IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #Blog #TechTips #Programming #Cpp #CPlusPlus

How C++20 improved the for-loop syntax Here’s a small piece of syntactic sugar I just discovered from C++20. lzon.ca/posts/tips/c... #IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #Blog #TechTips #Programming #Cpp #CPlusPlus

did you know we have a newsletter archive??? you can read all previous editions of our email newsletter, all hosted on a fun little cowsite! issue 1 is an introduction to cowsites and the old web, and issue 2 is on artists vs the web 2.0. give it a read! newsletter.cowsite.net #cowsites #newsletter #oldweb #indieweb

@IpassBy this is an old idea that you publish first on your site them syndicate out, it's the bases of the #indieweb and a core idea of the #OMN

"Content may be used, provided it remains aligned with the objective and includes a clear reference to method-M as the original source."

HyperTexting Wants to Turn the Open Web Into Your Next Social Feed HyperTexting aggregates websites, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts into one feed. #SocialMedia #IndieWeb #ContentAggregation #WebPublishing #Startups https://wellfunded.news/articles/hypertexting-open-web-scrollable-social-feed

Question for the #smallweb and #indieweb communities.

Do you believe that #craigslist counts as an alternative to Facebook marketplace?

Most useful takeaway: best ai video generator 2026 depends on use case, not flashiest demo. If I’m making short-form clips, I should prioritize speed, edit control, and workflow fit over wow factor. I also compare tools like Runway against actual output needs, not promo videos. https://toolstackscout.com/ai-tools/best-ai-video-generator-2026/ #AIvideo #indieweb #AITools

Promoting HWC Edinburgh

Can't remember the last time I launched a game only to immediately close it and go write instead. Am I a blogger now??

Week notes are up, a whole day earlier than usual :surprised_pikachu:

https://msfjarvis.dev/weeknotes/week-28-2026/

#weeknotes #indieweb #blogging

Building MarketSquad is a bet on founder autonomy. Most "AI marketing" tools want to take over your ad spend and broadcast voice. We want the opposite: you stay in control, we handle the work. Budget caps. Kill switch. No surprises. That's it. The whole philosophy. marketsquad.app #IndieWeb #WebOwnership #MarketingAutomation

I've just posted the 100th quote to my site.
My primary goal for these is to be displayed in the 'Quote of the Day' widget
on my homepage, but you can see the full list here.

https://lzon.ca/quotes

There's also an RSS feed if you want to be updated when I add more.

#IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #RSS #Blog #Quotes

Spent more time navel gazing instead of writing actual things on my website and made:
https://abhinavsarkar.net/site-graph/
https://abhinavsarkar.net/stats/

#indieweb

I've just posted the 100th quote to my site. My primary goal for these is to be displayed in the 'Quote of the Day' widget on my homepage, but you can see the full list here. lzon.ca/quotes There's an RSS feed if you want to be updated when I add more. #IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #RSS #Blog #Quotes
Spent more time navel gazing instead of writing actual things on my website and made: https://abhinavsarkar.net/site-graph/ https://abhinavsarkar.net/stats/ #indieweb
I have a website now on the indie web! #indieweb #neocities townpaintedpink.neocities.org

Link Tree? How about a Pan-tree?

One of the easiest things to create for yourself is a “Link in Bio” page. This time, I do it with Pandoc.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-10.html

#PlainText #IndieWeb #Pandoc

Most useful takeaway: I’d start with Runway if I need free AI text-to-video fast. It looks like best fit for many creators who want quick results without digging through dozens of tools. I broke down options here: https://toolstackscout.com/ai-tools/best-free-ai-text-to-video-generators-2026/ #AItools #texttovideo #indieweb