I’m Saahbs aka Mike Sabala. This here is my very own corner of the internet, free of external control and published without any warranty.
My Motto:
“Endorse your beliefs, not people or organizations which align (at the moment) with them, while remembering that ends do not justify the means”.
Quotes:
- “Less is more” – Mies van der Rohe
- “Keep it simple stupid” – Kelly Johnson
- “Measure trice, cut once” – proverb
- “shoveling bits in data mines in the dim light of burning midnight oil” – saahbs’ work
Most Recent Content:

Three federated social media protocols are vying for users. They are ActivityPub (Mastodon), ATproto (Bluesky) and Nostr.
Nostr is the simplest with best data ownership story, ATproto is most sophisticated and scalable, while ActivityPub is most mature, but also most complex.
I explore and think about their approaches, features and limitations from the point of view of an individual user considering sharing one’s own content.
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The filament spool roller on FLSUN SR 3d-printer (their base-model) is nothing more than a simple metal tray against which the spool will loudly overcome the friction and skid around.
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