After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there 31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost

Doing ~12M req/mo now on my laravel app - which powers explore.ghost.org (the public front end is very simple, the back end is much more extensive) Still blows my mind how much you can build/manage singlehandedly with a bit of help from Claude and Laravel Cloud

I'm always impressed by just how many people who've never maintained any open source software are so wonderfully generous with their advice about how to do it correctly

Had an amazing time this week speaking at PenpotFest in Madrid - there’s a lot of inspiring work happening in open source design tools these days that gives me a lot of optimism for the future Thanks for having me @penpot.app 🫶

@rmccue.io You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar

it’s amazing (not in a good way) how many books these days are just lengthy accounts of every guest the author has had on their podcast and what each of them said

Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week* The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time

A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox www.lesswrong.com/posts/vidXh2...

Ah I see! It’s not a 12MP crop of a 48MP sensor, it’s a pro fusion telephoto liquid XDR Dynamic Island camera system ultra

One of the easiest ways to spot an AI generated reply, other than em dashes, is the endless use of the phrase: "This isn't [trivial, insignificant thing], it's [important, considered thing]." Stands out like a sore thumb.

I took a couple weeks off, can someone catch me up on the 4years of AI news that happened while I was away? So far I've gathered that we all hate Claude now

Another story hidden between the lines of this one: Publishers on Ghost are earning (multiples) more revenue compared to some other platforms that are endlessly shilling their "game changer growth hacking features" Quality content > Growth hacking

We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈 $36M in revenue from managed hosting $100M in platform revenue for indie publishers The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:

When writing was first invented, it was critiqued as likely to create the “illusion of wisdom” - because people would no longer bother to memorize knowledge. What happens when we invent tools? We adapt, and we evolve.

Single most annoying thing to me about Claude Code is that it consistently does "what it believes you meant, based on what you said" rather than "what you said" Apparently this is a deliberate/intentional feature - but really wish there was a way to disable

my kingdom for a flight booking MCP so I never have to touch an airline website again

this is the future www.theverge.com/news/718286/...

Ghost 6.0 has arrived! An enormous amount of work went into delivering our biggest upgrade yet: 🔥 Networked publishing with ActivityPub 📈 Deeply integrated native analytics 🛠️ Thousands of upgrades and improvements 💸 $100,000,000 earned by indie publishers ghost.org/6/

2.3b tokens for $200 is prob the best money I’ve ever spent tbh

Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.

nobody: logitech: what if your mouse had ChatGPT

If you want 50% off chatgpt plus, just click cancel

Gemini CLI: 1M token context window is nice, but it burns 50% of its context window making mistakes and trying to correct them, so...

"Stop making things up and go research" is starting to become my most common response to ChatGPT 4o It almost never invokes in web search by itself these days if I don't remember to explicitly toggle it on

In this latest episode of #dotsocial I have an inspiring conversation with @johnonolan.bsky.social and @pfefferle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy who are bringing the best ideas of the blogosphere to the open social web. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: flipboard.video/w/g8BgnihyFk...

We've been growing fast lately, and we're growing the Ghost team to keep up! Still looking for more staff-level product engineers to come and work with us full-time on open source:

alright which one of you tried to npm install everything at once, tell the truth

Has anyone figured out a way to get claude code to make a completion sound when running in Cursor/VS Code?

@danharrin.com I been deep in the weeds for a couple hours on this, is the operator dropdown in query builder supposed to be so tiny? it's an inline style deep in vendor files so can't override it or remove it in any way that I've found so far 😅

Claude 4 Opus in Cursor is absolutely insane 😐 Gemini is dead to me now

Congrats to @johnonolan.bsky.social and the team at @ghost.org on their 12th birthday! Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404media.co & @caseynewton.bsky.social) and what's next. john.onolan.org/12/

Another year, and several milestones all at once. 12 years since @ghost.org launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈 A few reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time: john.onolan.org/12/

This helped a lot

@rmccue.io lmao do you have push notifications when anyone says WP API

Vibe coding a React Native framework that can turn any @ghost.org publication into a native mobile app Super fun

had an excellent time at React Miami (as one does). always great to see old friends and meet new ones. huge props to these two gems @joe.codes @johnonolan.bsky.social for putting up with me

Back in Florida for React Miami this week, who else is around?

Now in beta – increase your reach by connecting your Ghost website to the fediverse 🌏 Discover and follow your favorite people and publications across Ghost, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard, WordPress, and more – all in one place. The open web is getting social. ghost.org/changelog/so...

if something is debunked but later proven true is it rebunked

Just spotted that @atprotocol.dev and #atmosphereconf are powered by @ghost.org 🙏 Dope. Wish I was there!

Finally back to hacking on one of my Laravel projects, trying out deploying to Laravel Cloud for the first time — sweet lord it's easy. Shit just works

Visiting friends in New York

It's been a while, but we are HIRING again 🚀 Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media! 🌍 Fully remote since 2013 📅 4 day work week 💸 Competitive salary 🧑‍💻 Equipment paid for careers.ghost.org

Did a fun lil episode on The Business of Open Source recently, talking about building an OSS company designed around long-term sustainability. Will be chatting more about this at Open Source Founders Summit in Paris, in May! (Link in the shownotes) share.transistor.fm/s/b15a5e8f

On my way to Brussels for #FOSSDEM - I’ll be speaking (about ActivityPub, Ghost, and the fediverse) on Saturday evening in the Social Web track. Hope to see you there if you’re attending 🤗

Open source software on Kickstarter is my jam. @ghost.org was born on Kickstarter, and now thrilled to be able to sponsor the amazing ActivityPub-driven PixelFed on our collective quest to bring back the open web. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pix...

I've been testing this for a couple of months, and I think they're onto something special with Surf. Really excited by where this is going 🏄

A small number of people say their growth "slows" after they move from Substack to Ghost. Here's why: Substack's VC incentives are based on making number-go-up. They disable double-opt-in on recommendations, so you get fake subs 📈 Ghost does not do this. Quality > Quantity. Humans > Nguyens.

I tried that "Roast me and don't hold back" ChatGPT prompt 2 weeks ago and it was so harrowing that I'm still thinking about it to this day