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Account age
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Bottlehead Eros 2 phono preamp build thread
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Bottlehead Mainline headphone amp build I completed recently. Super fun, started on an Eros 2 phono preamp right afterwards. After that I’ll likely do the Ben Eater digital clock. Any other recommendations?
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Shunt regulator installed and tested. Initially I had two pins from the 12AU7 swapped channel wise resulting in A side working fine but B side not regulating voltage (~310V). Quick fix once identified.
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Tube heater test successful
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Feb 21latest
10
Avg engagement / post
2–18
Typical post (engagement)
1.8%
Engagement vs followers
60/100
Consistent reach
Oct 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 18 likes + reposts (median 8) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: fs2 3.11.0 is out with a brand new hashing package. Read about i · 25 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.09 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.3×
Follows 244 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Shunt regulator installed and tested. Initially I had two pins from the 12AU7 swapped channel wise resulting in A side working fine but B side not regulating voltage (~310V). Quick fix once identified.
Tube heater test successful
Power transformer and power supply built and installed
Bottlehead Eros 2 phono preamp build thread
Bottlehead Mainline headphone amp build I completed recently. Super fun, started on an Eros 2 phono preamp right afterwards. After that I’ll likely do the Ben Eater digital clock. Any other recommendations?
If you're using fs2 or http4s-ember with TLS/HTTPS, please upgrade to 3.12.2 or 3.13.0-M7 due to this CVE: https://github.com/typelevel/fs2/security/advisories/GHSA-rrw2-px9j-qffj
Tempted to write Extension Methods Considered Harmful
While I believe there’s room for both styles, the focus on “lean scala” makes me worried for the future of the language. This post resonated with me: https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/s/jT6AnOAZhV
Thanks to @eed3si9n, I've been using http://helix-editor.com for Scala dev for last ~4 months, replacing both VSCode and vim. Now I'm trying http://alacritty.org + http://zellij.dev as replacements for iTerm2 and enjoying it so far.
Great post by @alexelcu about functional Scala: https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/s/CF4Wp8stno
New blog post - Optimizing Functional Walks of File Trees: https://github.com/mpilquist/blog-walks/blob/main/README.md
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
fosstodon.org
A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
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On Mastodon since
Oct 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 4 years ago.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~1.8% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (4+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Functional programmer, runner, cyclist. Author of Functional Programming in Scala 2nd Edition. Engineering Fellow
@comcast
working in video. He/him.
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