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Paul KeenWant a startup without VC stress? The missing middle path lets you keep control and profits. Sweet spot for indie founders. <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entrepreneurship</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a</a>

Bytes EuropeWhat Happens When You Bootstrap a Business from Scratch? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/803826/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/803826/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BootstrapBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootstrapBusiness</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entrepreneurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entrepreneurs</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GrowthStrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrowthStrategies</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a>

LisPiBut if all (most) CPUs are FGPAs, how does one bootstrap and assume the payload is not malicious? Programmers using discrete electronics and punched tape would be a human-auditable (if tedious) way of bootstrapping. A minimum viable target & programs for it to bootstrap everything else would be needed. I consider this analogous to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/guix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guix</a> bootstrap seed endeavor. <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/fpga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FPGA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/bootstrap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrap</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/bootstrapping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/cpu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPU</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/hardware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/auditability" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auditability</a>

LisPi<a href="https://bootstrapping.miraheze.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_Specific_Languages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bootstrapping.miraheze.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_Specific_Languages</a> Well this is a neat website. Interesting details about Aesop & Pascal that I hadn't been quite aware of. <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-10/msg00046.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-10/msg00046.html</a> I also found this other suggestion for Ada which is interesting? It would probably be quite the task to verify that output & document it properly, but it should also just work. <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/bootstrapping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/programming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/languages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/ada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ada</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/pascal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pascal</a>

Justin JacksonNew video! I don't think AI will replace web developers in app development.What do you think?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5Riqb4PBg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5Riqb4PBg</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webdev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a>

Justin JacksonThe first episode of The Panel is out!(featuring Colleen Schnettler, <a href="https://mas.to/@tylerking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tylerking</a>, myself, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@briancasel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@briancasel</a>)Listen here, and let us know what you think!<a href="https://panelpodcast.com/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://panelpodcast.com/1</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/founders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#founders</a>

Divya Ranjan :hilbert:A thorough series of blog posts on getting GCC bootstrapped in RISC-V. Amazing work by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ekaitz_zarraga" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ekaitz_zarraga</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pjotrprins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pjotrprins</a>, <a href="https://tooot.im/@efraim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@efraim</a> et.al This brings Guix closer to RISC-V architecture!<a href="https://ekaitz.elenq.tech/tag/bootstrapping-gcc-in-risc-v.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ekaitz.elenq.tech/tag/bootstrapping-gcc-in-risc-v.html</a><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Guix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guix</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RISCV</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GCC</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksA Friday smile, from our systems today, very NewSpeak, or is that Escher? <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FridayFeeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FridayFeeling</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smiles</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JIRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JIRA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> @Atlassian

Ludovic Courtès“Adding a fully-bootstrapped Mono” <a href="https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/adding-a-fully-bootstrapped-mono/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/adding-a-fully-bootstrapped-mono/</a>unmush explains their journey getting Mono built from source in Guix.<a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Guix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guix</a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a>

Ludovic Courtès“Onramp Can Compile Doom” <a href="https://ludocode.com/blog/onramp-can-compile-doom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ludocode.com/blog/onramp-can-compile-doom</a>I had never heard of it before: Onramp is a C toolchain that bootstraps itself, similar to stage0/M2/Mes, except that it generates bytecode, not native code. <a href="https://github.com/ludocode/onramp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ludocode/onramp</a>Impressive!<a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> Cc: <a href="https://todon.nl/@janneke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@janneke</a>

Ludovic CourtèsFully-bootstrapped Mono comes to <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Guix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guix</a>: <a href="https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74609" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74609</a>Impressive achievement and a nice writeup!<a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/ReproducibleBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproducibleBuilds</a>

IT NewsThe Disappearing Capacitor - As part of a phosphorescence detector, [lcamtuf] has been working with photodiodes... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/12/the-disappearing-capacitor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/12/12/the-disappearing-capacitor/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/photodiode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photodiode</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mischacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mischacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opamps</a>

Dmitry KudryavtsevControversial opinion:If you are bootstrapping your own business - don't. Quit. The chances for you to make it are close to 0. In reality, if you want more money or prestige, focus your time by moving up the career ladder, instead of bragging about $47 MRR<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entrepreneurship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a>

Tommy ThornI like the problem statement of <a href="https://compilercrim.es/bootstrap/miniforth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://compilercrim.es/bootstrap/miniforth/</a> (<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> with just a minimal loader), but I don’t think writing a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FORTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FORTH</a> would be the way; it’s just barely better than assembly IMhO. I’m pretty sure I could produce a simple McCarthy-style <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LISP</a> in machine code. Bootstrapping from that to a simple compiled language seems far more pleasant.

Ludovic Courtès“The Design of a Self-Compiling C Transpiler Targeting POSIX Shell” (2024) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3687997.3695639" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1145/3687997.3695639</a>“We have developed pnut, a C to POSIX shell transpiler written in C that generates human-readable shell code. […] Together, pnut and the shell serve as the seed for a chain of builds that create increasingly capable compilers up to the most recent version of [GCC]”(<a href="https://oldbytes.space/@monnier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@monnier</a> is among the authors 👋)Cc: <a href="https://todon.nl/@janneke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@janneke</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@stikonas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stikonas</a><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Guix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guix</a>

Joshua WoodThere is a small but strong startup and bootstrapper community forming on Bluesky. Here's a starter pack to help find us. 🦋<a href="https://go.bsky.app/EGczjGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://go.bsky.app/EGczjGA</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Startups</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieHacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieHacking</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a>

Joshua WoodI really enjoyed this chat with <a href="https://ruby.social/@jnunemaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jnunemaker</a> about acquiring Fireside.fm, the podcast platform originally created by the one and only Dan Benjamin. Super interesting to see what's possible for indie hackers in the world of finance and acquisitions.<a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/f7b4f732" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://share.transistor.fm/s/f7b4f732</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RubyOnRails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RubyOnRails</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieDev</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaaS</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Acquisitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acquisitions</a>

knizer<a href="https://toot.boston/tags/NewOrgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewOrgs</a> 9/x 9. Your reach is only as big as your network and your network is only as big as your reach - <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrapping</a> a <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SocialGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialGraph</a> really, really sucks

Matt GumbleyI wonder if getting a LISP working on the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Transputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transputer</a> might help with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a> ?

R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:Part of my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BootstrapUnixChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootstrapUnixChallenge</a> is not looking up answers online, and literally only using manpages and /usr/share/doc for answers.I'm still very confused about how I'm supposed to set up wifi networks in Debian without NetworkManager. This is a fun project. :D(no hints, please)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bootstrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootstrap</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BootstrapUnix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootstrapUnix</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Bootstrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bootstrapping</a>

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