"Even if things are slowly improving, the situation has been messy, leaving developers unsure of how they’ll move forward with their games. “The layoff of the whole Humble team has been the strangest thing I have seen in my 20 years of experience working,” says Fassihi. “The fact that nothing was shared with us beforehand, and we had to read this in the news, makes it even worse.”" #indiegame

The Verge

Humble Games layoffs leave indie studios in a state of uncertainty

Many developer worries are focused around console ports.

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Building ActivityPub

Building ActivityPub

Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network