In 1968 Dijkstra declared GOTO statements harmful.
In 2021 someone built them an entire social network anyway.
GotoSocial is a lightweight #ActivityPub server that can run on a potato, blocks scrapers by default, and with privacy defaults that would get a product manager fired at any real company.
Now it's one of the fastest growing on the fediverse.
Built by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq23aymvgl06w34645ux6ej06ucyt976ysk5f3r60xk4qft3jdmgqqusr478 (nprofile…r478) under the name Super Serious Business, which is the most honest branding in tech right now.
https://gotosocial.org
Daniel Supernault
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2026-08-01 09:11:32 UTC
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