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Keith Kurson

@keithlaugh.love

my old account got deleted (by me, by accident, oops) 🏡 oakland, ca 📥 Software dev helping states respond to HR1 (2025) Prev: Fastly, Glitch, Nava, I helped build the government & early internet websites you love/hate https://keith.is he/him

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keith.isSep 18, 2026

DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH and nothing for CSS-Tricks

A week and a bit on UpCloud, deleting my DigitalOcean account after more than 10 years, and what DigitalOcean is doing to CSS-Tricks, one of the best places on the whole internet.

politicstech

keith.isSep 13, 2026

What I think about "pacing" the frontier

Dario, Sam, and Elon agreed to slow down AI on the same Saturday, a month before Anthropic's IPO. I think it's a business story.

featureai

keith.isSep 9, 2026

Leaving DigitalOcean, one site at a time

DigitalOcean is giving $3 million to the foundation behind DHH's Omarchy. I'd already moved my sites off it that weekend, so here's how the move went.

politicstech

keith.isSep 4, 2026

Why I'm canceling 1Password

1Password is giving $300,000 to the foundation behind DHH's Omarchy. I don't want my subscription paying for that, so I'm leaving.

politicstech

keith.isSep 4, 2026

What's missing from atmoBB

I built a forum on atproto and skipped notifications. Turns out the whole network skipped them too.

atprotoatmobb

keith.isSep 4, 2026

Why I'm canceling 1Password

1Password is giving $300,000 to the foundation behind DHH's Omarchy. I don't want my subscription paying for that, so I'm leaving.

politicstech

keith.isSep 4, 2026

What's missing from atmoBB

I built a forum on atproto and skipped notifications. Turns out the whole network skipped them too.

atprotoatmobb

Keith's ThoughtsSep 2, 2026

I built an avatar builder three times

One of those times was also an entire plugin system but that got ripped out 🪦 Now it's a cute little standalone site!

atmobbatmosphere

keith.isAug 14, 2026

The Manager's Job Is Presence

(and Other Things AI Won't Do for You)

managementtech

keith.isAug 14, 2026

The Manager's Job Is Presence

(and Other Things AI Won't Do for You)

managementtech

keith.isAug 14, 2026

The Manager's Job Is Presence

(and Other Things AI Won't Do for You)

managementtech

keith.isAug 4, 2026

Why I love the For You feed

The best algorithm on Bluesky runs off somebody's gaming PC.

feedatproto