Cal Irvine
@calirvine.com
Software developer, parent to two humans, and two dogs. Work at Shopify. Code, climbing, photography, making things, cooking things, and the great outdoors. Location: Toronto 🇨🇦
Finally finished this sweater (for my 3yo daughter). Body and one sleeve took me 3 weeks, sleeve two took my 3 months. Finishing things is always harder than starting 💀
April 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Finally finished this sweater (for my 3yo daughter). Body and one sleeve took me 3 weeks, sleeve two took my 3 months. Finishing things is always harder than starting 💀
Bread only exists for four hours, then it turns into raw toast.
April 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Bread only exists for four hours, then it turns into raw toast.
I love how during the election so many Americans told people with opinions to “mind their own business”
Unfortunately America, as much as we wish it weren’t the case, your business is our business.
Unfortunately America, as much as we wish it weren’t the case, your business is our business.
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I love how during the election so many Americans told people with opinions to “mind their own business”
Unfortunately America, as much as we wish it weren’t the case, your business is our business.
Unfortunately America, as much as we wish it weren’t the case, your business is our business.
I know this will probably be controversial, but the Minecraft movie was actually kind of good.
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I know this will probably be controversial, but the Minecraft movie was actually kind of good.
So someone asked me to make a change on a PR. It’s a good shout, and I’m going to do it. HOWEVER I copied the code in question from him. Should I also fix his usage in the same PR, or is that too passive aggressive? 💀
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So someone asked me to make a change on a PR. It’s a good shout, and I’m going to do it. HOWEVER I copied the code in question from him. Should I also fix his usage in the same PR, or is that too passive aggressive? 💀
Y’all are in a state of national emergency over less than 1 pound of fentanyl.
April 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Y’all are in a state of national emergency over less than 1 pound of fentanyl.
Kind of feels like AI tools are speeding up the burnout cycle for me. I’ve always used straightforward easy to crank out tasks as a sort of break from the hard and slow problems, let my brain get the dopamine hit of rapid shipping.
March 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Kind of feels like AI tools are speeding up the burnout cycle for me. I’ve always used straightforward easy to crank out tasks as a sort of break from the hard and slow problems, let my brain get the dopamine hit of rapid shipping.
I thought it would be funny to try to score a smiley face into this loaf. In fact, it was a horrible and terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I thought it would be funny to try to score a smiley face into this loaf. In fact, it was a horrible and terrifying.
Using AI to help me think of a library name for an idea I’m playing with, and look who pops up in one of its ideas. @omgsean.com
25.8% CoffeeScript 🙈
25.8% CoffeeScript 🙈
March 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Using AI to help me think of a library name for an idea I’m playing with, and look who pops up in one of its ideas. @omgsean.com
25.8% CoffeeScript 🙈
25.8% CoffeeScript 🙈
“When you reach the end of your life, you will die. And you won’t be able to wear your glasses. And it will be in 99 hours” - my 3yo
Wednesday’s going to be a big day for me.
Wednesday’s going to be a big day for me.
March 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“When you reach the end of your life, you will die. And you won’t be able to wear your glasses. And it will be in 99 hours” - my 3yo
Wednesday’s going to be a big day for me.
Wednesday’s going to be a big day for me.
TFW you spend half the day trying to get the design system to let you do something you could have done in ten minutes with two divs 🫠
March 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
TFW you spend half the day trying to get the design system to let you do something you could have done in ten minutes with two divs 🫠
Tricked my colleagues into going for momos in Parkdale for a team dinner 😅 one review was “this is actually the best thing I’ve ever had in Toronto”
March 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Tricked my colleagues into going for momos in Parkdale for a team dinner 😅 one review was “this is actually the best thing I’ve ever had in Toronto”
For two libraries based on native fetch, it was surprisingly tricky to get GraphQL yoga to play nice with hono. Works now though, and that’ll improve my life tremendously.
March 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
For two libraries based on native fetch, it was surprisingly tricky to get GraphQL yoga to play nice with hono. Works now though, and that’ll improve my life tremendously.
A previous guest at this AirBnB didn’t sign out of their Apple TV. Do I watch the latest severance as them, risking causing a marital dispute over allegations of tv streaming cheating?
March 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A previous guest at this AirBnB didn’t sign out of their Apple TV. Do I watch the latest severance as them, risking causing a marital dispute over allegations of tv streaming cheating?
I love cooking in this country.
Breakfast tacos
- cochinita pibil the family down the street is selling from their front door
- really good eggs
- fresh tortillas
- fresh avocados
- a simple salsa
Breakfast tacos
- cochinita pibil the family down the street is selling from their front door
- really good eggs
- fresh tortillas
- fresh avocados
- a simple salsa
March 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I love cooking in this country.
Breakfast tacos
- cochinita pibil the family down the street is selling from their front door
- really good eggs
- fresh tortillas
- fresh avocados
- a simple salsa
Breakfast tacos
- cochinita pibil the family down the street is selling from their front door
- really good eggs
- fresh tortillas
- fresh avocados
- a simple salsa
Spent a good chunk of my flight yesterday trying to implement DataLoader having never looked at the code and no internet access. Pretty fun challenge, might keep going.
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Spent a good chunk of my flight yesterday trying to implement DataLoader having never looked at the code and no internet access. Pretty fun challenge, might keep going.
Family vacation starts tomorrow morning and Travel Dad is emerging
March 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Family vacation starts tomorrow morning and Travel Dad is emerging
Happy half of the year where my car’s clock is correct to all those who celebrate
March 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy half of the year where my car’s clock is correct to all those who celebrate
I’ve started blocking the “block of text, copied from someone else, whole thing could have fit in the main skeet body, no alt text” people, and it’s felt good each time so far. Strong recommend.
March 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I’ve started blocking the “block of text, copied from someone else, whole thing could have fit in the main skeet body, no alt text” people, and it’s felt good each time so far. Strong recommend.
It’s my dog’s birthday. She’s a bit of a nut, but we love her all the same.
March 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It’s my dog’s birthday. She’s a bit of a nut, but we love her all the same.
I was thinking of making another table, and the universe provided with these old hardwood legs at the side of the road
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I was thinking of making another table, and the universe provided with these old hardwood legs at the side of the road
Hah, was able to name the exact town this week’s Severance was shot in within 5 minutes
March 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hah, was able to name the exact town this week’s Severance was shot in within 5 minutes
I’ve been so hung up on the “make the developer experience perfect” phase of this (solo) project for so long, finally switched to “just build, fix things that annoy as they come up” and the productivity boost is astounding 😅
March 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’ve been so hung up on the “make the developer experience perfect” phase of this (solo) project for so long, finally switched to “just build, fix things that annoy as they come up” and the productivity boost is astounding 😅
The hardest thing about evolving GraphQL APIs always seems to be types that should have been interfaces from the beginning.
March 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The hardest thing about evolving GraphQL APIs always seems to be types that should have been interfaces from the beginning.
Tiny crusher of rocks, refuses to wear the shoes half the time though.
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Tiny crusher of rocks, refuses to wear the shoes half the time though.