Casey Gollan
@caseyagollan.com
https://caseyagollan.com • https://cag.wiki • https://social.coop/@caseyg (formerly at https://twitter.com/caseyg before the implosion)
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October 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
i think my deepest “authority issues” thing remaining is just REFUSING to order coffee in branded size terms
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
i think my deepest “authority issues” thing remaining is just REFUSING to order coffee in branded size terms
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it is deeply annoying to have worked so hard to understand complex systems and learn so many ways to navigate complexity
and the punchline of everything is: once you map things out you realize you were underestimating the stupidity by an order of magnitude
and the punchline of everything is: once you map things out you realize you were underestimating the stupidity by an order of magnitude
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
it is deeply annoying to have worked so hard to understand complex systems and learn so many ways to navigate complexity
and the punchline of everything is: once you map things out you realize you were underestimating the stupidity by an order of magnitude
and the punchline of everything is: once you map things out you realize you were underestimating the stupidity by an order of magnitude
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ok this is really fun, i got pdsfs running locally, and now i can browse my atproto repository in Finder
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
ok this is really fun, i got pdsfs running locally, and now i can browse my atproto repository in Finder
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Unreasonably excited to present THEORY IS SHAPES at alt.vis this November! Read on to find out what the "BLT Sandwich Theory of Visualization Consumption" (and other shape-based shenanigans) can teach us about theorycrafting in research 🥪🧲🧊♾️
to appear at #alt.vis 2025: THEORY IS SHAPES
sure "theory figures" are great, but @matthew.wiki, @maryamhed.bsky.social, me, and Carolina Nobre wonder: why always a 2D plane or a flowchart? why not icebergs, horseshoes, Möbius strips, or BLT sandwiches?
arxiv.org/abs/2510.01382
#ieeevis #hci
sure "theory figures" are great, but @matthew.wiki, @maryamhed.bsky.social, me, and Carolina Nobre wonder: why always a 2D plane or a flowchart? why not icebergs, horseshoes, Möbius strips, or BLT sandwiches?
arxiv.org/abs/2510.01382
#ieeevis #hci
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Unreasonably excited to present THEORY IS SHAPES at alt.vis this November! Read on to find out what the "BLT Sandwich Theory of Visualization Consumption" (and other shape-based shenanigans) can teach us about theorycrafting in research 🥪🧲🧊♾️
Tired: Coffee and Claude pop-up. Wired: Kool-Aid and OpenAI data center water brand collab. https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ec6555881881919ff265602115383d
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Tired: Coffee and Claude pop-up. Wired: Kool-Aid and OpenAI data center water brand collab. https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ec6555881881919ff265602115383d
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Inline macOS and iOS apps are now open-source: github.com/inline-chat/...
@inline.chat is the work chat app we're making with @denasohrabi.com
@inline.chat is the work chat app we're making with @denasohrabi.com
GitHub - inline-chat/inline: Incredibly fast chat app for teams. Source code for the macOS and iOS apps.
Incredibly fast chat app for teams. Source code for the macOS and iOS apps. - inline-chat/inline
github.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Inline macOS and iOS apps are now open-source: github.com/inline-chat/...
@inline.chat is the work chat app we're making with @denasohrabi.com
@inline.chat is the work chat app we're making with @denasohrabi.com
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lil' treat for all you weekend builders: Svelte now has an official MCP server, courtesy of resident bot wranglers @paolo.ricciuti.me and @khromov.se 🤖
it gives your LLM access to docs and compiler-driven diagnostics — give it a spin and let us know how you get on!
svelte.dev/docs/mcp/ove...
it gives your LLM access to docs and compiler-driven diagnostics — give it a spin and let us know how you get on!
svelte.dev/docs/mcp/ove...
Overview • Docs • Svelte
Overview • Svelte documentation
svelte.dev
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
lil' treat for all you weekend builders: Svelte now has an official MCP server, courtesy of resident bot wranglers @paolo.ricciuti.me and @khromov.se 🤖
it gives your LLM access to docs and compiler-driven diagnostics — give it a spin and let us know how you get on!
svelte.dev/docs/mcp/ove...
it gives your LLM access to docs and compiler-driven diagnostics — give it a spin and let us know how you get on!
svelte.dev/docs/mcp/ove...
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Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.
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Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
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Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
September 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
a beautiful page 🥹
I finally updated my Rules for Computing Happiness
kinopio.club/computing-ha...
kinopio.club/computing-ha...
October 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
a beautiful page 🥹
“Every drop begins in the cloud” … OK Sora kinda ate with this commercial for bottled data center water https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ebad5bb9988191b35dec88fa54a3b5
October 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Every drop begins in the cloud” … OK Sora kinda ate with this commercial for bottled data center water https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ebad5bb9988191b35dec88fa54a3b5
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i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!
Where It's at:// — overreacted
From handles to hosting.
overreacted.io
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!
ADHD tax: buying a new bike helmet approximately every 3 weeks
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ADHD tax: buying a new bike helmet approximately every 3 weeks
2025-09-30 Changelog https://caseyagollan.com/2025/09/30/changelog
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
2025-09-30 Changelog https://caseyagollan.com/2025/09/30/changelog
Stupid question: As consensus builds around the rejection of "AI slop" aesthetic, is it only a matter of time before models are re-trained to write in the style of "Not AI"? https://caseyagollan.com/2025/09/29/rejection-of-ai-slop-aesthetic
September 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Stupid question: As consensus builds around the rejection of "AI slop" aesthetic, is it only a matter of time before models are re-trained to write in the style of "Not AI"? https://caseyagollan.com/2025/09/29/rejection-of-ai-slop-aesthetic
I am ashamed and very sorry to admit that I love(??) Meta Vibes™️ especially because the comments on good posts are just straight up like “Good Slop!”
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I am ashamed and very sorry to admit that I love(??) Meta Vibes™️ especially because the comments on good posts are just straight up like “Good Slop!”
Otso: Local-first IndieWeb toolkit for archiving, syncing, harmonizing, and publishing your internet trails and streams. https://otso.run
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
September 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Otso: Local-first IndieWeb toolkit for archiving, syncing, harmonizing, and publishing your internet trails and streams. https://otso.run
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
Daddy’s Car (2016) is soOoo nostalgic for a different age of AI 👀 https://youtu.be/LSHZ_b05W7o
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Daddy’s Car (2016) is soOoo nostalgic for a different age of AI 👀 https://youtu.be/LSHZ_b05W7o
Dog Names Overheard https://kit.caseyagollan.com/bookmarks/2025/09/06/dog-names-overheard
https://kit.caseyagollan.com/bookmarks/2025/09/06/dog-names-overheard
https://kit.caseyagollan.com/bookmarks/2025/09/06/dog-names-overheard
September 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
to play in a place where there is resonance
August 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
to play in a place where there is resonance