jamie
@jamie.ideasasylum.com
Previously, @ideasasylum on Twitter but not active there any more.
Also found on Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@jamie.
Blog: https://jamie.ideasasylum.com
Links: https://www.jamielawrence.me
CTO @ Podia. Swimmer. Ruby developer.
Also found on Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@jamie.
Blog: https://jamie.ideasasylum.com
Links: https://www.jamielawrence.me
CTO @ Podia. Swimmer. Ruby developer.
The excitement outside the kitchen window this morning 🐿️
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The excitement outside the kitchen window this morning 🐿️
I’ll pay extra for a Garmin with a bit more of an upbeat motivational feel, especially when I’ve been struggling for the past few week. “Moderate pace” my arse!
Also, I’m sure an LLM can do better than just re-stating the average pace
Also, I’m sure an LLM can do better than just re-stating the average pace
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I’ll pay extra for a Garmin with a bit more of an upbeat motivational feel, especially when I’ve been struggling for the past few week. “Moderate pace” my arse!
Also, I’m sure an LLM can do better than just re-stating the average pace
Also, I’m sure an LLM can do better than just re-stating the average pace
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I do not fear the rise of superintelligence.
I do, however, fear the rise of billionaires, organizations, and world powers who seek to use computing to maximize their power, influence, and control.
I do, however, fear the rise of billionaires, organizations, and world powers who seek to use computing to maximize their power, influence, and control.
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I do not fear the rise of superintelligence.
I do, however, fear the rise of billionaires, organizations, and world powers who seek to use computing to maximize their power, influence, and control.
I do, however, fear the rise of billionaires, organizations, and world powers who seek to use computing to maximize their power, influence, and control.
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I made a terminal dashboard for Honeybadger that lets you visualize your errors, logs, and performance metrics from the command line.
It's written in Rust and uses YAML dashboards you can export directly from HB.
You can install it with Homebrew — lmk if you try it!
github.com/honeybadger-...
It's written in Rust and uses YAML dashboards you can export directly from HB.
You can install it with Homebrew — lmk if you try it!
github.com/honeybadger-...
GitHub - honeybadger-io/hbtui: Terminal UI for Honeybadger Insights dashboards. 📈
Terminal UI for Honeybadger Insights dashboards. 📈 - honeybadger-io/hbtui
github.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I made a terminal dashboard for Honeybadger that lets you visualize your errors, logs, and performance metrics from the command line.
It's written in Rust and uses YAML dashboards you can export directly from HB.
You can install it with Homebrew — lmk if you try it!
github.com/honeybadger-...
It's written in Rust and uses YAML dashboards you can export directly from HB.
You can install it with Homebrew — lmk if you try it!
github.com/honeybadger-...
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People using stripe-ruby version <= 18.1, you might start running into connection issues on February 16 when Stripe starts using new root certificates for api.stripe.com. Details and a workaround if you're unable to upgrade here: github.com/stripe/strip...
stripe/stripe-ruby
Ruby library for the Stripe API. . Contribute to stripe/stripe-ruby development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
People using stripe-ruby version <= 18.1, you might start running into connection issues on February 16 when Stripe starts using new root certificates for api.stripe.com. Details and a workaround if you're unable to upgrade here: github.com/stripe/strip...
There are no AI experts.
There are people who are a few days/week/months ahead of your learning but things are moving so fast their experience may not be useful or relevant. A few weeks does not make an expert.
There are people who are a few days/week/months ahead of your learning but things are moving so fast their experience may not be useful or relevant. A few weeks does not make an expert.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
There are no AI experts.
There are people who are a few days/week/months ahead of your learning but things are moving so fast their experience may not be useful or relevant. A few weeks does not make an expert.
There are people who are a few days/week/months ahead of your learning but things are moving so fast their experience may not be useful or relevant. A few weeks does not make an expert.
Finally, a place for all the things I cannot say
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Finally, a place for all the things I cannot say
Tonight's trick was teaching Claude how to speak to Cronitor (via their CLI github.com/cronitorio/c...). I asked it to analyse our noisiest alerts and make suggestions for tuning the notifications…
GitHub - cronitorio/cronitor-cli: Command line tools for Cronitor.io
Command line tools for Cronitor.io. Contribute to cronitorio/cronitor-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Tonight's trick was teaching Claude how to speak to Cronitor (via their CLI github.com/cronitorio/c...). I asked it to analyse our noisiest alerts and make suggestions for tuning the notifications…
Back at my desk after the renovations and forgot how much joy this 3D print brings me
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Back at my desk after the renovations and forgot how much joy this 3D print brings me
A new irony just dropped for Alanis to sing about: getting solar panels installed in the rain
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
A new irony just dropped for Alanis to sing about: getting solar panels installed in the rain
Sad to hear that Brad Arnold, the lead singer of 3 Doors Down, died of cancer. This song came out about the same time life really tried to kill me so it’s a regular listen for me
youtu.be/qpfhcljJ9bQ?...
youtu.be/qpfhcljJ9bQ?...
3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by 3DoorsDownVEVO
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Sad to hear that Brad Arnold, the lead singer of 3 Doors Down, died of cancer. This song came out about the same time life really tried to kill me so it’s a regular listen for me
youtu.be/qpfhcljJ9bQ?...
youtu.be/qpfhcljJ9bQ?...
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The real reason why your test suite is slow is not because you use rspec vs minitest. It is because you have too many system tests or you have too complex factories. Fixtures are faster than factories. That is your biggest win. But rspec is not the problem.
Right now I migrated my entire test suite from rspec to minitest. My conclusion stays the same, rspec is fine for speed. Migrating to minitest doesn't make the test suite (much) faster. The only upside of minitest is 1st party parallelization, which is slightly better than a 3rd party one.
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The real reason why your test suite is slow is not because you use rspec vs minitest. It is because you have too many system tests or you have too complex factories. Fixtures are faster than factories. That is your biggest win. But rspec is not the problem.
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Trying something new in 2026: I'm going to post monthly updates about the OSS work I did.
Here's the first one: st0012.dev/updates/janu...
(Repost as I updated the slug after posting 😅)
Here's the first one: st0012.dev/updates/janu...
(Repost as I updated the slug after posting 😅)
January 2026
January was a busy month for RDoc, with a batch of improvements that align with my RDoc roadmap for 2026. I also published ruby-skills, a Claude Code plugin ...
st0012.dev
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Trying something new in 2026: I'm going to post monthly updates about the OSS work I did.
Here's the first one: st0012.dev/updates/janu...
(Repost as I updated the slug after posting 😅)
Here's the first one: st0012.dev/updates/janu...
(Repost as I updated the slug after posting 😅)
If Ruby is a sharp knife, AWS is a monofilament wire.
Very powerful; absolutely unusable
Very powerful; absolutely unusable
February 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
If Ruby is a sharp knife, AWS is a monofilament wire.
Very powerful; absolutely unusable
Very powerful; absolutely unusable
Podia has finally migrated off the table with a integer primary key which used a sequence that was 93% exhausted 😰
a man in a leather jacket is sitting at a table and says phew , that was a close one !
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is sitting at a table and says phew , that was a close one !
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Podia has finally migrated off the table with a integer primary key which used a sequence that was 93% exhausted 😰
Give Claude access to query your logs! Not only can it help debug production issues, it can also save you money
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Give Claude access to query your logs! Not only can it help debug production issues, it can also save you money
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AI-generated code shifts the real burden of development onto *validation*, yes.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
AI-generated code shifts the real burden of development onto *validation*, yes.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
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New post
> When ideas can be brought to life at this pace it ushers in a new way of working... The innovation is and always has been the ideas... now can we can implement these ideas so effortlessly and cheaply, the code essentially becomes a disposable commodity
mileswoodroffe.com/articles/cla...
> When ideas can be brought to life at this pace it ushers in a new way of working... The innovation is and always has been the ideas... now can we can implement these ideas so effortlessly and cheaply, the code essentially becomes a disposable commodity
mileswoodroffe.com/articles/cla...
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
New post
> When ideas can be brought to life at this pace it ushers in a new way of working... The innovation is and always has been the ideas... now can we can implement these ideas so effortlessly and cheaply, the code essentially becomes a disposable commodity
mileswoodroffe.com/articles/cla...
> When ideas can be brought to life at this pace it ushers in a new way of working... The innovation is and always has been the ideas... now can we can implement these ideas so effortlessly and cheaply, the code essentially becomes a disposable commodity
mileswoodroffe.com/articles/cla...
Living with renovations works means it’s 7:30pm and my last meeting is over so I can finally have my first meal of the day 😩 (because the plasterers were finishing the kitchen since about 8am)
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Living with renovations works means it’s 7:30pm and my last meeting is over so I can finally have my first meal of the day 😩 (because the plasterers were finishing the kitchen since about 8am)
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Is the subscription era ending?
When AI makes building cheaper than buying, why pay monthly forever when you could build once and own it?
I really wonder how software monetization is going to change with more advanced AI that can build faster and cheaper than ever before.
When AI makes building cheaper than buying, why pay monthly forever when you could build once and own it?
I really wonder how software monetization is going to change with more advanced AI that can build faster and cheaper than ever before.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Is the subscription era ending?
When AI makes building cheaper than buying, why pay monthly forever when you could build once and own it?
I really wonder how software monetization is going to change with more advanced AI that can build faster and cheaper than ever before.
When AI makes building cheaper than buying, why pay monthly forever when you could build once and own it?
I really wonder how software monetization is going to change with more advanced AI that can build faster and cheaper than ever before.
Imagine bundling SpaceX, an objectively inventive and valuable company, with Twitter/Grok which is neither.
It's like making a tasty chicken & bacon sandwich and finishing it with a thin spread of diarrhoea.
Worst of all: people will actually buy this shit
It's like making a tasty chicken & bacon sandwich and finishing it with a thin spread of diarrhoea.
Worst of all: people will actually buy this shit
February 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Imagine bundling SpaceX, an objectively inventive and valuable company, with Twitter/Grok which is neither.
It's like making a tasty chicken & bacon sandwich and finishing it with a thin spread of diarrhoea.
Worst of all: people will actually buy this shit
It's like making a tasty chicken & bacon sandwich and finishing it with a thin spread of diarrhoea.
Worst of all: people will actually buy this shit
I think it's now the best time to be building software and the worst time to be building a software _business_
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I think it's now the best time to be building software and the worst time to be building a software _business_
If you thought scope-creep, technical debt, and resolving project dependencies was bad in software, just wait until you encounter it in home renovations
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you thought scope-creep, technical debt, and resolving project dependencies was bad in software, just wait until you encounter it in home renovations
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My most unhinged raccoon themed creation yet. A quiz that tells you what iconic raccoon you are most like.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My most unhinged raccoon themed creation yet. A quiz that tells you what iconic raccoon you are most like.