J.D. Hollis
@jdhollis.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Fact Pattern (factpattern.io)
The Consulting CTO (theconsultingcto.com)
Tansley (tansley.io)
The Consulting CTO (theconsultingcto.com)
Tansley (tansley.io)
I know this is literally the least bad thing about the latest macOS, but seriously? What other kind of headphones are there?
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I know this is literally the least bad thing about the latest macOS, but seriously? What other kind of headphones are there?
“Liquid Glass” is the definition of premium mediocre. What I wouldn’t give for Apple to just focus on improving performance and fixing bugs for a while.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Liquid Glass” is the definition of premium mediocre. What I wouldn’t give for Apple to just focus on improving performance and fixing bugs for a while.
Back down the forecasting rabbit hole (a year on from my first pass). Looks like I’m going to learn R this time around.
September 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Back down the forecasting rabbit hole (a year on from my first pass). Looks like I’m going to learn R this time around.
LISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos
YouTube video by USENIX
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by J.D. Hollis
Bring on the Butlerian Jihad.
November 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Bring on the Butlerian Jihad.
Reposted by J.D. Hollis
My latest newsletter is about how the double standards that allows big tech to commit the most appalling crimes -- and to get away with them.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/big-tech-a...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/big-tech-a...
Big Tech Always Escapes Justice
How Google, OpenAI, and others get away with (literal and figurative) murder
whatwelost.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My latest newsletter is about how the double standards that allows big tech to commit the most appalling crimes -- and to get away with them.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/big-tech-a...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/big-tech-a...
Recursive paths in Specter are a super power.
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Recursive paths in Specter are a super power.
Bring on the Butlerian Jihad.
November 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Bring on the Butlerian Jihad.
There is an awful lot of “Look! It’s the Goodyear Blimp!” going on this week.
February 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
There is an awful lot of “Look! It’s the Goodyear Blimp!” going on this week.
So import maps work everywhere. Except web workers. Naturally.
February 4, 2024 at 10:56 PM
So import maps work everywhere. Except web workers. Naturally.
It’s been a year since I regularly used Slack. It gets more convoluted every time I use it.
February 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM
It’s been a year since I regularly used Slack. It gets more convoluted every time I use it.
Wow. Vanilla JavaScript in the browser has substantially improved since I last used it. Proper modules, import maps, ES6 syntax. All without build tooling.
February 3, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Wow. Vanilla JavaScript in the browser has substantially improved since I last used it. Proper modules, import maps, ES6 syntax. All without build tooling.
Death Stranding 2 looks batshit insane (as expected).
January 31, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Death Stranding 2 looks batshit insane (as expected).
I like the Hotwire HTML-over-the-wire approach. Elegant. Gonna give it a try with my Clojure backend.
HTML Over The Wire | Hotwire
Hotwire is an alternative approach to building modern web applications without using much JavaScript by sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire.
hotwired.dev
January 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM
I like the Hotwire HTML-over-the-wire approach. Elegant. Gonna give it a try with my Clojure backend.
I still think it’s bullshit that Titanic beat out Gattaca for Best Art Direction.
January 24, 2024 at 9:54 PM
I still think it’s bullshit that Titanic beat out Gattaca for Best Art Direction.
I'm failing at Unix this morning.
January 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I'm failing at Unix this morning.
Also giving Polylith a try while I’m at it. It seems to provide an elegant way to maintain a majestic monolith while still being able to decompose that monolith into multiple services if so inclined.
Polylith
Polylith is a software architecture that applies functional thinking at the system scale. It helps us build simple, maintainable, testable, and scalable backend systems.
polylith.gitbook.io
January 22, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Also giving Polylith a try while I’m at it. It seems to provide an elegant way to maintain a majestic monolith while still being able to decompose that monolith into multiple services if so inclined.
Started experimenting with Rama and realizing I haven’t built a traditional web app (à la Rails) in about 6 years. And I’ve never built a traditional web app in Clojure.
Learn Rama
Learn Rama
redplanetlabs.com
January 22, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Started experimenting with Rama and realizing I haven’t built a traditional web app (à la Rails) in about 6 years. And I’ve never built a traditional web app in Clojure.
GitHub certifications? Are you fucking kidding me? github.blog/2024-01-08-g...
GitHub Certifications are generally available
Unlock your full potential with GitHub Certifications! Earning a GitHub certification will give you the competitive advantage of showing up as a GitHub expert.
github.blog
January 8, 2024 at 9:55 PM
GitHub certifications? Are you fucking kidding me? github.blog/2024-01-08-g...
My Photoshop skills are very, very rusty.
January 7, 2024 at 11:37 PM
My Photoshop skills are very, very rusty.
“Prompts” are a really shitty way to instruct a machine.
January 5, 2024 at 7:42 PM
“Prompts” are a really shitty way to instruct a machine.
I love everything about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5...
After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris
The first ever "True" Killscreen was just reached in NES Tetris. Can this record ever be broken?Blue Scuti's full WR VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh...
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM
I love everything about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5...