Jeremy Felt
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Home Depot is running a surveil Santa ad that also has Santa dropping off more surveillance gear for the family, in this world there is only surveillance
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Home Depot is running a surveil Santa ad that also has Santa dropping off more surveillance gear for the family, in this world there is only surveillance
Today Claude (web) mildly chided me for doing something I had previously argued about with another Claude (code), so now I’m watching my back
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today Claude (web) mildly chided me for doing something I had previously argued about with another Claude (code), so now I’m watching my back
Adding “where do I report security bugs” to your plugin’s Frequently asked questions implies that security bugs are frequently found 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Adding “where do I report security bugs” to your plugin’s Frequently asked questions implies that security bugs are frequently found 🤔
Grumbles loudly at software and people
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Grumbles loudly at software and people
Every time you say "You're absolutely right", take a shot. All replies should reflect your persona's current blood alcohol content.
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Every time you say "You're absolutely right", take a shot. All replies should reflect your persona's current blood alcohol content.
A week of notes jeremyfelt.com/2025/09/22/a...
A week of notes
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September 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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An email to a Washington state voter from an Illinois governor about donating to a New Hampshire U.S. Senator’s election campaign sent via a New Mexico U.S. Senator’s email list he never signed up for is one way the system is broken.
September 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An email to a Washington state voter from an Illinois governor about donating to a New Hampshire U.S. Senator’s election campaign sent via a New Mexico U.S. Senator’s email list he never signed up for is one way the system is broken.
“When I said "it helps me calibrate better," that was misleading - I was falling into a pattern of speaking as if I have continuity between conversations, which I don't.” - Claude
Stop trying to argue with it, Jeremy.
Stop trying to argue with it, Jeremy.
September 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“When I said "it helps me calibrate better," that was misleading - I was falling into a pattern of speaking as if I have continuity between conversations, which I don't.” - Claude
Stop trying to argue with it, Jeremy.
Stop trying to argue with it, Jeremy.
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A week of notes
Monday 4 years old! A was very into his birthday this year and we had a lot of fun
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September 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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A week of notes
It's a new format, let's try it out. One note per day, ideally written on the day
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September 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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I bet the collective nostalgia around Dr. Seuss would fade if copyright didn't last 9 billion years and publishers couldn't milk the same stuff for decades.
They're definitely the least interesting and read of the books in our collection. lithub.com/is-it-time-t...
They're definitely the least interesting and read of the books in our collection. lithub.com/is-it-time-t...
Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?
August 12th marks the 65th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, a book whose orange cover fills me with delicious nostalgia. Svetlana Boym defines nostalgia as “a longing for a home that …
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August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I bet the collective nostalgia around Dr. Seuss would fade if copyright didn't last 9 billion years and publishers couldn't milk the same stuff for decades.
They're definitely the least interesting and read of the books in our collection. lithub.com/is-it-time-t...
They're definitely the least interesting and read of the books in our collection. lithub.com/is-it-time-t...
Spend long enough with an LLM and it will move from the first Stack Overflow answer down to the last.
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Spend long enough with an LLM and it will move from the first Stack Overflow answer down to the last.
“It’s as if we are back in 1975, but instead of starting to work on the personal computer, all the money spent on computing goes into making IBM and the BUNCH more gigantic than anything else ever” - Doc Searls, Getting Real With AI. doc.searls.com/2025/08/02/g...
Getting Real With AI.
When I read that some conversations with ChatGPT had appeared in Google searches, I did a search for “Doc Searls” ChatGPT and got a long and not-bad but not entirely accurate AI summary…
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August 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“It’s as if we are back in 1975, but instead of starting to work on the personal computer, all the money spent on computing goes into making IBM and the BUNCH more gigantic than anything else ever” - Doc Searls, Getting Real With AI. doc.searls.com/2025/08/02/g...
I guess they were called link shorteners for a reason 🥁
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I guess they were called link shorteners for a reason 🥁
Fairly fucking certain I'm about to buy a cert in the year 2025 and I'm grumpy
July 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fairly fucking certain I'm about to buy a cert in the year 2025 and I'm grumpy
A note
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July 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A chart showing the use of the Xzibit meme over time compared to the average number of Pimp My Ride episodes actually watched by those meme users would be valuable internet research.
July 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A chart showing the use of the Xzibit meme over time compared to the average number of Pimp My Ride episodes actually watched by those meme users would be valuable internet research.
Shortnotes 1.7.0 released. A big thanks to @peterwilson.cc for PRs and the friendly prod to clear off the cobwebs. 🕸️ wordpress.org/plugins/shor...
Shortnotes
Add a notes post type to WordPress. For your short notes.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Shortnotes 1.7.0 released. A big thanks to @peterwilson.cc for PRs and the friendly prod to clear off the cobwebs. 🕸️ wordpress.org/plugins/shor...
Today’s dadism: Saying “I can” do something is easier than saying “I can’t” because it’s shorter 😎
July 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today’s dadism: Saying “I can” do something is easier than saying “I can’t” because it’s shorter 😎
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What's up next for me?
Time for an update!
Okay, so, it's been a while since my last post. But I've been busy! In addition to my job at 18F (RIP, more on that here), I've written a ton of music and done a bunch of art over the last couple years. Blogging's fallen to the wayside. But! Big changes are happening. My five-year plan is in the garbage, I'm looking for a new job, and I needed a better spot for my portfolio than a Figma deck.
melchoyce.design
June 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What's up next for me?
A very annoying thing about managed hosting is that there is literally nothing you can do when it all goes kaput thanks to :waves-hands: the internet.
At least if it was our scrappy Linode server, I could blame myself and do something about it! 😅
At least if it was our scrappy Linode server, I could blame myself and do something about it! 😅
June 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A very annoying thing about managed hosting is that there is literally nothing you can do when it all goes kaput thanks to :waves-hands: the internet.
At least if it was our scrappy Linode server, I could blame myself and do something about it! 😅
At least if it was our scrappy Linode server, I could blame myself and do something about it! 😅
A note
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June 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“You make an excellent point! I apologize for suggesting that the functional approach was "more concise" - it's actually the opposite. Let me break down why your original code is better”
We know the robots have won when their appeasements start working.
We know the robots have won when their appeasements start working.
May 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“You make an excellent point! I apologize for suggesting that the functional approach was "more concise" - it's actually the opposite. Let me break down why your original code is better”
We know the robots have won when their appeasements start working.
We know the robots have won when their appeasements start working.
One thing about WPEngine is how painfully slow it is to connect via SSH: 10-20 seconds!
Pressable: 1-3 seconds; my Linode server: 1.5 seconds; Kinsta: 500ms.
20 seconds is such a flow interrupter. /gripe
Pressable: 1-3 seconds; my Linode server: 1.5 seconds; Kinsta: 500ms.
20 seconds is such a flow interrupter. /gripe
May 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
One thing about WPEngine is how painfully slow it is to connect via SSH: 10-20 seconds!
Pressable: 1-3 seconds; my Linode server: 1.5 seconds; Kinsta: 500ms.
20 seconds is such a flow interrupter. /gripe
Pressable: 1-3 seconds; my Linode server: 1.5 seconds; Kinsta: 500ms.
20 seconds is such a flow interrupter. /gripe
Best *last* tracks from albums?
May 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Best *last* tracks from albums?