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Eric Wagoner
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Amateur costumer and tabletop enthusiast. Developer at Infinity Interactive. Creator of Locallygrown.net. Former astrophysicist. Nerdy father to nerdy offspring. he/him ericwagoner.com has links to all my many online places and things.
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I haven't been writing enough lately so I am bringing back a practice I call doomscrawling. Whenever I reach for my phone to doomscroll, I must first open one of my WIPs in Google Docs and write one (1) sentence.
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
kestrelsnest.social
My new n8n workflow and emailed me some prompts and a template, and all I had to do was fill things in. Easy peasy, and before I even finished my coffee my inaugural edition of weeknotes was live on the blog.

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Zero friction. This just might stick.
Weeknotes: December 20–27, 2025
Slow, like the world was on pause. Everyone else off celebrating while I hung out in the quiet of home. Shipped Built a pantry inventory app to track dry goods, herbs, and spices. It already proved …
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December 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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New blog post: I found three opened bags of rice flour this week, two of tapioca starch, and a potato starch I'd forgotten existed. So I did what any reasonable person would do—I built an app.

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Where Did I Put the Mochi Flour?
I found three opened bags of rice flour this week. So I built a pantry inventory app.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Our pantry has lots of dry goods in various types of reusable jars and containers. Our spice wall has nearly 100 different items hanging on with magnetized lids. I just consolidated items and found several opened bags of the same thing, several times over.

No more.

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Pantry
Kitchen Inventory Tracker
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December 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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In 2021, I gave myself ketamine treatments for my 50th birthday. One of the first signs they were working was that I wanted to build again. I started with a $12 droplet and YunoHost. Four years later, I run my entire social media presence on it.

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Why I Self-Host My Social Media (and You Could Too)
I started with a $12 droplet and YunoHost. Four years later, I run my entire social media presence on it.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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coconuttank.bsky.social
The infamous loss comic, now with censor bars arranged in the minimalist format associated with loss.
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
kestrelsnest.social
In 2021, I gave myself ketamine treatments for my 50th birthday. One of the first signs they were working was that I wanted to build again. I started with a $12 droplet and YunoHost. Four years later, I run my entire social media presence on it.

New post up! blog.kestrelsnest.social/posts/2025-1...
Why I Self-Host My Social Media (and You Could Too)
I started with a $12 droplet and YunoHost. Four years later, I run my entire social media presence on it.
blog.kestrelsnest.social
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Potentially important new law journal article just dropped. It’s a heavy read but worth it.

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The Originalist Case for the President's Power to Pardon State Offenses
Recently, President Donald Trump purported to pardon Tina Peters, a former county clerk from Colorado, for state-level offenses. The overwhelming consensus amon
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December 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
kestrelsnest.social
I solve human problems; code is just the medium. Naming my tools after people who inspire me is a small ritual that keeps that truth at the center.
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Why My Payment Agent Is Named George, Not stripe-agent
I name my AI sub-agents after people who inspire me—not whimsy, but a practice for remembering who the work is actually for.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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My friend George over at GamesRadar wrote this powerful ode to Gunn's Superman, proclaiming it their movie of the year.

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Superman captured my heart as the 2025 movie of the year with its hopeful rejection of cynicism
Year in Review 2025 | James Gunn's Superman is the movie of the year
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December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
kestrelsnest.social
I'm always learning stuff. For example, tonight I learned Maxell is still around.
Screenshot of a social media thread in dark mode. At the top, a user named “jxhn” posts: “As a teenager in the 80s, this was the BEST stocking stuffer. My parents knew me well.” Below the text is a photo of a stacked set of vintage TDK cassette tapes labeled “TDK SA-X 90” and “TDK SA 90,” shown in their original packaging. Engagement icons show thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. Beneath the post, the verified Maxell account “maxellcorp” replies simply: “Excuse me?”
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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There's something like nine billion possible phone numbers in the United States alone, and I know it's an impossible task to block them all. But by god it sure looks like I'm gonna have to try.
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Live from LA. That was a while ago. Clay was on stage with me and George called in that night.

I believe Alex Hirsch was in the audience.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I've been running a farmers market platform for 23 years. Now that I finally have a new set of tools and features, I finally wrote up the numbers: $57M to farmers, 869K orders, 67.6% of customers come back.

Not bad for a side project that refused to die.

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Impact Report 2025 - LocallyGrown's Community Impact
$57 million in sales facilitated for local farmers. 869,000+ orders processed. 55,000+ customers served. See how LocallyGrown is strengthening local food systems.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I've completed "Movie Theater" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/9

part1: 48.17ms
part2: 1:18.968 (m:ss.mmm)

Not the best work, but for me, today, it's my best work.
Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I built an AI assistant called Diderot (after the Encyclopédie guy) to keep documentation in sync with code changes. He handles the tedious git log archaeology so I can focus on the parts I'm actually good at: tools that amplify, not replace.

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Meet Diderot: The AI Assistant That Keeps Our Documentation in Perfect Sync | Infinity Interactive
Meet Diderot, a specialized AI agent that helps developers keep documentation synchronized with code changes. Learn how to configure this documentation assistant for different project types and see re...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7

Quantum tachyon manifolds! My degree in astrophysics is finally paying off!
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6

I used to teach math to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I'm kinda glad I never had to touch upon cephalopod math until now.
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5

I finally hit my old friend OutOfMemoryError and had to think.
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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I am once again proud & excited to be directing the Costuming Track at #CONpossible 2026 — February 6–8, 2026, in Atlanta!

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Theme: Through the Fairy Ring

This year’s track blends the magical with the mechanical. 🛠️✨ (1/5)
June 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4

Little elves on forklifts!
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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@kathleena.bsky.social Happy birthday!
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3

These elves have some real "got fed after midnight" gremlin energy.
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM