Nic Lake
@niclake.me
🙋♂️he/him/his
🌎 Iowa resident.
🔨 Full stack software engineer
🎮 Bulbasaur stan
📚 Bibliophile
⌨️ Keyboard enthusiast
⚾️ Red Sox 🏀 Celtics ⚽️ Liverpool 🏎️ F1
👨👩👧🐈 Partner of B, father of V, cat dad of 2.
💻 https://niclake.me
🌎 Iowa resident.
🔨 Full stack software engineer
🎮 Bulbasaur stan
📚 Bibliophile
⌨️ Keyboard enthusiast
⚾️ Red Sox 🏀 Celtics ⚽️ Liverpool 🏎️ F1
👨👩👧🐈 Partner of B, father of V, cat dad of 2.
💻 https://niclake.me
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Nic Lake
@niclake.me
· Nov 16
Time to re-do my introduction.
Hi! I'm Nic. I'm a software dev (mostly Ruby) living in the Quad Cities. I have a wife, a 2 year old daughter, and 2 cats. I enjoy video games, reading, sports, music, spreadsheets, and mechanical keyboards.
Nice to meet you!
Hi! I'm Nic. I'm a software dev (mostly Ruby) living in the Quad Cities. I have a wife, a 2 year old daughter, and 2 cats. I enjoy video games, reading, sports, music, spreadsheets, and mechanical keyboards.
Nice to meet you!
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
I still remember the (former) friend that told me I was overreacting the second they called North Carolina for Trump and I started to worry.
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I still remember the (former) friend that told me I was overreacting the second they called North Carolina for Trump and I started to worry.
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There is nothing the least bit surprising. Donny Dictator is doing everything he said he was going to do.
If you stayed home for <reasons> or otherwise did not vote for Harris, you voted for all of what it happening now. Or, at the most generous, you did nothing to stop it.
I'll die on this hill.
If you stayed home for <reasons> or otherwise did not vote for Harris, you voted for all of what it happening now. Or, at the most generous, you did nothing to stop it.
I'll die on this hill.
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
There is nothing the least bit surprising. Donny Dictator is doing everything he said he was going to do.
If you stayed home for <reasons> or otherwise did not vote for Harris, you voted for all of what it happening now. Or, at the most generous, you did nothing to stop it.
I'll die on this hill.
If you stayed home for <reasons> or otherwise did not vote for Harris, you voted for all of what it happening now. Or, at the most generous, you did nothing to stop it.
I'll die on this hill.
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We used to call this subtweeting and also yes
Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We used to call this subtweeting and also yes
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Slightly diminish a game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 32
Clair Obscur: Expedition 32
OK I'll do it.
Slightly diminish a game.
888: Eight Hours, Eight Persons, Eight Doors
Slightly diminish a game.
888: Eight Hours, Eight Persons, Eight Doors
Slightly diminish a game (I’m guessing board games are also valid?)
Catan’t
Catan’t
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Slightly diminish a game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 32
Clair Obscur: Expedition 32
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[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
Most QBs can’t make that throw with a good pocket. Caleb made it across his body off his wrong leg on 4th down in a playoff game lmao
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Most QBs can’t make that throw with a good pocket. Caleb made it across his body off his wrong leg on 4th down in a playoff game lmao
You have to be able to sit on it with your legs hanging off the edge, and not have it hitting your calves.
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You have to be able to sit on it with your legs hanging off the edge, and not have it hitting your calves.
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Go Bears.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Go Bears.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
Oh for sure.
It just sucks that I can't even afford to pull the trigger on what is essentially a 25% discount atm.
It just sucks that I can't even afford to pull the trigger on what is essentially a 25% discount atm.
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Oh for sure.
It just sucks that I can't even afford to pull the trigger on what is essentially a 25% discount atm.
It just sucks that I can't even afford to pull the trigger on what is essentially a 25% discount atm.
Found a decent prebuilt gaming PC for $2,100.
Priced out individual parts. $2,800+.
WTF
Priced out individual parts. $2,800+.
WTF
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Found a decent prebuilt gaming PC for $2,100.
Priced out individual parts. $2,800+.
WTF
Priced out individual parts. $2,800+.
WTF
This is a VERY nerdy post about some automation I've recently added to my blog. Read at your own risk.
📝 Blogomation https://niclake.me/blogomation/
📝 Blogomation https://niclake.me/blogomation/
Blogomation
This is a VERY nerdy post about some automation I've recently added to my blog. Read at your own risk.
niclake.me
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This is a VERY nerdy post about some automation I've recently added to my blog. Read at your own risk.
📝 Blogomation https://niclake.me/blogomation/
📝 Blogomation https://niclake.me/blogomation/
I hit "Not Spam", and I guess just encourage everyone to do that if they see it? 🤞
January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I hit "Not Spam", and I guess just encourage everyone to do that if they see it? 🤞
FYI the "welcome to mothership.blog and a special discount" email did go into my spam.
Board the Mothership.
You're just in time.
A couple weeks from now, on January 26, 2026, we'll be launching the full version of our new gaming website, Mothership, which aims to analyze games specifically through the...
mothership.blog
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
FYI the "welcome to mothership.blog and a special discount" email did go into my spam.
A list of all the applications I'm currently using.
📝 App Defaults for 2026 https://niclake.me/app-defaults-2026/
📝 App Defaults for 2026 https://niclake.me/app-defaults-2026/
App Defaults for 2026
A list of all the applications I'm currently using.
niclake.me
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A list of all the applications I'm currently using.
📝 App Defaults for 2026 https://niclake.me/app-defaults-2026/
📝 App Defaults for 2026 https://niclake.me/app-defaults-2026/
> Since I left it's become more toxic and, yes, evil.
Confirmed: John Scalzi was the one stemming the tide.
Confirmed: John Scalzi was the one stemming the tide.
January 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
> Since I left it's become more toxic and, yes, evil.
Confirmed: John Scalzi was the one stemming the tide.
Confirmed: John Scalzi was the one stemming the tide.
“Gotta keep my stakeholders happy,” I whisper as I cut the crust off of my daughter’s toast.
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“Gotta keep my stakeholders happy,” I whisper as I cut the crust off of my daughter’s toast.
Ok but can you ship me every Pokemon DS game?
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Ok but can you ship me every Pokemon DS game?
History is destined to repeat itself
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
History is destined to repeat itself
Today’s been pretty shit, huh?
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Today’s been pretty shit, huh?
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they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.