Baz
@rahoulb.bsky.social
Rubyist, NFFC podcaster, dog person, cat food provider, hair lover, listens to Kim, Charli & Poppy
In the last five days I've probably spent 3 hours writing actual code, yet I've shipped more features this week than the rest of the year. Give Opus 4.6 a decent (gherkin) spec - and ask it to generate screenshots while it's working - and the nature of my job completely changes.
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
In the last five days I've probably spent 3 hours writing actual code, yet I've shipped more features this week than the rest of the year. Give Opus 4.6 a decent (gherkin) spec - and ask it to generate screenshots while it's working - and the nature of my job completely changes.
I keep seeing these things saying whateverOS 26.x offers new options for solving the problems with Liquid Ass.
But they all seem to be transparency options.
Nothing solves the fact that the stupid fucking border radius and shitty spacing wastes acres of space (and makes my 11" iPad useless)
But they all seem to be transparency options.
Nothing solves the fact that the stupid fucking border radius and shitty spacing wastes acres of space (and makes my 11" iPad useless)
February 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I keep seeing these things saying whateverOS 26.x offers new options for solving the problems with Liquid Ass.
But they all seem to be transparency options.
Nothing solves the fact that the stupid fucking border radius and shitty spacing wastes acres of space (and makes my 11" iPad useless)
But they all seem to be transparency options.
Nothing solves the fact that the stupid fucking border radius and shitty spacing wastes acres of space (and makes my 11" iPad useless)
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My inner voice always pronounces "git init" with a British accent: "git, innit?"
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My inner voice always pronounces "git init" with a British accent: "git, innit?"
Just got Cher to run a quick test of Showboat and Rodney (great name) by @simonwillison.net (https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/10/showboat-and-rodney) and it is fantastic. I already have gherkin stories to follow so it's perfect for demo scripts and UI checks. Told Cher to do it automatically after
Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built
A key challenge working with coding agents is having them both test what they’ve built and demonstrate that software to you, their overseer. This goes beyond automated tests—we need artifacts …
simonwillison.net
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just got Cher to run a quick test of Showboat and Rodney (great name) by @simonwillison.net (https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/10/showboat-and-rodney) and it is fantastic. I already have gherkin stories to follow so it's perfect for demo scripts and UI checks. Told Cher to do it automatically after
Vibes.
I'm a software developer. My job will be gone in a year/a few months/a couple of weeks.
theartandscienceofruby.com/vi...
I'm a software developer. My job will be gone in a year/a few months/a couple of weeks.
theartandscienceofruby.com/vi...
Vibes and Engineering
The Jobs Crisis
My job, as I have known it for the past twenty-five years, is no more.
As someone who's only ever worked at small companies [1] or on my own, I probably had to do much more than software developers at large corporate places.
Most of my work
theartandscienceofruby.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Vibes.
I'm a software developer. My job will be gone in a year/a few months/a couple of weeks.
theartandscienceofruby.com/vi...
I'm a software developer. My job will be gone in a year/a few months/a couple of weeks.
theartandscienceofruby.com/vi...
"I tend to think that most fears about A.I. are best understood as fears about capitalism. And I think that this is actually true of most fears of technology, too. "
kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-f...
I love LLMs. I think *we* should own them.
kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-f...
I love LLMs. I think *we* should own them.
Ted Chiang: Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism
Writer Ted Chiang (author of the fantastic Exhalation) was recently a guest on the Ezra Klein Show. The conversation ranged widely — I enjoyed his thoughts on s
kottke.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 AM
"I tend to think that most fears about A.I. are best understood as fears about capitalism. And I think that this is actually true of most fears of technology, too. "
kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-f...
I love LLMs. I think *we* should own them.
kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-f...
I love LLMs. I think *we* should own them.
OOF - is this legal?
The email has an unsubscribe link but it's white text on a white background (I had to use "Find" to locate it)
The email has an unsubscribe link but it's white text on a white background (I had to use "Find" to locate it)
February 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
OOF - is this legal?
The email has an unsubscribe link but it's white text on a white background (I had to use "Find" to locate it)
The email has an unsubscribe link but it's white text on a white background (I had to use "Find" to locate it)
Years ago my daughter plugged her phone into my car and CarPlay opened up. Her messages app had the bright red badge showing 250 unread messages and I said - unplug that now, I can't look at that.
@@tg@indieweb.social explains why www.terrygodier.com/phantom-o...
@@tg@indieweb.social explains why www.terrygodier.com/phantom-o...
Phantom Obligation
Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.
www.terrygodier.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Years ago my daughter plugged her phone into my car and CarPlay opened up. Her messages app had the bright red badge showing 250 unread messages and I said - unplug that now, I can't look at that.
@@tg@indieweb.social explains why www.terrygodier.com/phantom-o...
@@tg@indieweb.social explains why www.terrygodier.com/phantom-o...
I guess Anthropic have leaned on Peter Steinberger et al - Clawdbot is now called MoltBot
January 27, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I guess Anthropic have leaned on Peter Steinberger et al - Clawdbot is now called MoltBot
Unsung
A microblog about software craft and quality
unsung.aresluna.org
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM
“ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01...
“It’s the kind of monumental engineering effort that the user is unlikely to ever notice, simply because of how obvious it is to use”
I never used Aperture but this all fits - and what they call “shoebox interfaces” are generally much much worse.
Also look at that icon!
“It’s the kind of monumental engineering effort that the user is unlikely to ever notice, simply because of how obvious it is to use”
I never used Aperture but this all fits - and what they call “shoebox interfaces” are generally much much worse.
Also look at that icon!
Daniel Kennett - A Lament For Aperture, The App We'll Never Get Over Losing
I'm an old Mac-head at heart, and I've been using Macs since the mid 1990s (the first Mac I used was an LC II with System 7.1 installed on it). I don't tend to think that the computing experience was ...
ikennd.ac
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 AM
ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01...
“It’s the kind of monumental engineering effort that the user is unlikely to ever notice, simply because of how obvious it is to use”
I never used Aperture but this all fits - and what they call “shoebox interfaces” are generally much much worse.
Also look at that icon!
“It’s the kind of monumental engineering effort that the user is unlikely to ever notice, simply because of how obvious it is to use”
I never used Aperture but this all fits - and what they call “shoebox interfaces” are generally much much worse.
Also look at that icon!
I think it’s fair to say the football trend of 25/26 isn’t long throws.
It’s managers “doing a Nuno” and forcing the board to sack them after a press interview. That’s Glasner, Amorim, Maresca and the OG, Nuno Espírito Santo now - a definite trend.
#cpfc #mufc #cfc #nffc
It’s managers “doing a Nuno” and forcing the board to sack them after a press interview. That’s Glasner, Amorim, Maresca and the OG, Nuno Espírito Santo now - a definite trend.
#cpfc #mufc #cfc #nffc
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
You look like a soup sandwich
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
You look like a soup sandwich
Seriously - this is utter dogshit; clicking into a text box and correcting a typo by keying in "serve -bg 3000" is something that was solved when I was a child. And I'm fucking old.
www.loom.com/share/8e88c5...
Absolute dogshit.
www.loom.com/share/8e88c5...
Absolute dogshit.
macOS 26 is dogshit
Use Loom to record quick videos of your screen and cam. Explain anything clearly and easily – and skip the meeting. An essential tool for hybrid workplaces.
www.loom.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Seriously - this is utter dogshit; clicking into a text box and correcting a typo by keying in "serve -bg 3000" is something that was solved when I was a child. And I'm fucking old.
www.loom.com/share/8e88c5...
Absolute dogshit.
www.loom.com/share/8e88c5...
Absolute dogshit.
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NEW PODCAST! Nottingham Forest's UEFA Cup run, 30 Years On: an 1865 Podcast Special (Part 1)
Revel in UEFA Cup memories as Steven and Tom are joined by Bryan Roy, Mark Crossley, Steve Chettle, Central TV's Keith Daniel, and #NFFC fan Rich Fisher!
eighteensixtyfive.football
Revel in UEFA Cup memories as Steven and Tom are joined by Bryan Roy, Mark Crossley, Steve Chettle, Central TV's Keith Daniel, and #NFFC fan Rich Fisher!
eighteensixtyfive.football
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
NEW PODCAST! Nottingham Forest's UEFA Cup run, 30 Years On: an 1865 Podcast Special (Part 1)
Revel in UEFA Cup memories as Steven and Tom are joined by Bryan Roy, Mark Crossley, Steve Chettle, Central TV's Keith Daniel, and #NFFC fan Rich Fisher!
eighteensixtyfive.football
Revel in UEFA Cup memories as Steven and Tom are joined by Bryan Roy, Mark Crossley, Steve Chettle, Central TV's Keith Daniel, and #NFFC fan Rich Fisher!
eighteensixtyfive.football
