Ryan Cavanaugh
@searyanc.dev
Making TypeScript for 10 years running
We need to set up a laboratory to study how so many recklessly innumerate people end up in Matt Darling's replies
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
We need to set up a laboratory to study how so many recklessly innumerate people end up in Matt Darling's replies
I'm actually curious what you think 3.7% GDP means, if not the amount that it's growing by. Percent of what?
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I'm actually curious what you think 3.7% GDP means, if not the amount that it's growing by. Percent of what?
There are places where getting 80% of the way to the final product yields 80% of the value, but video generation seems like the absolute opposite of that
Seedance 2.0 is an obvious upgrade, but once again you can see obvious problems that ruin everything and bizarre choices that I think were made by the model.
Again, uncanny valley but for performance.
(Also, check out the loveseat cockpit. Innovation in defense!)
Again, uncanny valley but for performance.
(Also, check out the loveseat cockpit. Innovation in defense!)
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
There are places where getting 80% of the way to the final product yields 80% of the value, but video generation seems like the absolute opposite of that
[lifting the e-bike off its kickstand while the kids are on it]
4yo: wow dad you're strong
7yo: actually he's a little too old to be strong
4yo: wow dad you're strong
7yo: actually he's a little too old to be strong
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
[lifting the e-bike off its kickstand while the kids are on it]
4yo: wow dad you're strong
7yo: actually he's a little too old to be strong
4yo: wow dad you're strong
7yo: actually he's a little too old to be strong
Michael Hobbes is dunking on carbrainers again
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Michael Hobbes is dunking on carbrainers again
The national anthem just exploded my subwoofer
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The national anthem just exploded my subwoofer
I don't have any Seahawks gear but this will have to do
February 8, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I don't have any Seahawks gear but this will have to do
Made me look, even though everyone in this SkyZone is wearing a Seahawks jersey and not watching the TV
February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Made me look, even though everyone in this SkyZone is wearing a Seahawks jersey and not watching the TV
If you retire at 65 with $300k home equity and $700k of investments (millionaire!), a safe 4% withdraw rate = $28k/year, plus ballpark $3k/mo SS = total $64k/year, an amount that elsewhere on this site is described as literally poverty
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you retire at 65 with $300k home equity and $700k of investments (millionaire!), a safe 4% withdraw rate = $28k/year, plus ballpark $3k/mo SS = total $64k/year, an amount that elsewhere on this site is described as literally poverty
Going door-to-door spreading the good message of our friend arrowroot
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Going door-to-door spreading the good message of our friend arrowroot
Doing my taxes with pen and paper as God intended. No calcslop.
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Doing my taxes with pen and paper as God intended. No calcslop.
My wife's coworker got a single concussion and has been in and out of disability leave for 18 months. Not typical, but a single head injury can be very very bad
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
My wife's coworker got a single concussion and has been in and out of disability leave for 18 months. Not typical, but a single head injury can be very very bad
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Wait, has this always been the behavior?"
"Wait, has this always been the behavior?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Why are you people so stupid and incompetent?"
"Why are you people so stupid and incompetent?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Do you think you could do a postal run for me?"
"Do you think you could do a postal run for me?"
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Wait, has this always been the behavior?"
"Wait, has this always been the behavior?"
That's fewer human interventions per time than the average human driver needs
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
That's fewer human interventions per time than the average human driver needs
They were *downcasting* in a function called `sanitize` ?
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
They were *downcasting* in a function called `sanitize` ?
"not all art is illustration and not all illustration is art" would have been an uncontroversial take not long ago
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"not all art is illustration and not all illustration is art" would have been an uncontroversial take not long ago
I'm curious how you wrote the "howto-typescript" document. It's an interesting mix of stuff I see agents do anyway without instruction, style, and correctness.
February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I'm curious how you wrote the "howto-typescript" document. It's an interesting mix of stuff I see agents do anyway without instruction, style, and correctness.
I wasn't alive in 1980 but I have a superpower called "can read the posted 1980 and 1984 GOP party platforms"
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I wasn't alive in 1980 but I have a superpower called "can read the posted 1980 and 1984 GOP party platforms"
Beside the point, but virtually every video in this genre is staged and I'm curious what made this one different
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Beside the point, but virtually every video in this genre is staged and I'm curious what made this one different
Paging /r/SelfAwarewolves/
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Paging /r/SelfAwarewolves/
Fake post, eth is sadly not down anywhere near this amount
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Fake post, eth is sadly not down anywhere near this amount
I sure hope we're right that the LLMs aren't sentient, because if they are I would not feel ethical assigning them half the coding tasks that I do
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I sure hope we're right that the LLMs aren't sentient, because if they are I would not feel ethical assigning them half the coding tasks that I do
The Reddit AI summary thing is offering me tips on how to keep my Roomba cooled during extended gaming sessions
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The Reddit AI summary thing is offering me tips on how to keep my Roomba cooled during extended gaming sessions
See Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
See Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32
Wife: You said you were watching a baseball youtube last night?
Me: Yeah, so you go to a panel of lawyers with the proposed salary packages, present your comparables, but if you won a Cy Young then you get to use bonus comps from free agency, which normally -
Wife: baseball, the sport?
Me: right,
Me: Yeah, so you go to a panel of lawyers with the proposed salary packages, present your comparables, but if you won a Cy Young then you get to use bonus comps from free agency, which normally -
Wife: baseball, the sport?
Me: right,
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Wife: You said you were watching a baseball youtube last night?
Me: Yeah, so you go to a panel of lawyers with the proposed salary packages, present your comparables, but if you won a Cy Young then you get to use bonus comps from free agency, which normally -
Wife: baseball, the sport?
Me: right,
Me: Yeah, so you go to a panel of lawyers with the proposed salary packages, present your comparables, but if you won a Cy Young then you get to use bonus comps from free agency, which normally -
Wife: baseball, the sport?
Me: right,