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Zach
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web dev
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sneak peek of a little atproto app i’ve been working on. it’s called sidetrail

it is for sharing “trails”. a trail is a sequence of stops where you do, learn, or think. a trail feels personal — it is whatever “worked for you”

(this is a mockup with fake data)
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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When the AI bubble breaks, can we turn all these pointless data centers into affordable housing or will we just let them rot?
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Art Hill
Stl
10/4/25
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
9/21
September 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I hope all the newly emboldened free speech advocates who have risen up publicly in the last few weeks are in an uproar after the FCC has been weaponized to threaten network licenses
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This entire era of influencer culture is just depressing. Everyone has to find their little ideological “niche” and get indoctrinated by listening to podcasts and consuming content for hours. Why can’t we go back to making and enjoying goofy video game reviews and dumb skits. It’s all just a lot.
September 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The art style of the Dragon Quest series is so good. I really need to play more of the series

#nintendodirect
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
butterfly garden #stl
September 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
⚒️ PR opened: "Incremental Remix Upgrade - V2' ⚒️
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Hopefully the final changes for the Remix V2 upgrade.
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🔗 https://github.com/zachurich/zach-urich-2022/pull/7
Incremental Remix Upgrade - V2 by zachurich · Pull Request #7 · zachurich/zach-urich-2022
Hopefully the final changes for the Remix V2 upgrade.
github.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.

- Carl Sagan
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Video games in 2025 are something else. I sat down and cleared space from my Xbox so I could download the Battle Field 6 open beta only to greeted by a QR code to reset my EA password. The QR code led to a 404. I tried then signing in directly via their homepage. (Continued)
August 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey I wrote something

zachurich.com/posts/unit-t...
Unit Test Results, Not Implementation Details - zachurich.com
Jul 27, 2025
zachurich.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
What resources are fellow Web folks using to keep up with AI trends?

Not looking to necessarily learn model training / ML, but integration patterns.

#javascript #typescript #ai #webdev
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
lol
June 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I'm not frustrated that people are upset about things. The concerns about LLM tech are real and valid. The thing I get more and more frustrated by is that people's only idea is "shut it down and ban it forever". Especially since they have no idea how that's actually going to happen.
June 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
May 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Man Sneaks Bag Of Outside Stimuli Into Sensory Deprivation Tank
theonion.com/man-sne...
March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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this is so so so wild, must read:

www.404media.co/super-ninten...
Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages
Why is this speedrunner putting his Super Nintendo in the freezer? Science.
www.404media.co
March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Science is out. Greed, money, lies and social manipulation are in.
The Anti-science society is here. How do we stop it?
YouTube video by Mike Brigandi
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I am really liking Avowed. I can’t help but think that a Pirate game from Obsidian with similar mechanics / style could work really well

#avowed
March 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Today I did that thing where I made a bunch of bash aliases to simplify things that I will inevitably forget
January 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ignorant web dev here, but I wish modern cross platform games had some sort of platform-agnostic protocol/standard to track saves, progress, etc. I just want to play the same game everywhere (if already cross-platform) and keep my progress. I am fine with continuing to pay for each version, too
January 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Oh wow. Someone solved this date problem good and proper. Amazing job. Such a clean API too.

getfullyear.com
Never Have Outdated Footer Dates Again
getfullyear.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy 2025 to all my fellow LinkedIn users. Let’s all resolve to complete our 15 minute skill assessments and post AI generated essays to build our leadership skills and networks 💪
January 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM