Adrian Parsons
@adrianparsons.com
Software Engineer searching for next thing. NYC via Austin. Chaotic Good.
Overheard at NYC Systems Coffee Club this morning:
“I’ve done… ‘crimes’ in Python”
“I’ve done… ‘crimes’ in Python”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Overheard at NYC Systems Coffee Club this morning:
“I’ve done… ‘crimes’ in Python”
“I’ve done… ‘crimes’ in Python”
. @aaronpierron.com just launched dontblunder.com, a super cool site for getting better at chess.
You get a mid-game chess board, make a move, then get a score (as well as see the optimal move).
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
You get a mid-game chess board, make a move, then get a score (as well as see the optimal move).
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
Don't Blunder
Don't Blunder, a chess middlegame trainer
dontblunder.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
. @aaronpierron.com just launched dontblunder.com, a super cool site for getting better at chess.
You get a mid-game chess board, make a move, then get a score (as well as see the optimal move).
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
You get a mid-game chess board, make a move, then get a score (as well as see the optimal move).
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
Halloween is the absolute best holiday. First of all, it's not religious, so there's no obligation to travel to celebrate with family. Especially because it's not religious, it doesn't matter when it's celebrated. Halloween basically lasts for 10 days.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Halloween is the absolute best holiday. First of all, it's not religious, so there's no obligation to travel to celebrate with family. Especially because it's not religious, it doesn't matter when it's celebrated. Halloween basically lasts for 10 days.
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conversely, deploys are inherently good. deploying is greasing the wheels of your living breathing system. you want deploys to be as easy and natural as breathing
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
conversely, deploys are inherently good. deploying is greasing the wheels of your living breathing system. you want deploys to be as easy and natural as breathing
I read the first three words as “post-food critic” which got me thinking about the implications. Do they write about Soylent flavors?
Post food critic Tom Sietsema is stepping down after 25 years — and is finally showing his face.
In his final column, Tom shares some tricks of the trade after decades of reviewing restaurants anonymously. https://wapo.st/4pWgp8K
In his final column, Tom shares some tricks of the trade after decades of reviewing restaurants anonymously. https://wapo.st/4pWgp8K
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I read the first three words as “post-food critic” which got me thinking about the implications. Do they write about Soylent flavors?
A while back I had the idea to create a font of logos of the companies in the Fortune 500.
I dug into it to see how hard it would be and... have a font with a single logo.
I dug into it to see how hard it would be and... have a font with a single logo.
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A while back I had the idea to create a font of logos of the companies in the Fortune 500.
I dug into it to see how hard it would be and... have a font with a single logo.
I dug into it to see how hard it would be and... have a font with a single logo.
TIL the ampersand symbol evolved from the Latin word "et" (means "and"). You can still kind of see the "e" and "t" combined in it. Here's the modern symbol next to an older "et" ligature.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TIL the ampersand symbol evolved from the Latin word "et" (means "and"). You can still kind of see the "e" and "t" combined in it. Here's the modern symbol next to an older "et" ligature.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
lol I love this. From the go docs:
"If you must read the rest of this document to understand the behavior of your program, you are being too clever.
Don't be clever."
go.dev/ref/mem#:~:t....
"If you must read the rest of this document to understand the behavior of your program, you are being too clever.
Don't be clever."
go.dev/ref/mem#:~:t....
The Go Memory Model - The Go Programming Language
go.dev
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
lol I love this. From the go docs:
"If you must read the rest of this document to understand the behavior of your program, you are being too clever.
Don't be clever."
go.dev/ref/mem#:~:t....
"If you must read the rest of this document to understand the behavior of your program, you are being too clever.
Don't be clever."
go.dev/ref/mem#:~:t....
Updated empty.nyc with data from all 5 boroughs.
🗽 NYC Empty Lots
empty.nyc
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Updated empty.nyc with data from all 5 boroughs.
I'm impressed with the maniacal obsession and commitment to the niche exhibited by @sportslogos.net
www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_b...
www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_b...
sportslogos.net
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm impressed with the maniacal obsession and commitment to the niche exhibited by @sportslogos.net
www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_b...
www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_b...
posted a few new photos: adrian.photos
Adrian Parsons
adrian.photos
September 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
posted a few new photos: adrian.photos
Sweet, there are LIDAR scans of NYC
I accidentally hit the backtick key while playing around on roadview.planninglabs.nyc/view/-73.988... and BOOM, LIDAR.
No idea what to do with this, but it's cool.
I accidentally hit the backtick key while playing around on roadview.planninglabs.nyc/view/-73.988... and BOOM, LIDAR.
No idea what to do with this, but it's cool.
August 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sweet, there are LIDAR scans of NYC
I accidentally hit the backtick key while playing around on roadview.planninglabs.nyc/view/-73.988... and BOOM, LIDAR.
No idea what to do with this, but it's cool.
I accidentally hit the backtick key while playing around on roadview.planninglabs.nyc/view/-73.988... and BOOM, LIDAR.
No idea what to do with this, but it's cool.
I kind of got obsessed with tracking down this cool logo I saw as a kid at the Deutsches Museum in Bonn, Germany. I remembered the two figures floating in front of a sea of buttons, switches, and other computer-y things.
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I kind of got obsessed with tracking down this cool logo I saw as a kid at the Deutsches Museum in Bonn, Germany. I remembered the two figures floating in front of a sea of buttons, switches, and other computer-y things.
I’m mapping out the empty lots of NYC using open data. Starting with Manhattan!
emptylots.adrianparsons.com
emptylots.adrianparsons.com
🗽 NYC Empty Lots
emptylots.adrianparsons.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’m mapping out the empty lots of NYC using open data. Starting with Manhattan!
emptylots.adrianparsons.com
emptylots.adrianparsons.com
Hell yeah
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of films that most frequently use the word fuck - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hell yeah
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...