John Turner
@breaking.computer
Music, code, and cooking enthusiast. Staff engineer making developer tools at a reasonably well known tech company/podcast sponsor. Occasionally writes at breaking.computer
With zero context for the PR, I like the idea that the concept of things predictably follow other things is getting a gritty reboot.
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
With zero context for the PR, I like the idea that the concept of things predictably follow other things is getting a gritty reboot.
Today I was reminded that no matter how sober you are, if you’re driving at night at put on 70s Miles Davis, you’re instantly On Drugs.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Today I was reminded that no matter how sober you are, if you’re driving at night at put on 70s Miles Davis, you’re instantly On Drugs.
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attn Brooklyn:
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
attn Brooklyn:
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I’m ready for Bull Moose Party 2.0
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I’m ready for Bull Moose Party 2.0
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
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wanna feel old? she's a middle-aged, VP of Operations dirtbag now
September 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
wanna feel old? she's a middle-aged, VP of Operations dirtbag now
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I’m picky about my dev workflow, so adopting new tools takes time. But I’ve used git worktrees exclusively for the past year and have loved it. 🌟
They’ve been game-changing as my engineering impact/scope has grown.
More details on my setup: blog.safia.rocks/2025/09/03/g...
They’ve been game-changing as my engineering impact/scope has grown.
More details on my setup: blog.safia.rocks/2025/09/03/g...
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’m picky about my dev workflow, so adopting new tools takes time. But I’ve used git worktrees exclusively for the past year and have loved it. 🌟
They’ve been game-changing as my engineering impact/scope has grown.
More details on my setup: blog.safia.rocks/2025/09/03/g...
They’ve been game-changing as my engineering impact/scope has grown.
More details on my setup: blog.safia.rocks/2025/09/03/g...
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audio programming scratches an itch i miss from game engine/tools dev - a genuine reason to obsess over latency & quality, enough to write explicit simd
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
audio programming scratches an itch i miss from game engine/tools dev - a genuine reason to obsess over latency & quality, enough to write explicit simd
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Here's another good'un.
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Here's another good'un.
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)
Probably not. I’m either the guy who says that there’s a logical explanation for all of this before being killed to show that no, there’s not, or the guy who says we should get out while we can before being killed to show that, no, we can’t.
You're in a horror movie.
Do you survive?
If so, how?
It depends. I'm the planner so I could final girl it despite being a ho but if the killer is one of my own party, I'm too autistic to consider that people lie.
Do you survive?
If so, how?
It depends. I'm the planner so I could final girl it despite being a ho but if the killer is one of my own party, I'm too autistic to consider that people lie.
September 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Probably not. I’m either the guy who says that there’s a logical explanation for all of this before being killed to show that no, there’s not, or the guy who says we should get out while we can before being killed to show that, no, we can’t.
I won’t act like my opinion does or should carry any weight here, but having watched a doula assist in bringing both of my kids into the world, I can say with confidence that the idea of delegating that work to LLMs shows a poor understanding of medicine, humans, and LLMs.
I don't know, can an AI doula massage your back during transition? Hold your hand? Hold your cup when you take a drink? Hold your hand to balance in yoga poses? Walk down the street to pick up dinner for you after delivery? Physically position your baby for breastfeeding?
I thought not.
I thought not.
🤔
September 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I won’t act like my opinion does or should carry any weight here, but having watched a doula assist in bringing both of my kids into the world, I can say with confidence that the idea of delegating that work to LLMs shows a poor understanding of medicine, humans, and LLMs.
Just got a popup on the app that Mr. 4’s teacher uses to communicate with parents asking if I wanted to upgrade to premium. Welcome to EdTech hell I guess.
September 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just got a popup on the app that Mr. 4’s teacher uses to communicate with parents asking if I wanted to upgrade to premium. Welcome to EdTech hell I guess.
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Just a reminder that Hochul tried to stop this from happening. She busted in like the Kool-aid person to try to stop the policy. The North remembers.
the results so far on congestion pricing in new york have been so outrageously good that opposition to it works as a convenient identifier of unserious buffoons www.reuters.com/world/us/new...
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just a reminder that Hochul tried to stop this from happening. She busted in like the Kool-aid person to try to stop the policy. The North remembers.
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Hey, New York folks, as of tonight, CVS is offering appointments for COVID vaccines again! Make sure to get yours and your flu shot for this season!
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hey, New York folks, as of tonight, CVS is offering appointments for COVID vaccines again! Make sure to get yours and your flu shot for this season!
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Sample size of 1, but it says a lot to me about the current media landscape that this seems to happen faster and faster. “Literally” to mean “figuratively” took a good chunk of my life, “devops” to “infrastructure” a few years, and “enshitification” to “a company did something bad” a few months
It’s also useful to note that the popular adoption of the term has (inevitably) become far more reductive than Cory’s original more nuanced and specific meaning for the word, and he did not frame it as some inevitability that we must resign ourselves to, but rather as something we can dismantle.
September 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sample size of 1, but it says a lot to me about the current media landscape that this seems to happen faster and faster. “Literally” to mean “figuratively” took a good chunk of my life, “devops” to “infrastructure” a few years, and “enshitification” to “a company did something bad” a few months
This is a point I find myself making often. Regardless of the utility of any particular tool—AI or otherwise—forcing its usage centers the tool over the human using it.
Something I didn't get to say yesterday:
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
It has been really interesting to attend UNESCO's Digital Learning Week (though unfortunately I'm not able to stick around). My public lecture from yesterday can be found here:
www.youtube.com/live/l-OWi6V...
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www.youtube.com/live/l-OWi6V...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is a point I find myself making often. Regardless of the utility of any particular tool—AI or otherwise—forcing its usage centers the tool over the human using it.
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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
If you do, it’s only a matter of time before someone shows up saying you should use Linux instead.
whatever u do do not post about linux
August 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you do, it’s only a matter of time before someone shows up saying you should use Linux instead.
I tried out jujutsu and it’s really great! I loved the workflow. But it also feels like so many of the integrations I want just aren’t there yet. I’ll likely put it down for a bit and come back in a few months and see where the ecosystem is.
August 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I tried out jujutsu and it’s really great! I loved the workflow. But it also feels like so many of the integrations I want just aren’t there yet. I’ll likely put it down for a bit and come back in a few months and see where the ecosystem is.
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i've decided to run for mayor of new york city. i hate this city, i hate being in it, i think everyone in it is stupid except for me, when people have fun here it makes me mad, i don't know why i'm running, i don't want to be mayor, and i have $4. see you at the polls
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
i've decided to run for mayor of new york city. i hate this city, i hate being in it, i think everyone in it is stupid except for me, when people have fun here it makes me mad, i don't know why i'm running, i don't want to be mayor, and i have $4. see you at the polls
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I just saw a thread debating if React is a library or framework again so I’m here to give the answer once and for all:
Stop. Just stop. It doesn’t matter. It’s 2025 not 2015, debate something useful.
Stop. Just stop. It doesn’t matter. It’s 2025 not 2015, debate something useful.
August 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I just saw a thread debating if React is a library or framework again so I’m here to give the answer once and for all:
Stop. Just stop. It doesn’t matter. It’s 2025 not 2015, debate something useful.
Stop. Just stop. It doesn’t matter. It’s 2025 not 2015, debate something useful.
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been at the eric adams scavenger hunt all day. mostly we were in a crawlspace under a house in howard beach learning “how to out-hustle the rats.” not sure what this does for the campaign
August 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
been at the eric adams scavenger hunt all day. mostly we were in a crawlspace under a house in howard beach learning “how to out-hustle the rats.” not sure what this does for the campaign
For no particular reason, I’ll note that @tailscale.com is one of the better network related products I’ve ever used, and I’ve heard their integration with Mullvad is really nice.
August 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
For no particular reason, I’ll note that @tailscale.com is one of the better network related products I’ve ever used, and I’ve heard their integration with Mullvad is really nice.
I’ve bought a few pieces as gifts from Nora and they look even better than the pictures.
Hi all! I have a jewelry store at nora.jewelry and I'd love to sell you something nice!
August 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’ve bought a few pieces as gifts from Nora and they look even better than the pictures.