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Brendan
@brendanryan.dev
I make computers do things for money.

Life-long lover of learning.
Alliteration advocate.

Host of the Procrastination Podcast: First Episode Coming Soon!
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I’d call them bleats, but I doubt it’ll catch on.
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This viewpoint resonates with me and a major part of why I don’t use LLMs to generate code.
September 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
At 45, I’m really starting to zero in on what’s important to me in a facial tissue.
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
espresso macchiato
May 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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In the interest of balance #news
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
March Madness is when you spend the whole month thinking, ‘How is it already March!?’.
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Vibe coding….
a man with a beard and sunglasses is sitting at a table in a crowded room .
Alt: Walter Sobchak (The Big Lebowski) slow blink
media.tenor.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It finally happened!

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March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Please use alt text, folks!
February 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Watch more from @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the historical precedent that led us here—and how lessons from the past can guide our recovery today.

contrarian.substack.com/p/heather-co...
January 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Jan. 20, 2025 is undoubtedly a consequential day in modern history.

Jen Rubin speaks w/ historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social on where we go from here & history’s invaluable lesson: if we want to move forward, we must never shut up.
contrarian.substack.com/p/heather-co...
Heather Cox Richardson & Jen Rubin in conversation
Two of the boldest, most powerful voices of our time--a historian and a journalist--discuss the precedent for arriving at this day and where we go from here
contrarian.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The elusive 2!

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January 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
There’s nothing I love more than resolving merge conflicts in git. It always goes well.
January 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’ll be whistling this for the rest of the night.
Star Wars fans: If you enjoyed "Major Tom (Coming Home)" in Huttese...how about a proper Rick Roll? We translated Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and performed it live with our droid!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8J...
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" cover in Huttese - The Kyberpunks
YouTube video by The Kyberpunks
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Is there a name for a user who discards more posts than they make?

How much do I want to delete this right now?
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 AM
November 6, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Yoooo

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October 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I’m unreasonably excited about my new keyboard.
September 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Enzo expressing sadness.
September 12, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Animated GIFs should be called “GIFs that keep on GIFing”.
August 31, 2024 at 1:34 PM
August 20, 2024 at 1:08 AM
I’m close to reaching my data cap, but since it’s the last day of the month, I’m gonna go on a data spree. Might even download a big file and throw it right in the trash.
June 30, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Here’s a picture I took of some mammatus (I think) clouds.
May 30, 2024 at 3:32 PM