Brian McCallister
@brianm.dev
Programmerer, woodworker, cat photos, stuff
I like jj, it is good.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I like jj, it is good.
Oh Claude, you optimist:
```
# Auto-approve the apply since we know what we're doing
make apply <<< "yes" 2>&1 | grep -A 5 "Apply complete"
```
```
# Auto-approve the apply since we know what we're doing
make apply <<< "yes" 2>&1 | grep -A 5 "Apply complete"
```
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh Claude, you optimist:
```
# Auto-approve the apply since we know what we're doing
make apply <<< "yes" 2>&1 | grep -A 5 "Apply complete"
```
```
# Auto-approve the apply since we know what we're doing
make apply <<< "yes" 2>&1 | grep -A 5 "Apply complete"
```
Grabbing breakfast at Coupa this morning and remembering the first time I did so, 20 years ago, before my interview at Ning.
Came in and Whitfield Diffie was hanging out at the table by the front window where the napkins and lids are now.
I regret not asking for his signature.
Came in and Whitfield Diffie was hanging out at the table by the front window where the napkins and lids are now.
I regret not asking for his signature.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Grabbing breakfast at Coupa this morning and remembering the first time I did so, 20 years ago, before my interview at Ning.
Came in and Whitfield Diffie was hanging out at the table by the front window where the napkins and lids are now.
I regret not asking for his signature.
Came in and Whitfield Diffie was hanging out at the table by the front window where the napkins and lids are now.
I regret not asking for his signature.
Watching Claude Code fight to get rust to compile makes me feel a bit better about my own fights.
Even better, I can pipe in with suggestions while it works and it does not get annoyed with me!
Even better, I can pipe in with suggestions while it works and it does not get annoyed with me!
October 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Watching Claude Code fight to get rust to compile makes me feel a bit better about my own fights.
Even better, I can pipe in with suggestions while it works and it does not get annoyed with me!
Even better, I can pipe in with suggestions while it works and it does not get annoyed with me!
The greatest trick the ai vendors ever pulled was convincing customers to make ai tool adoption a performance metric.
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The greatest trick the ai vendors ever pulled was convincing customers to make ai tool adoption a performance metric.
Reposted by Brian McCallister
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
When I was in Scotland in ‘94-‘95 there was a measles outbreak. The UK re-vaccinated everyone, even visitors like me.
March 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When I was in Scotland in ‘94-‘95 there was a measles outbreak. The UK re-vaccinated everyone, even visitors like me.
Reposted by Brian McCallister
Gosh, look what @cstross posted exactly ten years ago: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/02/a-different-cluetrain.html
February 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Gosh, look what @cstross posted exactly ten years ago: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/02/a-different-cluetrain.html
Reposted by Brian McCallister
I guess I am contributing to returning the Internet to its roots: cat pictures
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I guess I am contributing to returning the Internet to its roots: cat pictures
Reposted by Brian McCallister
Reposted by Brian McCallister
We need more floofy cat bellies today, so here is one.
February 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We need more floofy cat bellies today, so here is one.
So, trying to buy a new car. Really fighting to get dealerships to even return my messages. Are sales critters *that* complacent in 2025?
Had one suggestion it is because I have a Delaware phone number in Seattle, so they think I am wasting their time. But... really? People move, it's a thing.
Had one suggestion it is because I have a Delaware phone number in Seattle, so they think I am wasting their time. But... really? People move, it's a thing.
January 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So, trying to buy a new car. Really fighting to get dealerships to even return my messages. Are sales critters *that* complacent in 2025?
Had one suggestion it is because I have a Delaware phone number in Seattle, so they think I am wasting their time. But... really? People move, it's a thing.
Had one suggestion it is because I have a Delaware phone number in Seattle, so they think I am wasting their time. But... really? People move, it's a thing.
Got into a discussion about emitting LLVM debug info for yaml today to facilitate debugging k8s
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Got into a discussion about emitting LLVM debug info for yaml today to facilitate debugging k8s
Reposted by Brian McCallister
Turns out when Han Solo asked Threepio to talk to the Falcon's computer it's because all it would say was {{[({{[{gen_server,call,3,{{{{#})]]}})}
December 16, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Turns out when Han Solo asked Threepio to talk to the Falcon's computer it's because all it would say was {{[({{[{gen_server,call,3,{{{{#})]]}})}
Reposted by Brian McCallister
Back to planning Jackson 3.0.0 For Reals, trying to figure out ways to collaborate. Created a big-ass Uber-Discussion linking existing pieces if anyone is interested:
github.com/FasterXML/ja...
github.com/FasterXML/ja...
Path to Jackson 3.0.0 · FasterXML jackson-future-ideas · Discussion #72
Goal of this Discussion This Discussion is "uber-discussion" covering the high-level scope of what the official Jackson 3.0.0 Release should include, along with bit of status of the progress. Most ...
github.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Back to planning Jackson 3.0.0 For Reals, trying to figure out ways to collaborate. Created a big-ass Uber-Discussion linking existing pieces if anyone is interested:
github.com/FasterXML/ja...
github.com/FasterXML/ja...
Reposted by Brian McCallister
By utter coincidence, Hasan Ali at Cancer Research UK has posted some outstanding advice for teams considering frontend architectures at the same time as I'm re-starting work on an "if not React, then what?" blog post. It's worth your time:
crukorg.github.io/engineering-guid…
crukorg.github.io/engineering-guid…
Choosing Your Stack | Engineering Guidebook
The following content is recommended.
crukorg.github.io
November 26, 2024 at 5:09 PM
By utter coincidence, Hasan Ali at Cancer Research UK has posted some outstanding advice for teams considering frontend architectures at the same time as I'm re-starting work on an "if not React, then what?" blog post. It's worth your time:
crukorg.github.io/engineering-guid…
crukorg.github.io/engineering-guid…
Reposted by Brian McCallister
This is the only true cranberry sauce.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
November 25, 2024 at 3:58 PM
This is the only true cranberry sauce.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
Reposted by Brian McCallister
Blogging through the decades bcantrill.dtrace.org/2024/11/16/b...
Blogging through the decades
Over the summer, I hit an anniversary of sorts: I’ve been blogging for two decades (!). For reasons I’ll get to, I’ve been reflecting back on my history of writing in general and blogging in particula...
bcantrill.dtrace.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Blogging through the decades bcantrill.dtrace.org/2024/11/16/b...