ciiid
@carlcidromero.com
hacker / rapper / dadder
// 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚘: 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛
// 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚘: 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛
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ciiid
@carlcidromero.com
· Nov 23
My default state is a golden retriever at a laptop. My flow state is a Shiba Inu in vim.
Planning is limited.
Accept that you will get randomized.
Time-box ONLY the ‘home run’ -- the side project no one asked you to do but will create a paradigm shift.
Set a timer for 90 minutes (20% of an 8-hour day) and disappear.
Accept that you will get randomized.
Time-box ONLY the ‘home run’ -- the side project no one asked you to do but will create a paradigm shift.
Set a timer for 90 minutes (20% of an 8-hour day) and disappear.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Planning is limited.
Accept that you will get randomized.
Time-box ONLY the ‘home run’ -- the side project no one asked you to do but will create a paradigm shift.
Set a timer for 90 minutes (20% of an 8-hour day) and disappear.
Accept that you will get randomized.
Time-box ONLY the ‘home run’ -- the side project no one asked you to do but will create a paradigm shift.
Set a timer for 90 minutes (20% of an 8-hour day) and disappear.
He could’ve intercept that if he wasn’t trapped in his Madden tackle animation
February 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
He could’ve intercept that if he wasn’t trapped in his Madden tackle animation
My favorite day of the year.
The Superb Owl 🦉
The Superb Owl 🦉
February 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My favorite day of the year.
The Superb Owl 🦉
The Superb Owl 🦉
What goes up must come down.
So, just go forward.
So, just go forward.
February 8, 2026 at 1:48 AM
What goes up must come down.
So, just go forward.
So, just go forward.
My wife just released a song that you should listen to because you’re awesome! open.spotify.com/album/1q0N1p...
Reality Is Just Pretend
open.spotify.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
My wife just released a song that you should listen to because you’re awesome! open.spotify.com/album/1q0N1p...
Prettiest Vietnamese coffee I’ve ever received ☕️
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Prettiest Vietnamese coffee I’ve ever received ☕️
Before AI: hello world
Now: 🚀❤️😉 Hello, World! We’re on a call now—an API call! But if you ever need me when you’re 500, don’t be afraid to touch that _dial_! ☎️😏
Now: 🚀❤️😉 Hello, World! We’re on a call now—an API call! But if you ever need me when you’re 500, don’t be afraid to touch that _dial_! ☎️😏
January 30, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Before AI: hello world
Now: 🚀❤️😉 Hello, World! We’re on a call now—an API call! But if you ever need me when you’re 500, don’t be afraid to touch that _dial_! ☎️😏
Now: 🚀❤️😉 Hello, World! We’re on a call now—an API call! But if you ever need me when you’re 500, don’t be afraid to touch that _dial_! ☎️😏
there’s an example in these docs that make me think of Tables in Jira tickets that start displaying 1-char wide columns 🥴
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
there’s an example in these docs that make me think of Tables in Jira tickets that start displaying 1-char wide columns 🥴
Hello SRE Land. I think I quite like it here.
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Hello SRE Land. I think I quite like it here.
First hook I ever wrote and shared publicly when I was 15:
The nail sticking out
From the rest gets hammered
So I dug a little deeper
To create a pattern
The nail sticking out
From the rest gets hammered
So I dug a little deeper
To create a pattern
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM
First hook I ever wrote and shared publicly when I was 15:
The nail sticking out
From the rest gets hammered
So I dug a little deeper
To create a pattern
The nail sticking out
From the rest gets hammered
So I dug a little deeper
To create a pattern
ChatGPT, why am I making more money than my parents ever dreamed of combined but also unable to afford half the things they could?
“Skill issue”.
“Skill issue”.
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
ChatGPT, why am I making more money than my parents ever dreamed of combined but also unable to afford half the things they could?
“Skill issue”.
“Skill issue”.
Here come the “Hey, new to Seattle/Renton/Kent. What’s with all the loud explosions?”
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Here come the “Hey, new to Seattle/Renton/Kent. What’s with all the loud explosions?”
Lmfao. Just gotta laugh at stupidity I guess.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Lmfao. Just gotta laugh at stupidity I guess.
BUUUU-ROOOOOOH
That moment might cost us a trip to the Superbowl.
January 26, 2026 at 1:59 AM
BUUUU-ROOOOOOH
Working prev in Ops and currently in Software, reading The Phoenix Project and The Goal, studying Theory Of Constraints and Systems Theory — these all made it clear to me that this is reality.
What prevents my peers from sharing this understanding? Esp after experiencing pains of “un-solid” code?
What prevents my peers from sharing this understanding? Esp after experiencing pains of “un-solid” code?
How do you measure productivity? Let’s start by talking about the engineering obsession with quantitative metrics. You can easily measure productivity on an assembly line. The faster a car comes off the line at a given quality level, the more productive you are.
1/10
1/10
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Working prev in Ops and currently in Software, reading The Phoenix Project and The Goal, studying Theory Of Constraints and Systems Theory — these all made it clear to me that this is reality.
What prevents my peers from sharing this understanding? Esp after experiencing pains of “un-solid” code?
What prevents my peers from sharing this understanding? Esp after experiencing pains of “un-solid” code?
LinkedIn is live action dead internet
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
LinkedIn is live action dead internet
Goodbye Arch. It was a headache installing Docker Engine.
See you again next year or something 🤓
See you again next year or something 🤓
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Goodbye Arch. It was a headache installing Docker Engine.
See you again next year or something 🤓
See you again next year or something 🤓
Hired on as a front end engineer, tasked with cloud migration, at two different jobs. Honestly, fun stuff, but also funny.
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Hired on as a front end engineer, tasked with cloud migration, at two different jobs. Honestly, fun stuff, but also funny.
Inspo for my lyrics on this joint: open.spotify.com/track/1jgWJF...
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Inspo for my lyrics on this joint: open.spotify.com/track/1jgWJF...
At most. Fear.
No, no, it's clearly atmoSPHERE, you know because it's a global thing
strong feeling that folks should say "Atmosphere" w/o capitalizing the T
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 AM
At most. Fear.
mix engineering tui app? i think so.
January 23, 2026 at 5:48 AM
mix engineering tui app? i think so.
I’m playing a game where you sell boxes 📦
What’s the most boring game mechanic or genre you like? Mine has to be spot the difference games. Like, I love them but I’m sitting here like “oh these sticks are stacked differently!… this is fucking heat.”
Like that’s some boring ass shit but I love it.
Like that’s some boring ass shit but I love it.
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I’m playing a game where you sell boxes 📦