cmgriffing
@cmgriffing.bsky.social
👨💻 Senior Software Developer
📹Programming Streamer: http://twitch.tv/cmgriffing
📽️ YouTuber: http://youtube.com/@cmgriffing
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📹Programming Streamer: http://twitch.tv/cmgriffing
📽️ YouTuber: http://youtube.com/@cmgriffing
📚Douglas Adams Fanatic
Building that vanity metric counter was fun. Since I'm borderline allergic to websockets for things this simple, I'm using a countup and 30s polling.
Pretty pleased with the result.
Pretty pleased with the result.
We just launched this list of vanity metrics on the website 2 days ago.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Building that vanity metric counter was fun. Since I'm borderline allergic to websockets for things this simple, I'm using a countup and 30s polling.
Pretty pleased with the result.
Pretty pleased with the result.
I got up and stretched while gaming today. I deserve to dome an entire bag of cool ranch doritos.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I got up and stretched while gaming today. I deserve to dome an entire bag of cool ranch doritos.
I lifted some weights today. I totally deserve to eat 2k+ calories of tortellini.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I lifted some weights today. I totally deserve to eat 2k+ calories of tortellini.
I burned 300 calories on a bike ride today. I deserve to drink 800 calories of whiskey & coke.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I burned 300 calories on a bike ride today. I deserve to drink 800 calories of whiskey & coke.
The HTMX under construction banner is glorious. It makes me want to join a webring. Only thing it's missing is the gif of the stick figure with a shovel.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The HTMX under construction banner is glorious. It makes me want to join a webring. Only thing it's missing is the gif of the stick figure with a shovel.
When I get bugs in my code, call me "Johnny Console.logSeed"
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When I get bugs in my code, call me "Johnny Console.logSeed"
Don't like OpenAI? If you're abstaining from it, you're doing it wrong.
You should be using as much as you can on the free tier to eat into their bottom line.
The revolution will not be televised but it will be subsidized.
You should be using as much as you can on the free tier to eat into their bottom line.
The revolution will not be televised but it will be subsidized.
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Don't like OpenAI? If you're abstaining from it, you're doing it wrong.
You should be using as much as you can on the free tier to eat into their bottom line.
The revolution will not be televised but it will be subsidized.
You should be using as much as you can on the free tier to eat into their bottom line.
The revolution will not be televised but it will be subsidized.
Chat just informed me that "#region" and "//MARK:" can be used to annotate the minimap in VS Code.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Chat just informed me that "#region" and "//MARK:" can be used to annotate the minimap in VS Code.
Marijuana breathalyzers are tricky but I have a better solution:
When you start your car, it turns on a baseball game on the radio. If you are able to listen to it for longer than a minute, your ignition deactivates for at least an hour.
Patent pending
When you start your car, it turns on a baseball game on the radio. If you are able to listen to it for longer than a minute, your ignition deactivates for at least an hour.
Patent pending
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Marijuana breathalyzers are tricky but I have a better solution:
When you start your car, it turns on a baseball game on the radio. If you are able to listen to it for longer than a minute, your ignition deactivates for at least an hour.
Patent pending
When you start your car, it turns on a baseball game on the radio. If you are able to listen to it for longer than a minute, your ignition deactivates for at least an hour.
Patent pending
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Speaking at meetups and conference is a great way to attract the attention of those looking to hire people with the skills you talk about.
@seattlejs.com also has lots of cool and friendly people. Presenting a talk is a great way to introduce yourself! Our CFP is always open 😉
@seattlejs.com also has lots of cool and friendly people. Presenting a talk is a great way to introduce yourself! Our CFP is always open 😉
now more than ever, i believe being part of a community is greatly beneficial for career growth. some steps to do this:
- show up to meetups
- go to conferences
- join a discord server
- show up to meetups
- go to conferences
- join a discord server
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Speaking at meetups and conference is a great way to attract the attention of those looking to hire people with the skills you talk about.
@seattlejs.com also has lots of cool and friendly people. Presenting a talk is a great way to introduce yourself! Our CFP is always open 😉
@seattlejs.com also has lots of cool and friendly people. Presenting a talk is a great way to introduce yourself! Our CFP is always open 😉
At a previous job, I got in trouble for pointing this out in a company Slack thread.
October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At a previous job, I got in trouble for pointing this out in a company Slack thread.
Here's something that I think @joerogantop.bsky.social needs to hear...
If Bill Hicks were alive today, he would be roasting the FUCK out of Joe Rogan
If Bill Hicks were alive today, he would be roasting the FUCK out of Joe Rogan
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Here's something that I think @joerogantop.bsky.social needs to hear...
If Bill Hicks were alive today, he would be roasting the FUCK out of Joe Rogan
If Bill Hicks were alive today, he would be roasting the FUCK out of Joe Rogan
I just coined a new term: Platyform
It's a form in your app that is hard to classify because a portion of it's state is in something like react-hook-form and another portion of it's state is governed by a separate useState hook.
It's a form in your app that is hard to classify because a portion of it's state is in something like react-hook-form and another portion of it's state is governed by a separate useState hook.
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I just coined a new term: Platyform
It's a form in your app that is hard to classify because a portion of it's state is in something like react-hook-form and another portion of it's state is governed by a separate useState hook.
It's a form in your app that is hard to classify because a portion of it's state is in something like react-hook-form and another portion of it's state is governed by a separate useState hook.
A viewer showed me this:
www.awsclone.com
www.awsclone.com
AWS Clone | Like Cloud, But Honest
A lovingly chaotic parody cloud for people who have ever waited on us-east-1.
www.awsclone.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A viewer showed me this:
www.awsclone.com
www.awsclone.com
When that one creed song comes on at a bar, I channel weird Al in my head replacing the lyrics with “I’m six feet from the door and I’m leaving…”
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
When that one creed song comes on at a bar, I channel weird Al in my head replacing the lyrics with “I’m six feet from the door and I’m leaving…”
Looks good to me
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Looks good to me
Anyone else have an outfit they always wear when they fly?
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Anyone else have an outfit they always wear when they fly?
If CSS and/or z-index bugs are getting you down, just remember that even Google gets it wrong sometimes.
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If CSS and/or z-index bugs are getting you down, just remember that even Google gets it wrong sometimes.
I can now opencode from my phone thanks to @tailscale.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I can now opencode from my phone thanks to @tailscale.com
20$ cover charge for the most Seattle-style club I’ve ever seen. I would be so mad if it wasn’t so funny…
October 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
20$ cover charge for the most Seattle-style club I’ve ever seen. I would be so mad if it wasn’t so funny…
Snowboarding is still great, but I couldn't ride park like I used to. They would call me mister glass
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Snowboarding is still great, but I couldn't ride park like I used to. They would call me mister glass
No pressure, but if you have any appreciation for Node.js and its impact on your life as a dev, I would encourage you to support the legacy of Mikeal Rogers.
gofund.me/c7aa2ffd1
gofund.me/c7aa2ffd1
Donate to Honor Mikeal Rogers by Supporting His Family, organized by Anna Maier
A Note from Mikeal’s friends… A Loving Father's Legacy Lives On We are… Anna Maier needs your support for Honor Mikeal Rogers by Supporting His Family
gofund.me
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
No pressure, but if you have any appreciation for Node.js and its impact on your life as a dev, I would encourage you to support the legacy of Mikeal Rogers.
gofund.me/c7aa2ffd1
gofund.me/c7aa2ffd1
We didn't start the fire...
it was the swollen macbook battery.
it was the swollen macbook battery.
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We didn't start the fire...
it was the swollen macbook battery.
it was the swollen macbook battery.