Josh Coffey
@coffey.dad
Software Engineer, FWIW I use Pop!_OS | he/him
A collection of things that when combined are bullshit:
1) Subreddits having a simplified version of their rules in an easily accessible place
2) Subreddits having a comprehensive and detailed rules section in a place that isn't intuitive to find
1/2
1) Subreddits having a simplified version of their rules in an easily accessible place
2) Subreddits having a comprehensive and detailed rules section in a place that isn't intuitive to find
1/2
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A collection of things that when combined are bullshit:
1) Subreddits having a simplified version of their rules in an easily accessible place
2) Subreddits having a comprehensive and detailed rules section in a place that isn't intuitive to find
1/2
1) Subreddits having a simplified version of their rules in an easily accessible place
2) Subreddits having a comprehensive and detailed rules section in a place that isn't intuitive to find
1/2
Something I love about Linux: it gives me the confidence to run software that I know is unstable, because I know I'll be able to fix whatever problems come from it without needing to completely reinstall my OS.
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Something I love about Linux: it gives me the confidence to run software that I know is unstable, because I know I'll be able to fix whatever problems come from it without needing to completely reinstall my OS.
Dying to senseless gun violence was, if nothing else, consistent with his views.
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
September 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dying to senseless gun violence was, if nothing else, consistent with his views.
![Screenshot of Charlie Kirk's Wikipedia page reading "Charlie Kirk was [...]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2mkj3bjlclbzkewpkjcknkya/bafkreidryt434sl4marmuwyarfjmnsrvkygnpdglzcfpwmruq6j2uovgba@jpeg)
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
I started writing an SMTP server. I got a basic janky proof of concept version working (could send/receive emails) over a weekend and then decided to rewrite it the right way. The rewritten one still can't send/receive emails after 3 weeks.
August 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I started writing an SMTP server. I got a basic janky proof of concept version working (could send/receive emails) over a weekend and then decided to rewrite it the right way. The rewritten one still can't send/receive emails after 3 weeks.
I don't like that the Wii is a retro console now. We have to fix this.
August 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I don't like that the Wii is a retro console now. We have to fix this.
I've been annoyed for a while with how my password manager (written in Go with GioUI) handles clipboard support, so I finally sat down and figured out how to do it properly. The solution isn't anywhere that I could find in the Gio docs, so read how to do it here:
coffey.dad/blog/post/ho...
coffey.dad/blog/post/ho...
How to Use the Clipboard in GioUI
Explaining how to use the clipboard in GioUI and detailing my frustrations with obtaining this knowledge
coffey.dad
January 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've been annoyed for a while with how my password manager (written in Go with GioUI) handles clipboard support, so I finally sat down and figured out how to do it properly. The solution isn't anywhere that I could find in the Gio docs, so read how to do it here:
coffey.dad/blog/post/ho...
coffey.dad/blog/post/ho...
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My father in law called me. I thought he was calling to ask about logistics for our Christmas plans or something, but:
Me: Hello?
FIL: Hey, you got a minute?
Me: Yeah, what's up?
FIL: Does "rizz the season" mean anything to you?
Me: Hello?
FIL: Hey, you got a minute?
Me: Yeah, what's up?
FIL: Does "rizz the season" mean anything to you?
December 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
My father in law called me. I thought he was calling to ask about logistics for our Christmas plans or something, but:
Me: Hello?
FIL: Hey, you got a minute?
Me: Yeah, what's up?
FIL: Does "rizz the season" mean anything to you?
Me: Hello?
FIL: Hey, you got a minute?
Me: Yeah, what's up?
FIL: Does "rizz the season" mean anything to you?
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[seeing her boobs] uoah. . cool beanns . .
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 PM
[seeing her boobs] uoah. . cool beanns . .
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Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
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Going to start linking to my blog posts here. Here's today's post: part 1 of a series on the ongoing development of my password manager
coffey.dad/blog/post/6
coffey.dad/blog/post/6
Making a Password Manager in Go (QPass Part 1)
Posted Nov 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM Edited Nov 26, 2024 at 10:49 PM
coffey.dad
November 26, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Going to start linking to my blog posts here. Here's today's post: part 1 of a series on the ongoing development of my password manager
coffey.dad/blog/post/6
coffey.dad/blog/post/6
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Tim Walz needs a podcast to help get us through the next 4 years.
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
November 25, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Tim Walz needs a podcast to help get us through the next 4 years.
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
Florida winter has finally hit. I had to put on a light hoodie this morning to walk my dog. Huge improvement over the sun being a death ray every day.
November 21, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Florida winter has finally hit. I had to put on a light hoodie this morning to walk my dog. Huge improvement over the sun being a death ray every day.
I keep instinctively opening Twitter, seeing several posts in a row that make me angry, then realizing my mistake, opening Bluesky, and feeling much better.
November 19, 2024 at 5:09 PM
I keep instinctively opening Twitter, seeing several posts in a row that make me angry, then realizing my mistake, opening Bluesky, and feeling much better.
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it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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It's amazing to me that "criticizing the use of AI" is supposedly classism, but "building a product on the stolen work of people with a median annual income of $25k and refusing to compensate them because you know they can't afford lawyers" isn't.
September 2, 2024 at 4:05 PM
It's amazing to me that "criticizing the use of AI" is supposedly classism, but "building a product on the stolen work of people with a median annual income of $25k and refusing to compensate them because you know they can't afford lawyers" isn't.
I actually love that I occasionally get posts about snakes in the coding/tech feed I follow because they contain the word "python". It's very funny to me and I hope @sam.codes leaves that in.
July 28, 2023 at 6:08 PM
I actually love that I occasionally get posts about snakes in the coding/tech feed I follow because they contain the word "python". It's very funny to me and I hope @sam.codes leaves that in.
I think one of the things I prefer about this site over Twitter is that there's no annoying "new posts" reminder that when clicked takes you to the top of your feed, shows you 2 new posts, then expects you to scroll through all the stuff you just saw again.
July 26, 2023 at 2:45 PM
I think one of the things I prefer about this site over Twitter is that there's no annoying "new posts" reminder that when clicked takes you to the top of your feed, shows you 2 new posts, then expects you to scroll through all the stuff you just saw again.