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davidcel.is
david celis
@davidcel.is
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🚒 principal engineer at firehydrant (prev: stripe, hashicorp, github, etc.)
🍕 amateur pizzaiolo
🌲 portland, ore.
🌐 https://davidcel.is
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davidcel.is
pondering my cube store.steampowered.com…
An old, male wizard with a medium-length beard and flowing robe sitting at a round table lined with runes and stone dragons fighting where the table's support pillar joins the tabletop, upon which sits an inscrutable black cube (the Steam Machine)
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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📍I checked in at Nye Beach / Newport / OR
A sandy beach with mostly overcast skies as sunbursts come through over hills above the beach A sandy beach with waves crashing through mist A small dog running on a sandy beach as the sun hits waves through mostly overcast skies A row of wooden fence posts each with a seagull perching
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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📍I checked in at Local Ocean Seafoods / Newport / OR
A plate of udon noodles with greens, red bell pepper, medium rare tuna, and green onions swimming in a creamy miso sauce A nighttime view of Yaqui’s Bay from the restaurant’s second floor, a marina full of boats with mast lights on
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
davidcel.is
i don’t think i’ve been here since before COVID

📍Trick Dog / San Francisco / CA
The cover of a bar menu that looks like a coordinate map of space, with a constellation in the shape of a dog
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
davidcel.is
incredible. Apple is truly at the top of their game
A screenshot of a macOS alert dialog titled "Force Quit Applications" that says "Your system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using" followed by a list of applications and their memory usage: Code (paused): 7.25 GB Discord (paused): 1.18 GB Mail (paused): 425.1 MB Messages (paused): 137.25 GB Reeder (paused): 567.5 MB Safari (paused): 8.26 GB Terminal (paused): 756.1 MB Finder: 652.7 MB Messages is highlighted because that is an absurd amount of RAM for an application that just sends and receives text messages.
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
davidcel.is
its been… how many years? and Apple Mail is _still_ garbage?? come on
A screenshot of my Inbox in Apple Mail: "0 messages, 6 unread"
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
davidcel.is
pretty foggy out there this morning
A grass-lined residential street with dense fog settled over it A grass-lined residential street with dense fog settled over it as a streetlight shines through in the distance
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
davidcel.is
returning to my fave roaster

📍Push X Pull / Portland / OR
Two bags of coffee: 1. Colombia Guava Banana el vergel estate fresno, tolima natural anaerobic red and yellow caturra 1350 masl guava candy, clementine, jasmine 2. Ethiopia Gargari Gutity primrose coffee yirgacheffe, gargari natural kurume 1983 masl huckleberry jam, key lime, pine needles
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
davidcel.is
did some #milkspotting and saw Straus in PDX for the first time; i knew i had to pick up a jug since i’ve heard its the choice of many good CA coffee shops. my take is that it’s tasty, but i still prefer Maple Hill or Zeal Creamery. also non-homogenized milk is still a huge PITA to work with
A glass jug full of organic, minimally processed milk from Straus Family Creamery A cappuccino with indiscernible milk art and poorly formed foam that has too many visible bubbles
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
davidcel.is
is that korean corn cheese? i made a round pie with that flavor profile over the summer and it was 😗🤌
A round, decently charred, gas-fired pizza topped with a mixture of mozzarella, fresh corn kernels, and mayo, then topped with freshly sliced green onions and a sprinkling of gochugaru chile flakes
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
davidcel.is
good morning to everyone except Ruby Central
A cappuccino with milk art of a rosetta being held in front of an espresso machine
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
davidcel.is
this one’s more of an onion than a rosetta but ykw, we don’t discriminate here 🧅
A cappuccino being held in front of a an espresso machine with milk art that’s too reminiscent of an onion to be considered a rosetta
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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poured a pretty ok one just now ☕️👌👀
A cappuccino with okay milk art being held in front of an espresso machine
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
davidcel.is
this guy literally goes out of his way to use slurs and make people feel unwelcome. everybody _knows_ that last word is a slur; his sole purpose in using language like this (and going back to using “master”) is as a statement to say that he doesn’t care about other people. it’s just a signal.
An exchange on X. DHH: "Yes, Omarchy runs on master. So will every project I start from here-on out. I got fooled by the good-faith exploit once, but won't repeat that mistake." Yamaheru: "Long live DHH. This was the trigger for me." followed by a screenshot detailing why the term "sanity check" could be seen as problematic/ableist DHH: "Retarded."
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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me sipping a latte and enjoying the crisp autumn air as i survey the war-torn landscape that was once Portland
A quiet, residential street lined with trees and small, native plants, dappled with sunlight and no noticeable traces of war
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
davidcel.is
"im not a nazi! im not a nazi!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a nazi.
DHH on his blog: "The last loonies on tech's woke island are getting desperate. It used to be that a wide variety of baseless accusations of racism, misogyny, or white supremacy could inflict grave social and professional consequences for the accused, but that's no longer true. So now they've had to up the ante, and that's why everyone is suddenly a nazi to these people."
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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holy hell, the interior… im in love
A woman sitting behind the wheel of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, a groovy, 70s-like interior that's mostly ketchup red with splashes and swirls of mustard yellow and a roof painted like it's a cloudy sky
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
davidcel.is
was this breakfast sandwich delicous? yes. is thicc custard one of my favorite ways to have eggs? also yes. was it worth waiting in line in the blazing sun with no shade for 45 minutes? maybe!

📍Kasama / Chicago / IL
A breakfast sandwich with a thick patty of egg custard, halved longanisa sausage, and cheese on a squishy bun A layered black sesame latte in a glass with a straw set on a dark marble bar top A layered iced ube latte being held aloft outdoors on the sidewalk
September 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
davidcel.is
good soup

📍Akahoshi Ramen / Chicago / IL
A bowl of rich miso ramen with pork chashu, a marinated egg, pickled bamboo slices, and green onions
September 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
davidcel.is
its hot out

📍Miko's Italian Ice / Chicago / IL
A styrofoam cup full of mango and passion fruit italian ice
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
davidcel.is
THEM: don’t get seafood in landlocked states!!!
ME: lol no

📍Gretel / Chicago / IL
A paper-lined metal basket holding a lobster roll (cold with mayo) and a mini cast iron dutch oven of seared shishito peppers
September 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
davidcel.is
having an incredibly good burger

📍The Loyalist / Chicago / IL
A bowl of heirloom tomato salad with l sweet corn, microgreens, and a dollop of burrata A tall collins glass full of a cherry blossom pink cocktail over pebble ice and garnished with a pink and white flower A thick cheeseburger on a sesame seed bun An old fashioned cocktail with a big clear cube of ice, garnished with two cherries and an orange peel on a bamboo pick
September 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
davidcel.is
never had gravy + jam as a combo but this mushroom gravy and peach jam really did go together

📍Lula Cafe / Chicago / IL
A shallow bowl with two charred scallion biscuits and a sunny side up egg smothered in mushroom gravy and peach jam, a small plate of bacon, and a cappuccino on a wooden patio table
September 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
davidcel.is
not a bad first meal

📍Mi Tocaya Antojeria / Chicago / IL
A shallow, wide bowl filled with shrimp aguachile that’s topped with charred sweet potato, avocado, and cilantro A wide-rimmed bowl filled with lamb neck barbacoa topped with a salad of cilantro and pea shoots with pickled onion A tortilla filled with barbacoa being held over a ceramic plate A slice of tres leches cake on a small plate swimming in a shallow pool of milk, topped with edible flowers and a small quenelle of chocolate ice cream
September 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
davidcel.is
sure, i got cyber attacked today, but i mitigated it after a few minutes! so happy friday everyone

📍Breakside Brewery / Portland / OR
A round wooden tabletop with an open eBook reader, half finished glass of beer, and sunglasses
September 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM