Nicholas C. Zakas
@humanwhocodes.com
Human who codes. Creator of @eslint.org. Author. Speaker. Advisor. Coach. GitHub Star.
Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@nzakas
Blog: https://humanwhocodes.com
Coaching: https://humanwhocodes.com/coaching
Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@nzakas
Blog: https://humanwhocodes.com
Coaching: https://humanwhocodes.com/coaching
Doctor: Your LDL is high. I think it’s time for a statin.
Me: I’d like to try adjusting my diet to first.
Him: We can try but I don’t think it will come down enough.
Me:
Me: I’d like to try adjusting my diet to first.
Him: We can try but I don’t think it will come down enough.
Me:
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doctor: Your LDL is high. I think it’s time for a statin.
Me: I’d like to try adjusting my diet to first.
Him: We can try but I don’t think it will come down enough.
Me:
Me: I’d like to try adjusting my diet to first.
Him: We can try but I don’t think it will come down enough.
Me:
I unleashed Claude on my blog and told it to "make it prettier." Here's the result. (now live at humanwhocodes.com).
July 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I unleashed Claude on my blog and told it to "make it prettier." Here's the result. (now live at humanwhocodes.com).
Here's how I do that using Claude and Crosspost:
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here's how I do that using Claude and Crosspost:
One thing I really enjoy about posting to social media with Claude is the positive reinforcement.
May 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One thing I really enjoy about posting to social media with Claude is the positive reinforcement.
I'm generally pretty happy with my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Yoga bought several years ago, but periodically I'll get a dialog like this. It's "install now, we can't tell you if you'll need to reboot" with no option to set a convenient time to do the update. Awful UX.
February 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm generally pretty happy with my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Yoga bought several years ago, but periodically I'll get a dialog like this. It's "install now, we can't tell you if you'll need to reboot" with no option to set a convenient time to do the update. Awful UX.
Terms and Conditions are out of control. Just opened a pack of protein powder and found this. How can this be legal?
January 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Terms and Conditions are out of control. Just opened a pack of protein powder and found this. How can this be legal?
“We don’t have to.”
January 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“We don’t have to.”
Here’s Bench clarifying that no one is getting refunds. Note that they shut down on December 27.
January 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here’s Bench clarifying that no one is getting refunds. Note that they shut down on December 27.
So now that Bench was acquired, we get a choice. Either opt-in to continue using Bench or opt-out and don't get any refund. This, after we were told our data would be available, for free, to download on December 30. Basically holding my data hostage.
December 31, 2024 at 11:16 PM
So now that Bench was acquired, we get a choice. Either opt-in to continue using Bench or opt-out and don't get any refund. This, after we were told our data would be available, for free, to download on December 30. Basically holding my data hostage.
Wow, this is unreal. My bookkeeper just shuts down effective immediately? They literally just charged me for the next 12 months. No mention of refunds anywhere.
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Wow, this is unreal. My bookkeeper just shuts down effective immediately? They literally just charged me for the next 12 months. No mention of refunds anywhere.
It's pretty crazy just how correlated TypeScript, Babel, ESLint, and React are.
November 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
It's pretty crazy just how correlated TypeScript, Babel, ESLint, and React are.
I can deal with one every once in a while. My Twitter notifications feed is 99% OF bots now, making it completely useless.
October 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I can deal with one every once in a while. My Twitter notifications feed is 99% OF bots now, making it completely useless.
Photographic evidence courtesy of Steve Carlson (www.stevencarlsonphotography.com)
October 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Photographic evidence courtesy of Steve Carlson (www.stevencarlsonphotography.com)
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #96,902!
September 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #96,902!
Seriously, how is QuickBooks the best we have for bookkeeping? My receipts aren't showing up, so I click on the Give Feedback button and get an empty dialog. 🤦♂️
April 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Seriously, how is QuickBooks the best we have for bookkeeping? My receipts aren't showing up, so I click on the Give Feedback button and get an empty dialog. 🤦♂️
At least ChatGPT is honest?
April 17, 2024 at 11:15 PM
At least ChatGPT is honest?
Guys, something's wrong with my GitHub notifications page. I've never seen it like this before.
September 13, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Guys, something's wrong with my GitHub notifications page. I've never seen it like this before.
Hey GitHub, it would help if you'd tell me what's actually wrong with the image so I don't have to guess.
August 10, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Hey GitHub, it would help if you'd tell me what's actually wrong with the image so I don't have to guess.
When GitHub shutoff PayPal for GitHub Sponsors, I lost over 80% of my monthly sponsorships and they never recovered. As an independent software developer, this really stings.
I could use your help bouncing back:
https://github.com/sponsors/nzakas
I could use your help bouncing back:
https://github.com/sponsors/nzakas
May 30, 2023 at 6:49 PM
When GitHub shutoff PayPal for GitHub Sponsors, I lost over 80% of my monthly sponsorships and they never recovered. As an independent software developer, this really stings.
I could use your help bouncing back:
https://github.com/sponsors/nzakas
I could use your help bouncing back:
https://github.com/sponsors/nzakas