Brandon Philips
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Brandon Philips
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Dystopia aware techno-optimist, founder (CoreOS), father (2), Oregonian, software engineer, AFOL, cyclist, gardener. (he/him) https://ifup.org
This commenter knows whats up! And it's because they have worked a couple of elections. I think that is important pre-req before trying to comment on this stuff.

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October 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Hello and Welcome to the Crafsman Show:

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Cheapest DIY Injection Molder ($200 - $400) with LARGE shot | Buster Beagle 3D Injection Molder
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August 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
That is a generous take.

I wish they had pad printed so I could solve it with some solvent.

I guess they probably had to replace their injection molds anyways from use and didn't want to buy a pad printer.
August 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The most annoying thing about this is that light switches are touch points. And a debossing on a touch point is essentially asking for dirt collection. Ick.

Hot take: They are trying to figure out a planned obsolescence for a safety critical system they can't compromise the internals of.
August 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I decided to get “dumb” First Alert wireless interconnect smoke alarms and a zigbee “smart” alarm detector. All offline. Probably best to have cloud free alarms anyway.
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For supreme court reasons you have to file them under handouts. 🫠
June 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This whole order from the fourth circuit gives me chills. I can’t believe step one is convincing the Executive of due process.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is remarkable how the political discourse has shifted from let’s ensure equality to what does the constitution do again?
April 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This guy sucks. Still can't forgive him for vetoing ranked choice voting.
April 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The only tech stack you need is HTMX and pgSQL.
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM