Jared
@jbluntz.bsky.social
Mobile app dev by trade, husband and father for life. I love making music and playing games of all sorts.
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You’re going to do well in life, whoever you are.
December 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You’re going to do well in life, whoever you are.
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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The tragic reality of being a parent: all of your precious little free time comes when you are too tired to do anything with it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The tragic reality of being a parent: all of your precious little free time comes when you are too tired to do anything with it.
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The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
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my toxic engineer trait is that I'm basically allergic to code
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
my toxic engineer trait is that I'm basically allergic to code
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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My boss: Can't you get Copilot to validate the info in the spreadsheet?
Me: Well, do we want it to be accurate or not? Because either I check it myself or I ask Copilot and then check its output *and* the spreadsheet, so...
Boss: What's the point of Copilot then?
Me: Exactly.
Me: Well, do we want it to be accurate or not? Because either I check it myself or I ask Copilot and then check its output *and* the spreadsheet, so...
Boss: What's the point of Copilot then?
Me: Exactly.
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My boss: Can't you get Copilot to validate the info in the spreadsheet?
Me: Well, do we want it to be accurate or not? Because either I check it myself or I ask Copilot and then check its output *and* the spreadsheet, so...
Boss: What's the point of Copilot then?
Me: Exactly.
Me: Well, do we want it to be accurate or not? Because either I check it myself or I ask Copilot and then check its output *and* the spreadsheet, so...
Boss: What's the point of Copilot then?
Me: Exactly.
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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I don't know who needs to see this, as the saying goes, but platform engineering is not just "devops" or "infra" by another name.
Platform engineering is about bringing a product sensibility and design ethos to the infra-shaped technical problem space.
Platform engineering is about bringing a product sensibility and design ethos to the infra-shaped technical problem space.
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I don't know who needs to see this, as the saying goes, but platform engineering is not just "devops" or "infra" by another name.
Platform engineering is about bringing a product sensibility and design ethos to the infra-shaped technical problem space.
Platform engineering is about bringing a product sensibility and design ethos to the infra-shaped technical problem space.
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The Paw Patrol aren't the government, that's Mayor Goodway, their role in the Adventure Bay political ecosystem is more that of a feudal warrior-monk order
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Paw Patrol aren't the government, that's Mayor Goodway, their role in the Adventure Bay political ecosystem is more that of a feudal warrior-monk order
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From another perspective, friction is texture. Yes, "frictionless" things are easier. But "easy" in a vacuum is worth nothing. What's valuable is making the RIGHT THING easier to do than the WRONG THING.
Otherwise, people will happily go down the path of least resistance and do the wrong thing!!!
Otherwise, people will happily go down the path of least resistance and do the wrong thing!!!
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
From another perspective, friction is texture. Yes, "frictionless" things are easier. But "easy" in a vacuum is worth nothing. What's valuable is making the RIGHT THING easier to do than the WRONG THING.
Otherwise, people will happily go down the path of least resistance and do the wrong thing!!!
Otherwise, people will happily go down the path of least resistance and do the wrong thing!!!
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shrink those cloud bills yo
March 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
shrink those cloud bills yo
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Things I think folks can learn to say, get comfortable saying, and show others are okay to say, that would genuinely improve the state of the world:
"I didn't know that"
"I was wrong"
"What does that word mean?"
"Can you explain this?"
"I don't think I understand"
"I don't know"
"I'm confused"
"I didn't know that"
"I was wrong"
"What does that word mean?"
"Can you explain this?"
"I don't think I understand"
"I don't know"
"I'm confused"
February 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Things I think folks can learn to say, get comfortable saying, and show others are okay to say, that would genuinely improve the state of the world:
"I didn't know that"
"I was wrong"
"What does that word mean?"
"Can you explain this?"
"I don't think I understand"
"I don't know"
"I'm confused"
"I didn't know that"
"I was wrong"
"What does that word mean?"
"Can you explain this?"
"I don't think I understand"
"I don't know"
"I'm confused"
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The most leftist thing about me: I do not care about immigration. I think it’s a nonissue. I care a LOT about how people are treated once they’re here, but not how they got here.
Legal, illegal, I do not care. 1/2
Legal, illegal, I do not care. 1/2
February 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The most leftist thing about me: I do not care about immigration. I think it’s a nonissue. I care a LOT about how people are treated once they’re here, but not how they got here.
Legal, illegal, I do not care. 1/2
Legal, illegal, I do not care. 1/2
@konstantinklassen.bsky.social I was doing some research on game dev using Compose and I came across github.com/KlassenKonst... - how was your experience with a physics engine integrated into compose layout? Any interesting takeaways?
December 19, 2024 at 5:43 PM
@konstantinklassen.bsky.social I was doing some research on game dev using Compose and I came across github.com/KlassenKonst... - how was your experience with a physics engine integrated into compose layout? Any interesting takeaways?
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
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please for the love of god give me a bluesky client that remembers my feed position im begging you
November 18, 2024 at 12:44 AM
please for the love of god give me a bluesky client that remembers my feed position im begging you
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Only blue haired snowflakes sit inside a safe space made out of metal, freedom lovers ride a bike because they don't need an echo chamber
September 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Only blue haired snowflakes sit inside a safe space made out of metal, freedom lovers ride a bike because they don't need an echo chamber
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