Justin Driscoll
@jdriscoll.bsky.social
Software developer, noise maker and cat dad. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
The MacOS wallpaper changing to dusk at 2:50pm is a depressing reminder of how short these fall days in Michigan are.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The MacOS wallpaper changing to dusk at 2:50pm is a depressing reminder of how short these fall days in Michigan are.
AI seems to be making it very efficient to ship content nobody likes or wants.
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
AI seems to be making it very efficient to ship content nobody likes or wants.
It's 2025. Computers can answer (to some degree) complex human language questions but spell check still sucks and the computer will totally let you put that apostrophe where it doesn't belong and hit send.
June 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's 2025. Computers can answer (to some degree) complex human language questions but spell check still sucks and the computer will totally let you put that apostrophe where it doesn't belong and hit send.
Comes back to what remains of social media to make a questionably humorous observation.
Sees the rest of the feed and closes the tab again.
Sees the rest of the feed and closes the tab again.
June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Comes back to what remains of social media to make a questionably humorous observation.
Sees the rest of the feed and closes the tab again.
Sees the rest of the feed and closes the tab again.
Reposted by Justin Driscoll
i know it’s completely up to me to save the world and i have been slacking but trust me i’ve been beating myself up about it every single minute
June 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
i know it’s completely up to me to save the world and i have been slacking but trust me i’ve been beating myself up about it every single minute
I just realized how much I would love to hear Cliff Claven's explanation of furries on some bizarro world 2025 cheers. It would be sweet and kind and completely wrong.
June 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I just realized how much I would love to hear Cliff Claven's explanation of furries on some bizarro world 2025 cheers. It would be sweet and kind and completely wrong.
Watching the not-baby-anymore birds discovering how to bird is delightful. Imagine being 2 months old and you can fly.
June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Watching the not-baby-anymore birds discovering how to bird is delightful. Imagine being 2 months old and you can fly.
Reposted by Justin Driscoll
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
I really like the way Eleventy tracks its dependencies and actively works to reduce them.
github.com/11ty/elevent...
github.com/11ty/elevent...
Release Eleventy v3.1.0: 11% faster and 22% smaller! · 11ty/eleventy
Try it out in your project
npm install @11ty/eleventy@latest
Read more about getting started with Eleventy or why you should use Eleventy.
v3.1.0 Issue Milestone: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy...
github.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I really like the way Eleventy tracks its dependencies and actively works to reduce them.
github.com/11ty/elevent...
github.com/11ty/elevent...
As I review more and more static site generators I'm starting to think the Ruby on Rails, "convention over configuration", idea has done some real damage. I have nothing against Rails but the only point of a static site generator is to process files. It really needs no opinions.
May 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As I review more and more static site generators I'm starting to think the Ruby on Rails, "convention over configuration", idea has done some real damage. I have nothing against Rails but the only point of a static site generator is to process files. It really needs no opinions.
In the good times we had blogs. And you posted your thoughts unlimited by numbers of characters.
I see you are new here. It is a portmanteau of "Sky" and "Tweet" and it is generally accepted here. No, I won't use "Post". That's from the Bad Place.
May 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
In the good times we had blogs. And you posted your thoughts unlimited by numbers of characters.
A complex meeting of energy.
May 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A complex meeting of energy.
As someone who grew up in the final years of leaded gasoline and pervasive second-hand smoke I've already got enough things likely contributing to my decline and eventual death to be concerned about. That said I'm not going out of my way to contribute to the problem.
We don’t currently know whether microplastics have an important impact on health and that is very worthy of investigation but, I have to say, this the current discourse has many hallmarks of a health panic and I am not currently worrying about it.
May 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As someone who grew up in the final years of leaded gasoline and pervasive second-hand smoke I've already got enough things likely contributing to my decline and eventual death to be concerned about. That said I'm not going out of my way to contribute to the problem.
The American pope's first act should be requiring all Catholics to refer to the sport as "soccer".
May 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The American pope's first act should be requiring all Catholics to refer to the sport as "soccer".
Thank you but I don't need AI generated code comments throwing shade.
May 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Thank you but I don't need AI generated code comments throwing shade.
Reposted by Justin Driscoll
I am immensely proud of all my work at Polygon, but these are some of my favorites, starting with my video on logistics games and the covid supply chain crisis boy i sure hope that doesn't happen again youtu.be/gXKzO2XZKxQ?...
Video games explain the supply chain crisis
YouTube video by Polygon
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am immensely proud of all my work at Polygon, but these are some of my favorites, starting with my video on logistics games and the covid supply chain crisis boy i sure hope that doesn't happen again youtu.be/gXKzO2XZKxQ?...
With the gutting of Polygon, the recent Homestar Runner "Back to a Website" song hits even harder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7k...
Back to a Website
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
With the gutting of Polygon, the recent Homestar Runner "Back to a Website" song hits even harder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7k...
Had to have my 16 year old cat put to sleep today. It leaves a big hole. Hug your fur babies.
January 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Had to have my 16 year old cat put to sleep today. It leaves a big hole. Hug your fur babies.
Once again Arq backup is quicker to restore a file than time machine and my cloud service storage charges are like $2/mo for my entire user directory. Also does local and NAS backups. Highly recommended. www.arqbackup.com
Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows : Arq
www.arqbackup.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Once again Arq backup is quicker to restore a file than time machine and my cloud service storage charges are like $2/mo for my entire user directory. Also does local and NAS backups. Highly recommended. www.arqbackup.com
My dad recently died and one of the big takeaways is how much your cell number is your ID today. This is a bad thing.
December 18, 2024 at 3:52 AM
My dad recently died and one of the big takeaways is how much your cell number is your ID today. This is a bad thing.
I found a green dinosaur lamp at goodwill today.
December 15, 2024 at 4:22 AM
I found a green dinosaur lamp at goodwill today.
All the veg in the fridge soup.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 AM
All the veg in the fridge soup.
I've started a new hardware project to learn KiCad and PCB production. I'm building a 1-in to 5-out MIDI thru box, something I can actually use, which is nice.
November 16, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I've started a new hardware project to learn KiCad and PCB production. I'm building a 1-in to 5-out MIDI thru box, something I can actually use, which is nice.
Reposted by Justin Driscoll
Half Life 2 turns 20: like Half-Life's 25th anniversary, Valve commemorated it with a two-hour documentary, new commentary, and the games are free until Monday 1pm ET https://www.half-life.com/en/h...
November 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Half Life 2 turns 20: like Half-Life's 25th anniversary, Valve commemorated it with a two-hour documentary, new commentary, and the games are free until Monday 1pm ET https://www.half-life.com/en/h...
The term "last chance" has lost all meaning in the age of email marketing.
November 10, 2024 at 4:41 PM
The term "last chance" has lost all meaning in the age of email marketing.