Joe LeBlanc
@jlleblanc.com
Coder, manager, and software engineering leader.
Also an author, sometimes entrepreneur, urbanist, amateur cook
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📍GR, MI
Also an author, sometimes entrepreneur, urbanist, amateur cook
🏳️🌈
📍GR, MI
One time, a friend unknowingly made it with pickled green beans… and I was the only one who LOVED it. Like, I would make it again if I could find those green beans…
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
One time, a friend unknowingly made it with pickled green beans… and I was the only one who LOVED it. Like, I would make it again if I could find those green beans…
I used to think that I had to eat it instead of white rice for my health, then just kind of threw my hands in the air at some point and never looked back
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I used to think that I had to eat it instead of white rice for my health, then just kind of threw my hands in the air at some point and never looked back
Queuing that behind Lindsay Ellis’ latest video about Bluey Adults
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Queuing that behind Lindsay Ellis’ latest video about Bluey Adults
Treats? Sure.
Squirrels? Fine.
Fetch? Break out the ADHD meds!
Squirrels? Fine.
Fetch? Break out the ADHD meds!
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Treats? Sure.
Squirrels? Fine.
Fetch? Break out the ADHD meds!
Squirrels? Fine.
Fetch? Break out the ADHD meds!
This is my experience in a small, midwestern city 85-90% of the time. But I swear there have been a few times where the cheaper option does take longer
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is my experience in a small, midwestern city 85-90% of the time. But I swear there have been a few times where the cheaper option does take longer
Back to the real estate cost question: in the case of OpenAI specifically, let’s say they massively overbuild. They can split off part and rent it out to another company very profitably. All the infrastructure is ready to go in a suitable location.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Back to the real estate cost question: in the case of OpenAI specifically, let’s say they massively overbuild. They can split off part and rent it out to another company very profitably. All the infrastructure is ready to go in a suitable location.
More thoughts here.
If you’re building a data center, you want it to be in a place where there’s at the very least daily FedEx service. Stuff breaks and you will need to replace it immediately so your quality of service doesn’t suffer.
If you’re building a data center, you want it to be in a place where there’s at the very least daily FedEx service. Stuff breaks and you will need to replace it immediately so your quality of service doesn’t suffer.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
More thoughts here.
If you’re building a data center, you want it to be in a place where there’s at the very least daily FedEx service. Stuff breaks and you will need to replace it immediately so your quality of service doesn’t suffer.
If you’re building a data center, you want it to be in a place where there’s at the very least daily FedEx service. Stuff breaks and you will need to replace it immediately so your quality of service doesn’t suffer.
C) fair point, but that can be an issue in rural areas as well.
D) they care about stable electricity and disaster prevention than hot weather. Going back a couple decades here: Rackspace was built in San Antonio because it’s supposedly the least seismically active city in the US
D) they care about stable electricity and disaster prevention than hot weather. Going back a couple decades here: Rackspace was built in San Antonio because it’s supposedly the least seismically active city in the US
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
C) fair point, but that can be an issue in rural areas as well.
D) they care about stable electricity and disaster prevention than hot weather. Going back a couple decades here: Rackspace was built in San Antonio because it’s supposedly the least seismically active city in the US
D) they care about stable electricity and disaster prevention than hot weather. Going back a couple decades here: Rackspace was built in San Antonio because it’s supposedly the least seismically active city in the US
I’ll try.
A) they have to be able to recruit people to run them who are willing to live near the data center. Also, stable electricity, which much of rural America does not have.
B) doesn’t really matter: server farms tend to be unbelievably high-rent per square foot.
A) they have to be able to recruit people to run them who are willing to live near the data center. Also, stable electricity, which much of rural America does not have.
B) doesn’t really matter: server farms tend to be unbelievably high-rent per square foot.
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’ll try.
A) they have to be able to recruit people to run them who are willing to live near the data center. Also, stable electricity, which much of rural America does not have.
B) doesn’t really matter: server farms tend to be unbelievably high-rent per square foot.
A) they have to be able to recruit people to run them who are willing to live near the data center. Also, stable electricity, which much of rural America does not have.
B) doesn’t really matter: server farms tend to be unbelievably high-rent per square foot.
Git is also not good software at times. Merging and rebasing can get complicated quickly, especially when there are conflicts. If you don’t have a good grasp on git internals and advanced concepts, you will get completely lost before long.
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Git is also not good software at times. Merging and rebasing can get complicated quickly, especially when there are conflicts. If you don’t have a good grasp on git internals and advanced concepts, you will get completely lost before long.
It’s good software in that I rarely think about what version of Git I’m running. The same commands I was writing 15+ years ago still work today. I can commit, pull push, and branch easily. If I mess up, it’s usually easy to recover with predictable commands.
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It’s good software in that I rarely think about what version of Git I’m running. The same commands I was writing 15+ years ago still work today. I can commit, pull push, and branch easily. If I mess up, it’s usually easy to recover with predictable commands.
I’m going back to newsletters
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I’m going back to newsletters