Johnny Rodgers
@johnnyrodgers.is
Former principal engineer/product architect at Slack. Now writing https://buildingslack.com and building https://mathmagic.fun.
Used to be on twitter: https://x.com/johnnyrodgersis
https://johnnyrodgers.is
Used to be on twitter: https://x.com/johnnyrodgersis
https://johnnyrodgers.is
Is there a name for this?
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Is there a name for this?
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed the filmmaking and performances. Still puzzling out the message.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed the filmmaking and performances. Still puzzling out the message.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Couple quick Sunday projects in the shop. Walnut, maple and wenge cutting board. Maple burl candle holder with live edge.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Couple quick Sunday projects in the shop. Walnut, maple and wenge cutting board. Maple burl candle holder with live edge.
Aurora borealis at 50deg north
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Aurora borealis at 50deg north
Decent up here in Pemberton!
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Decent up here in Pemberton!
I loved this film.
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I loved this film.
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Did @greatdismal.bsky.social come up with the term “one shot” in its modern form?
October 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Did @greatdismal.bsky.social come up with the term “one shot” in its modern form?
The Smashing Machine is very good. Dwayne Johnson's performance is incredible. A lot of pathos in his portrayal of addiction and the victories and failures of a fighter.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Smashing Machine is very good. Dwayne Johnson's performance is incredible. A lot of pathos in his portrayal of addiction and the victories and failures of a fighter.
This show is so good. Everything I love about sci-fi, immaculately executed.
September 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This show is so good. Everything I love about sci-fi, immaculately executed.
Really enjoyed The Legend of Ochi
August 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Really enjoyed The Legend of Ochi
In what security paradigm does it make sense to prefer something I know to something I have (watch) and something I am (fingerprint)?
If it’s actually meant to be a security measure, why not make it a 2 or 3 factor auth requirement?
It also knows my phone is nearby that could be used as a factor.
If it’s actually meant to be a security measure, why not make it a 2 or 3 factor auth requirement?
It also knows my phone is nearby that could be used as a factor.
August 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In what security paradigm does it make sense to prefer something I know to something I have (watch) and something I am (fingerprint)?
If it’s actually meant to be a security measure, why not make it a 2 or 3 factor auth requirement?
It also knows my phone is nearby that could be used as a factor.
If it’s actually meant to be a security measure, why not make it a 2 or 3 factor auth requirement?
It also knows my phone is nearby that could be used as a factor.
Made a bowl from this beautiful piece of maple. Extremely lovely grain
August 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Made a bowl from this beautiful piece of maple. Extremely lovely grain
Made a salad bowl from arbutus wood today
August 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Made a salad bowl from arbutus wood today
Grasslands National Park
July 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Grasslands National Park
TIL about “mirror life” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
TIL about “mirror life” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Unblocked fixes this. It's git blame but better, providing contextual code intelligence that surfaces knowledge about your code inline in your IDE from source control, documentation, tickets, and Slack.
With the advent of AI-assisted/written code this problem is only going to become more important
With the advent of AI-assisted/written code this problem is only going to become more important
May 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unblocked fixes this. It's git blame but better, providing contextual code intelligence that surfaces knowledge about your code inline in your IDE from source control, documentation, tickets, and Slack.
With the advent of AI-assisted/written code this problem is only going to become more important
With the advent of AI-assisted/written code this problem is only going to become more important
At the same time as a long-tenured employee who wrote a bunch of early code, I was often the human router for such questions: look here, read this doc but ignore that one, go to this meeting to ask that question
This took a lot of time and was inefficient as there were more questions than answerers
This took a lot of time and was inefficient as there were more questions than answerers
May 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
At the same time as a long-tenured employee who wrote a bunch of early code, I was often the human router for such questions: look here, read this doc but ignore that one, go to this meeting to ask that question
This took a lot of time and was inefficient as there were more questions than answerers
This took a lot of time and was inefficient as there were more questions than answerers
My app was rejected today for including a link to my app’s website which is literally just a description of the app and a link to the App Store.
What will happen in 🇨🇦’s App Store?
What will happen in 🇨🇦’s App Store?
May 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My app was rejected today for including a link to my app’s website which is literally just a description of the app and a link to the App Store.
What will happen in 🇨🇦’s App Store?
What will happen in 🇨🇦’s App Store?
Just a terrible dark pattern from Google. There’s no benefit to me as a user to switch to the Google app for a simple search. The blue Continue button is designed to make you tap it without thinking to dismiss the popup. Worse, it sets up an app redirect that you can’t back out of, stranding the tab
April 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just a terrible dark pattern from Google. There’s no benefit to me as a user to switch to the Google app for a simple search. The blue Continue button is designed to make you tap it without thinking to dismiss the popup. Worse, it sets up an app redirect that you can’t back out of, stranding the tab