TheRealJDub
@julianwest.me
Working class geek & IT PM. I sling 1s & 0s for a living. Automation. PowerShell. Azure. InfoSec. X-Twitter sober since December '23. Signal Contact: julianwest.01
Views are not my employer's. Or yours either, probably.
Website: julianwest.me
Views are not my employer's. Or yours either, probably.
Website: julianwest.me
C'mon Google -- this question should be obvious, anticipated, and allowed for the AI to determine...
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
C'mon Google -- this question should be obvious, anticipated, and allowed for the AI to determine...
Speaking of vibe and code etc -- Fireship has done it again... 🤌
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Speaking of vibe and code etc -- Fireship has done it again... 🤌
Anyone else use DAW production plug-ins to sweeten their listening experience? No? Just me? (Audio sounds bad on capture, but it's going out to an RME DAC --> Yamaha HS50s).
Kinda overkill? Sure. Sounds nice? Yup...
Kinda overkill? Sure. Sounds nice? Yup...
October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Anyone else use DAW production plug-ins to sweeten their listening experience? No? Just me? (Audio sounds bad on capture, but it's going out to an RME DAC --> Yamaha HS50s).
Kinda overkill? Sure. Sounds nice? Yup...
Kinda overkill? Sure. Sounds nice? Yup...
Can somebody with an X-Twitter acct relay this complain to Scam Altman, pls? lol
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can somebody with an X-Twitter acct relay this complain to Scam Altman, pls? lol
What a tired exhausted IT guy waiting at the DMV looks like…. Winning! 🙌🏻
September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What a tired exhausted IT guy waiting at the DMV looks like…. Winning! 🙌🏻
All respect to Microsoft, and they’re great at many things, but it ultimately doesn’t much matter when Cortana released (too early or too late) because their main handicap has always culturally been…well… 🤷🏻♂️
September 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
All respect to Microsoft, and they’re great at many things, but it ultimately doesn’t much matter when Cortana released (too early or too late) because their main handicap has always culturally been…well… 🤷🏻♂️
Sometimes the "In-App Purchases" area of the App Store are a breath of fresh air.
September 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sometimes the "In-App Purchases" area of the App Store are a breath of fresh air.
End of an era for RME FF800 users who were Mac-based: Apple have officially pulled FireWire support from macOS with today's release. After today, your RME interface will not be detected or usable on any Mac running the current OS. :(
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September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
End of an era for RME FF800 users who were Mac-based: Apple have officially pulled FireWire support from macOS with today's release. After today, your RME interface will not be detected or usable on any Mac running the current OS. :(
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Foundation season finale was lit tonight, but also tragically and sadly relevant.
Not that it’s a spoiler, if you read the Asimov books, but the Empire falls into a period of darkness…
Not that it’s a spoiler, if you read the Asimov books, but the Empire falls into a period of darkness…
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Foundation season finale was lit tonight, but also tragically and sadly relevant.
Not that it’s a spoiler, if you read the Asimov books, but the Empire falls into a period of darkness…
Not that it’s a spoiler, if you read the Asimov books, but the Empire falls into a period of darkness…
Congrats, idiots, you DDOS'ed yourself (and all of us using the service) into insane rate limits starting in late August. Ugh. Right when I pull the trigger on Claude Code Max.
People suck. AI costs also, very much, suck.
People suck. AI costs also, very much, suck.
July 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Congrats, idiots, you DDOS'ed yourself (and all of us using the service) into insane rate limits starting in late August. Ugh. Right when I pull the trigger on Claude Code Max.
People suck. AI costs also, very much, suck.
People suck. AI costs also, very much, suck.
Mr West saw Mr Superman today at the cinema.
July 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mr West saw Mr Superman today at the cinema.
I mean, I’m all for integrative improvements, but making this a UI overhaul year — and not mentioning anything of value about the Siri AI rewrite & the plan to address AI lag (beyond the Foundational Model on local metal, which IS cool…) has most folks feeling like this graph…
June 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I mean, I’m all for integrative improvements, but making this a UI overhaul year — and not mentioning anything of value about the Siri AI rewrite & the plan to address AI lag (beyond the Foundational Model on local metal, which IS cool…) has most folks feeling like this graph…
The original Macintosh team were trail blazers, and I thank them... RIP Bill Atkinson
June 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The original Macintosh team were trail blazers, and I thank them... RIP Bill Atkinson
So performative and inauthentic. A stall...
In 2 more weeks, Putin could have this thing won.
Well-done, Krasnov...
In 2 more weeks, Putin could have this thing won.
Well-done, Krasnov...
May 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So performative and inauthentic. A stall...
In 2 more weeks, Putin could have this thing won.
Well-done, Krasnov...
In 2 more weeks, Putin could have this thing won.
Well-done, Krasnov...
MURICAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN HABEMUS PAPEM!!!!
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
MURICAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN HABEMUS PAPEM!!!!
Someone snuck footage of the final Papal confirmation, first-time ever!
May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Someone snuck footage of the final Papal confirmation, first-time ever!
Rest in Peace, Ruth. She was a neighbor and total sweetheart.
May 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Rest in Peace, Ruth. She was a neighbor and total sweetheart.
Sam & Zuck can shut their insincere mouths... gimme a Mac Studio w/ 70 GPU cores and I can cook just fine...
May 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sam & Zuck can shut their insincere mouths... gimme a Mac Studio w/ 70 GPU cores and I can cook just fine...
