I really want to like Electron for the low barrier of entry desktop apps stuff but if your cross platform framework requires me to re-implement zooming behaviour and shortkeys three times for every platform somewhere something went wrong
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I really want to like Electron for the low barrier of entry desktop apps stuff but if your cross platform framework requires me to re-implement zooming behaviour and shortkeys three times for every platform somewhere something went wrong
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It is an obvious fact that capitalism will end at some point.
It continues to confuse me that people don’t want to advocate for an equitable economic organization of society as the next form our economy takes.
(Not really dont tell me why Im aware of ideology propaganda and false consciousness)
It continues to confuse me that people don’t want to advocate for an equitable economic organization of society as the next form our economy takes.
(Not really dont tell me why Im aware of ideology propaganda and false consciousness)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It is an obvious fact that capitalism will end at some point.
It continues to confuse me that people don’t want to advocate for an equitable economic organization of society as the next form our economy takes.
(Not really dont tell me why Im aware of ideology propaganda and false consciousness)
It continues to confuse me that people don’t want to advocate for an equitable economic organization of society as the next form our economy takes.
(Not really dont tell me why Im aware of ideology propaganda and false consciousness)
I caught the Nix bug please send help
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I caught the Nix bug please send help
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There is no good way to make mobile apps, only less bad ways
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
There is no good way to make mobile apps, only less bad ways
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Modernization will almost certainly increase pressure on your bottlenecks so it's important to identify them in advance.
Things will get worse before they get better as you start to unpack all the dependencies and address the neglect.
#legacyModernization #architectureModernization
Things will get worse before they get better as you start to unpack all the dependencies and address the neglect.
#legacyModernization #architectureModernization
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Modernization will almost certainly increase pressure on your bottlenecks so it's important to identify them in advance.
Things will get worse before they get better as you start to unpack all the dependencies and address the neglect.
#legacyModernization #architectureModernization
Things will get worse before they get better as you start to unpack all the dependencies and address the neglect.
#legacyModernization #architectureModernization
I wanted to ask “anyone doing Goodreads/StoryGraph/Letterboxd” but ATProto and realised the better question is “does anyone have an index of ‘awesome ATProto’”
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wanted to ask “anyone doing Goodreads/StoryGraph/Letterboxd” but ATProto and realised the better question is “does anyone have an index of ‘awesome ATProto’”
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Any sufficiently complicated raw-DOM JavaScript program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of React
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Any sufficiently complicated raw-DOM JavaScript program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of React
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Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.
AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.
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Polyamory is a kind of mesh networking
October 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Polyamory is a kind of mesh networking
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We live in an age where machines frequently ask us to prove we are human so we can get access to content produced by machines pretending to be human.
If heaven has a captcha test, I'm not sure what I would do
If heaven has a captcha test, I'm not sure what I would do
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We live in an age where machines frequently ask us to prove we are human so we can get access to content produced by machines pretending to be human.
If heaven has a captcha test, I'm not sure what I would do
If heaven has a captcha test, I'm not sure what I would do
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when that one [JavaScript framework] you hated for no reason does something politically heinous
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
when that one [JavaScript framework] you hated for no reason does something politically heinous
Finished Unicorn Project, still wondering how to get actionable about process / business improvement instead of being relegated to senior jira ticket jockey
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Finished Unicorn Project, still wondering how to get actionable about process / business improvement instead of being relegated to senior jira ticket jockey
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coming soon to a browser near you
September 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
coming soon to a browser near you
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I'm building an alternative streaming option for artists called tracklist:// where they will be able to self-host their music catalog and stream it directly to fans.
As musicians ourselves, our goal is to empower artists with connection.
Sign up for our waitlist here; www.tracklist.diy
As musicians ourselves, our goal is to empower artists with connection.
Sign up for our waitlist here; www.tracklist.diy
September 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm building an alternative streaming option for artists called tracklist:// where they will be able to self-host their music catalog and stream it directly to fans.
As musicians ourselves, our goal is to empower artists with connection.
Sign up for our waitlist here; www.tracklist.diy
As musicians ourselves, our goal is to empower artists with connection.
Sign up for our waitlist here; www.tracklist.diy
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Got my performance review.
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Got my performance review.
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wow turns out absorbing yourself singlehandedly in a task for 8 hours and then abruptly stopping it ends in a really severe brain chemical drop. has anyone ever researched this. is anyone talking about this. theres much to think about
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
wow turns out absorbing yourself singlehandedly in a task for 8 hours and then abruptly stopping it ends in a really severe brain chemical drop. has anyone ever researched this. is anyone talking about this. theres much to think about
vaguely cursed idea to use ATProto as a Job Queue / Messagebus
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
vaguely cursed idea to use ATProto as a Job Queue / Messagebus
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
considering writing a "Pixel Perfect Considered Harmful" blogpost fuelled mostly by recruiters/agencies placing job ads looking for frontend people wanting to do pixel perfect. I _don't_ want to do that because we can do better.
September 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
considering writing a "Pixel Perfect Considered Harmful" blogpost fuelled mostly by recruiters/agencies placing job ads looking for frontend people wanting to do pixel perfect. I _don't_ want to do that because we can do better.
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I'm very aware of the world burning around us, but I am also holding space to focus on and talk about the stuff I love, because I refuse to let those holding the matches burn that away too.
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm very aware of the world burning around us, but I am also holding space to focus on and talk about the stuff I love, because I refuse to let those holding the matches burn that away too.
spending my final day Japan in akihabara healing my inner child through retro games seems like an unwise financial decision, but here we are
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
spending my final day Japan in akihabara healing my inner child through retro games seems like an unwise financial decision, but here we are
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We could be 5 to 10 years from toothpaste that can regrow tooth enamel.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We could be 5 to 10 years from toothpaste that can regrow tooth enamel.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
two more days in Tokyo, anyone need anything?
September 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
two more days in Tokyo, anyone need anything?
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125: "How do you know?" is one of the most powerful spells a tank can cast because it immediately aggros every executive in the room.
October 25, 2024 at 6:24 PM
125: "How do you know?" is one of the most powerful spells a tank can cast because it immediately aggros every executive in the room.