Pat Clarke (he/him)
@patclarke.dev
- Idiot with a keyboard and an IDE.
- Barometric Pressure is my arch-nemesis.
- Engineering Manager
- Beer-League hockey player
- Middle-school lacrosse coach.
- Barometric Pressure is my arch-nemesis.
- Engineering Manager
- Beer-League hockey player
- Middle-school lacrosse coach.
I should be able to use my VPN.
Then your sites and apps should just work.
The end.
Then your sites and apps should just work.
The end.
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I should be able to use my VPN.
Then your sites and apps should just work.
The end.
Then your sites and apps should just work.
The end.
This was a pretty big win for me personally, years in the making.
We've been talking about getting something new, a third jersey for years. Other teams rebranded/took our old color schemes so we had to change on the fly.
The results are fantastic.
We've been talking about getting something new, a third jersey for years. Other teams rebranded/took our old color schemes so we had to change on the fly.
The results are fantastic.
Y’all, @patclarke.dev absolutely killed it on the new Motley Crew jerseys
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This was a pretty big win for me personally, years in the making.
We've been talking about getting something new, a third jersey for years. Other teams rebranded/took our old color schemes so we had to change on the fly.
The results are fantastic.
We've been talking about getting something new, a third jersey for years. Other teams rebranded/took our old color schemes so we had to change on the fly.
The results are fantastic.
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Management is fucking hard job. This whiskey is for you my friends. 🥃
June 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Management is fucking hard job. This whiskey is for you my friends. 🥃
Oh, this is a great read from Melanie.
I've felt this sensation with so many things. I'm curious what will improve if/when things are given time and nourishment.
I've felt this sensation with so many things. I'm curious what will improve if/when things are given time and nourishment.
I wrote about how everything is getting worse but some things might just need more time.
www.melaniecrissey.com/blog/enshitt...
www.melaniecrissey.com/blog/enshitt...
Inspiration amidst enshittification
Everything is getting worse
www.melaniecrissey.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh, this is a great read from Melanie.
I've felt this sensation with so many things. I'm curious what will improve if/when things are given time and nourishment.
I've felt this sensation with so many things. I'm curious what will improve if/when things are given time and nourishment.
Hey, that's me.
🧠 Generalist or Specialist?
Join @tdesseyn.bsky.social + @patclarke.dev (Dir. of Eng @ Lumen Learning) to unpack which path fits you best.
📅 May 28 | 10:30 AM EST
🔗 RSVP: torc.community
Join @tdesseyn.bsky.social + @patclarke.dev (Dir. of Eng @ Lumen Learning) to unpack which path fits you best.
📅 May 28 | 10:30 AM EST
🔗 RSVP: torc.community
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hey, that's me.
YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you
May 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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yup
I've always stayed away from React Server Components because of people talking bad about them and Next.js, but they seem to be much simpler than expected!
What I understood from this article is that clients components are what Astro and Fresh call "islands", but for React.
What I understood from this article is that clients components are what Astro and Fresh call "islands", but for React.
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Impossible Components
overreacted.io/impossible-c...
overreacted.io/impossible-c...
April 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
yup
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bumpy bump for this week’s post!
teaser:
teaser:
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
bumpy bump for this week’s post!
teaser:
teaser:
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Lots of new followers over the past month so dropping this again. If you’re a software dev, I have a newsletter, OneTipAWeek.com.
One tip, short and valuable every week!
One tip, short and valuable every week!
One Tip a Week
One developer tip a week. Short & valuable. That's it!
onetipaweek.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lots of new followers over the past month so dropping this again. If you’re a software dev, I have a newsletter, OneTipAWeek.com.
One tip, short and valuable every week!
One tip, short and valuable every week!
Thank you to Patrick for capturing my good side for my very brief cameo.
new @torc.dev vlog drop!
highlights our time in durham, nc for @allthingsopen.bsky.social
it was a crazy 72 hours for us:
-dropped the first torc merch
-i tried to learn about what mcp is and rag (i feel like these are made up)
-ate some killer indian food
youtu.be/ZjgHNySqTN0?...
highlights our time in durham, nc for @allthingsopen.bsky.social
it was a crazy 72 hours for us:
-dropped the first torc merch
-i tried to learn about what mcp is and rag (i feel like these are made up)
-ate some killer indian food
youtu.be/ZjgHNySqTN0?...
ep. 13 - 72 hours recap of torc.dev in durham, nc
YouTube video by taylor desseyn
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thank you to Patrick for capturing my good side for my very brief cameo.
This, like many other layoff stories out there, is a very tough read.
Adam was extremely helpful and kind with his time when I took advantage of his office hours time. His work is crucial in helping advance everything UX/UI in the browser to where we are today. Can't forget that.
Adam was extremely helpful and kind with his time when I took advantage of his office hours time. His work is crucial in helping advance everything UX/UI in the browser to where we are today. Can't forget that.
April 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This, like many other layoff stories out there, is a very tough read.
Adam was extremely helpful and kind with his time when I took advantage of his office hours time. His work is crucial in helping advance everything UX/UI in the browser to where we are today. Can't forget that.
Adam was extremely helpful and kind with his time when I took advantage of his office hours time. His work is crucial in helping advance everything UX/UI in the browser to where we are today. Can't forget that.
This is my may brain is like the Charlie from Always Sunny meme -- my mind is wrapped around infrastructure all the time.
A piece of collateral damage in this new age is lack of understanding of the value of infrastructure.
Quality infrastructure takes creativity, it’s fascinating, it’s crucial. We’ve lost the plot, relegating it to being described as a cost center.
Infrastructure is muscle, infrastructure is bone.
Quality infrastructure takes creativity, it’s fascinating, it’s crucial. We’ve lost the plot, relegating it to being described as a cost center.
Infrastructure is muscle, infrastructure is bone.
April 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is my may brain is like the Charlie from Always Sunny meme -- my mind is wrapped around infrastructure all the time.
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float is the skinny jeans of CSS
parallax is the skinny jeans of UX
April 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
float is the skinny jeans of CSS
Just so @generationxwing.bsky.social knows - I dropped QB55 from my fantasy team so he can do King Stuff like this.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just so @generationxwing.bsky.social knows - I dropped QB55 from my fantasy team so he can do King Stuff like this.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
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I have quite a few Canes followers, so all of you please do this
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have quite a few Canes followers, so all of you please do this
If I didn't know Taylor I'd think he's a goalie based on this thought.
again let me remind you...just bc your posts arent getting likes doesnt mean people arent seeing it. keep posting.
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If I didn't know Taylor I'd think he's a goalie based on this thought.
2/4.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
I’ll take responsibility. Canes are 2/3 to n the Power Play when I’m in attendance this season.
April 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
2/4.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
I’ll take responsibility. Canes are 2/3 to n the Power Play when I’m in attendance this season.
Blaker Brings Biscuits #RaiseUp
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2/4.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
But my kid, Boy10, correctly pointed out all four goal scorers were righties. So bonus points for that.
I’ll take responsibility. Canes are 2/3 to n the Power Play when I’m in attendance this season.
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’ll take responsibility. Canes are 2/3 to n the Power Play when I’m in attendance this season.
Can’t make it to the Durham shop to pick up pints of all the Signature April flavors today. It’ll wait until tomorrow, for now I’ll have some Stormy Tracks.
cc @joeovies.bsky.social @giglioog.bsky.social
cc @joeovies.bsky.social @giglioog.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Can’t make it to the Durham shop to pick up pints of all the Signature April flavors today. It’ll wait until tomorrow, for now I’ll have some Stormy Tracks.
cc @joeovies.bsky.social @giglioog.bsky.social
cc @joeovies.bsky.social @giglioog.bsky.social
Put it on a T-Shirt.
Put it on a Billboard.
Put it on my Tombstone.
Put it on a Billboard.
Put it on my Tombstone.
the hard part of software engineering was never the code
April 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Put it on a T-Shirt.
Put it on a Billboard.
Put it on my Tombstone.
Put it on a Billboard.
Put it on my Tombstone.
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this is the pollen situation in my town right now
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
this is the pollen situation in my town right now
The last two episodes of Leet Heat have been incredible. I found a few LWJ episodes that have been helpful this morning.
CodeTV has been crushing it since the the rebrand, so much so I had to upgrade my subscription. Check out codetv.dev if you haven't.
CodeTV has been crushing it since the the rebrand, so much so I had to upgrade my subscription. Check out codetv.dev if you haven't.
March 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The last two episodes of Leet Heat have been incredible. I found a few LWJ episodes that have been helpful this morning.
CodeTV has been crushing it since the the rebrand, so much so I had to upgrade my subscription. Check out codetv.dev if you haven't.
CodeTV has been crushing it since the the rebrand, so much so I had to upgrade my subscription. Check out codetv.dev if you haven't.
"Idiocracy" started as a Dark Comedy, but quickly became a documentary over time.
It’s not you, people are becoming dumber based on the results of cognitive tests. People across age groups are performing worse on tests for reasoning, problem-solving, and information-processing skills.
34% of U.S. adults scored at the lowest level for numeric skills in 2023. Up from 29% in 2022.
34% of U.S. adults scored at the lowest level for numeric skills in 2023. Up from 29% in 2022.
Human Intelligence Sharply Declining
No, it's not just you — people really are, per a number of surveys, way less intelligent than they used to be.
futurism.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Idiocracy" started as a Dark Comedy, but quickly became a documentary over time.