Travis Truett
@travistruett.bsky.social
7th grade Geography Bee champion. Founder @ Orgtools. Founder and ex-CEO @ Ambition. Aspiring engineer.
Delta's E175 regional jet has shockingly poor electric outlet design, it's actually angled *downward* by about 15⁰ to ensure gravity + turbulence shake your charger loose.
I've spent 30 minutes of this flight using my backpack and leg as an awkward and uncomfortable brace against my charger block.
I've spent 30 minutes of this flight using my backpack and leg as an awkward and uncomfortable brace against my charger block.
June 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Delta's E175 regional jet has shockingly poor electric outlet design, it's actually angled *downward* by about 15⁰ to ensure gravity + turbulence shake your charger loose.
I've spent 30 minutes of this flight using my backpack and leg as an awkward and uncomfortable brace against my charger block.
I've spent 30 minutes of this flight using my backpack and leg as an awkward and uncomfortable brace against my charger block.
I think my wife has asked "what is wrong with you" 5x today... likely a 2025 record.
My observations are clearly wasted on her, a real shame.
My observations are clearly wasted on her, a real shame.
June 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I think my wife has asked "what is wrong with you" 5x today... likely a 2025 record.
My observations are clearly wasted on her, a real shame.
My observations are clearly wasted on her, a real shame.
Wife: "I don't think your daughter needs a bath tonight"
Yesssssssssssssss
Yesssssssssssssss
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Wife: "I don't think your daughter needs a bath tonight"
Yesssssssssssssss
Yesssssssssssssss
My wife has reached the point of newborn sleep deprivation where her night terrors are back. Hello old friend from 2 years ago.
Nothing like going from being asleep to 180 BPM because you're woken up to someone telling you there's something in the room.
Nothing like going from being asleep to 180 BPM because you're woken up to someone telling you there's something in the room.
June 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My wife has reached the point of newborn sleep deprivation where her night terrors are back. Hello old friend from 2 years ago.
Nothing like going from being asleep to 180 BPM because you're woken up to someone telling you there's something in the room.
Nothing like going from being asleep to 180 BPM because you're woken up to someone telling you there's something in the room.
I always laugh pulling into the daycare parking lot for pick-up... it's full of parents sitting there, alone, mentally preparing for the chaos that's about to ensue... knowing the next quiet moment they'll have is 3-5 hours later.
June 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I always laugh pulling into the daycare parking lot for pick-up... it's full of parents sitting there, alone, mentally preparing for the chaos that's about to ensue... knowing the next quiet moment they'll have is 3-5 hours later.
I keep learning the hard way that using an LLM to update CDK code is extremely frustrating. The models keep trying to randomly rename resources which triggers rebuilds which... given it's CDK code... often results in broken dependency state.
Another reminder to self, review every line of code.
Another reminder to self, review every line of code.
May 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I keep learning the hard way that using an LLM to update CDK code is extremely frustrating. The models keep trying to randomly rename resources which triggers rebuilds which... given it's CDK code... often results in broken dependency state.
Another reminder to self, review every line of code.
Another reminder to self, review every line of code.
"I had a wild dream. A meteor hit the Earth and gravity went away. You were pretty pumped I think."
- My wife
- My wife
May 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"I had a wild dream. A meteor hit the Earth and gravity went away. You were pretty pumped I think."
- My wife
- My wife
It's such a great feeling being so locked in and productive on a flight that you don't want to land.
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's such a great feeling being so locked in and productive on a flight that you don't want to land.
This makes obvious sense in retrospect... but FYI to anybody using @tiptap.dev that if you set readOnly=true on the editor the onUpdate and onTransaction methods don't fire. Just spent several hours trying to setup a readOnly editor with a single editable node.
April 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This makes obvious sense in retrospect... but FYI to anybody using @tiptap.dev that if you set readOnly=true on the editor the onUpdate and onTransaction methods don't fire. Just spent several hours trying to setup a readOnly editor with a single editable node.
Marathon day with two young kids and Garmin sucker-punches you with "it's been an easy day, consider getting some exercise"...
April 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Marathon day with two young kids and Garmin sucker-punches you with "it's been an easy day, consider getting some exercise"...
As I drive my big, lumbering van up a hill I love the innate instinct to lean forward as you hit the gas for that extra bit of momentum.
April 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As I drive my big, lumbering van up a hill I love the innate instinct to lean forward as you hit the gas for that extra bit of momentum.
The sequel to "Everything is Mama" is "Everything is No"
April 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The sequel to "Everything is Mama" is "Everything is No"
I have the same thought leaving hospital with my 2nd child as I did with my 1st...
Nurses are amazing.
Nurses are amazing.
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have the same thought leaving hospital with my 2nd child as I did with my 1st...
Nurses are amazing.
Nurses are amazing.
"AI is better viewed as a tool for shifting power away from individuals toward centralized structures."
Interesting perspective.
My immediate reaction is pessimism. But centralized structures (religions, nations, etc.) have led to progress and increased quality-of-life.
Interesting perspective.
My immediate reaction is pessimism. But centralized structures (religions, nations, etc.) have led to progress and increased quality-of-life.
April 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"AI is better viewed as a tool for shifting power away from individuals toward centralized structures."
Interesting perspective.
My immediate reaction is pessimism. But centralized structures (religions, nations, etc.) have led to progress and increased quality-of-life.
Interesting perspective.
My immediate reaction is pessimism. But centralized structures (religions, nations, etc.) have led to progress and increased quality-of-life.
I can't believe I've just discovered this after 15 years of working with Django... the "Mail Panel" makes it so, so, so much easier to work on and test emails.
pypi.org/project/djan...
pypi.org/project/djan...
April 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I can't believe I've just discovered this after 15 years of working with Django... the "Mail Panel" makes it so, so, so much easier to work on and test emails.
pypi.org/project/djan...
pypi.org/project/djan...
59% of Forest Service lands will no longer be exempt from logging with a directive to increase logging volume by 25%.
This feels like such short-term thinking... we should be importing timber (from Canada) and protecting our forests for our children. Isn't that more "America First"?
This feels like such short-term thinking... we should be importing timber (from Canada) and protecting our forests for our children. Isn't that more "America First"?
April 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
59% of Forest Service lands will no longer be exempt from logging with a directive to increase logging volume by 25%.
This feels like such short-term thinking... we should be importing timber (from Canada) and protecting our forests for our children. Isn't that more "America First"?
This feels like such short-term thinking... we should be importing timber (from Canada) and protecting our forests for our children. Isn't that more "America First"?
When manufacturing "returns" to America re: latest tariff war, I wonder how many robots will be utilized within these new factories.
I have to imagine job creation will be... 20% of what it would have been in 1950? Which is better than nothing, but probably further exacerbates class divide.
I have to imagine job creation will be... 20% of what it would have been in 1950? Which is better than nothing, but probably further exacerbates class divide.
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When manufacturing "returns" to America re: latest tariff war, I wonder how many robots will be utilized within these new factories.
I have to imagine job creation will be... 20% of what it would have been in 1950? Which is better than nothing, but probably further exacerbates class divide.
I have to imagine job creation will be... 20% of what it would have been in 1950? Which is better than nothing, but probably further exacerbates class divide.
I get frequent updates and pictures from my toddler's daycare. It's funny and sad to acknowledge that I'd rather have these updates than absolute focus on my child. This daycare, and the app that facilitates this, knows their market.
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I get frequent updates and pictures from my toddler's daycare. It's funny and sad to acknowledge that I'd rather have these updates than absolute focus on my child. This daycare, and the app that facilitates this, knows their market.
It seems like a relatively recent shift in history where people try and demonstrate how humble their roots are as opposed to how prestigious they might be. Maybe this is primarily an American thing?
Would surely be bizarre for someone from Medieval Europe to witness.
Would surely be bizarre for someone from Medieval Europe to witness.
April 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It seems like a relatively recent shift in history where people try and demonstrate how humble their roots are as opposed to how prestigious they might be. Maybe this is primarily an American thing?
Would surely be bizarre for someone from Medieval Europe to witness.
Would surely be bizarre for someone from Medieval Europe to witness.
As somebody that uses an LLM to write code almost every single day... it breaks my brain that people are able to "vibe code" without constantly taking one step forward, three steps back.
April 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As somebody that uses an LLM to write code almost every single day... it breaks my brain that people are able to "vibe code" without constantly taking one step forward, three steps back.
Something I've been thinking about a lot...
People being 10% more skeptical and 10% more empathetic should not be that hard and should have a meaningful (positive) impact.
I've gone back and forth dozens of times as to what the optimal percentages are... I think 10% is a reasonable start.
People being 10% more skeptical and 10% more empathetic should not be that hard and should have a meaningful (positive) impact.
I've gone back and forth dozens of times as to what the optimal percentages are... I think 10% is a reasonable start.
March 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Something I've been thinking about a lot...
People being 10% more skeptical and 10% more empathetic should not be that hard and should have a meaningful (positive) impact.
I've gone back and forth dozens of times as to what the optimal percentages are... I think 10% is a reasonable start.
People being 10% more skeptical and 10% more empathetic should not be that hard and should have a meaningful (positive) impact.
I've gone back and forth dozens of times as to what the optimal percentages are... I think 10% is a reasonable start.
The hardest thing I've worked on in a long time is a permission system that handles role-based, hierarchial, and object-based access in a relatively simple and straightforward way.
As I stare at my middlewares, mixins, components, and utilities (and test fixtures) after refactoring 5x...
As I stare at my middlewares, mixins, components, and utilities (and test fixtures) after refactoring 5x...
March 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The hardest thing I've worked on in a long time is a permission system that handles role-based, hierarchial, and object-based access in a relatively simple and straightforward way.
As I stare at my middlewares, mixins, components, and utilities (and test fixtures) after refactoring 5x...
As I stare at my middlewares, mixins, components, and utilities (and test fixtures) after refactoring 5x...
Just started watching Bluey with my toddler, what a delightful show.
I think it's making me a better father.
I think it's making me a better father.
March 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just started watching Bluey with my toddler, what a delightful show.
I think it's making me a better father.
I think it's making me a better father.
I'm unreasonably sad the Chinook Pass weather station couldn't hit 200 inches of snow on the ground this season... 196" last week and now we're down to 167" after this warm (rain) storm.
nwac.us/weatherdata/...
nwac.us/weatherdata/...
Weather Data Last 24 Hours - Northwest Avalanche Center
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March 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I'm unreasonably sad the Chinook Pass weather station couldn't hit 200 inches of snow on the ground this season... 196" last week and now we're down to 167" after this warm (rain) storm.
nwac.us/weatherdata/...
nwac.us/weatherdata/...