Umar
umariomaker.bsky.social
Umar
@umariomaker.bsky.social
Co-founder, CTO @ chainpatrol.io
"404-Driven Development"

What if your application's 404 page didn't mean the end of the road in local dev?

What if @nextjs had a button on the 404 page to scaffold a new page for the current path 🤔

I made a prototype of this idea here:
August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The only data types you need in a DB are text, numbers, and arrays. Everything else is pain
August 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm surprised GitHub hasn't rolled out a new version of Dependabot based on all the new Copilot stuff they built seems like the most obvious use case
August 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I wish more SaaS and cloud infra tools I use had a notes feature to document the reason for certain changes. It would eliminate a lot of my desire for Infrastructure as Code tbh
August 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There's something satisfying about incremental migration. It's way harder to accomplish, but arguably saves you more time in the end
August 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Taking care of plants teaches you a lot about paying attention to details.
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My one feature request for a GitHub: A filter on the releases page to filter out pre-releases 😭
July 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
There was this Python library that got popular on Hacker News a couple years back that let you call a function like do("sort an array of integers"). At runtime it would look up the top rated answer on Stack Overflow and eval the code.

Anyone remember what it was called?
July 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
TIL MySQL is named after a person.

I always thought it was just one of those programmer idioms where you name your variables in tutorials my_book, my_account, my_sql...
June 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I inevitably have too many cables in my bag

Never the right one
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
remember when the subscribe button on YouTube was yellow 🟡
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
i once installed a Firefox toolbar that bricked my whole family computer just to get RuneScape membership
June 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wait, you're telling me Zoom and ZoomInfo aren't the same thing?

So that's why all those BD guys at the conference were looking at me funny 🤣
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
before 2FA we had “what’s your mom’s maiden name” and vibes
June 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
back in my day you had to go to the computer lab

none of this laptop cart bs

kids these days have it too easy
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
remember when chunks of the Gardiner were falling down? good times.
June 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
using the terminal makes me feel things
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
does anyone else scan whois and crt.sh records on the weekend? no, just me? nvm then
June 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
no one talks about the emotional damage of opening a fridge 6 times and still not knowing what to eat

generational trauma...
June 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
why are there no conspiracy theories about Toronto? send me your unhinged takes
June 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Is there a screen door but for sound?

I want to let the breeze in, but the noise out 🍃
June 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
just saw a pigeon get rejected by another pigeon and now he’s walking like he got laid off 😭
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
App for millennials that lists common problems and gives them a chat + generative UI components to interact with.

On the backend, it's a switchboard making phone calls to local shops and taking voicemail messages for you.

Or you know, just pick up the phone and call someone 😅
June 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Office gardens are underrated.
June 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Me tryna hold it together when they tell me they're from out of town @ Toronto Tech Week:
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM