Chris Hunsanger

I got access to RStudio's AI enhanced beta, and oh my is it nice... Much number crunching to be had here, and way easier then copy/pasting between Claude Code/Codex and RStudio.

App Defaults 2025: https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/12/app-defaults.html

Reading: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson 📚

Started Reading: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Testing…

I took the excellent work by @josephjefe.bsky.social and did some customizations to come up with some additional data points (PFF Snaps and rating data) to evaluate salary cap info, and hosted my first Shiny app which allows anyone to run this for all 32 teams.

hunsanger.shinyapps.io/shiny/

Ha - needs a lot of work still, but a fun side project to see how far along the AT Protocol is at this stage.

One thing that appears? to not be possible is DMs.

Update - Notifications working 🔔

Got bored, built a macOS swift BlueSky app.

Working:
- Posting to BlueSky
- Replying to posts
- Timeline
- Bookmarks
- Profile view

Not Working (yet):
- Notifications
- Quality search

I’m not sure how far I’ll take this at this point, but a fun exercise in creating a macOS app.

Neat it worked! 💪

Test post… from my macOS BlueSky Swift native app.

Gut feel is that 🍊iPhone 17 Pro Max is calling my name, despite the obvious better looks of the 17 Air in all aspects but the color.

Really happy with how things have been improving in the Obsidian space of late. Bases feature looks to be a game-changer (at least for me personally, databases are fun!), and has pulled me back into Obsidian from the comfy confines of the still excellent NotePlan 3 app.

Pumped to finally have a date for getting fiber internet in my home for the first time. 🌐

Edgedancer: From the Stormlight Archive

Finished reading: Edgedancer: From the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Words of Radiance

Finished reading: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Cabin season is the best season.

The Way of Kings

Finished reading: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 📚

MacUpdater

MacUpdater has become an essential part of my digital toolkit – a rare utility that solves a genuine problem without creating new ones. It scans your Mac for outdated applications (tracking over 100,000 apps) a... https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/23/macupdater-macupdater-has-become-an.html

Platform Investigation: Eleventy vs. Micro.blog vs. Weblog.lol:

hunsanger.blog/2025/03/19/p...

Phoenix for Bluesky A Bluesky client based on the award-winning Twitter app for iOS.

🐦‍🔥 tapbots.com/phoenix/

Every time I return to Obsidian, NotePlan introduces a feature I’ve been waiting for, compelling me to stay. If NotePlan were to develop a Dataview-like plugin, I might never switch to another note-taking application again.

Instead of sharing my Apple Music relay list which is littered with kids music at this point in my life (and happily so).

Here are my personal favorite albums of 2024:

1. No Name - Jack White - A return to my favorite Jack White sound.
2. I've Tried Everything but Therapy Pt. 1 - Teddy Swims

4. UniFi NAS Pro - I have been eyeing up a NAS for some time, but really didn't need the bells and whistles that Synology and others offered. I love the simplicity of the UniFi NAS Pro and its tight integration with the Unifi ecosystem.

The Max Stand The best stand for your Apple Airpods Max

3. AirPods Max (lightning) - I have had the AirPods Max for a few years, but with a newborn they became my most used headset. Connectivity to Apple TV to watch TV silently while a baby is sleeping in your arms cannot be understated. I also strongly recommend the Max Stand. www.themaxstand.com

Modular charging station

2. The Scosche Baselynx 2.0 modular charging system. Difficult to spell brand name, but otherwise highly recommend this for charging all the things.

Tech I'm thankful for this year:

1. iPad Pro 11" (M4) - first time owning a "small" iPad Pro (came from the 2018 12.9"), and the portability factor has led to a significant increase in my usage.

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Realizing I abandoned the Google / Amazon ecosystems (Google TV/Chromecast/Echo) when they sunset the Chromecast Audio and the Echo Input.

Just start making things look cool again