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JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress) We replaced simple websites with complex apps nobody asked for. Now it takes a complex build pipeline just to change a headline.

I wish more people thought like Jono does.

www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/j...

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Happy #internationalcorgiday we didn't know that was a thing either

If the tests don't fail, I don't trust the test.

How can there be all this cool technology, but no facial recognition to catch Andor?

There was a point in the Thunderbolts movie that made me think of the "Hi Ren" song.

Redis is open source again: antirez.com/news/151

This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.

Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.

SLATE SLATE Auto | The Customizable EV That Works for You

I hope the Slate truck inspires automakers to build smaller.

www.slate.auto/en

Hoping 12 golf balls will be enough for the 9 holes tomorrow.

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Spot. Here's where that came from... Phlex as in flex at the gym, spot me while I lift these weights.

A T-shirt with a graphic of Pegasus holding an armillary and a shield.

Kindly pardon me for shamelessly hocking my wares. I do try to keep it to a minimum, but I've decided I'd like to try to buy some eggs. Please share this post if it pleases thee.

www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Pe...

they should invent a weekend that is restful

I'd like more organizations on Bluesky to create a feed instead of a starter pack.

Restrict the feed to your people and require some sort of hashtag or emoji for the post to appear in the feed.

I think this would create a nice clean feed with a high signal to noise ratio.

In Praise of "Normal" Engineers 🛠️ A guest article by Charity Majors

I just wrote a piece called "In Praise of 'Normal' Engineers". (partly paywalled)

When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent.

This gets it exactly backwards.

refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...

Congratulations on the release 🎉

The CFPB has returned more than $21 BILLION to consumers who were cheated by big corporations.

It should come as no surprise that an unelected billionaire wants it gone.

The CFPB is protected by law and I will fight to #ReopenCFPB.

If you're using VSCode + Vim, you may want to let VSCode handle Ctrl-p to open the file picker. If so, add this to your settings.json:

"vim.handleKeys": {
"<C-p>": false
}

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the …

So it's not the language of the right, but the book Cultish is very illuminating especially when you listen to the language of Jim Jones used at Jonestown www.goodreads.com/book/show/55...

I hope this cold weather in Georgia will have some impact on mosquitoes this spring/summer.

I think we need more sustained cold weather, but perhaps a 13 degree day will help.

I have always thought the tetanus vaccine was only for tetanus, but it turns out it's actually the Tdap vaccine. This vaccine protects against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough).

And... Whooping cough cases were up 600% from 2023 to 2024.

Get the vaccine.

Proton: Privacy by default Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

Been migrating over to proton for a while. Definitely not thrilled to have another expense, but if we pay for our email and data services, we're no longer the product

proton.me

New term for me on the weather app: "freezing fog".

"Freezing fog is a weather phenomenon where tiny water droplets in the fog remain in a supercooled state and freeze upon contact with surfaces that are at or below freezing temperature."

2024 Gems of the year winners Today we’re thrilled to announce the winners of our fifth annual Gems of the Year awards! After our panel narrowed down the selection and the community voted on...

2024 Obsidian Gems of the Year results are in!

Explore the 33 winning projects across seven categories:

– Best new plugins
– Best new themes
– Best existing plugins
– Best tools
– Best content
– Best templates
– Best integrations

obsidian.md/blog/2024-go...

Same idea as the recurring reservation, but adding in a wellness check-in aspect. Once you've established the reliability of showing up, if you don't show up someone follows up to make sure everything is okay.

Read an article a while back about how people are becoming more isolated. That came to mind while thinking about having the ability to reserve a spot at our favorite breakfast place; same time, same day. Every week.

Then combined the two and thought about wellness reservations.

There have been countless versions of this, but I prefer the shorter rule of thumb when debating build vs buy:

buy what accelerates you, build what differentiates you