Chris Wolfe
@crlfe.ca
Tinkering with software development (game/web/embedded) and gardening in eastern Ontario, Canada. He/Him.
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who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not
. . .
earbuds.
. . .
earbuds.
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not
. . .
earbuds.
. . .
earbuds.
Reposted by Chris Wolfe
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to…
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to…
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to build technology (even competitive to Bluesky) that actually respects users. Last month, I helped release the Resonant Computing Manifesto, which laid out a vision for technology that empowers users rather than extracting from them.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to…
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to…
I'm usually a software developer, so being able to hit print and have an object appear in the real world feels rather magical. Part of my prototype, 3d printed at the #YGK KFPL Create Space.
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm usually a software developer, so being able to hit print and have an object appear in the real world feels rather magical. Part of my prototype, 3d printed at the #YGK KFPL Create Space.
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The more you stop thinking of the way sighted people with fine motor control use a site or app as the "default" and assistive technology being the exception, the more you start to design accessibility in from the ground up, instead of trying to bolt it on after the fact.
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The more you stop thinking of the way sighted people with fine motor control use a site or app as the "default" and assistive technology being the exception, the more you start to design accessibility in from the ground up, instead of trying to bolt it on after the fact.
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In “native plants that really ought to be in cultivation as an ornamental” news, let me offer Broom Snakeweed.
Pros:
Cool name
Heat tolerant
Needs no supplemental water
Forms tidy little clump
Long-lasting yellow flowers
Cons:
Mature clumps split in the center like every other goddamn plant
Pros:
Cool name
Heat tolerant
Needs no supplemental water
Forms tidy little clump
Long-lasting yellow flowers
Cons:
Mature clumps split in the center like every other goddamn plant
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In “native plants that really ought to be in cultivation as an ornamental” news, let me offer Broom Snakeweed.
Pros:
Cool name
Heat tolerant
Needs no supplemental water
Forms tidy little clump
Long-lasting yellow flowers
Cons:
Mature clumps split in the center like every other goddamn plant
Pros:
Cool name
Heat tolerant
Needs no supplemental water
Forms tidy little clump
Long-lasting yellow flowers
Cons:
Mature clumps split in the center like every other goddamn plant
The outdoor garden is finally starting to wake up for spring. But the real excitement is indoors, where the first buffalograss plug has decided to produce a runner (~60 days after germination). I still haven't beaten 15% seed germination, so these clones are definitely worth growing into plugs.
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The outdoor garden is finally starting to wake up for spring. But the real excitement is indoors, where the first buffalograss plug has decided to produce a runner (~60 days after germination). I still haven't beaten 15% seed germination, so these clones are definitely worth growing into plugs.
One more from the ice storm, now that we've melted out. The lingering remains of last year's flowers on a Red Osier Dogwood, cocooned in ice. #ygk
April 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One more from the ice storm, now that we've melted out. The lingering remains of last year's flowers on a Red Osier Dogwood, cocooned in ice. #ygk
From our recent ice storm, the Northern Bayberry looked especially awesome. If you look closely you can see wax-covered white berries inside the balls of ice. 🌱 #ygk
April 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From our recent ice storm, the Northern Bayberry looked especially awesome. If you look closely you can see wax-covered white berries inside the balls of ice. 🌱 #ygk
Starting year two of my no-mow lawn experiment. These Buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides) seedlings were sown into a heated seed tray nine days ago (about 20% germination so far), and transplanted into plugs as soon as they were large enough to handle. They'll go into the yard mid-summer. 🌱🇨🇦
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Starting year two of my no-mow lawn experiment. These Buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides) seedlings were sown into a heated seed tray nine days ago (about 20% germination so far), and transplanted into plugs as soon as they were large enough to handle. They'll go into the yard mid-summer. 🌱🇨🇦
Welcome to 2025, and a winter heather peeking through the lacy snow. One of several plants we rescued from a hardware store's discount rack in high summer, labelled (and plausibly) Erica 'Kramer's Rote'. #gardening 🌱🇨🇦
January 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Welcome to 2025, and a winter heather peeking through the lacy snow. One of several plants we rescued from a hardware store's discount rack in high summer, labelled (and plausibly) Erica 'Kramer's Rote'. #gardening 🌱🇨🇦
With fall done and winter creeping up, there are only a few flowers left in our garden. The zigzag goldenrod is an enthusiastic self-seeder, and some of the plants don't seem to have read the weather forecast... 🌱🇨🇦
November 28, 2024 at 1:21 PM
With fall done and winter creeping up, there are only a few flowers left in our garden. The zigzag goldenrod is an enthusiastic self-seeder, and some of the plants don't seem to have read the weather forecast... 🌱🇨🇦
A simple idea: parse regular expressions to improve type checking on the resulting match object. Several hundred lines of #typescript type declarations later (!), I'm ridiculously happy this zero-code library works for me. Now to see how everyone else breaks it: github.com/crlfe/typed-...
November 26, 2024 at 2:41 PM
A simple idea: parse regular expressions to improve type checking on the resulting match object. Several hundred lines of #typescript type declarations later (!), I'm ridiculously happy this zero-code library works for me. Now to see how everyone else breaks it: github.com/crlfe/typed-...