Dave
@dorkrawk.bsky.social
New keyboard day! I’m excited to feel like I’ve forgotten how to type!
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
New keyboard day! I’m excited to feel like I’ve forgotten how to type!
I recently migrated the blog on my site over to Postwave (a blogging library I wrote). It's really nice to use a tool that works EXACTLY the way you want it to! dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/powered...
Dinosaurs Eat Everybody :: Powered By Postwave
dinosaurseateverybody.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I recently migrated the blog on my site over to Postwave (a blogging library I wrote). It's really nice to use a tool that works EXACTLY the way you want it to! dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/powered...
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Done is better than perfect: dontbreakprod.com/posts/done-i...
Done Is Better Than Perfect - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Done is better than perfect: dontbreakprod.com/posts/done-i...
No matter how much I clean my desk, there's always a cat on it.
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
No matter how much I clean my desk, there's always a cat on it.
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Code is a habitat for bugs: dontbreakprod.com/posts/code-i...
Code Is A Habitat For Bugs - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Code is a habitat for bugs: dontbreakprod.com/posts/code-i...
I kind of forgot that I own daveschwantes.com (it just redirects to dinosaurseateverybody.com)
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I kind of forgot that I own daveschwantes.com (it just redirects to dinosaurseateverybody.com)
Oh good. I just bought a new keyboard. ⌨️ 💸
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Oh good. I just bought a new keyboard. ⌨️ 💸
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Fail productively: dontbreakprod.com/posts/fail-p...
Fail Productively - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Fail productively: dontbreakprod.com/posts/fail-p...
Postwave 0.1.5 released! postwave.blog/posts/postwa...
Postwave 0.1.5 Released | Postwave
This is a blog built with Postwave.
postwave.blog
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Postwave 0.1.5 released! postwave.blog/posts/postwa...
New post about my adventures in self-hosting: dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/fine-il...
Dinosaurs Eat Everybody :: Fine, I'll Do It Myself
dinosaurseateverybody.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 AM
New post about my adventures in self-hosting: dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/fine-il...
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Clarity over cleverness: dontbreakprod.com/posts/senior...
Seniority Is Clarity Not Cleverness - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Clarity over cleverness: dontbreakprod.com/posts/senior...
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I should probably buy another domain for this little project...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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I just started playing with @coolify.io in an effort to handle more of my own hosting (without having to actually do much real dev ops), so far it's pretty cool. I got postwave.blog fully moved over last night!
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I just started playing with @coolify.io in an effort to handle more of my own hosting (without having to actually do much real dev ops), so far it's pretty cool. I got postwave.blog fully moved over last night!
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Habits Beat Motivation dontbreakprod.com/posts/habits...
Habits Beat Motivation - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Habits Beat Motivation dontbreakprod.com/posts/habits...
I wrote a bit about Postwave, the blog engine I built: dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/postwave
Dinosaurs Eat Everybody :: Postwave
dinosaurseateverybody.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote a bit about Postwave, the blog engine I built: dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/postwave
My new bari sax just showed up! It is huge and awesome! 🎷
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My new bari sax just showed up! It is huge and awesome! 🎷
Aaaaand all of a sudden I'm doing a bunch of saxophone repair work. Tonight I used shellac and a small torch to reattach a key pad on my tenor and I just ordered a kit to re-cork the neck. I guess it was due for some love. 🎷
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Aaaaand all of a sudden I'm doing a bunch of saxophone repair work. Tonight I used shellac and a small torch to reattach a key pad on my tenor and I just ordered a kit to re-cork the neck. I guess it was due for some love. 🎷
Hmm... AI gives much worse advice about Elixir compared to Ruby, Go, or TypeScript. Volume of training data seems to matter a lot.
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hmm... AI gives much worse advice about Elixir compared to Ruby, Go, or TypeScript. Volume of training data seems to matter a lot.
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Remember, careers have both direction and speed. dontbreakprod.com/posts/match-...
Match Your Opportunities To Your Ambitions - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Remember, careers have both direction and speed. dontbreakprod.com/posts/match-...
I haven't done any TypeScript outside of React projects at work, so I wasn't sure what the workflow for "just write a small program to run in the terminal" would be. I ended up just using Bun ( bun.com ) and everything was really smooth!
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I haven't done any TypeScript outside of React projects at work, so I wasn't sure what the workflow for "just write a small program to run in the terminal" would be. I ended up just using Bun ( bun.com ) and everything was really smooth!
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My 4 year old recently got me into that Fallout Boy record about Spiderman that came out a few years ago.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My 4 year old recently got me into that Fallout Boy record about Spiderman that came out a few years ago.
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Do not underestimate the power of caring about others in a way that makes them care about you. dontbreakprod.com/posts/build-...
Build Relationships - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Do not underestimate the power of caring about others in a way that makes them care about you. dontbreakprod.com/posts/build-...
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As an engineer it's not what you do, but what your work does: dontbreakprod.com/posts/show-t...
Show That Your Work Was Useful - Don't Break Prod
Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.
dontbreakprod.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As an engineer it's not what you do, but what your work does: dontbreakprod.com/posts/show-t...
Just what the world needs, another software engineer pontificating about AI! dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/random-...
Dinosaurs Eat Everybody :: Random Thoughts About AI
dinosaurseateverybody.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just what the world needs, another software engineer pontificating about AI! dinosaurseateverybody.com/blog/random-...