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Justin
@jaffray.bsky.social
turning to the succor of modern computing machines, let us renounce all analytic tools

https://buttondown.com/jaffray justinjaffray.com
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I didn't really expect how much of adulthood was going to be about watching other people use websites to keep track of books and movies they've recently seen
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I guess some Core Design development stuff leaked and this screenshot from an Indiana Jones prototype for PSP is absolutely delightful
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
*first contact with an alien*
me: hey btw can you guys do SAT in polynomial time
sat.zip>
me: is this c++
them: yeah just run make
me: it says im missing something called “libyorbo”
them: that’s required for posix here
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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First Half Life, 3 Screenshots
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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New style obsession:
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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(when an app asks me to put in an 8-digit code to log in) mister big shot over here. 6 digits ain't good enough for him no more. he wants two whole extra digits, well la dee da (voice gets lower and quieter) you think you're better than everyone else? that what this is? think you're better than me?
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Teach a man a fancy AI text editor and they can hate it for a day, but teach a man vim and he can hate it for a lifetime.
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
it feels like there is more money in text editors than ever before and i hate all the text editors i use more than ever before
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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>ask if new browser is real or chromeslop
>”it’s a good browser sir”
>it’s chromeslop
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
that’s right
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
it would be nice to like a software project and then 5 years later NOT start getting emails from some PM trying to get me to buy a subscription to some cloud bullshit
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
For NULL BITMAP: I wrote about query plan caching: buttondown.com/jaffray/arch...
Query Plan Caching
Serious NULL BITMAP heads know my love for the Query Plan Diagram. This is a 2D-rendering that represents the selection of plans for a particular shape of...
buttondown.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
the highlights on the sugimori drawings always hit me like a truck
The shot in the arm that the ageing Game Boy needed as the late 90s dawned: Pokémon!

Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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there are two wolves inside you. they are unaware of you, in any sense that you would recognize; to them you are the sunrise in the mist in the morning, and the cool moss on the warm earth in the night. the story of your life is the story of these wolves, and how they have run and hunted inside you.
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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video game titles that make me reflexively say “is there a mr. __________”:
- ms pac-man
- ms flight simulator
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
i barely know the rules of this game so whenever i see something that looked noteworthy to me i refresh the timeline to see if any of you cared about it or not
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM