Jakob Skjerning
@jakobs.bsky.social
Aka @mentalizer from Twitter.
Rails OG, web application developer, consultancy owner, sailor, and dad joke appreciator.
Building substancelab.dk, frontlobby.dk, skrift.eu, writes at mentalized.net
Rails OG, web application developer, consultancy owner, sailor, and dad joke appreciator.
Building substancelab.dk, frontlobby.dk, skrift.eu, writes at mentalized.net
Say, YouTube Algorithm, what are you trying to say by giving me this video?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFI3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFI3...
Why You Can’t Stick To Anything (The Polymath Advantage)
YouTube video by UnordinaryMind
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Say, YouTube Algorithm, what are you trying to say by giving me this video?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFI3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFI3...
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So I built my own solution: Crow's Nest.
It's a dead-simple dashboard that connects to your Harvest account and shows:
- Your total weekly capacity.
- Hours you've committed.
- How many hours are actually left.
No more guessing.
It's a dead-simple dashboard that connects to your Harvest account and shows:
- Your total weekly capacity.
- Hours you've committed.
- How many hours are actually left.
No more guessing.
February 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
So I built my own solution: Crow's Nest.
It's a dead-simple dashboard that connects to your Harvest account and shows:
- Your total weekly capacity.
- Hours you've committed.
- How many hours are actually left.
No more guessing.
It's a dead-simple dashboard that connects to your Harvest account and shows:
- Your total weekly capacity.
- Hours you've committed.
- How many hours are actually left.
No more guessing.
Struggling to write good documentation for github.com/substancelab.... Finding the perfect line where the docs are both usable, maintainable, and technically feasiable is hard. 😭
GitHub - substancelab/flowbite-components: UI component library for Rails, built using ViewComponents, Flowbite, and Tailwind CSS.
UI component library for Rails, built using ViewComponents, Flowbite, and Tailwind CSS. - GitHub - substancelab/flowbite-components: UI component library for Rails, built using ViewComponents, Flo...
github.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Struggling to write good documentation for github.com/substancelab.... Finding the perfect line where the docs are both usable, maintainable, and technically feasiable is hard. 😭
Ever needed to run some maintenance task in your production environment? For me this always triggers a bunch of quest...
Announcing styr
We’ve built a small utility that makes it super simple to access and run tasks on your deployed applications.
mentalized.net
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ever needed to run some maintenance task in your production environment? For me this always triggers a bunch of quest...
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
Whenever I harp on about the importance of commit messages I invariable get asked "sure sure, old fart, but when have you ever had to actually look up an old commit?".
Right fucking now is when! And the commit message is "adds controller, show and other changes" - i.e. useless 🤬
Right fucking now is when! And the commit message is "adds controller, show and other changes" - i.e. useless 🤬
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Whenever I harp on about the importance of commit messages I invariable get asked "sure sure, old fart, but when have you ever had to actually look up an old commit?".
Right fucking now is when! And the commit message is "adds controller, show and other changes" - i.e. useless 🤬
Right fucking now is when! And the commit message is "adds controller, show and other changes" - i.e. useless 🤬
I need someone to routinely come around, smack me over the head, and tell me to ship projects instead of starting new ones 😬
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I need someone to routinely come around, smack me over the head, and tell me to ship projects instead of starting new ones 😬
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Reposted by Jakob Skjerning
🔗 ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.
alexharri.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🔗 ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering
What's the beez kneez for writing Ruby gem documentation these days? RDoc? Yardoc? Somethingelsedoc?
Ability to document method arguments and return types is a must, Markdown formatting would make things easier for me.
#ruby
Ability to document method arguments and return types is a must, Markdown formatting would make things easier for me.
#ruby
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
What's the beez kneez for writing Ruby gem documentation these days? RDoc? Yardoc? Somethingelsedoc?
Ability to document method arguments and return types is a must, Markdown formatting would make things easier for me.
#ruby
Ability to document method arguments and return types is a must, Markdown formatting would make things easier for me.
#ruby
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Use faker-ruby? Help us make it even better by answering this survey app.polling.com/forms/3103ca...
Please share it with your Ruby friends :)
Please share it with your Ruby friends :)
January 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Use faker-ruby? Help us make it even better by answering this survey app.polling.com/forms/3103ca...
Please share it with your Ruby friends :)
Please share it with your Ruby friends :)
OMG I made a run cycle for the first time ever! Does this make me a gfx artist? 😱 #gamedev #pico8 #asesprite #wip
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
OMG I made a run cycle for the first time ever! Does this make me a gfx artist? 😱 #gamedev #pico8 #asesprite #wip
Spent some time while waiting on the festivities playing around with PICO-8 #christmas #pico-8 #pixels
December 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spent some time while waiting on the festivities playing around with PICO-8 #christmas #pico-8 #pixels
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Okay friends, OG Kit has a free plan! 🎅
With the free plan, you can use OG Kit on 25 pages, 100% free. Unlimited traffic!
I want it to be a no brainer to set up OG Kit for all your `laravel new` projects 🫡
Sign up for an account! Tell a friend! 🙌
ogkit.dev/pricing
With the free plan, you can use OG Kit on 25 pages, 100% free. Unlimited traffic!
I want it to be a no brainer to set up OG Kit for all your `laravel new` projects 🫡
Sign up for an account! Tell a friend! 🙌
ogkit.dev/pricing
OG Kit - Fully dynamic Open Graph images with your own HTML and CSS
ogkit.dev
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Okay friends, OG Kit has a free plan! 🎅
With the free plan, you can use OG Kit on 25 pages, 100% free. Unlimited traffic!
I want it to be a no brainer to set up OG Kit for all your `laravel new` projects 🫡
Sign up for an account! Tell a friend! 🙌
ogkit.dev/pricing
With the free plan, you can use OG Kit on 25 pages, 100% free. Unlimited traffic!
I want it to be a no brainer to set up OG Kit for all your `laravel new` projects 🫡
Sign up for an account! Tell a friend! 🙌
ogkit.dev/pricing
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NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 😍
PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite – Master the ball and flippers to collect resources and defeat your enemies!
Demo coming in January, wishlist now! 👇
PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite – Master the ball and flippers to collect resources and defeat your enemies!
Demo coming in January, wishlist now! 👇
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 😍
PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite – Master the ball and flippers to collect resources and defeat your enemies!
Demo coming in January, wishlist now! 👇
PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite – Master the ball and flippers to collect resources and defeat your enemies!
Demo coming in January, wishlist now! 👇
Reposted by Jakob Skjerning
Reposted by Jakob Skjerning
I think about this a lot.
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I think about this a lot.
Reposted by Jakob Skjerning
I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
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1 million dollars for a trailer slot? No thanks, I'll make more games instead!
And if you fine people keep sharing the trailers of indie devs, then we'll all find the games we love.
Maybe you like our game? Give it a try!
#gamedev #indiegame
And if you fine people keep sharing the trailers of indie devs, then we'll all find the games we love.
Maybe you like our game? Give it a try!
#gamedev #indiegame
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1 million dollars for a trailer slot? No thanks, I'll make more games instead!
And if you fine people keep sharing the trailers of indie devs, then we'll all find the games we love.
Maybe you like our game? Give it a try!
#gamedev #indiegame
And if you fine people keep sharing the trailers of indie devs, then we'll all find the games we love.
Maybe you like our game? Give it a try!
#gamedev #indiegame
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Reposted by Jakob Skjerning
Announcing the #GemFellowship, a grant program from Gem Coop and Contributed Systems!
If you have an existing Ruby project and could use funding, you should apply!
APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH.
Details: gem.coop/fellowship/
Show us your weird niche Ruby projects! 💜
If you have an existing Ruby project and could use funding, you should apply!
APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH.
Details: gem.coop/fellowship/
Show us your weird niche Ruby projects! 💜
gem.coop
gem.coop
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Announcing the #GemFellowship, a grant program from Gem Coop and Contributed Systems!
If you have an existing Ruby project and could use funding, you should apply!
APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH.
Details: gem.coop/fellowship/
Show us your weird niche Ruby projects! 💜
If you have an existing Ruby project and could use funding, you should apply!
APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH.
Details: gem.coop/fellowship/
Show us your weird niche Ruby projects! 💜