James Allen
@jamesdallen.me
Christian, Husband, Father, Full stack Laravel developer
Hot take- the London New Years celebration is cooler than New York’s
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Hot take- the London New Years celebration is cooler than New York’s
Does anyone else aggressively brush their teeth in the days leading up to a dentist appointment or am I just weird?
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Does anyone else aggressively brush their teeth in the days leading up to a dentist appointment or am I just weird?
We asked my son to circle a couple things he might like for Christmas in the Amazon book we got. Looks like he got concerned we might go with Barbie’s this year
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We asked my son to circle a couple things he might like for Christmas in the Amazon book we got. Looks like he got concerned we might go with Barbie’s this year
Anyone got any recommendations for books about react I could add to my Christmas list? I’m looking for something moderate to advanced
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Anyone got any recommendations for books about react I could add to my Christmas list? I’m looking for something moderate to advanced
"We are working hard to resolve this issue"- Me working hard to resolve this issue
a black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on it
Alt: a black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on it
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"We are working hard to resolve this issue"- Me working hard to resolve this issue
My kids are marching around the house beating drums/tambourines and shouting and I’m sitting here wondering, Why did we buy them drums?
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My kids are marching around the house beating drums/tambourines and shouting and I’m sitting here wondering, Why did we buy them drums?
Well we left a candy bowl out and went to my parents, when we came back we realized nobody could see our bowl and most of the candy was still there. We moved it to the end of the driveway and in 15 minutes everything but 5 pieces of candy and a half eaten hot dog bun someone donated remained
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Well we left a candy bowl out and went to my parents, when we came back we realized nobody could see our bowl and most of the candy was still there. We moved it to the end of the driveway and in 15 minutes everything but 5 pieces of candy and a half eaten hot dog bun someone donated remained
My kids have named and fed the jack-o’-lanterns we made last night and now I’m thinking I’m going to have to start saving up for their funeral costs
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My kids have named and fed the jack-o’-lanterns we made last night and now I’m thinking I’m going to have to start saving up for their funeral costs
I gotta hand it to the people making those stupid AI videos, they may have actually broken my cat video scrolling habit for good
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I gotta hand it to the people making those stupid AI videos, they may have actually broken my cat video scrolling habit for good
My son (3) just referred to a jet that he saw with an exhaust trail coming out as a rainbow shark and now I can’t get that out of my head
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My son (3) just referred to a jet that he saw with an exhaust trail coming out as a rainbow shark and now I can’t get that out of my head
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More today. socket.dev/blog/ongoing...
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
More today. socket.dev/blog/ongoing...
My son found the learn Spanish card on his Yoto. He’s currently in the other room arguing with it, “No that’s a strawberry!” He’s going to be on the debate team for sure
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My son found the learn Spanish card on his Yoto. He’s currently in the other room arguing with it, “No that’s a strawberry!” He’s going to be on the debate team for sure
ChatGPT just recommended I use direction: rtl to reverse a grid's order 🫠
September 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ChatGPT just recommended I use direction: rtl to reverse a grid's order 🫠
Just dug a honeysuckle berry out of my kid’s nose. He assures me it was the only one
August 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just dug a honeysuckle berry out of my kid’s nose. He assures me it was the only one
TIL iOS does some weird stuff with select multiple 😅
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
TIL iOS does some weird stuff with select multiple 😅
Having your health account at a local hospital merged with another random James Allen is a headache I didn’t know was possible
August 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having your health account at a local hospital merged with another random James Allen is a headache I didn’t know was possible
So I just found an old yarn cache file that was taking up 15GB of space. I don’t remember the last time I’ve used yarn…
August 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
So I just found an old yarn cache file that was taking up 15GB of space. I don’t remember the last time I’ve used yarn…
TIL you can nest backticks that are inside a js expression like this
![a formatTicket function with a Ticket tuple. The important bit is this line-
return `#${id ? id : ""} ${comment}${label ? ` [${label}]` : ''}`;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:du477n2iltmrgjx7hzdrpl74/bafkreiek5zfu34vtk24fsbhaskxfreru6iez7hxfov62obt3kbgclhpjla@jpeg)
July 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
TIL you can nest backticks that are inside a js expression like this
Anyone got any info about seo as it relates to LLMs?
July 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anyone got any info about seo as it relates to LLMs?
Can we just make these the rules for riding as a passenger in general? 😅
July 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can we just make these the rules for riding as a passenger in general? 😅
Something about seeing AI on google searches makes me want to go back to the days of card catalogs at the library 😅
July 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Something about seeing AI on google searches makes me want to go back to the days of card catalogs at the library 😅
I have two boys 1 that’s 5 the other 3. More and more it feels like I have these guys around
two muppets are talking to each other in front of a bookshelf .
Alt: two muppets are talking to each other in front of a bookshelf .
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July 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I have two boys 1 that’s 5 the other 3. More and more it feels like I have these guys around
This kinda puts into words what I suspected - AI speeds up development in languages you aren’t as familiar with but doesn’t yet surpass the speed of experts in a language. It’s a small sample size for sure but very interesting- metr.org/blog/2025-07...
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
We conduct a randomized controlled trial to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find th...
metr.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This kinda puts into words what I suspected - AI speeds up development in languages you aren’t as familiar with but doesn’t yet surpass the speed of experts in a language. It’s a small sample size for sure but very interesting- metr.org/blog/2025-07...
Its been one of those days
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Its been one of those days