JayCruz
@jaycruz.bsky.social
👨🏻💻 Writes Functions and Occasionally Sentences
Still cries at a good film, still kisses with saliva.
Blog: https://thread-pool.com/
Portfolio: https://portfolio-2024-swart-nu.vercel.app/
Github: https://github.com/yarocruz
Still cries at a good film, still kisses with saliva.
Blog: https://thread-pool.com/
Portfolio: https://portfolio-2024-swart-nu.vercel.app/
Github: https://github.com/yarocruz
No One is Making a Documentary About You thread-pool.com/no-one-is-ma...
No One Is Making a Documentary About You
You are young. You are naive. You think you know how the world works, but you have absolutely no idea how the world works. You think you’re…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
No One is Making a Documentary About You thread-pool.com/no-one-is-ma...
New post: First week with the Apple Watch as my daily driver. thread-pool.com/my-first-wee...
My First Week Using an Apple Watch as a Dumbphone
The Rise of the Dumbphone Movement
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New post: First week with the Apple Watch as my daily driver. thread-pool.com/my-first-wee...
Wrote about why you should read Newspapers, instead of watching TV News, or god help you, get your news from Social Media. thread-pool.com/thats-just-l...
“That’s just like, uh, your opinion man.”
I grew up in a family that watched the news. They would turn on the Tv early in the mornings to learn about the weather, how much traffic…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Wrote about why you should read Newspapers, instead of watching TV News, or god help you, get your news from Social Media. thread-pool.com/thats-just-l...
What's your Myers-Briggs Type? thread-pool.com/introversion...
Introversion Isn’t an Identity. It’s a Battery.
I’m re-reading the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. I read it when it came out over 10 years ago…
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November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What's your Myers-Briggs Type? thread-pool.com/introversion...
Me at work, having this conversation with myself, every day.
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Idiocracy - Einstein
YouTube video by Jake C
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October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Me at work, having this conversation with myself, every day.
youtu.be/uL73xItRtio
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On Not being Boring thread-pool.com/on-not-being...
On Not Being Boring
I don’t want to be boring. Particularly, I don’t want my writing to be boring. I want to write good sentences. I want to be entertaining. I…
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October 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
On Not being Boring thread-pool.com/on-not-being...
“TikTok and Meta are trying to become the same thing: a screen showing hours and hours of video made by people we don’t know. Social media has turned into television.”
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Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
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October 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“TikTok and Meta are trying to become the same thing: a screen showing hours and hours of video made by people we don’t know. Social media has turned into television.”
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
On coding bootcamps and software engineering as a career. thread-pool.com/confessions-...
Confessions of an Ex Teaching Assistant for a Coding Bootcamp
After nearly three years, my time as a Teaching Assistant at the 2U/edX Coding Bootcamp officially ended on March 13, 2025. And with it…
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October 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On coding bootcamps and software engineering as a career. thread-pool.com/confessions-...
I struggle to write profiles, bios, and about me stuff because I don't know how to freeze myself in time.
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Please Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself
This post is and updated version of my About page
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October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I struggle to write profiles, bios, and about me stuff because I don't know how to freeze myself in time.
thread-pool.com/please-allow...
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How convenient is it really to carry a little computer? thread-pool.com/convenience-...
Convenience vs. Necessity — On Smartphones, Social Media, and Sanity
I was late to getting my first mobile phone. In the early ’00s I didn’t have many friends to fill up a contact list, so I didn’t see the…
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October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How convenient is it really to carry a little computer? thread-pool.com/convenience-...
Another blog bites the dust. thread-pool.com/the-math-ain...
The Math ain’t Mathing
It’s been almost a year since I quit Medium and started this blog here with the Ghost platform and I’m finding it hard to justify the cost to keep this going. On Medium I payed 5 bucks a month to be o...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another blog bites the dust. thread-pool.com/the-math-ain...
Learning to code to get a high paying job is like learning to dance about architecture.
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Learning to code to get a high paying job is like learning to dance about architecture.
I want to say something snarky about this, but I’m all out of things to say. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...
Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I want to say something snarky about this, but I’m all out of things to say. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...
New #blog post. Wrote a bit about the intelligent telephone and social media. I think it's a good one. I'm proud of this one. thread-pool.com/convenience-...
Convenience vs. Necessity: On Smartphones, Social Media, and Sanity
I was late to getting my first mobile phone. In the early '00s I didn't have many friends to fill up a contact list, so I didn't see the use case for having a cell phone. The few friends I did have, i...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
New #blog post. Wrote a bit about the intelligent telephone and social media. I think it's a good one. I'm proud of this one. thread-pool.com/convenience-...
“It’s not about your friends, your followers, or who you follow. It’s about who can see what, and what the people who make the platform deem to be the thing that makes them the most money.” nazhamid.com/journal/less...
Less Precious
Social media is a trap.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“It’s not about your friends, your followers, or who you follow. It’s about who can see what, and what the people who make the platform deem to be the thing that makes them the most money.” nazhamid.com/journal/less...
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New blog post on the ThreadPool. Hope it is indeed, interesting. thread-pool.com/on-not-being... #blog #blogging
On Not Being Boring
I don't want to be boring. Particularly, I don't want my writing to be boring. I want to write good sentences. I want to be entertaining. I want to present cohesive, informed, and persuasive arguments...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New blog post on the ThreadPool. Hope it is indeed, interesting. thread-pool.com/on-not-being... #blog #blogging
The Line sounds like a great Sci-Fi series. thread-pool.com/a-really-lon...
A Really Long Line
Architect and Designer Daniel Titchener gives his take on The Line, a planned smart city expected to be built in Saudi Arabia that will span 170km(110 miles). That's a really long line.
The idea of T...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Line sounds like a great Sci-Fi series. thread-pool.com/a-really-lon...
The trillionaire Boy Genius in Alien Earth is just misunderstood. He just wants to “make the world more open and connected”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/a...
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‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: In Sheep’s Clothing
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August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The trillionaire Boy Genius in Alien Earth is just misunderstood. He just wants to “make the world more open and connected”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/a...
New blog post. Wrote a bit about the basics of Journalism and why young people can't tell the difference between factual reporting vs the outrage slot machine that is social media and now, AI slop. #blogging #blog thread-pool.com/thats-just-l...
That's just like uh, your opinion man
I grew up in a family that watched the news. They would turn on the Tv early in the mornings to learn about the weather, how much traffic to expect on their commute, some sports, and some light hearte...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New blog post. Wrote a bit about the basics of Journalism and why young people can't tell the difference between factual reporting vs the outrage slot machine that is social media and now, AI slop. #blogging #blog thread-pool.com/thats-just-l...
Hey, nobody is perfect. Even, some, gay people. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
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August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hey, nobody is perfect. Even, some, gay people. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
