Peter Lyons
@peterlyons.com
Staff Engineer at Float Health. Keyboard nerd. DIY.
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Peter Lyons
@peterlyons.com
· Nov 30
Custom CNC Desktop Mark II | Peter Lyons
Staff Engineer, Back End
peterlyons.com
My office got some fabulous upgrades! I made another custom CNC desktop with split keyboard recesses. My wife painted art from "Arrival" on one wall and a geometric pattern on the adjacent wall.
#maker #3dprinting #keyboards #cnc
More details on the blog post:
peterlyons.com/problog/2025...
#maker #3dprinting #keyboards #cnc
More details on the blog post:
peterlyons.com/problog/2025...
Unfollowing Cults3D because, while impressive, those posts generate more questions than answers for me.
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Unfollowing Cults3D because, while impressive, those posts generate more questions than answers for me.
Going back through 15 years of emails from people (usually friend of a friend or someone who just learned that I am a professional software developer) asking me to build their mobile app idea with the then-naive idea that $500 was a realistic budget and replying "Cool idea. OK".
February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Going back through 15 years of emails from people (usually friend of a friend or someone who just learned that I am a professional software developer) asking me to build their mobile app idea with the then-naive idea that $500 was a realistic budget and replying "Cool idea. OK".
Caught some live jazz at Seven Grand in Denver tonight. They played:
Tea for Two
Lullaby of Birdland
I Got Rhythm
My Little Suede Shoes
So fun. It's been too long.
Tea for Two
Lullaby of Birdland
I Got Rhythm
My Little Suede Shoes
So fun. It's been too long.
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Caught some live jazz at Seven Grand in Denver tonight. They played:
Tea for Two
Lullaby of Birdland
I Got Rhythm
My Little Suede Shoes
So fun. It's been too long.
Tea for Two
Lullaby of Birdland
I Got Rhythm
My Little Suede Shoes
So fun. It's been too long.
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Slack is like having a desk right next to six watercoolers
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Slack is like having a desk right next to six watercoolers
We need jargon for just regular AI coding with prompts. Not vibe coding as that conveys disregard for the source code. Maybe "bribe coding?"
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
We need jargon for just regular AI coding with prompts. Not vibe coding as that conveys disregard for the source code. Maybe "bribe coding?"
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Obsidian 1.12.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.
- Obsidian CLI
- Bases search
- Images can now be resized in Live Preview
- When deleting a file, linked images can now be automatically deleted with it
- Obsidian CLI
- Bases search
- Images can now be resized in Live Preview
- When deleting a file, linked images can now be automatically deleted with it
Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Obsidian 1.12.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.
- Obsidian CLI
- Bases search
- Images can now be resized in Live Preview
- When deleting a file, linked images can now be automatically deleted with it
- Obsidian CLI
- Bases search
- Images can now be resized in Live Preview
- When deleting a file, linked images can now be automatically deleted with it
I broke one of my arch linux installs, then broke it even more into unbootable with help from claude code. But a reinstall fixed it and everything's groovy again,
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I broke one of my arch linux installs, then broke it even more into unbootable with help from claude code. But a reinstall fixed it and everything's groovy again,
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
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I like that the big cheers let you know when to look up from your phone tho
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I like that the big cheers let you know when to look up from your phone tho
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Sure, sex is great, but have you ever had the experience where you buy a tool, and then over the next 20 or 30 years every time you use it you think to yourself "damn, I'm glad I bought that tool!"
February 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever had the experience where you buy a tool, and then over the next 20 or 30 years every time you use it you think to yourself "damn, I'm glad I bought that tool!"
At the coffee shop and I have a window seat and a guy sat down next to me, but I'm inside and he's outside, and he has 2 cute dogs with him. He's doing The Lord's work.
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
At the coffee shop and I have a window seat and a guy sat down next to me, but I'm inside and he's outside, and he has 2 cute dogs with him. He's doing The Lord's work.
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My polecats are burned out. They all quit their jobs and are getting really into sourdough
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
My polecats are burned out. They all quit their jobs and are getting really into sourdough
claude opus 4.6 seems to be bringing back the dumb ( // check if the length of the list is greater than 1 ) comments.
February 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
claude opus 4.6 seems to be bringing back the dumb ( // check if the length of the list is greater than 1 ) comments.
I feel like linear has finally given us a quality project management web application. Now they need to raise a huge round to fund training for the entire tech industry to learn how to run projects in a way that is not a chaotic confusing shitshow.
February 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I feel like linear has finally given us a quality project management web application. Now they need to raise a huge round to fund training for the entire tech industry to learn how to run projects in a way that is not a chaotic confusing shitshow.
For my list of retirement projects with AI assistance: a new music notation app that understands:
1. Raw material defined once in isolation then assembled into a composition
2. Song form is encoded and understood
3. Harmony is attached to the form (measures and half measures) not to notes or melody
1. Raw material defined once in isolation then assembled into a composition
2. Song form is encoded and understood
3. Harmony is attached to the form (measures and half measures) not to notes or melody
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
For my list of retirement projects with AI assistance: a new music notation app that understands:
1. Raw material defined once in isolation then assembled into a composition
2. Song form is encoded and understood
3. Harmony is attached to the form (measures and half measures) not to notes or melody
1. Raw material defined once in isolation then assembled into a composition
2. Song form is encoded and understood
3. Harmony is attached to the form (measures and half measures) not to notes or melody
Setting my self a lifelong stretch goal to rid the world of horizontal tabs. It was just a bad idea to begin with and needs to be expunged.
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Setting my self a lifelong stretch goal to rid the world of horizontal tabs. It was just a bad idea to begin with and needs to be expunged.
Ugh. Talking about big enterprise features like supporting tagging/labeling of entities and supporting "custom attribute" functionality that is usually reserved for truly enterprise use cases, except it's for an internal tool at your tiny startup with tiny staff.
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Ugh. Talking about big enterprise features like supporting tagging/labeling of entities and supporting "custom attribute" functionality that is usually reserved for truly enterprise use cases, except it's for an internal tool at your tiny startup with tiny staff.
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There are so many good ideas in Haskell, too bad they’re in Haskell so no one will ever use them for anything
February 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
There are so many good ideas in Haskell, too bad they’re in Haskell so no one will ever use them for anything
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I’ve noticed it’s a distinct Parker-ism to brag about accomplishments in these raw numbers that are completely meaningless. Is…melting 4.7m pounds of snow good? I have no idea. It seems like there is a lot of snow on the ground still.
February 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I’ve noticed it’s a distinct Parker-ism to brag about accomplishments in these raw numbers that are completely meaningless. Is…melting 4.7m pounds of snow good? I have no idea. It seems like there is a lot of snow on the ground still.
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please please please don't put a $ at the start of shell commands in your README
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
please please please don't put a $ at the start of shell commands in your README
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psychosis implies the existence of psychobro
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
psychosis implies the existence of psychobro
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incredible missed opportunity for them to say “elder hatesman”
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
incredible missed opportunity for them to say “elder hatesman”
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January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM