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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone in tech always celebrates number go up, but no one ever celebrates number go down. This is the result of our hubris. This is the integer of our discontent.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. You know that the speaker has no response below 80 Hz, so you add harmonics above 80 that a listener’s brain “fills in” with the missing fundamental.

I do it with Waves Renaissance Bass. The name is rather ironic because actual renaissance music mixes wouldn’t dream of using it!

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 1d

192 for popular music probably won’t do much for the majority of listeners. Classical listeners value fidelity over portability.

Just my experience, other mix engineers might disagree.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 1d

Classical music makes a more nuanced use of the full sonic range.

Popular music tends to roll off lows and excite highs surgically out of a concern for sounding good on poor speakers. That’s why we process bass harmonics for laptop speakers.

Classical takes a “purer” approach to the mix.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 2d

I spent $125 for #Hotwire Office Hours with @pascallaliberte.me. It's the most useful expenditure for improving my toolkit outside #Rails conferences. And I could even speak back!

This was high-effort, direct feedback and discussion, not just idealized sample code. Incredible value and tons of fun.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 3d

Where he talks about Pax Railsana as a way of saying this is the time in which Rails is at its finest?

Or where he mentions expanding the peaceful Rails empire in all directions?

Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 4d

I phrase all pairing requests as "Hey, would you exist in Zoom meeting while I do something so that I can immediately see what I've been missing for the last 15 minutes?"

or

"Who wants to find an obvious typo that is completely invisible to me?" and then trick them with the pizza emoji.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 4d

Void of any context? No.

I assume you're referring to specific incident, but I don't know which one it is.

Many people and memes reference the Roman Empire in innocuous ways, so it's not an automatic problem to my mind.

Again, context matters.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 4d

At this point, this says more about Andrew Gounardes than it does about Zohran Mamdani. It probably shouldn't be that way, but here we are.

I hope New York gets that Z-pak to cure its ills.

Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 4d

He doesn't inject his social commentary into his keynotes. It seems like he is fully capable of the separation of merch and hate.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 4d

I don't understand why he can't simply agree to provide separation between his tech writing and his non-tech writing: a different platform, or a different user account or some such. He could be DHH at work, and David "Duke" Hansson at home and it would be just fine.

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 7d

He’s got the runs and he’s gonna share it on BlueSky. A-Pat is back!

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 9d

Brut is funded FOR ETERNITY!!one!

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Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social · 9d

You know, I wouldn't have a problem with a performer saying "I don't want to include politics in my performance."

But then that would mean you don't platform or discuss it in any way. Not that you weakly platform whoever needs appeasement in a self-serving manner.

He's funny, but he's a coward.

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