Shane Afsar
@shaneafsar.com
✍️ tech, parenthood, home improvement
💼 software eng leader | 🌐 New York
kabob enthusiast
💼 software eng leader | 🌐 New York
kabob enthusiast
Soothing my toddler with Crab Rave is not what I had on my parenting bingo card.
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Soothing my toddler with Crab Rave is not what I had on my parenting bingo card.
Wife: (positive intent) your hairstyle right now looks like that guy from White Lotus
Me:
Me:
March 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wife: (positive intent) your hairstyle right now looks like that guy from White Lotus
Me:
Me:
Whenever I’m doing a git rebase and have to figure out what “current” vs “incoming” means
March 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Whenever I’m doing a git rebase and have to figure out what “current” vs “incoming” means
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"forged in the fires of Mavis Beacon"
You can tell who was forged in the fires of Mavis Beacon and multiple windows of AIM based on typing speed.
March 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"forged in the fires of Mavis Beacon"
GitHub needs way more emojis in their emoji picker!
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
GitHub needs way more emojis in their emoji picker!
Slack is down. How did people refine macrodata before this??
February 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Slack is down. How did people refine macrodata before this??
New Andor season 2 trailer is sick.
February 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
New Andor season 2 trailer is sick.
A small benefit to keeping the default bsky.social handle: typing it directly into a browser takes you right to the bluesky profile.
February 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A small benefit to keeping the default bsky.social handle: typing it directly into a browser takes you right to the bluesky profile.
Me: Returns from a peaceful 3-day weekend, ready to ease back into work.
My laptop: 🟡
My laptop: 🟡
February 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Me: Returns from a peaceful 3-day weekend, ready to ease back into work.
My laptop: 🟡
My laptop: 🟡
Did not expect this crossover nod between two AppleTV+ series
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Did not expect this crossover nod between two AppleTV+ series
The AppleTV app really needs to incorporate if you’ve already watched the latest episode before sending a push notification. Also, that was a great episode of Severence.
February 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The AppleTV app really needs to incorporate if you’ve already watched the latest episode before sending a push notification. Also, that was a great episode of Severence.
Frog & Toad on AppleTV+ is super calming for kids. Also recommend he read-along books via Hoopla & your local library login. Also, Toad is a vibe.
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Frog & Toad on AppleTV+ is super calming for kids. Also recommend he read-along books via Hoopla & your local library login. Also, Toad is a vibe.
HomeAssistant seems to come preconfigured with a dedicated service for the Sun. No love for default installing the moon? How will people know they can toggle their lights when it’s a waxing gibbous??
January 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
HomeAssistant seems to come preconfigured with a dedicated service for the Sun. No love for default installing the moon? How will people know they can toggle their lights when it’s a waxing gibbous??
Ohhh, new Severance department name revealed in S2E3.
January 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ohhh, new Severance department name revealed in S2E3.
I *just* noticed that bluesky favicon & formatting seems to be supported on GitHub profiles, but not threads.
January 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I *just* noticed that bluesky favicon & formatting seems to be supported on GitHub profiles, but not threads.
Reposted by Shane Afsar
If I don’t get all my performance reviews done before the deadline, this video is why.
January 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If I don’t get all my performance reviews done before the deadline, this video is why.
Reposted by Shane Afsar
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
Welp, garage torsion spring just broke. Definitely not messing with that…
January 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Welp, garage torsion spring just broke. Definitely not messing with that…
Reposted by Shane Afsar
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history.
blog.codinghorror.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.
Reposted by Shane Afsar
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
Didn’t know about the Japanese “space out” competition
https://youtu.be/3zIYe09dhrE?si=MOahk2Q3rGyQ14fv
https://youtu.be/3zIYe09dhrE?si=MOahk2Q3rGyQ14fv
2024, in six minutes (just the weird stuff)
youtu.be
December 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Didn’t know about the Japanese “space out” competition
https://youtu.be/3zIYe09dhrE?si=MOahk2Q3rGyQ14fv
https://youtu.be/3zIYe09dhrE?si=MOahk2Q3rGyQ14fv
Reposted by Shane Afsar
Genuinely surprised it took this long for a story like this to be published.
Apple Intelligence botched a notification summary about Luigi Mangione, and the BBC isn't happy - 9to5Mac
The BBC isn’t pleased with Apple Intelligence’s notification summary feature. The corporation says that the notification summary feature “generated a...
9to5mac.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Genuinely surprised it took this long for a story like this to be published.
iOS 18.2’s Image Playground has one of the most interesting generative AI interfaces, but tbh the results leave a lot to be desired.
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 AM
iOS 18.2’s Image Playground has one of the most interesting generative AI interfaces, but tbh the results leave a lot to be desired.
Looks like this might’ve been a hard one.
In the last 24 hours for #Wordle 1272, I found 2,362 unique users with the following distribution:
Row 1: 0 (0%)
Row 2: 18 (1%)
Row 3: 143 (6%)
Row 4: 575 (24%)
Row 5: 847 (36%)
Row 6: 590 (25%)
Not solved: 189 (8%)
Row 1: 0 (0%)
Row 2: 18 (1%)
Row 3: 143 (6%)
Row 4: 575 (24%)
Row 5: 847 (36%)
Row 6: 590 (25%)
Not solved: 189 (8%)
December 13, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Looks like this might’ve been a hard one.