Trey Bastian
@treybastian.com
👋 Hi, I’m Trey – I make things in my shed
🖨️ I'm addicted to 3D Printing
🏃 I like to run
🖨️ I'm addicted to 3D Printing
🏃 I like to run
AI is great at making people believe things that aren’t real.
I haven’t found anything else that it’s really great at yet.
I haven’t found anything else that it’s really great at yet.
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
AI is great at making people believe things that aren’t real.
I haven’t found anything else that it’s really great at yet.
I haven’t found anything else that it’s really great at yet.
It did some cool things for me, implemented thunderstorms really well with cool effects, but I'm not keeping it.
It didn't do the reversing of the plow well at all and wouldn't fix itself. It broke the config menu multiple times.
This isn't a complicated little app
It didn't do the reversing of the plow well at all and wouldn't fix itself. It broke the config menu multiple times.
This isn't a complicated little app
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It did some cool things for me, implemented thunderstorms really well with cool effects, but I'm not keeping it.
It didn't do the reversing of the plow well at all and wouldn't fix itself. It broke the config menu multiple times.
This isn't a complicated little app
It didn't do the reversing of the plow well at all and wouldn't fix itself. It broke the config menu multiple times.
This isn't a complicated little app
I'm tapping out here
I don't know if it's just Java, or my skill issues or it's just not that good, but what it's doing is absolutely so far from what I would do with the same instructions.
From little security issues to just making up annotations library APIs and downgrading dependencies.
I don't know if it's just Java, or my skill issues or it's just not that good, but what it's doing is absolutely so far from what I would do with the same instructions.
From little security issues to just making up annotations library APIs and downgrading dependencies.
I think I'm going to attempt yet again to do some agentic coding.
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
December 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm tapping out here
I don't know if it's just Java, or my skill issues or it's just not that good, but what it's doing is absolutely so far from what I would do with the same instructions.
From little security issues to just making up annotations library APIs and downgrading dependencies.
I don't know if it's just Java, or my skill issues or it's just not that good, but what it's doing is absolutely so far from what I would do with the same instructions.
From little security issues to just making up annotations library APIs and downgrading dependencies.
December 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
December 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I think I'm going to attempt yet again to do some agentic coding.
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think I'm going to attempt yet again to do some agentic coding.
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
My goal will be to build something I've actually built before so I know the problem space deeply. I'll also do it in a stack that I used to build this before too.
What tooling should I use? Cursor? Claude Code? Something else?
Merry Christmas for those who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Merry Christmas for those who celebrate!
This is a weird list I'm on...
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is a weird list I'm on...
lastnight
me: "So no school tomorrow we are all going to sleep in right"
kids: "yea!"
this morning
me: "why are we up 20 mins earlier than normal"
kids: *incoherent wild playing and yelling*
where's this energy before school???
me: "So no school tomorrow we are all going to sleep in right"
kids: "yea!"
this morning
me: "why are we up 20 mins earlier than normal"
kids: *incoherent wild playing and yelling*
where's this energy before school???
a man in a tuxedo holds a cup of tea
ALT: a man in a tuxedo holds a cup of tea
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
lastnight
me: "So no school tomorrow we are all going to sleep in right"
kids: "yea!"
this morning
me: "why are we up 20 mins earlier than normal"
kids: *incoherent wild playing and yelling*
where's this energy before school???
me: "So no school tomorrow we are all going to sleep in right"
kids: "yea!"
this morning
me: "why are we up 20 mins earlier than normal"
kids: *incoherent wild playing and yelling*
where's this energy before school???
Cool...
there's one in the House of Lords right now "think of the children we need a backdoor to ever device in the UK"
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/s...
there's one in the House of Lords right now "think of the children we need a backdoor to ever device in the UK"
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/s...
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Cool...
there's one in the House of Lords right now "think of the children we need a backdoor to ever device in the UK"
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/s...
there's one in the House of Lords right now "think of the children we need a backdoor to ever device in the UK"
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/s...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
What's next, if your house is not entirely transparent it is a hostile activity?
People in the UK love to look down at the US decent into authoritarianism and ignore their own.
What's next, if your house is not entirely transparent it is a hostile activity?
People in the UK love to look down at the US decent into authoritarianism and ignore their own.
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
What's next, if your house is not entirely transparent it is a hostile activity?
People in the UK love to look down at the US decent into authoritarianism and ignore their own.
What's next, if your house is not entirely transparent it is a hostile activity?
People in the UK love to look down at the US decent into authoritarianism and ignore their own.
So uhh Christmas is like next week…. How the hell did that happen???
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So uhh Christmas is like next week…. How the hell did that happen???
blah blah blah side effects bad
now that's out of the way I kinda love Swifts didSet and willSet
now that's out of the way I kinda love Swifts didSet and willSet
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
blah blah blah side effects bad
now that's out of the way I kinda love Swifts didSet and willSet
now that's out of the way I kinda love Swifts didSet and willSet
My next leaflet, a little reminder to myself when I get stuck in an unnecessary planning rut for building new projects.
Just do it
Seriously... just do it, what can go wrong?
treybastian.leaflet.pub
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My next leaflet, a little reminder to myself when I get stuck in an unnecessary planning rut for building new projects.
I'll catch-up one day maybe, today is not that day though 🥴
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
adventofcode.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'll catch-up one day maybe, today is not that day though 🥴
RSC users / the React team are definitely having a bad time the last few days.
(this isn't meant as some own, more of a I feel for you all)
(this isn't meant as some own, more of a I feel for you all)
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
RSC users / the React team are definitely having a bad time the last few days.
(this isn't meant as some own, more of a I feel for you all)
(this isn't meant as some own, more of a I feel for you all)
Facebook / instagram accts are next up on my chopping block
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Facebook / instagram accts are next up on my chopping block
I've still not seen an AI tool that isn't just a tool to churn out more slop.
What have you found legitimately useful? How has it improved or benefited you in whatever it's for?
What have you found legitimately useful? How has it improved or benefited you in whatever it's for?
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I've still not seen an AI tool that isn't just a tool to churn out more slop.
What have you found legitimately useful? How has it improved or benefited you in whatever it's for?
What have you found legitimately useful? How has it improved or benefited you in whatever it's for?
A little bit about my new git setup.
I've left Github 😱
and you can too...
treybastian.leaflet.pub
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A little bit about my new git setup.
Well the bottom fell out of my filament storage container, silica beads everywhere!
I guess it’s time to get better at CAD and make some shelving 😂
I guess it’s time to get better at CAD and make some shelving 😂
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Well the bottom fell out of my filament storage container, silica beads everywhere!
I guess it’s time to get better at CAD and make some shelving 😂
I guess it’s time to get better at CAD and make some shelving 😂
I'm finding that taking multiple days to write blog posts and doing a few simultaneously really helps me actually not only write them, but I feel like make them better.
If they are actually better is another question, hopefully get the git setup one published tomorrow.
If they are actually better is another question, hopefully get the git setup one published tomorrow.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'm finding that taking multiple days to write blog posts and doing a few simultaneously really helps me actually not only write them, but I feel like make them better.
If they are actually better is another question, hopefully get the git setup one published tomorrow.
If they are actually better is another question, hopefully get the git setup one published tomorrow.
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
adventofcode.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
I know, I know I'm really behind now. I'm playing catch-up today. So far the theme of this year is "I should have done part 1 the same way I did part 2" 😅
tangled.org/treybastian....
First time printing with a smooth build plate, a little funkyness but the smooth is nice.
One for my sister in law
One for my sister in law
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
First time printing with a smooth build plate, a little funkyness but the smooth is nice.
One for my sister in law
One for my sister in law