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Brian Mars
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Theoretical Magician
Experimental Philosopher
Pragmatic Anarchist

Punk, Post Punk, House, and Yacht Rock
Autistic & Snarky
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Hey long time no see! Things are moving fast here at EGBT Technologies. We plan to launch our new flagship platform on Friday. Wanna sneak peek at what we are up to?
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The meeting we had with the marketing consultants is paying off.

Reminding me that our users are not me and visual engagement and storytelling not just widgets and dashboards.
persona carousel and 2 minute customer segmentation and plan selection quiz this weekend
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I have a feeling that my upcoming tech interview is going to ask me something stupid like “determine the lowest common ancestor of this b-tree” and I honestly don’t know if it’s worth it.

If they think that is worth more than decades of systems design, they may be beyond help.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I hate Front End dev. I have one tester with a serious bug that I can not reproduce anywhere.

It is actually causing me to lose sleep. I was just dreaming about the thing and deploying fixes that went nowhere.
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This article is written from a magician's POV but it has some good thoughts on "likability" that are applicable no matter your (a)vocation

www.thejerx.com/blog/2025/10...
On Likability — The Jerx
I started watching Taskmaster earlier this year because an old friend was on a recent season. For those who don’t know the show, five comedians compete in a series of absurd “tasks.” They’re awarded ...
www.thejerx.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
REO SpeedDragon
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
1/20 ? ain’t nobody got time for that.
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
cabinet members living on military bases. totally normal. totally.
November 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
me and my jaguar shark
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Gave Zed the old college try but it just doesn't feel polished. Back in Cursor. If I cancelled Cursor right now, I would just move back to VSCode. As much as I wanted to like it, it was too wonky for use.
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Anyone in my neighborhood lacing Halloween candy with drugs this year?

Can I swing by around 6?
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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COOLEST RUNNINGS,,, cuz it’s Cooler than Cool Runnings.

Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
my new band name is Mosh Pit Etiquette
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Digital nomads: How do you deal with regular deliveries like prescriptions?
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What’s the difference between a Labubu doll and a fake Labubu doll?

nothing
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Unpopular opinion: saying MAGAt is as cringe as saying Demoncrat
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
South Park “casting” Trump as a Canadian is straight up subversive
October 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The working class will always think they can be billionaires. it’s a feature not a bug. we need to exploit it
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
i’m a little bit loose right now. seeing other people in my industry is disgutsting. I have not found one like minded individual. the closest was the sound guy at the show but he doesn’t have the background
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
jesus christ ruggable. i bought a product not a lifetime personality.
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
thank you Claude. I won't ever ask you about me or my life but this was helpful:

Start simple. Extract when you have pain, not before.
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm not sure who needs to hear this but DJT is not the target . It's the systems that prop him up.
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM