Matthew Phillips
@fancypenguin.party
Engineer, reader, amateur artist in many forms, sometimes writer, Pac-Man aficionado.
CTO at The Astro Technology Company https://astro.build/
Builder of https://yums.email/
CTO at The Astro Technology Company https://astro.build/
Builder of https://yums.email/
Mustard based BBQ sauces are far superior and I'm not sure why we bother making other varieties.
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Mustard based BBQ sauces are far superior and I'm not sure why we bother making other varieties.
FreeBSD is better than Linux.
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
FreeBSD is better than Linux.
Reposted by Matthew Phillips
i dig it! would need to build some stuff with it to see what i dislike, but i really enjoy the lack of wrappers
well what are we thinking about Remix 3
October 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
i dig it! would need to build some stuff with it to see what i dislike, but i really enjoy the lack of wrappers
Carnivorous plants are an under utilized thing in horror. It should have its own sub fandom.
October 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Carnivorous plants are an under utilized thing in horror. It should have its own sub fandom.
Starting on my homelab server rack with these components for my build / dev server. Will use bhyve as a hypervisor with Linux (probably something Debian) and FreeBSD and maybe Windows guests.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Starting on my homelab server rack with these components for my build / dev server. Will use bhyve as a hypervisor with Linux (probably something Debian) and FreeBSD and maybe Windows guests.
Want to get a rackmount for a homelab so badly. Can't decide between a stand 19 inch where I could repurpose old PCs and such or the newer cute 10 inch ones that I'd need to buy mini PCs for.
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Want to get a rackmount for a homelab so badly. Can't decide between a stand 19 inch where I could repurpose old PCs and such or the newer cute 10 inch ones that I'd need to buy mini PCs for.
There's a scene in Blade where Whistler puts gas in his car, but he sprays the gas everywhere. Then immediately lights a cigarette.
October 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There's a scene in Blade where Whistler puts gas in his car, but he sprays the gas everywhere. Then immediately lights a cigarette.
I can usually handle bad action movies, but In the Lost Lands is too bad even for me to finish.
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I can usually handle bad action movies, but In the Lost Lands is too bad even for me to finish.
So much of programming becomes easier when you just pass arguments to functions rather than looking for ways around doing so.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So much of programming becomes easier when you just pass arguments to functions rather than looking for ways around doing so.
Are there any password managers that work with social logins? Meaning, do they know which of the social login buttons I need to click on a given website? Because I can't remember which I used to register.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Are there any password managers that work with social logins? Meaning, do they know which of the social login buttons I need to click on a given website? Because I can't remember which I used to register.
All Frodo does in the Lord of the Rings movies is cry the whole time. People seriously like these movies?
September 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
All Frodo does in the Lord of the Rings movies is cry the whole time. People seriously like these movies?
Man, Dracula Untold really does suck.
September 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Man, Dracula Untold really does suck.
A new open source project I've been working on the last month is called Jailman. It's a FreeBSD Jail management tool very similar to Linux container tools like Docker and Podman. Supports Containerfile format. Alpha quality, check it out: sr.ht/~matthewp/ja...
jailman: Podman-like utility for FreeBSD jails
sr.ht
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A new open source project I've been working on the last month is called Jailman. It's a FreeBSD Jail management tool very similar to Linux container tools like Docker and Podman. Supports Containerfile format. Alpha quality, check it out: sr.ht/~matthewp/ja...
I didn't like Weapons as much as most seemed to. I liked it. But I feel like it's replayability is low to me, mostly because 2/3 main characters are insufferable imo. Still liked it.
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I didn't like Weapons as much as most seemed to. I liked it. But I feel like it's replayability is low to me, mostly because 2/3 main characters are insufferable imo. Still liked it.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a great concept that suffers, like a lot of movies, from taking itself way too seriously.
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a great concept that suffers, like a lot of movies, from taking itself way too seriously.
Kiwi is strawberry with more work.
September 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Kiwi is strawberry with more work.
Reposted by Matthew Phillips
Launched a new version of the Robot docs site. With a new domain! Check it out, cheers: regularhuman.dev
Robot
regularhuman.dev
September 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Launched a new version of the Robot docs site. With a new domain! Check it out, cheers: regularhuman.dev
When you factor in how easy it is to make, spaghetti might be the best main course, full stop
September 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When you factor in how easy it is to make, spaghetti might be the best main course, full stop
Reposted by Matthew Phillips
Thrilled to announce Webflow's $150,000 donation to support Astro's open source development! PLUS... Webflow chooses Astro to power their just-announced AI app gen tool, coming soon.
Webflow Donates $150,000 to Support Astro's Open Source Mission | Astro
We are happy to announce Webflow's $150,000 donation to Astro and selection of Astro to power their new AI code gen capabilities, coming soon.
astro.build
September 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thrilled to announce Webflow's $150,000 donation to support Astro's open source development! PLUS... Webflow chooses Astro to power their just-announced AI app gen tool, coming soon.
Poltergeist III is not that bad given the star died a few weeks before release.
September 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Poltergeist III is not that bad given the star died a few weeks before release.
We don't use shell aliases enough. I, at least, repeat long commands all the damn time. Should be using aliases for everything tbh.
September 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We don't use shell aliases enough. I, at least, repeat long commands all the damn time. Should be using aliases for everything tbh.
I think I'm at a point where I simply dislike zsh. I don't see any advantages over bash at all.
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think I'm at a point where I simply dislike zsh. I don't see any advantages over bash at all.
Reposted by Matthew Phillips
some thoughts about the bloat introduced by edge-case first libraries
The bloat of edge-case first libraries
How building edge-case first led to bloated, overly-granular libraries and what we can do about it
43081j.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
some thoughts about the bloat introduced by edge-case first libraries