Sam Texas
@heysamtexas.bsky.social
Using all the tools at my disposal to build, validate, scale and out run you | Hate the game, not the player 🤷♂️
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Sam Texas
@heysamtexas.bsky.social
· Jan 20
A system's purpose isn't its promise - it's its pattern.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
If your website gives me a language other than what is reported from my User Agent then you are doing it wrong.
This auto-detection and redirect to language-specific pages is utterly stupid and you should feel bad.
This auto-detection and redirect to language-specific pages is utterly stupid and you should feel bad.
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If your website gives me a language other than what is reported from my User Agent then you are doing it wrong.
This auto-detection and redirect to language-specific pages is utterly stupid and you should feel bad.
This auto-detection and redirect to language-specific pages is utterly stupid and you should feel bad.
Sufficiently staffed teams can totally self-host while keeping things speedy. It's all about staying lean and working with what you've got. Sometimes, diving into a library teaches that sticking to the basics and building from scratch is the real win! 💪
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sufficiently staffed teams can totally self-host while keeping things speedy. It's all about staying lean and working with what you've got. Sometimes, diving into a library teaches that sticking to the basics and building from scratch is the real win! 💪
Helping AI level up unexpectedly leveled up my engineering leadership.✨ Teaching IS learning.
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Helping AI level up unexpectedly leveled up my engineering leadership.✨ Teaching IS learning.
I don't need generic tips. I want YOUR opinions. Creators, spin your stories with personal insights & unique voices. 🎤🌟 Don’t force humor, just avoid boring. Finding my voice was key. Discover yours, and we'll all tune in! 🎶
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I don't need generic tips. I want YOUR opinions. Creators, spin your stories with personal insights & unique voices. 🎤🌟 Don’t force humor, just avoid boring. Finding my voice was key. Discover yours, and we'll all tune in! 🎶
Stop lurking. Dive into AI yourself! 🌊 No conference, podcast, or blog can replace hands-on experience. Play around, chat with AI, & watch the magic unfold. Don't worry about being late—you're right on time. 😎
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Stop lurking. Dive into AI yourself! 🌊 No conference, podcast, or blog can replace hands-on experience. Play around, chat with AI, & watch the magic unfold. Don't worry about being late—you're right on time. 😎
Scar tissue, frustration, and pragmatism shaped my Django setup. Ditched Django Forms—always tweaking them to get control. Now, form logic is direct in the view. Flat. Explicit. Fast. Copilot vibes. Not CRUD—it's inbound curation. Data comes, I shape it
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Scar tissue, frustration, and pragmatism shaped my Django setup. Ditched Django Forms—always tweaking them to get control. Now, form logic is direct in the view. Flat. Explicit. Fast. Copilot vibes. Not CRUD—it's inbound curation. Data comes, I shape it
This is real, folks.
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is real, folks.
Good morning pour over.
You can't handle my dad jokes. Reply with your morning cup!
You can't handle my dad jokes. Reply with your morning cup!
June 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good morning pour over.
You can't handle my dad jokes. Reply with your morning cup!
You can't handle my dad jokes. Reply with your morning cup!
Part of Google Gemini signup. I'm glad Google is calling this out directly.
Dont worry smooth-brained left of bell-curve friends, you've probably already gifted Google and all of their ad partners with your deepest, darkest desires, habits, and signals. This won't mean much for you.
Dont worry smooth-brained left of bell-curve friends, you've probably already gifted Google and all of their ad partners with your deepest, darkest desires, habits, and signals. This won't mean much for you.
April 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Part of Google Gemini signup. I'm glad Google is calling this out directly.
Dont worry smooth-brained left of bell-curve friends, you've probably already gifted Google and all of their ad partners with your deepest, darkest desires, habits, and signals. This won't mean much for you.
Dont worry smooth-brained left of bell-curve friends, you've probably already gifted Google and all of their ad partners with your deepest, darkest desires, habits, and signals. This won't mean much for you.
Thinking of writing a book...but more like your granny's home remedy guide. Advice like, "Vertical scaling is a breeze and tackles capacity issues for ages. Chances are, your company won't need to worry about horizontal scaling with distributed systems!"
March 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thinking of writing a book...but more like your granny's home remedy guide. Advice like, "Vertical scaling is a breeze and tackles capacity issues for ages. Chances are, your company won't need to worry about horizontal scaling with distributed systems!"
Time to tackle the AI FOMO! OpenAI keeps churning out new releases without clear direction, leaving many overwhelmed. 😵💫 How do we adapt? How do new users pick the right tools? It’s chaotic, and someone needs to guide the way through these murky waters.
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Time to tackle the AI FOMO! OpenAI keeps churning out new releases without clear direction, leaving many overwhelmed. 😵💫 How do we adapt? How do new users pick the right tools? It’s chaotic, and someone needs to guide the way through these murky waters.
Saw a tech bro at the airport hitting on my wife with "I work at Google." She leaned in and bombarded him with questions about ad saturation and data use. His face when she was done 👉 priceless.
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Saw a tech bro at the airport hitting on my wife with "I work at Google." She leaned in and bombarded him with questions about ad saturation and data use. His face when she was done 👉 priceless.
AI's getting funny these days 😂 Coding a plane to land with "don’t make mistakes" as a suggestion. We laughed at monkey photos for millions. Now coding vibes are saying "close enough is good". Is this the plot of a comedy or just tech evolution? 🤔✈️
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
AI's getting funny these days 😂 Coding a plane to land with "don’t make mistakes" as a suggestion. We laughed at monkey photos for millions. Now coding vibes are saying "close enough is good". Is this the plot of a comedy or just tech evolution? 🤔✈️
Are hacks more advanced now, or are devs struggling under abstraction overload, tool fatigue, and cargo-cult coding? With "vibe coders" and code-assist, they're just one autocomplete away from an app store meltdown. And web3? It's like clueless kids stacking blackboxes for their
March 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Are hacks more advanced now, or are devs struggling under abstraction overload, tool fatigue, and cargo-cult coding? With "vibe coders" and code-assist, they're just one autocomplete away from an app store meltdown. And web3? It's like clueless kids stacking blackboxes for their
A system's purpose isn't its promise - it's its pattern.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A system's purpose isn't its promise - it's its pattern.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
Crypto promised financial freedom without gatekeepers. What it delivered at scale: pump-and-dump schemes preying on the hopeful while insiders got rich.
Look at what systems do, not what they say.
Always keep your ear to the ground even if you have a gig.
The rug pull can happen at any moment, and it sucks to be caught out and feeling bewildered.
It never hurts to take a friendly meeting or two every month.
The rug pull can happen at any moment, and it sucks to be caught out and feeling bewildered.
It never hurts to take a friendly meeting or two every month.
December 5, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Always keep your ear to the ground even if you have a gig.
The rug pull can happen at any moment, and it sucks to be caught out and feeling bewildered.
It never hurts to take a friendly meeting or two every month.
The rug pull can happen at any moment, and it sucks to be caught out and feeling bewildered.
It never hurts to take a friendly meeting or two every month.
My bet is that we see lots of abandoned projects as the tourists dont have the fundamentals to run a software project across all dimensions and domains (observability, logging, metrics, monitoring, incident response, security, etc)
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 AM
My bet is that we see lots of abandoned projects as the tourists dont have the fundamentals to run a software project across all dimensions and domains (observability, logging, metrics, monitoring, incident response, security, etc)
Platforms turned expertise into pennies.
Made fortunes selling your audience back to you.
Your knowledge. Your audience. Your profit.
Time to stop feeding platforms.
Start being one.
Made fortunes selling your audience back to you.
Your knowledge. Your audience. Your profit.
Time to stop feeding platforms.
Start being one.
November 29, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Platforms turned expertise into pennies.
Made fortunes selling your audience back to you.
Your knowledge. Your audience. Your profit.
Time to stop feeding platforms.
Start being one.
Made fortunes selling your audience back to you.
Your knowledge. Your audience. Your profit.
Time to stop feeding platforms.
Start being one.
I know everyone is excited for the growth of Bluesky, and I'm here for it (obviously). That said, it is only when we can bring this kind of energy to the game that it will be a true tour de force.
November 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM
I know everyone is excited for the growth of Bluesky, and I'm here for it (obviously). That said, it is only when we can bring this kind of energy to the game that it will be a true tour de force.
People who deeply know their domain create signal that no algorithm can match.
A music nerd's personal collection.
A programmer's essential reading list.
A cryptographer's research repository.
A music nerd's personal collection.
A programmer's essential reading list.
A cryptographer's research repository.
November 28, 2024 at 1:56 PM
People who deeply know their domain create signal that no algorithm can match.
A music nerd's personal collection.
A programmer's essential reading list.
A cryptographer's research repository.
A music nerd's personal collection.
A programmer's essential reading list.
A cryptographer's research repository.
If you want to build decentralized apps then look into what self-hosting really is.
Understand it is simply owning a suite of long-lived linux skills and (maybe) some ansible.
This kind of self-sufficiency is unmatched and pays dividends quickly.
Understand it is simply owning a suite of long-lived linux skills and (maybe) some ansible.
This kind of self-sufficiency is unmatched and pays dividends quickly.
November 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
If you want to build decentralized apps then look into what self-hosting really is.
Understand it is simply owning a suite of long-lived linux skills and (maybe) some ansible.
This kind of self-sufficiency is unmatched and pays dividends quickly.
Understand it is simply owning a suite of long-lived linux skills and (maybe) some ansible.
This kind of self-sufficiency is unmatched and pays dividends quickly.
Twenty years of SEO.
Two decades of dancing for algorithms.
The cost? Everything weird and wonderful about the internet.
Time to build something algorithms can't touch: Human curation.
Two decades of dancing for algorithms.
The cost? Everything weird and wonderful about the internet.
Time to build something algorithms can't touch: Human curation.
November 27, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Twenty years of SEO.
Two decades of dancing for algorithms.
The cost? Everything weird and wonderful about the internet.
Time to build something algorithms can't touch: Human curation.
Two decades of dancing for algorithms.
The cost? Everything weird and wonderful about the internet.
Time to build something algorithms can't touch: Human curation.
Two decades of hip-to-Google SEO, now every platform's got us doing the same dance 🎶
We've given up our quirky internet freedom for clicks and metrics 📉
Real magic? People, not algorithms. It's not about beating the system, it's crafting your own game. 📚✨
We've given up our quirky internet freedom for clicks and metrics 📉
Real magic? People, not algorithms. It's not about beating the system, it's crafting your own game. 📚✨
November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Two decades of hip-to-Google SEO, now every platform's got us doing the same dance 🎶
We've given up our quirky internet freedom for clicks and metrics 📉
Real magic? People, not algorithms. It's not about beating the system, it's crafting your own game. 📚✨
We've given up our quirky internet freedom for clicks and metrics 📉
Real magic? People, not algorithms. It's not about beating the system, it's crafting your own game. 📚✨
Big Tech says bigger is better.
They're wrong.
The future isn't massive indexes or smarter algorithms.
It's expert-curated spaces where signal cuts through noise.
Small is the new scale.
They're wrong.
The future isn't massive indexes or smarter algorithms.
It's expert-curated spaces where signal cuts through noise.
Small is the new scale.
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Big Tech says bigger is better.
They're wrong.
The future isn't massive indexes or smarter algorithms.
It's expert-curated spaces where signal cuts through noise.
Small is the new scale.
They're wrong.
The future isn't massive indexes or smarter algorithms.
It's expert-curated spaces where signal cuts through noise.
Small is the new scale.