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Jake Carpenter 💙🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️
@jakecarpenter.dev
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Software Engineer in Boise, classless-Idaho. I also ❤️ 3D printing and poorly brewing ☕️ espresso. Slightly obsessed with keyboards and LEGO. Former lifelong MLB fan.

[sad] blog: https://jakecarpenter.dev/

He/him | #BlackLivesMatter | #Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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I'm not really understanding the Expo Router / React Navigation header with search bar. Is it not possible to get the full bar without having to tap the search icon on Android? iOS has top or bottom search bar based on iOS version.
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Finally finished all deck stakes in Balatro. The last two stakes on black deck have taken weeks.
Balatro stats screenshot with the “Deck stake wins” stat at 100%.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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You know what...
Cursor's Agent chat responding to me with: "Ah, you've hit the classic React Navigation 7 chicken-and-egg problem! The solution is to render the navigators immediately but handle the loading state differently."
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Sometimes I have to wrap it with `act()` and add an ESLint ignore comment because it's just wrong about being unnecessary. Here's a snippet that actually exists in a React Native project.
Full TypeScript snippet: // This 'unnecessary' act gets rid of a bunch of warnings about state updates // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/no-unnecessary-act await act(async () => { fireEvent.changeText(screen.getByLabelText(selectors.search), 'included') jest.runAllTimers() expect(await screen.findByText(selectors.included)).toBeDefined() })
July 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This run got weird
Balatro card-game screenshot with a flush-five 10-of-spades hand selected, all with a blue seal. There are 12 Jokers applied and 4 “Negative tags” that will give 4 more negative Jokers at the end of the round.
July 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Challenge: how many wrong takes can you cram into less than 30 words?

This isn’t an opinion piece. This is like publishing Nazi propaganda.
Headline: Former Arizona US Senator was right about the filibuster, and Democrats know it | Opinion From: PHIL BOAS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC First two sentences: Looks like more and more Democrats are returning to their roots. They’re siding with Jim Crow. 
March 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Like this. Why would these windows have different minimum horizontal margins!? Not to mention that I can’t fill the vertical gap between them because Openvibe somehow snaps above the bottom of Balatro.
Screenshot of a vertical iPad layout with two apps open in Stage Manager mode. The top window has a few millimeters less margin between the sides of the screen than the bottom app does.
March 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Here's a web app I really like: Hissab https://app.hissab.io/

It's a general purpose calculator that supports not-quite natural language. It's like Numi (which I also like), but it's free and on the web.

Here are a just a few cool examples. Check out the FAQ/docs for more.
Screenshot from Hissab with calculations. Here is the full text with calculations annotated: // Variables x = 2 x + 2 [this shows a calculated result of 4 on the right side of the app] // Date arithmetic - I'm always off by 1 january 1 + 50 day [this shows a calculated result of Feb 20] // Color operations ~#1c1c1c // compliment [this shows a calculated result of #e3e3e3] #1c1c1c + 1.3 // brighten [this shows a calculated result of #4f4f4f] #1c1c1c to rgba color // conversion [this shows a calculated result of rgba(28, 28, 28, 1)]
February 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I finally took some time to clean up the stabilizers and put these 🐈 and ☕️ themed keycaps on my partner’s keeb
Close-up of the left half of an aluminum keyboard with keycaps that are shaped like they have tiny cat ears. The keys are mostly off-white with some beige, grey, a brownish-red and some brown keys. Most keys have the face and whiskers of a cat on them in addition to the key legend. Others have symbols for coffee cups and beans. The spacebar has a logo that reads “Coffee Kitty.” Close-up of the right half of an aluminum keyboard with keycaps that are shaped like they have tiny cat ears. The keys are mostly off-white with some beige, grey, a brownish-red and some brown keys. Most keys have the face and whiskers of a cat on them in addition to the key legend. Others have symbols for coffee cups and beans. Photo of a full aluminum keyboard with keycaps that are shaped like they have tiny cat ears. The keys are mostly off-white with some beige, grey, a brownish-red and some brown keys. Most keys have the face and whiskers of a cat on them in addition to the key legend. Others have symbols for coffee cups and beans. The spacebar has a logo that reads “Coffee Kitty.”
January 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Every day on her walk, cars stop in the middle of the road to tell Luna how cute she is. I think it’s really going to her head. #dachshund
Luna: a miniature dachshund shorthair with piebald dapple light/dark brown colored coat. She is posing on a small stuffed dog bed. Her short from legs are tucked inward and she’s staring curiously into the camera with her ears slightly raised.
January 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The Obsidian community never fails me
Screenshot from Obsidian's community plugin section with my search for "renumber" and a listing for a community-provided plugin named "Automatic List Renumbering" by Omri Levi.
January 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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"Standup" when the bosses are in another meeting. Yesterday's was 35 minutes.
Screenshot from MS Teams showing the 'meeting ended' message with text: "8:46 AM Meeting ended: 2 minutes 54 seconds"
December 31, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Adding a tag for “Cat being an asshole”
Screenshot from the Oura Ring app with the prompt “Your Sleep Score is lower than usual. Did anything impact your sleep yesterday?” along with the following pre-made tag options plus an option to add my own: Insomnia, Stress, Caffeine, Headache, Pain, Common cold
December 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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It’s finally here. Quick shot of the Type-K I got and built late last night before leaving town. Ordered in Aug 2023. Will get better pics when I’m home. #MechanicalKeyboards

Type-K by grok - tented Alice layout
Superuser KAT keycaps
LICHICX Lucy V3 Silent Linear switches
During v2 stabs
Black split-layout keyboard with grey / black / aqua-green keycaps and a walnut wrist rest. The keyboard tents up towards the center slightly for better ergonomics. The keycaps use a “terminal” theme with terminal prompt characters around the modifier keys.
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Any experts on #macOS energy modes? My M4 MBP suddenly stopped displaying to an external monitor with closed lid. I just changed the "On power adapter" setting from Automatic to High Power and now it's fine. I thought the auto mode was smart enough to do this, though? Why would it change suddenly?
Screenshot of the Energy Mode section in macOS Sequioa Battery settings showing the "On battery" mode is still set to Automatic and that I have changed the "On power adapter" mode from Automatic to the High Power option.
December 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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#PocketCasts Playback 2024

I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t include a “time saved” section for playback speed and trimming silence.
A screenshot of a phone app’s pink screen highlighting podcast stats for the year. Text: “11 days 17 hours 46 minutes total listening to podcasts”
December 4, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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Got my Neo Ergo. Impressed with some of the features of this board. Using Wuque WS Silent linear switches and a knockoff Oblivion keycap set in MOA profile.
Top-back angle photo of a split-layout Alice-style red keyboard showing the slight tenting towards the center between the two halves. Top-down angle photo of a split-layout Alice-style red keyboard showing the black and grey keycaps with Git command names on the modifier keys and spacebars such as Push, Pull, and Merge. Low-front from the right angled photo of a split-layout Alice-style red keyboard showing the slight tenting towards the center between the two halves. It also shows the cherry wood wrist rest. Portrait photo of the back of a red keyboard showing the black weighted plate with an “orbit” logo and a silver badge with the Neo name logo.
December 1, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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I hate that the only way I get a high Readiness score from #Oura is when I oversleep (10am).
A screenshot of the Oura app showing my Rediness score of an 86. The text below the score reads: Call an architect!Your readiness just blasted through the roof! You've put yourself in a great spot with your balance of rest and activity - so what do you have in store for today?
November 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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I guess this is the rest of my day. Luna (L) and Ash (R) have outlawed moving.
A photo of my torso while laying down on a couch with a dachshund puppy sleeping under my left arm up to my chin and a grey tabby cat curled up on my upper left leg.
November 21, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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“On Windows”
Simpsons gif where grandpa walks into a restaurant and in a fluid motion he turns to hang his hat on the coat rack, turns as if he’s walking further into the restaurant but turns again to grab his hat off the rack, places it on his head and leaves.
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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I'll still take pattern matching over this any day. Easier to read, _and_ I can account for conditions that aren't mutually exclusive. Languages with pattern matching support make it terser, but here's TypeScript w/ ts-pattern.
Example of the code using ts-pattern in TypeScript. Full text including the import statement and an interface for the variable in question import {match} from 'ts-pattern' interface P { noId: boolean likesSports: boolean likesGames: boolean } const bestBar = (p: P) => match(p) .with({noId: true}, () => 'juicebar') .with({likesSports: true}, () => 'sportsbar') .with({likesGames: true}, () => 'barcade') .otherwise(() => 'bar')
November 17, 2024 at 4:41 AM
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I guess I gotta represent then
A silver Sneakbox AVA keyboard with a split single-case “Alice” layout with black keycaps. A silver Sneakbox AVA keyboard with a split single-case “Alice” layout, white/black/teal keycaps, and a few HaluHalo linear switches exposed. Asky-blue MONKA Alice67 Pro keyboard with a split single-case “Alice” layout, keycaps that gradient across the keyboard from a baby-blue on the right to a lighter blue then a couple shades of teal before ending with white on the left side of the board.
November 16, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Under investigation for sex trafficking a minor? Sure, you’re a good pick for Attorney General.
Photo of Butt-Head from the cartoon “Beavis and Butt-Head,” who looks suspiciously like Matt Gaetz.
November 14, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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It’s like a snow day for grown ups

(I joke, but I can hear multiple types of sirens, so I truly hope nobody is hurt)
Screenshot of power outage info from my power provider. Full text: IMPACTED CITIES Boise, Eagle, Meridian IMPACTED ZIP CODES 83616, 83642, 83646, 83713 CUSTOMERS IMPACTED 4714 PROBABLE CAUSE Under investigation STATUS Unassigned / acknowledged event ESTIMATED RESTORATION Nov 11, 12:00 PM
November 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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I've been waiting so long for them to fix this empty state icon.
Screenshot of the "new" Microsoft Outlook interface on macOS in an inbox-zero state using a vertical split pane between the section that would show the list of emails and the section that would display the selected email contents. However, the empty state graphic in the top pane doesn't center within the pain and overlaps the column headers, creating a strange visual.
November 8, 2024 at 5:13 PM