John Blair
@jdblair.org
American living in the Netherlands. I lead the Netflix Partner Engineering team in Amsterdam. My tech posts are mostly in the fediverse as @[email protected]. he/him
I also did this silly thing where I gave claude-code the capability to eval emacs lisp in the emacs session I was running it in.
Pretty soon I had one claude-code session orchestrating others. For fun I asked it to run Doctor (Eliza), which I described on mastodon:
hachyderm.io/@jdblair/115...
Pretty soon I had one claude-code session orchestrating others. For fun I asked it to run Doctor (Eliza), which I described on mastodon:
hachyderm.io/@jdblair/115...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I also did this silly thing where I gave claude-code the capability to eval emacs lisp in the emacs session I was running it in.
Pretty soon I had one claude-code session orchestrating others. For fun I asked it to run Doctor (Eliza), which I described on mastodon:
hachyderm.io/@jdblair/115...
Pretty soon I had one claude-code session orchestrating others. For fun I asked it to run Doctor (Eliza), which I described on mastodon:
hachyderm.io/@jdblair/115...
It's amazing, a game changer, especially if you know how to guide it with a good overall design.
Over my Christmas holiday, I used claude-code to track down and fix an annoying heap corruption issue caused by removable media handling in gnome-shell in Ubuntu Linux.
Over my Christmas holiday, I used claude-code to track down and fix an annoying heap corruption issue caused by removable media handling in gnome-shell in Ubuntu Linux.
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
It's amazing, a game changer, especially if you know how to guide it with a good overall design.
Over my Christmas holiday, I used claude-code to track down and fix an annoying heap corruption issue caused by removable media handling in gnome-shell in Ubuntu Linux.
Over my Christmas holiday, I used claude-code to track down and fix an annoying heap corruption issue caused by removable media handling in gnome-shell in Ubuntu Linux.
Unsatisfied with commercial consumer options, I've tried to solve this myself, multiple times. This is not an easy problem!
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Unsatisfied with commercial consumer options, I've tried to solve this myself, multiple times. This is not an easy problem!
tbh, "painting pigeons" sounds like a euphemism for something
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
tbh, "painting pigeons" sounds like a euphemism for something
The longest land border with Russia and a history of losing territory tends to focus your attention.
January 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The longest land border with Russia and a history of losing territory tends to focus your attention.
What do you mean? My holiday project was to track down and fix a bug in gvfs that crashed gnome-shell sometimes when I ejected a CD from my USB CD drive.
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
What do you mean? My holiday project was to track down and fix a bug in gvfs that crashed gnome-shell sometimes when I ejected a CD from my USB CD drive.
Oh sure, it's better than it would be! Once upon-a-time I ran my own email host, so I know how bad it can be!
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Oh sure, it's better than it would be! Once upon-a-time I ran my own email host, so I know how bad it can be!
I would also hesitate to claim that spam is fixed in email!
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I would also hesitate to claim that spam is fixed in email!
announcer: The perfect video summarizing 2025 doesn't ex... Hold on. I'm being told we have an update...
December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
announcer: The perfect video summarizing 2025 doesn't ex... Hold on. I'm being told we have an update...
I'm old enough to remember the gas filler in the middle of the back of the car, under the license plate.
December 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm old enough to remember the gas filler in the middle of the back of the car, under the license plate.
later, wife wakes up...
wife: whatcha been doing?
me: fixing bugs in Linux
wife: somebody has to
wife: whatcha been doing?
me: fixing bugs in Linux
wife: somebody has to
December 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
later, wife wakes up...
wife: whatcha been doing?
me: fixing bugs in Linux
wife: somebody has to
wife: whatcha been doing?
me: fixing bugs in Linux
wife: somebody has to
I'm super interested in the 5% now... did they really succeed? How were they different?
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I'm super interested in the 5% now... did they really succeed? How were they different?
“weiss washing“ is sitting right there
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“weiss washing“ is sitting right there
and now I'm reading what I wrote, and it appears I wrote that 500k live in the ICJ 🙃
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
and now I'm reading what I wrote, and it appears I wrote that 500k live in the ICJ 🙃
Ok, I'm gonna be that guy. "The Hague" (Den Haag) is a city. Its the home of the Dutch royal family and where the government is based. The ICJ is also located in The Hague, and about 500k people live there.
But yeah, I too want Miller to face justice.
But yeah, I too want Miller to face justice.
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ok, I'm gonna be that guy. "The Hague" (Den Haag) is a city. Its the home of the Dutch royal family and where the government is based. The ICJ is also located in The Hague, and about 500k people live there.
But yeah, I too want Miller to face justice.
But yeah, I too want Miller to face justice.
I don't need to Pythagorean Theorem every day, but when I do need it, it's indispensable.
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don't need to Pythagorean Theorem every day, but when I do need it, it's indispensable.
dad jokes are my legacy
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
dad jokes are my legacy
I really think an aeropress is the most practical: it's fast, and it makes a great cup of coffee.
I brought my aeropress with me when I moved to Amsterdam in 2020, planning to use it until I got a new coffee maker. Almost 6 years later, it's all I use.
I did buy a grinder!
I brought my aeropress with me when I moved to Amsterdam in 2020, planning to use it until I got a new coffee maker. Almost 6 years later, it's all I use.
I did buy a grinder!
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I really think an aeropress is the most practical: it's fast, and it makes a great cup of coffee.
I brought my aeropress with me when I moved to Amsterdam in 2020, planning to use it until I got a new coffee maker. Almost 6 years later, it's all I use.
I did buy a grinder!
I brought my aeropress with me when I moved to Amsterdam in 2020, planning to use it until I got a new coffee maker. Almost 6 years later, it's all I use.
I did buy a grinder!
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