Patrick Auld
patrickauld.com
Patrick Auld
@patrickauld.com
Software Antagonist
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"we found these results via strict user polling and testing"
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You ok Spotify?
January 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dropbox is the defactor "build a company, not a product" example. Every new launch is orthogonal. I feel for whoever built “AI for calendars“ and then ended up with a site that crashes on mobile after ten seconds.

There's freedom in constraints. Dropbox has none and somehow all at once.
December 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
I look forward to every school and company individually changing their start time by one hour over the course of five weeks
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 AM
The inverse of Precrime is Prepardon.

The former works so well I bet the latter is gonna turn out great .
December 4, 2024 at 11:50 PM
These aren't the people I would pick to be in charge of invoking change, but I want the change to happen regardless. I voted Dem my whole life and know that they could never pull something like this off. It's great to see people getting on board.
December 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Checks out.
October 25, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I've been bogged down with too many dependencies, stuck as a TMP for other teams so that I can unblock myself.

Here's how to see that coming and remove the dependencies altogether.
February 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The null set is a set.
June 24, 2023 at 3:24 AM
This is the best hydration method I've found so far.
June 13, 2023 at 10:40 PM