Phil Kast
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Phil Kast
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iOS, Swift and Elixir developer, indie software creator and toddler dad in Portland, OR.

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*putting hand to earpiece* cheese is... bad for you?
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I wonder if part of the problem is that Waymo’s display their sensors as fancy looking spinny blobs. They certainly *look* expensive even if the sensor inside is now cheap.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wow, would not have guessed this.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
weird story. some pretty good reporting in there, mixed with a bunch of credulous bs and some very weird spin.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Anonymous Silo Acquisition Vehicle, inc.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pretty funny to buy a bunch of silos using a company called Silos LLC
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Disqualifying himself to seek national office?
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Look, I get why people are dunking on this. But beeswarm plots are an awesome and really high density data visualization, and we should be using them more often.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The real reason they hate vote by mail
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Pathetic.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is the honest rationale behind like half of all startups lol
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
L’etat, c’est moi ass Oval.
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Google/TVA load shifting deal for YouTube transcoding is a fun example of this
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I guess there’s a few of these now, I was thinking of rondo.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I mean you gotta check out the hot box of rocks company.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And I was told I'd never be able to afford a house because avocado toast. But for the kids its probably a weekly 'small treat' that would make the difference.
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These hit different (less) once you're old enough to have seen the exact same editorial about a couple generations of young people.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
115 law enforcement officers no inspectors

<scribbles>

115 law enforcement officers? No, inspectors!
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
What did you think of the previous one?
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Feels like this headline is missing an 'again' at the end.
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#1 on there is a multi modal model, AIN-7B, with some fiddling I bet you can run it on a MacBook Pro.
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM