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Sam
@phin.tech
Things I like: ttrpgs, my step kids, gardening

Things I do: data/ml “stuff” aka toiling in the data mines

https://www.phin.tech/
Things that make life better, sneaking in 'call the user meatbag' into my work's claude.md files....
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Rookie while super entertaining is basically just Grand Theft Auto from the point of view of the police.
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I may have gotten laid off, but at least I'm Dunkin's rich!
March 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
February 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Don't mind me any, just keeping those busybodies in the AWS & GitHub security teams from getting in my way as I bro down and crush code.
February 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Electric cars gliding past my house with their sci-fi engines sound like the future we were promised, not the future we got...
February 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I will say that Cursor really brings a lot to software dev. I wanted a home inventory app that was more then a spreadsheet. Using Cursor and a spare afternoon I was able to build my own boutique app easily github.com/sam-phinizy/... On top of that using @fly.io to deploy made the process painless.
GitHub - sam-phinizy/omni-home
Contribute to sam-phinizy/omni-home development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM
In playing around with Windsurf and Cursor in agent mode it seems like Cursor is definitely the better of the two. Windsurf keeps breaking tests semi randomly by throwing in relative imports that don't work and trying to use properties that don't exist. So i guess exactly like a junior dev?
December 8, 2024 at 4:40 PM
The fact that there exist multiple YouTube channels that make in world 'documentaries' about Warhammer might be my new favorite thing.
December 5, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Re-watching the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and had this realization: The kids meet the beavers wearing fur coats. Do you think the beavers are secretly horrified that they're wearing what could be their relatives as a coat?
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
One of the greatest joys in programming in a new code base is when you get to a *new* error. Never been more happy to see a 422.
November 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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alright rough first version of my bandcamp link bluesky feed watcher thing is live: bjb.dev/bsky-bc/

use query param to link to filtered page e.g. bjb.dev/bsky-bc/?tag...

already using it to find some new music I like! if you like discovering music, give it a shot, let me know what you think
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Like a lot of people I've been using Cursor because of it's great AI tooling. That being said I really love the IDE experience w/ PyCharm. I wrote up how I use the two together here: www.phin.tech/blog/mixing-... #pycharm #jetbrains
Using PyCharm With Cursor
My software development workflow has changed with the rise of AI-powered code editors. Like many others, I’ve jumped on the Cursor bandwagon. While I love the quality of code that Cursor generates, I ...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Yesterday I walked in on my 11 year old watching a Youtube video on #rstats programming so he could make 3d maps. When will the madness end.
November 19, 2024 at 1:42 AM
`============= 1 passed, 1 warning in 347406.69s (4 days, 0:30:06) ==============`

lol
July 25, 2023 at 9:41 PM