"building things that help us do more things more easily" once meant e.g. inventing Rails to remediate to the Java XML crazyness.
Today it means delegating to a machine what we can barely comprehend, because mastering the full stack has become next to impossible.
Which is fine for some, I guess.
Today it means delegating to a machine what we can barely comprehend, because mastering the full stack has become next to impossible.
Which is fine for some, I guess.
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"building things that help us do more things more easily" once meant e.g. inventing Rails to remediate to the Java XML crazyness.
Today it means delegating to a machine what we can barely comprehend, because mastering the full stack has become next to impossible.
Which is fine for some, I guess.
Today it means delegating to a machine what we can barely comprehend, because mastering the full stack has become next to impossible.
Which is fine for some, I guess.
My 2c: we're automating for the wrong reasons. I see *tons* of code written to satisfy the gods of unnecessary complexity, when using a different approach would literally eradicate much of it. To mitigate this burden, we resort to LLMs to do the grunt work for us. It's all self-inflicted.
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
My 2c: we're automating for the wrong reasons. I see *tons* of code written to satisfy the gods of unnecessary complexity, when using a different approach would literally eradicate much of it. To mitigate this burden, we resort to LLMs to do the grunt work for us. It's all self-inflicted.
At creating technical debt? :-)
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
At creating technical debt? :-)
Do you want to switch with a very whiny golden retriever? 😀
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Do you want to switch with a very whiny golden retriever? 😀
I haven't read anything by him (yet!) but I *loved* Bad Monkey on Apple TV. No idea how Vince Vaughn's character compares to the book version but he was perfect in the TV show.
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I haven't read anything by him (yet!) but I *loved* Bad Monkey on Apple TV. No idea how Vince Vaughn's character compares to the book version but he was perfect in the TV show.
ouch :-(
my recent episode was not as bad (no puking) but I didn't know that vertigo is a possible side effect of gastritis (never happened before), so it was a bit scary at first. And the fact that what happens in the stomach can have such an effect is just WTF?
"intelligent design", my ass
my recent episode was not as bad (no puking) but I didn't know that vertigo is a possible side effect of gastritis (never happened before), so it was a bit scary at first. And the fact that what happens in the stomach can have such an effect is just WTF?
"intelligent design", my ass
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ouch :-(
my recent episode was not as bad (no puking) but I didn't know that vertigo is a possible side effect of gastritis (never happened before), so it was a bit scary at first. And the fact that what happens in the stomach can have such an effect is just WTF?
"intelligent design", my ass
my recent episode was not as bad (no puking) but I didn't know that vertigo is a possible side effect of gastritis (never happened before), so it was a bit scary at first. And the fact that what happens in the stomach can have such an effect is just WTF?
"intelligent design", my ass
Ever experienced gastric vertigo? It's fun!
(not so much, actually)
(not so much, actually)
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ever experienced gastric vertigo? It's fun!
(not so much, actually)
(not so much, actually)
Temporal might be another technical framework else to look at: temporal.io
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temporal.io
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Temporal might be another technical framework else to look at: temporal.io
Once upon a time I could recite all the digits of my Windows 95 product key 🥲
October 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Once upon a time I could recite all the digits of my Windows 95 product key 🥲
Semi-luddite here.
We have Alexa at home (it was a gift), but 99.9% of our usage is just TWO commands:
- turn on the radio (always the same station)
- turn on the lights in the living room
that's it.
We have Alexa at home (it was a gift), but 99.9% of our usage is just TWO commands:
- turn on the radio (always the same station)
- turn on the lights in the living room
that's it.
October 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Semi-luddite here.
We have Alexa at home (it was a gift), but 99.9% of our usage is just TWO commands:
- turn on the radio (always the same station)
- turn on the lights in the living room
that's it.
We have Alexa at home (it was a gift), but 99.9% of our usage is just TWO commands:
- turn on the radio (always the same station)
- turn on the lights in the living room
that's it.
🙄 They are probably making up a universal rule out of a very specific situation: yescycling.com/why-the-dutc...
Why The Dutch Don't Wear Bicycle Helmets - YesCycling
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yescycling.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🙄 They are probably making up a universal rule out of a very specific situation: yescycling.com/why-the-dutc...
A more interesting question would be "can RC explain how a root password change was not immediately detected?"
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A more interesting question would be "can RC explain how a root password change was not immediately detected?"
Speaking of fascists, I've just started reading this but I think it's going to paint a pretty accurate picture of people like DHH et al.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/liberal-fa...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/liberal-fa...
Liberal Fascisms|Paperback
With an apparently contradictory and characteristically makeshift term, 'Liberal Fascisms', Slavoj Žižek captures the paradoxical nature of political populism.To see this phenomenon as purel...
www.barnesandnoble.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Speaking of fascists, I've just started reading this but I think it's going to paint a pretty accurate picture of people like DHH et al.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/liberal-fa...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/liberal-fa...
Native apps are always better (see also Paw/RapidAPI vs the abomination called Postman).
After switching to Zed I can't use VSCode anymore, it's just... extremely offputting.
After switching to Zed I can't use VSCode anymore, it's just... extremely offputting.
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Native apps are always better (see also Paw/RapidAPI vs the abomination called Postman).
After switching to Zed I can't use VSCode anymore, it's just... extremely offputting.
After switching to Zed I can't use VSCode anymore, it's just... extremely offputting.
On the other hand, vampires have no reflection...
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the other hand, vampires have no reflection...
Exactly.
But using "master" will own the woketards! 🙄
But using "master" will own the woketards! 🙄
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Exactly.
But using "master" will own the woketards! 🙄
But using "master" will own the woketards! 🙄
I always thought that the reason for the switch was at least debatable, but "main" is so much better that raging against it just for "anti-woke" reasons is the dumbest take ever.
September 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I always thought that the reason for the switch was at least debatable, but "main" is so much better that raging against it just for "anti-woke" reasons is the dumbest take ever.
I can't think of a _name_, but Joel Drupper summarized him quite effectively: "This is a man with big opinions and little thought."
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I can't think of a _name_, but Joel Drupper summarized him quite effectively: "This is a man with big opinions and little thought."
"This is a man with big opinions and little thought."
Just perfect.
Just perfect.
September 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"This is a man with big opinions and little thought."
Just perfect.
Just perfect.