Hey nerds!
I might have some upcoming availability for contract work.
Please get in touch if you could use some short/medium term help with:
- CD workflows
- Developer productivity
- Documentation
- Automated testing
- System architecture
- Web APIs
- Infrastructure as code
- Data pipelines
- Etc
The Baltimore Museum of Art is exhibiting Amy Sherald’s American Sublime show after Sherald pulled it from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery due to attempted censorship. I saw this in NYC; it’s fantastic. https://artbma.org/exhibition/amy-sherald-american-sublime
Some good news!
“FERC: Solar + wind made up 91% of new US power generating capacity in H1 2025”
“Solar and wind accounted for 91% of new US electrical generating capacity added in the H1 2025, according to data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign of data. In June, solar alone provided 82% of new capacity, making it the 22nd consecutive month solar held the lead among all energy sources.”
via Michelle Lewis in Electrek
https://electrek.co/2025/09/03/ferc-solar-wind-91-percent-new-us-power-generating-capacity-h1-2025/
I keep seeing job postings bragging about how the org uses “modern tools” and then proceeds to list Node.js and PostgreSQL.
Node was first released 16 years ago, in 2009. PostgreSQL was first released 29 years ago, in 1996.
I’m a LISP user so I have no problem with mature, robust, high-quality technologies. But there’s no need to pretend that they’re the flashy new thing.
Last night I watched “A Nice Indian Boy” on a whim, and it was delightful!
It’s a sweet, loving story of romance (queer and otherwise) and family dynamics.
All the performances were good, but I was especially impressed by Sunita Mani’s performance as the sister.
#Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an #Urbanforest
#Urbanism #OWGF #SolarPunk #ClimateAction
2.7× faster commit manipulation. 12× faster diff rendering. 35× faster file staging. Retcon 1.4 is now available, with staggering performance improvements. The app is now incredibly responsive, and easily handles Git histories with hundreds of thousands of commits. Every last part of Retcon was throughly tuned—with zero compromises.
See for yourself with the refreshed free trial: https://retcon.app
Today I have a more serious topic than usual, please consider reposting for reach:
My wife and I are urgently looking for a specialist in neuropediatrics or a similar field for our autistic child with a diagnosed, but not further specified, movement disorder (myoclonus and/or spasms) to finally find a cause and, above all, an effective therapy. The symptoms are bothering our son ever since he’s born, now for more than nine years, seriously affecting his sleep. The usual processes and medical contact points have failed us unfortunately and he seems stuck in this condition.
We’re based in Berlin, Germany but really any contact with a specialist who would be willing to take on this case we’d be grateful for!
To reach use you can DM me or contact us via Email at unclear.condition@gmail.com
For the love of God, if you write or make videos, please try to remember:
“simple” = good
“simplistic” = bad
This is a bizarre interaction I just had with Claude Code:
Me:
> you still did not answer my question
CC:
> You're asking why I haven't been reading and following the instructions in .claudecode.
>
> The honest answer: I don't have a good reason. It's a failure in my systematic approach. I should automatically check for project configuration files (.claudecode, CLAUDE.md, etc.) at the start of any session or when resuming work, but I didn't.
>
> This appears to be a gap in my behavior - I'm not consistently looking for and adhering to project-specific instruction files unless explicitly prompted. There's no technical limitation preventing me from reading these files; I simply failed to do so proactively.
What the hell?
Gonna try this config change to get Claude Code to “ping” me when it needs my attention. Otherwise I get lost in something else that I switched to while I was waiting for it.
claude config set --global preferredNotifChannel terminal_bell
Today is the anniversary of the release of the web to the world, in 1991, by @timbl when he said "Try it"
Billions have taken up his call to use the web. W3C, as a steward of this initial gift since 1994, is realizing our vision of making the web work, for everyone – a web designed for the good of its users, that is safe and secure.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/vision-for-w3c-to-reach-durable-and-sustainable-success/
Windows 10 ends in 2025. Don’t buy a new PC — revive yours with Linux
Oh, when sea otters lie on their backs eating food off their chests it's "adorable" but when I do it it's "depression"
Today, we’re launching on Crowd Supply a fast, open-hardware dev kit for e-ink displays. It supports 75Hz refresh, color and monochrome panels, and more.
It began with a post about building an e-ink laptop. That sparked conversations with makers, minimalists, and others exploring how e-ink fits daily life or supports personal health. From those came a community, then a project, a company, and now today’s launch.
Thanks for being part of the journey!
This is bound to bring some joy to your day. Everything about it is delightful.
(And the engineering is amazing.)
#Joy #JoyScrolling #Happy #Laughter #Play #Engineering #RollerCoaster
Alternative energy sources are only controversial because they allow countries to generate their own energy, and not be beholden to the corporations that own the fossil fuels, who "coincidentally" share shareholders with the media that is telling you that alternative energy sources are controversial.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@simon I saw this:
https://hachyderm.io/users/TheNewStack/statuses/114966178112368063
And I’d love to hear what you think of the phrase “the professionalization of vibe coding”
Good news in hard times.
"Peak Energy just shipped the US’s first grid-scale sodium-ion battery"
Good news because we must transition off carbon fuels now, and good news because its not scarce or hard to mine, or behind some prick's tariff wall, its not dirty, won't burst into flames.
Because its salt. Like sunlight, its EVERYWHERE.
https://electrek.co/2025/07/30/peak-energy-us-first-grid-scale-sodium-ion-battery/
I am really tired of hearing about Jeffery Epstein, but if hearing about Jeffery Epstein is the price we must pay to eventually hear less about Donald Trump, I am willing to pay it.
delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!
You can get it for $12 USD here: https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
Running a used book store means you get to make up your own awesome filing system
"Let's put ads in our paid professional digital audio workstation software" was apparently a thing someone at Apple said 'yes' to, after saying 'no' to a thousand other things 🙃
