Notes
Short updates, links, and thoughts that do not need to be full blog posts.
My wife just got elected to the city council and I could not be more proud!
We got a bit of sunshine this morning so I spent it sitting by the window playing guitar. Not a bad start to the weekend.
This is pretty cool https://learn.yjs.dev
Hey @noboilerplate, are you still using Nix? If so, what’s your thoughts now that you’re a few months in?
Northern Ireland is on the front page of hacker news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443870
This is an excellent take https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/113664621291444190
I decided to treat myself to a new guitar. It’s probably the nicest guitar I’ve ever owned!

Banking in the US is so slow. It can take days for payments to show up in your account!
This is a great video on how AI and programming meet. It matches closely on how I feel software development will be changed by AI. Just as a spoiler, it’s a lot, but not in ways that matter that much.
This is a very cool exit strategy
https://www.wolfgangdigital.com/blog/employee-ownership-trust/
I should add I’m looking for a 4k monitor!
I need #monitor #recommendations! I want something that I can use with my MacBook during the day for work, preferably with a single usb cable that also will do a decent job of pc gaming.
I don’t know if you’ve used LazyGit before, but if you haven’t, you’re missing out.
I just sponsored @imsnif. Zellij is such a great tool that I use every day. I want to make sure it sticks around and thrives. Go Sponsor your open source dependencies! You can join me at: https://github.com/sponsors/imsnif?o=ns&sc=t
Linkin Park’s new album absolutely slaps
I worked my first day at OneSignal today and met most of my team. They seem pretty cool!
This weekend I replaced the brakes and discs on my car. A little out my wheelhouse, but it’s not a complicated job. Or it shouldn’t have been. Who ever last put the wheel on absolutely mangled the studs, so I had to change a bunch of those. That was very much out of my wheelhouse, but I got it done!
I wrote about the Fediverse. I'm no export on this stuff, but I'll be sharing this on other social media sites to encourage others to come join us.
Did I get anything wrong or am I missing anything?
It does!
I added the author attribution header to my website, so here is a post checking if it works.
The @deno_land v2 launch video is so good!
I am at the age where I now own a torque wrench and I’m quite pleased about it
I have now been living in the US for about a month! 🇺🇸
I enjoy watching Youtube videos of people making things. I watch everything this guy shares as he's funny af! Highly recommend!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366980/Thank_Goodness_Youre_Here/
Just played though this weird and fantastic little game. Definitely worth the couple of hours it took!