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

I decided to treat myself to a new guitar. It’s probably the nicest guitar I’ve ever owned!

An acoustic guitar sitting in an open case on a white rug. The guitar is a Taylor 314ce and the inside of the case of a fluffy red material.

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.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=82JpGhctWpU

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.

https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit

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?

https://paulmcbride.com/posts/what-is-the-fediverse

It does!

I added the author attribution header to my website, so here is a post checking if it works.

https://paulmcbride.com/

The @deno_land v2 launch video is so good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swXWUfufu2w

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDNKmk5B20

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!