OH: “yeah if you want people not to read it, just write more of it”

You can pay a lot or you can pay a little for the same ingredients at a Taco Bell and honestly it’s up to you.

Weirdly fun to block the White House

Hey, the CFP for the 23rd Southern California Linux Expo is open! This is a great spot to give a talk - crowd is sharp, vibe is welcoming. socallinuxexpo.org/scale23x/cfp

Friday news! @telliott.me took Flox for a spin and shared his thoughts in The Friday Deploy 🎉 “I’m sure I’ll be using it for some more serious projects soon.” We love seeing Flox in the wild 💜 Full writeup 👉 buff.ly/KL75tNF

Bon Jovi is what happens when Bruce Springsteen tries to sound like Mötley Crüe and it’s fascinating

We're bringing ACTIVATE to NYC on July 15! It's all about modern dev workflows, scalable infra, and how AI is changing everything. Demos from Flox, Profound, AWS, and more. 📍 Ramp HQ: 19 W 22nd St 👥 Engineers, platform, DevOps — hang out and learn! Space is limited. Register → buff.ly/lafSK8M

This all accelerates us. But if you didn't know how to communicate before, ChatGPT isn't going to help you get your point across -any better-. If you didn't know how to code before, Claude isn't going to be enough to help you write -shippable code-. (keep hiring PEOPLE)

I simply do not have time for uneven tines. I am trying to capture food, not shove it around. Who else straightens tines at restaurants? Just me?

After much experimentation and consideration I confidently conclude that claude-code will allow me to pay MUCH CLOSER ATTENTION to the television I watch while I code. Game changer.

I just learned that :q! works in claude-code and it's delightful af.

Gonna guess when they say “international students” they don’t mean kids from Sweden 🇸🇪

To the guy who always seems to be walking around my neighborhood in the Florida heat: Good job! You keep getting fitter! I notice you picking up trash! Keep it up, whoever you are!

Don’t forget, AI doesn’t know what human words mean I asked Siri using my voice how to spell a word. It spelled the word. Then it asked if it needed to phone a friend 🤦‍♂️

meet users where they are 👍 but then take them somewhere better 🪐

The FAA has been underfunded for at least three presidential terms now. This isn’t new. Nobody thinks air travel should be less safe. Nobody thinks the FAA is a waste of time. The system they administer creates a ton of economic value. It really makes no sense.

WINNERS FUND SCIENCE

The one thing I miss here is drafts. What am I supposed to do with my shitty ideas now? Where can they go to never be seen?

Amazon pursuing a higher margin business

We may be very surprised to learn that the best uses of an LLM have almost nothing to do with language

Ugh this email could have been a meeting 🙃

I’d say: don’t use a browser that is designed to spy on you and sell you things. As a marketer I don’t even want this.

Go to any soccer or hockey game and you will hear someone in the crowd shouting “shoot it” at entirely the wrong moment.

Our new guide shows how to: ✅ Stand up PostgreSQL + Metabase dashboards locally: no containers or system-wide installs ✅ Build and test ETL against real production-grade retail data ✅ Define, debug, and iterate in your dev environment using Flox Full guide here: buff.ly/JN5wGjT

Hands up if you think working with people is worthwhile 🙌 Don’t work for companies that do not value people.

Do not learn about Biscoff Cookie Butter. There should be a support group.

Everything at Costco is cheaper by a very odd amount like 4.18% + comes with an extra battery

What makes Nix stick? Ron Efroni shares how the Nix community became one of the most helpful and passionate in open source. We go deeper in Nix in the Wild, where devs share how they’re using Nix in real-world projects. buff.ly/USSNVuP #nix #opensource

Sometimes writing code isn’t the hardest part. It’s dealing with everything *around* it. ❌ Different Node/Python versions. ❌ Piles of dependencies. ❌ READMEs that *almost* work (but don’t). With Flox, you can set up environments in seconds. Watch the full video here: buff.ly/UnyNHBD #flox

Flox Activate is going global, with our next stop in Tel Aviv! Join us on April 9 for an evening of networking, food, and inspiring conversations. Spaces are limited, so be sure to reserve your spot now: buff.ly/FWukq8F

Tesla email unsubscribe seems broken - is this what happens when tech support is bad at tech?

From @shannonmcgee.bsky.social on frozen burritos: “Some of them are worse”

How come king nerd can’t zoom?

We moved our silverware to a new drawer in the kitchen about two weeks ago and 🎉 I just now successfully got a fork without going to the wrong drawer. Habits.

Gather experiences as you live, not opinions.

I’ve been doing a lot of crosswords lately for the first time in my life and they really expect you to know “eke”.

I’m looking for that person 10 cars back who honks their horn the instant the light turns green. I wanna ask you a coupla earnest questions.

Nix represents a different way of building reproducible software, but Nix has its own challenges, and in many ways Docker already won. So what hope is there for something like Nix in the long run? Come find out tomorrow at the @flox.dev virtual event.

Remember when someone described the internet as a “series of tubes” and we laughed for a decade? That was so cute.

For your Friday night listening pleasure, I get light The 5th Dimension vibes from them. #music youtu.be/TNyr9xPgMRM?...

Spend your money with companies who still care about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The most magical moment in the Nix Brix creation process is after you pour the top coat. Looook at these beauties! See you at @planetnix.bsky.social soon!!

Okay. Nix Brix phase one is complete. Now comes the finishing. See them at @planetnix.bsky.social ❄️🔥

Carving the second color of these grey on chocolate Executive Nix Brix for @planetnix.bsky.social (See you at planet nix! Few more weeks!)

Cause of death: tight hamstrings

We are pleased to introduce Tristan Ross (@thecomputerguy.bsky.social), a member of the LLVM team and a Nix maintainer, who will be discussing 'The Nix PR Pipeline'

Deepseek-r1 on a raspberry pi 5 is about, oh, 1200 baud.

We have one half of a Nix logo!

Okay! I’m starting to carve Nix logos into these soon to be gorgeous @planetnix.bsky.social speaker gifts 🚀

Quick peek into the Carbide Create tool path simulation for Nix Brix, not counting the original dish creation (come to @planetnix.bsky.social!)