@davemangot is right: it’s all about the serendipitous meetings #reinvent2025

Imagine having a billion dollars and wasting your time doing anything other than: 1. Reading novels in the bath 2. Making art 3. Traveling 4. Cooking and eating 5. Giving heaps of cash to awesome people and institutions who need it

Interesting new research shows the human brain rewires itself during five distinct “epochs” over a lifetime (with turning points at 9, 32, 66, and 83), with markedly different characteristics in brain architecture in each phase. This suggests cognition and intelligence do not simply increase to […]

RIP Jimmy, and thank you so much. https://tidal.com/browse/track/1785855?u

For the Americans in the room... If you're hanging out with family this week and need a movie to watch, Playdate was hilarious and cute. I'm not even a slapstick comedy person and I was cracking up. Enjoy! […]

Dang. These hardcore socialists are everywhere.

⚽️ the #usmnt is playing more like the #USWNT tonight and I love it

@monkeybrains signing me up for political mailing lists that I never asked for is so far beyond disappointing. Glad I made the switch to Sonic. You just lost a years-long Monkeybrains advocate.

My personal heroes and projects I admire are @signalapp @Mer__edith @torproject @gnome @thunderbird @ryanleesipes . I’d much rather have Mastodon be inspired by the contributions of these people and projects to the FOSS and non-profit technology world than trying to rebuild early Twitter. (5/13)

The "tax resolution department" scam people have clearly identified me as a mark who will eventually fall for it if they call me enough times.

A technology leader told me today they are not getting as many people to try #ai as they would like because engineers don't blindly trust the LLM. 😑

@darkuncle @tbortels openbsd is hands down my fav Linux distro

A view from inside the Amazon corporate offices.

When you #selfhost, you will never have any problems with #aws being down. All you have to do is: - Ensure you have a decent power supply - Have your own servers - Be able to troubleshoot networking issues at 3AM because your electronic lock won't release and your child can't get in the house - […]

Today is my first day at AWS. I noticed a small bug in DynamoDB clustering implementation and I think I fixed it. Shipped to prod already. Going to make a coffee and will check back if everything is working.

It's that time of year again. There is a major disruption to the Internet and suddenly everyone is an expert on why people made architectural decisions that they know nothing about and then explain how you're clearly doing it wrong. Me to many clients: if […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

People talk shit about California drivers, but you know what I've not experienced here? Road rage. Yes, people here do stupid shit, like constantly, but they're also very chill. People let others merge, they move out of the way, and generally try to be courteous to others. It was the first […]

Shout out to people who love ebooks but hate Amazon: Bookshop.org has started doing eBooks! They have an app! They have classics for free! They have daily 99p deals! Much excite! #books #bookstodon

This whole thread. Don't like HOAs anywhere. https://eldritch.cafe/@Tattie/115346742215473580

This is a good summary of how the vaguely odious vibes that DHH has been giving off for a decade have boiled over. If you don’t know who that is/don’t have any personal investment in Ruby, you have my blessing to keep scrolling and not worry about it […]

Because there are exactly zero mentions of this in my feed today. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/terrorist-attack-uk-synagogue-manchester.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU8.Tubk.L_b0Nz3XYcst&smid=nytcore-android-share

I just saw someone wrote that developers might feel more productive with AI... But everyone also insists that they are that one exception who is actually good at multitasking. And that's going to be living rent-free in my head for quite some time. #ai

I was explaining to someone how us nerds often get to have cool stuff years before consumers because we can run it. One of my favorites that only we get to have, is the Lyrion Music Server (https://lyrion.org/), which I've had forever and only yesterday realized it's not a music Server, it's a […]

“What the hell are the Beatles trying to do to pop music? On listening to their new album I was so shocked that I lost all appreciation of the Beatles talents. Any normal musically inclined person could never hope to like this kind of stuff. If this is a new era the group are trying to create […]

The MMR vaccine is perfectly safe. Measles is not. MMR vaccine- studied for more than 50 years. Less than 1 in 1,000,000 chance of allergic reaction. No chance of death or permanent injury. NO evidence of increased risk of autism. Measles- 1 in 5 will die without hospitalization. 1 in 500 will […]

Use @signalapp https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/technology/whatsapp-whistleblower-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk8.KFAU.5O-V0S9sTdCl&smid=url-share

Please excuse the Substack link, but given that "84% of developers now use or plan to use AI tools"*, it is interesting to see measurable proof that this does not translate to increased productivity. "We should be seeing apps of all shapes and sizes, video games, new websites, mobile apps […]

These are extremely important observations about the AI bubble. But I have to admit that what the article says about them is probably true: the people who don't understand that what's written here is obviously true probably can't be convinced to listen, and the people who do understand don't […]

Now do Valencia Street in the Mission. https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian/115116463602696238

State of California is hiring a data engineer https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=488653 #getfedihired #jobs #california #data

Finally got to read this article. The phrase "out over your skis" comes to mind. https://julsimon.medium.com/why-mcps-disregard-for-40-years-of-rpc-best-practices-will-burn-enterprises-8ef85ce5bc9b

LOL. Belkin is discontinuing all my Wemo devices and the app won't support controlling them anymore. They just turn to half-junk. I've been really wanting to check out @homeassistant for quite some time. Looks like that time is now! (before January 31, 2026 for sure) […]

- Kids killed by the effects of climate change - A commitment is made to turn up the dial on climate change Make it make sense.

Pocket is shutting down. 😬 Migrated 3000 saved articles to #linkding. Used Windsurf to write a tiny Python program to convert the file formats and only needed one small tweak. Very not bad.

Saxon America?? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opinion/trump-america-.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T08.7DH4.pRv9DUvh22e6&smid=nytcore-android-share

Just a simple #fact for #today and, in fact, any other day. 🤣 #memes #microsoft #MicrosoftTeams #windows

Daisy wheel anyone?

Awww yeah. Can't stop me now.

NYTimes: Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses. Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/opinion/antisemitism-jewish-hate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.DeDt.gWOGYQeBpNJn&smid=nytcore-android-share

Amazing thing number 64643367 of living in one of the best cities on earth. Walking down the street and Terrence Blanchard just casually walks by you on the sidewalk. 🫨 #sanfrancisco

Car-free #valencialive is fantastic! Make it permanent.

Remember kids, the idea of your personal carbon footprint was invented by an ad agency for British Petroleum. Keep your eye on the ball: * your car * your heating * your cooking Not your LLM queries about a Ruby script. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/carbon-footprint-chatgpt

Hey! I'm going to be downtown for #rsac on Wednesday. If you're in town, let's meet up! My not so secret spot is in Yerba Buena Gardens. Hope for weather like today. Gorgeous. #rsac2025 #rsaconference

Seen in San Francisco. People be gettin' frisky round here.