From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵

Something new this evening... this time of year, in the middle of winter, I start longing for greenery! Tisha Mark ©2026, Homeland No. 2601, oil on gessobord, 6"x6" Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2-3 weeks): tishamark.com/product/home... #art #painting #SciArt #bsnm #ArtSky

hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374... This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...

White Sox are adding bidets in their clubhouse as requested by Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami "One thing he did notice is we didn’t have a bidet in our locker room. That’s new to him. It was like, ‘Ok, that’s new. We can do that.’” -GM Chris Getz (via @scottmerkin)

In honor of Cher and the great Luther Vandross, one of my very favorite lip syncs from RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Never Too Much” youtu.be/1I7EFHKsVzM?...

Big #clouds reflected in the still water. The power lines are running from a hydroelectric dam on the Dordogne river. #BlueSkyArtShow #industrial #infrared #photography

"Swallow" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork Clouds are made from French lace. #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #embroidery #WildlifeArt #birds

Most days, I spend at least a little time staring at the sky, watching how light plays with #clouds. Sharing this sunset painting for today's #BlueSkyArtShow Tisha Mark ©2024, Sunset on Opening Day, oil on linen, 20"x20" Original is available: tishamark.com/product/suns... #art #painting #SciArt

I’ve been quietly building a tool to map product development orgs by domains instead of reporting lines. Launched it today on Product Hunt. Curious what fellow product / engineering / design leaders think. 👉 getstruktr.com #Product #ProductHunt #Struktr

i have some other stuff in the works but as bowls are the new thing I make when I am upset and can't think... here are the seven bowls I've made since tuesday.... www.galdrecraft.com

Sweater nails seemed appropriate for teaching Fiber Arts as Programming in OH next week 🥶 #CoderClaws

in 2026, may you find the community you need, the projects that fulfill and sustain you, and all the messy salty crunchy cheesy snacks your heart desires

Happy New Year. May everything fall into place for you in 2026.

I got a request today from a project management AI-automation company. I said: Project management facilitates the system so people doing the work can succeed. There is no way to automate that. There is only tool-based automation. That is not pm. You are solving the wrong problem.

In 2026, I want to read.... a lot. Please suggest a book I should read to better understand the world around me or to simply enjoy this place a little bit more. #booksky #readsky

You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check

billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something

The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

Imagine Pediatrics is a tech enabled, pediatrician led medical group reimagining care for children with special health care needs. The are hiring for a Senior Fullstack Engineer (Remote). buff.ly/8UH8Tt8

Hire @ashleemboyer.com. Not because she had a hard year, but because she is damn good at what she does.

For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI. 10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!

lol. lmao. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else

when you're conceived, your "self" begins borrowing matter from the universe like checking out books from a library. in a tub your feet exchange particles with the water. where do you end and begin? that's why it's ontologically impossible to get mad at me for stealing pens from the bank. they're me

Finally broke down and turned on Gemini in Google Workspace. Asked it to format one sheet based off of data in another sheet of the same workbook. It told me it’s not capable of referencing other sheets. This is the kinda of stuff that would actually save me time. What are we even doing here?

Do you write blog posts, documentation, or anything for software engineers? Do you want to? Join us for the Writing for Developers book club with @overcommitted.dev, officially kicking off now! 🚀 Chapters 1+2 now, first discussion Friday. Join us in Discord to chat about it: discord.gg/d9gZyYuqKd

The trailer for No Other Choice, which gets a U.S. theatrical release Dec. 25:

AI WON'T turn you into a 10x engineer but it CAN accelerate your day-to-day work. I'm hosting a live workshop early next month to help experienced devs level up from copilot to coding agents. No breathless hype, no "learn this one magical prompt" BS, I promise! blog.thepete.net/ai-assisted-...

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.

Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore. “…that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough.” [blog.lifebranches.com]

I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @propublica.org. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring

So many good lines in here that resonate: “Getting clarity faster by stepping slightly outside your lane and unblocking work.” “You build context that helps other teams move with confidence.” “You’re not adding more work. You’re trading late chaotic work for early clarifying work.”

Exciting news: I’m running a free 15-day Manager Reset Challenge for senior ICs + managers starting Jan 5! 🎉 One short prompt each weekday to reset how you communicate, delegate, prioritize, and lead in 2026. Join here 👉 modernleader.is/reset

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

November and December account for 20% of the typical indie bookstore’s *annual* sales so please give books as holiday gifts and please preorder my second book from an indie bookstore today … your early order helps them stay afloat and helps me as a writer

It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself! You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold—or hey, ask your library to grab a copy! ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-de...

Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format. The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books! science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...

I stumbled upon another Mad Men editing error. In S02E04 when Father Gill drops Peggy off at her apartment after Sunday dinner, the street changes from 1960s New York to 2000s Los Angeles.

🌲✨ Day 1: Veerle Verhagen @witchofthetest.bsky.social Nominated by @the-qa-guy.bsky.social Veerle lifts the testing community through her talks, podcast work, MoT moderation and unmistakable energy. Authentic, smart & supportive, she brings important ideas forward every day #AdvenTesters

My colleague and I have signed up, see you there!

Render Atlanta Santa pulled up early this year 🎅🏾✨ And he did not come empty-handed. For the next 24 hours only, you can snag 20% off your RenderATL 2026 ticket. Don’t be the one texting your friends later talking about “y’all didn’t tell me.” 24 hours. 20% off: www.renderatl.com

And since it’s the gifting season, or to use 2025 budget: the next remote Technical Leadership workshop is March 24 and 31, 2026, 12-3PM Eastern Time (US/Canada) Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale 🎉 More info and to enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/t...

I have some free time this holiday season, and I'm debating learning #playwright for a personal project. Anyone have any opinions on where I should start?

Black Friday deals from indie tech educators are live on Diversify Tech! Featuring @kulkarniankita.com, @marcysutton.com, @b0rk.jvns.ca, @joshwcomeau.com and more folks Also: Techsgiving Summit 50% off today See the full list here blog.diversifytech.com/black-friday-deals-for-tech-professionals

late night ramble

Short blog, but I think it really hits the spot on the skills great software engineers have 👍 terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/w...