Awesome thrift store find. Coding games in Scratch!

We are doing this!!!

To think Native Americans needed to find ways up and around this waterfall is mind blowing.

Made an IG page documenting my runs: @runswithstefan - www.instagram.com/runswithstef...

Lake Superior is just gorgeous. #minnesota

OFFICIALLY!! Beginning the Full Stack Ruby on Rails path on The Odin Project 🔥. Which means I completed the Foundations path. 5 years ago I attempted the program and gave up because my brain couldn’t handle JS back then but it feels good to know a little more everyday.

Halfway through Week 2 of 8 of training and my mind and body is on a natural happy high. I haven’t felt good about training in a long time, and it feels good to work towards a goal and not have to think about planning at all. Planning to give a review of the Runna app in a few weeks.

OKC is winning the finals this year. They play in unison, share the ball, not selfish, and understand the goal is to win.

To hit the last project in the Foundations track for The Odin Project feels amazing! Not one I'd put on my resume, but the project is a calculator app. Looking to build on the foundational skills I've learned so far, and next steps are to start Ruby soon.

Today’s workout was seriously an “Easy run” which is a pace I’ve never truly done. I used that time to practice my form of running which is something I’ve never done before. As I get older I realize how much I prefer to just follow a plan that’s given to me vs build it myself. 🏃🏽 #roadto5K

Downloaded the Runna app. Goal is to run a 5K in under 30 minutes by July 5th!

Hoping to blind you with light mode 😂 about 93% with The Odin Project foundations path, and stoked to be starting the Ruby on Rails path in a couple of weeks.

Finished The Wire season 1 last month and I’m starting to see why it’s one of the top rated tv shows of all time.

Shipping an email to 0 subscribers tomorrow at 9am CST lets fucking go! 🔥 buttondown.com/stefantaitano

I see how Strava can be quite addicting. Performed 3x run days in a row and it’s interesting to look back at the stats and compare each day.

It honestly feels so simple, but a small win today was doing a mini DOM manipulation project from scratch. #theodinproject

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

15 minutes into chopping trees in Old School RuneScape, a fellow stranger gave away some free gear + money and opened their DM up in-game for any tips and tricks as I navigate free to play features. Probably the coolest random act of kindness I’ve experienced in OSRS.

One week till the kickoff party for our free web development bootcamp. If you want to learn HTML, CSS and core web skills, @rivea0.bsky.social @hola-soy-milk.online and I would love to learn with you 👋 📍Free 10 week online program 📍No signup, tracking or upsells 📍Chill, creative, friendly vibes

I'm finally getting to a vision of how I want my /now page to be. Shown is only a snippet. Here is a link: stefantaitano.com/now/

For anyone that uses the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, what lens do you snap on the most?

I'm one to watch an anime series, and need to re-watch it from the beginning when a new season drops a year or two later. Restarting Jujutsu Kaisen!

Completely late to hearing this band but glad I discovered their set at Coachella. #turnstile youtu.be/hfrnipyNcu0?...

Stellaris, Balatro, and Vampire Survivors have my time for the next couple of weeks. Idk what it is but the core loop of vampire survivors is addicting! I haven’t played poker in a while, and this concept of “defeating” an opponent is unique in Balatro Now Stellaris will be a marathon..

When was the last time you built something without AI writing the code and left you saying yuck? 😂 Yep that was me the past few hours just trying to work my brain with some basic html and css. No flashy stuff here.

Tonight I discover Turnstile

So I heard @dthompsondev.bsky.social and @leonnoel.bsky.social spilled the beans 🫘 about override commands 👀 on the latest episode yall should check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/30FI...

Day 1 of learning #Panda3D! After completing “A Panda Hello World”, I’m challenging myself to expand on it to learn more about the engine. So far I have a player set up, attached the camera, and got some movement working.

Not me again wanting to refresh my website with something new 😂 must be the Spring weather. I like the themes in 11ty so I'm making the switch off of Hugo. Big shoutout to @lenesaile.com for this amazing starter theme!

Shoutout to chrome extension “Google Photos Delete Tool” saved me hundreds of hours by moving over 10K photos to the trash bin. You can find the developer on GitHub by “shtse8”.

30+ consistent days of dabbling in Python, Git, Bash, and OOP! Since then, I’ve built a command line application, learned plumbing commands for Git, and a clone of the Asteroids game using Pygame and OOP concepts. I’ve also used different tools now such as Ghostty and Webi.

I’ve realized since my transition out the military, 99% of all things “manifested” has come to fruition, and there was never a moment of feeling unlucky or regret for all the decisions. Or, maybe I put myself into positions of increased luck? 🍀

THE CALL FOR SPEAKERS FOR THE COMMIT YOUR CODE CONFERENCE IS OFFICIALLY LIVE! We will have 6 tracks and over 100 speakers! - In 2025 we had 860 in person and 8,100 attend virtually. - We had 125 Speakers - 37% of attendees worked in tech and it was their first conference ever!

I met a software developer with over 10 years of experience who said it was their dream to go to a specific tech conference but they couldn't afford to go. That's when I realized there are devs with experience that do not have access to resources because of income. Here's what you don't realize:

Finally got out of a slump of not training in the gym early in the morning. I miss the feeling of a good pump before the sun is up.

My mind is blown after diving into git rebase vs git merge, and the clear difference of when to use what for each scenario. Currently going through the Git course on boot.dev.

For those that use ChatGPT, may be worth it to turn off ad personalization.

Last couple of days I’ve been migrating all my accounts away from big tech companies. I’m starting with email, and will soon work my way to my own cloud storage so I don’t need to waste $$$ on having photos in a cloud I can’t “own”.

ServiceNow Delta Exams complete!! ✅

Update on The Odin Project, I’m finally 85% of the way with foundations path! Refreshing so far going over JavaScript, and looking forward to Ruby on Rails path.

I’ve been avoiding reviewing my anki deck like the plague. Leon mentioned in yesterday’s huddle to start small, even if it’s 5 minutes to get over the hurdle.

Finally cracked 16 rounds of puzzle streak on Lichess!

I’ve pondered the thought of started a local chess club lately

J. Cole dropped! www.thefalloff.com/digital

Thanks to @sarahp.bsky.social for covering our growth this past week! A huge welcome to all of the new users on Skylight ☺️ So happy to have everyone on Open Social!! ✨ #skylightsocial #skylight #tiktok #tiktoksale

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti.

I see #TheProgrammingPodcast, I click. Simple! Curious to know, has release cadence change from Thursday to Monday? @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social

Going through the Chrome DevTools, and I have an appreciation for the folks that put this much time and effort into the documentation and tool itself! The reading can be dense, but so much good information. #theodinproject

I've been up to something recently, and going back in time to conquer some lessons, specifically JavaScript that I quit when I was first learning how to code back in 2021. While I'm here, I have a goal of completing the Ruby on Rails track in 2026! #TheOdinProject