It would appear that @thorstenball.com understands my definition of fun

I just stood over my steel griddle on top of my grill in 90+ degree F heat and sweated up a storm. But it was 100% worth because I was serving up a batch of Oklahoma onion smash burgers (probably my favorite variety of burgers). A dish devoured too fast to even grab a pic.

Tip for all my holiday grillers: make sure you score your hot dogs and thank me later!

The thing that allows ATProto and other projects like @npmx.dev to succeed is not the technology. It’s the community. Finding your community and building together with positivity still seems to he best way to fight everything bleak.

I’ve made more new friends in my 30s than in my 20s. 1) I’ve forced myself to be more outgoing than I used to be. 2) having kids and interacting with other parents in a similar stage is a cheat code

Hey y'all, putting out the bat signal: I'm looking for full-time, part-time, or contract work in product design or frontend development. ("Design engineering" if you're trendy.) Over a decade of experience building design systems for startups, healthcare, civic tech + more. ky.fyi

The Eagles left up this “World Champions” sign (for a game that is only played in the U.S.) while the Linc is Philadelphia Stadium for the WORLD cup. Philly remains shameless. Go Birds.

At these prices, I think I'm going to have to drive my current computer to the ground and become a performance curmudgeon - yeesh

I first heard this song before I became a parent. Now that I have two kids I can confirm it’s even more beautiful

Last night I finished reading DCC - Parade of Horribles. I also went to bed with a low grade fever. And let me tell you, that combination made for some wild dreams!

the internet has lost *legibility of effort* - the ability to easily whether something took meaningful human work It's why we all catalogue vibe-code tells. And I bet that we'll find new ways to show our humanity through our work eieio.games/blog/legibil...

I need to find time for a free weekend, because I think this (although with Astro) is the way I want to get my initial taste of the Atmosphere.

Maybe this is just me getting older and finding it more difficult to keep up with every new thing, but I don’t think programming languages need to keep adding new “features” every year. Standard lib updates and compiler optimizations? Sure! New syntax? Maybe the current way is good enough.

I haven't written c++ in nearly 15 years, but I'm having a ton of fun teaching myself something new (literally just for fun because learning and coding are a hobby and this is a blast). IYKYK

If anyone is looking to hire for this role, it would probably be my dream job

Mancubus has a terrifying secret

Someone had shared diataxis.fr at work with me last year. I generally like to think about the audience I'm writing docs for, but this is a great resources for breaking down different types of docs, who they are for, and how you should approach them.

I read the first sentence, and knowing the work @pilcrowonpaper.com puts into auth, immediately clicked the link to see where I could buy. I couldn’t find the purchase button and reread the post. FREE. What an absolutely incredible resource!

📝 I remember having to figure out what kind of number a variable assignment was — int, float, etc. — or my whole program would crash. Now I can have a half-formed idea and the computer will just fill in the rest. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/pedantr...

Really good discussion on the booed AI commencement speech by Eric Schmidt. youtu.be/tlQ7EoJDTQY

Dreamed of refactoring code for a project at work in order to implement a new feature. Again.

There’s this weird thing that happens that my house always gets a little dusty whenever the Baby Race episode of Bluey comes on.

My projects grow legs too. But instead of running away, they continue to grow legs. Lots of legs. Like a centipede. And it’s terrifying and I’m the one running away.

After spending time today debugging a caching issue (where something wasn’t being cached), I don’t think I’m going to forget the Vary header and how the same asset can include (or not include) the origin with the requests header depending on how it’s requested.

@sill.social 🤝 @leaflet.pub (and all @standard.site platforms), coming soon.

I love learning. And while the friction of solving new problems is increasingly traded for speed, the experience gained by overcoming that friction is as important as ever.

I love learning. And while the friction of solving new problems is increasingly traded for speed, the experience gained by overcoming that friction is as important as ever.

I might go and write a blog post this week (aka I sat at my desk tonight and just started typing away about some opinions on the ever growing importance of continued learning and experience AND am debating if want to find the time to finish, polish it up and release it)

I nerd-sniped myself while playing with my toddler and had far too much fun: cassidoo.co/post/cluster...

Cookie Monster isn’t a monster because he’s a blue furry creature, but rather because he makes a mess of crumbs without actually eating any cookies. He’s a cookie destroyer and rightly deserves the monster moniker. This isn’t parenting advice but I’m watching Sesame Street with my son and noticed.

This is so true, but at the same time I think when people say “coding isn’t the hard part” it’s often because they already know how to code. Instead, they end up unintentionally diminishing the impact coding decisions has on the product and user experience. Every part is important.

Relearning c++ for the first time since I started programming (was the first language I learned way back when) and sharing libraries is pretty messy. But that mess leads to relying on std libs and vendoring, and honestly it’s something app devs working with other languages should lean into more

My oldest turns two today and we officially graduate from having 2 under 2 (if that’s even a thing lol) 👏🏻 He had some rough parts during the last year, but is currently healthy and happy as can be! 🎉

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

I don't want a web, whose sole purpose and therefore existence hinges on being useful for capitalism.

I actually think content like this would be great to help devs build with different parts of ATProto. Love to not just show devs the possibilities of what they can build, but also the tools, API’s and techniques to do it!

I see a lot of people on the timeline today announcing leaving jobs and/or starting new jobs. This isn’t currently me (yet), but something I’m thinking about 🤔 DMs open if you have any opportunities

Websites will return in Avengers: Doomsday

@jakearchibald.com is nailing the devrel game. All these videos are excellent and informative, and I’m always excited when a new one appears in my feed! Excited to try out style() queries too!

This contains a very accurate description of a lot of what my work consists of: friction in a slop factory. That friction is super important (more than ever), but it’s also why so many are left feeling frustrated. Our expertise is wasted on the apathy of others.

My apathy for leadership decisions is at an all time low. However my empathy for people is at an all time high. And the two feelings clash all the time, often times leaving me frustrated and fatigued.

The section on html web components was a real unlock for me. They really shine not as “components” but rather tiny progressive enhancement merchants. So yeah, check out the course because it will get you up to speed on a web standard and $10 is highway robbery.

I’m from South Jersey and my wife is from North Jersey. We’ve come to the conclusion that there is a small sliver where SJ thinks it part of North and North Jersey think it’s part of South. I guess that area could be considered Central Jersey but nobody will acknowledge it.

I’m often surprised by how often this needs to be stated

Beautiful and fun day at Aronimink for the PGA Championship!

I still think ATProto is in its infancy and has a long way to go before it’s a no brainer to adapt in any app. But I’m still very bullish because of the lovely people involved and their goals. Absolutely rooting for it to succeed!

I never used Arc but this last week I’ve been experimenting with Zen. Today I finally ditched Chrome and set Zen as my default browser since I’ve enjoyed the experience so much!

Learning is so much fun and there is nothing like the dopamine rush from overcoming the friction of a hard problem and deriving a solution!

I really, really like the way @jim-nielsen.com thinks about building for the web. Also view transitions are super cool too!

Callie is super relaxed perching on top of the couch