happy 420

MF DOOM's Operation: Doomsday came to the surface 27 years ago today, on April 20, 1999.

🎨 David Hockney

This post is just for a few of you, and your mileage may vary: I updated the spinner verbs so Claude Code tells me to do a random yoga pose when it is "thinking"

you can get an M1 Air — still a very decent computer — for less than $400. incredible.

checking out of my hotel room and i almost forgot my travel blender 😭

what going to see two waterfalls in portland taught me about how to optimize selling a b2b saas #microconf www.linkedin.com/posts/kaisda...

“we elevate your culinary experience through a lens of carefree dining“ “menu unavailable“ infuriating

I'll be in Portland, Oregon for a few days for MicroConf. If you'd like to meet up for a coffee, send me a DM/Email and we can see if we can connect ☕

Canva won't let me programmatically generate images from Claude Code with the text "MEN ARE GARBAGE" and tbh this outlandish censorship has me quite sad

“Don't hire a dog and then bark yourself.”

Thinking about Billy Burg's Success Story a lot.

remember, kids — don't buy backlinks off the back of a truck!

got myself an olipop plug

There's a Spanish expression/meme I love: "no tengo pruebas, pero tampoco dudas". I use it in English as "I have no data, yet I have no doubt". Go forth and evangelise this expression with me.

You know what I’m talking about. bell.bz/wait-it-out/

🎶 All I wanna do... is build some software 🎶

told ya

Another painting I finished up on Sunday. I really like how the vase turned out #watercolor

my internet is down and i am sending this skeet via pigeon

something I didn't realize when starting my own business was that the hardest part of "grit"/perseverance isn't necessarily sticking through MY hard projects; it's not losing hope when the hard project requires herding dozens of cats (subcontractors, etc.) and inevitably lots of things go sideways

Enjoying using Claude to break down some of the “academic GEO studies” I’ve been reading

life is a series of fetch quests

To all my fellow independents and consultants, you are not charging enough. This was your daily reminder.

cracked not one but FIVE eggs into my morning coffee 😮‍💨

I don't make resolutions, ever since I discovered the two perfect ones years ago: 1. Become a more terrifying version of yourself. 2. Do what you already do, but more so.

Are you Laracon EU? Do you identify as a woman or non-binary? Then come to the Larabelles happy hour tonight! 🫶

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

chop wood, carry water, ring the marketing bell 🔔

It is nice to live an unconventional life of my own design

It's important to have a consistent naming scheme for your devices 🖨️

It is difficult, as a Jew whose family was massacred in the Holocaust, to watch people come to this realization. Millions of us died because of people like this. The Holocaust was not that long ago! People have not evolved out of racism and bigotry. Folks like this will always live among us.

The worst of both worlds: routed to an AI support agent that still takes minutes to reply 😭

i, like, forgot about my email for a week and now i'm scared

graffiti 1/31/25

Just outside Seattle on I-5 🤘

blessings to all who celebrate

this is really well-written and informative tech crit - the best piece i have read on gas town and the future of agent orchestration and distance from code

You're either getting stuff done or talking about getting stuff done.

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just.” 💎

<girlfriend> i don’t understand how you just use one monitor she’s a keeper, folks!

*cracks knuckles* i am really excited for the year ahead

valence says hello

The Dude is in play

75 minutes until Dude With A Trailer. My task list runneth over but, man, i’ll be ecstatic when this one is done.

this is the best reframe i’ve ever seen about calling your politicians

at long last The Pile in the back yard has been moved to The Larger Pile in the front yard! tomorrow? a Dude With A Trailer is coming to take all that junk and dispose of it. ✅ off the new year home bucket list

taking a break from anxiously scrolling to do yard work