The update we all needed on a story which was stuck in my head all year

built my first NAS this weekend and oh I missed the feeling of snapping RAM into place

Definitely Microsoft Teams

Same, going to as many of these as possible

Joyce Carol Oates owning Elon is the only thing I’m sad about missing

Both the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline websites have a "Quick exit" feature for when parent or boss walks in: press Esc to switch to weather.com or Google

All hail Brenda www.tiktok.com/@belligerent...

this new Lily Allen album 🔥🔥🔥

season 3 and still enjoying watching Keri Russell walk with extreme purpose down important hallways in disheveled suits

speaking of building apps with AI, Quests is VERY good quests.dev

notes on gen AI being remarkable and so very bad at the same time

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

today I wrote code that runs every day to log my current level of email inbox chaos to a spreadsheet with a list of the senders I've ignored the most, there's even a line chart in there because some days a tiny illusion of control is comforting

Writing vulnerable things so terrifying / connecting something for someone so gratifying

Already shelled pistachios - the ultimate luxury

a phone home screen is a window into the soul

boy everything feeling extra heavy today in other news, an AI photo editor gave me 3 hands how’s your day going

Live-editing a website in Obsidian is a true joy, this is my setup with Hugo bsky.app/profile/step...

Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio notetoself.studio

It’s weird to live with a giant who used to fit on my forearm

Had to look up the sex emoji to make sure I wasn’t accidentally texting something untoward

FOR THE FANS! before every snack and meal, one of my favorite K-pop Demon Hunters takeaways

Boonswoggle (v) a portmanteau of boondoggle and hornswoggle ie, We’re running late because our preteen boonswoggled me into stopping at Claire’s and buying her face glitter

I tend to discount AI chatbots as a fawning junior intern trying desperately to impress me but Harsh Claude and I might be able to get somewhere - wonderful piece

These egg tealight candles by @jennschiffer.com brought me the highest ratio of delight per dollar of any purchase I've made this year 🍳🕯️ bonus: explaining to my kid that no the candles do not smell like eggs and yes the store is called bugs rock and why bugsrock.online

look for the helpers johayartist.com

“July 4th was a bold, dangerous, defiant moral action by a people who were so heartbroken and enraged by abuses of power that they became ungovernable."

YOU try explaining to a 12yo how a disposable film camera works when camp doesn't allow devices

Refusing to gawk is a form of resistance

Just nearly grabbed a middle-schooler to pull him away from the edge of the platform to say didn’t your parents teach you anything about subway safety

I can watch Jesse Armstrong absolutely skewer the ultra-rich any day, no matter how much it makes my skin crawl I'd give anything to be a fly on the wall at a broligarch Mountainhead watch party

What are people using for non-obnoxious, easy-to-use website analytics these days? Been trying out Plausible, Tinylytics next. What else should I look at?

Setting up Feedly, missing Bloglines

You know those 4-box quadrant models consultants overcharge for? Fell down a hole this weekend and made a little app to collect them. Which good ones have I missed? foursight.ginatrapani.org

Recipe for an afternoon nap: - soft blanket, good pillow - white noise - blackout curtains or shades - DND or take off watch/leave phone in other room - soft pants - closed door Lay down, close eyes, and let yourself drift off into the ultimate luxury while the world spins on 🥱😴💤

not sure what I want more: this sandwich or to be able to write like the magical @hels.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

just me, or is this linear gradient involving some shade of lavender just everywhere right now

Do it for the plot

I know there are a ton of long thinkpieces, but: Is there a brief one-pager for sharing with writers considering Substack that explains why they should RUN the other way??

fascinating how several product people I'm close to are "addicted to vibe coding" (exact phrase) but senior engs I've chatted with are much cooler and inexperienced with it

I made a new little app for funsies. It's an easy way to visualize & share how money comes and where it goes cashkey.ginatrapani.org

SMART goals kill magic and possibilities

keep choosing you & watch how life unfolds beautifully in your favor

Feeling kind of blue today, specifically cobalt ginatrapani.org/studio/kind-...

"No action is required on your part" - the sweetest phrase ever said in an email

You are a force of light and good. When the world feels dark, your only job is to glow. - @melrobbins.bsky.social

If you haven’t already, do this so when data breaches happen credit cards don’t open in your name without your knowledge

can't stand voicemail but a voice note delivered via message or Slack is a gift