Shut it all down now

My alarm went off this morning and in swear for a second there I was just like, what the hell is going on?

It’s cool we collectively have a term for dreading going back to work, definitely a healthy cultural indicator

Day 33 of the 100 Days of Code: Just played around with some motion.dev stuff today. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Days 32&33 of 100 Days of Code: Finished The Joy of React 🥳🥳 It was a great course! @joshwcomeau.com goes into so much detail that I ended up with a much deeper understanding of React, even for the concepts I was already familiar with. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are. “Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.

Local Furby says “Whoa! Big sound, wah!” Join me, Reuters, an alleged news organization, as I inexplicably treat it as a source.

Today is the Monday-est Friday ever

For days 30 and 31 of the 100 days of code I did the bonus module on layout animations from The Joy of React. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

11 years ago I woke up on New Year’s Day to see Gunther staring at me. I grabbed my phone and took a photo and somehow this silly little tradition began. #NewYearsDay #NewYearsDayTradition

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2023 was terrible, 2024 was great, 2025 was mostly slow and steady progress. I'll take it. My year in review: madebymax.dev/blog/2025-12...

The best content of the year is here:

Days 25-29 of 100 days of code. I haven't posted in a few days, but I've still be chipping away at The Joy of React. I've worked through module 6, which covers server side rending, Next.js, routing, hydration, suspense, lazy loading, and more. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Bought a house And a new car Visited Iceland and Japan First year on T 🏳️‍⚧️ Finally started Adderal after a lifetime of raw dogging ADHD

When you're grumpy because three annoying ghosts kept you up all night.

in the Grinch’s defense, if my neighbours gave their children this thing for Christmas I would also make it my personal mission to abolish the holiday

Day 24 of the 100 Days of React: Today I finished up module 5 of The Joy of React. This module covered a wide variety of more advanced features useReducer, Immer, and Portals. Gotta be honest, Immer kinda broke my brain a bit today. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Days 21&22 of the 100 days of code: finished module 4 of The Joy of React and did the second project, building a toast component. You can check it out here: toastbymax.netlify.app Day 23: Started module 5. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Days 19&20 of the 100 days of code: finished module 3 (hooks) and module 4 (component design) of The Joy of React and started on the second project, building a toast component. Starting to get into the fun stuff! #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Goodnight Figma Goodnight Code Goodnight Teams Goodnight Node Goodnight Outlook Close your eyes Goodnight Office 365 for Enterprise

what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know: you are loved you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)

FFS

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Days 17&18: continuing work on module 3 of The Joy of React, learning about hooks and fetching data. This module kinda feels like eating my vegetables before I can have dessert (the fun projects later in the course) #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

If House Republicans want to “protect the innocence of children,” they should ban assault weapons — not healthcare. Instead, they’re using the power of the federal government to bully trans kids in bathrooms, schools, and now doctors’ offices.

This is absolutely despicable

Protect trans youth!

This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)

so like, i’m aware that it’s not a done deal that all dems vote no on this bill flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life

Day 16: started module 3 of The Joy of React. Learning about hooks: useId, useRef, and of course, useEffect. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

For days 14 and 15 of the 100 days of code I finished up the Wordle Clone project from The Joy of React. Check it out here: wordleclonebymax.netlify.app #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

On day 13 I started working on a Worlde clone as part of the Joy of React course #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Sure, ChatGPT encouraged minors to commit suicide, but will Sora spell S-E-X in a cloud of dust, or make The Little Mermaid's Castle kinda look like a penis, or tell teenagers to take off their clothes? These are the important questions.

Day 12 - finished working on a speech to text prototype for work. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Day 11 of the 100 days of code: worked on a prototype for some stuff at work and vibe coded some speech to text stuff. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

I miss the good old days

Day 10 of 100 days of code and today I finished module two of The Joy of React. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

Maybe we should worry less about women ‘falling behind’ because they’re using GenAI less and worry more about why men are in such a rush to use the planet destroying plagiarism machine without considering the consequences for those without their level of privilege academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

For day 9 I did a few more lessons in The Joy of React, learning about forms and state mutation. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic

I am unreasonably excited that my first meeting tomorrow isn’t until 7:30am, so I get to “sleep in.” Time zones are rough.

Excellent piece, and gets at something I keep circling around but haven’t quite been able to put my finger on

Arguing about copyright with people online

Forgot to post last night, but for day 8 of 100 days of code I did a few more lessons in The Joy of React, learning about event handlers and useState. #100DaysOfCode #LearnInPublic