Come talk about solving real-world problems with code! On Thursday, July 2nd, I'm giving a talk about the tech stack at Mobius, and we'll have a group discussion about doing impactful work with the tools we have. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very happy with how this "organize" tool is working out: github.com/tjwds/disk-s...

🔗 mjd's 1992 view of the problems of computer programming in 1992 (https://blog.plover.com/2026/06/18/#fortran-i) https://excitable.dev/user/joe/mjd-s-1992-view-of-the

🔗 Why I email complete strangers (https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/why-i-email-complete-strangers/) by Zachary Kai You're totally allowed to email me, btw https://excitable.dev/user/joe/why-i-email-complete-strangers-https

tauri is so good; so good that every problem is starting to look like a nail that I should swing this hammer at https://excitable.dev/user/joe/tauri-is-so-good-so-good

Two years after they were first announced, the first 4TB and 8TB SD and microSD cards are said to be coming soon... although you'll need a device with an SDUC card reader to use them. www.notebookcheck.net/SanDisk-s-fi...

🔗 Myles' update for this month (https://buttondown.com/myles/archive/i-got-married/) is so delightful. when we went to take pictures after, my dad took several of a duck Amazing. https://excitable.dev/user/joe/myles-update-for-this-month-https

Just published this month's update: https://blog.joewoods.dev/updates/may-2026/ https://excitable.dev/user/joe/just-published-this-month-s-update

“The symmetry is in the structure, not the object” — my mother-in-law casually dropping true poetry while describing built-in shelves https://excitable.dev/user/joe/the-symmetry-is-in-the-structure

At an Antique Mall in Richmond, Virginia; considering buying this copy of The Glass Castle that belongs to the St. Louis County Library and mailing it back to them https://excitable.dev/user/joe/at-an-antique-mall-in-richmond

🔗 A Rothko for your current weather conditions (https://rothko.joonas.wtf/) https://excitable.dev/user/joe/a-rothko-for-your-current-weather

🔗 “A long, strange, epic trip” (https://bionicteaching.com/a-long-strange-epic-trip/) by Tom Woodward Wild ride — and excellent photos. https://excitable.dev/user/joe/a-long-strange-epic-trip-https

hello, world https://excitable.dev/user/joe/hello-world-2

Looks like Django 6.1 is going to come with fetch_modes, which should fix my least-favorite thing about Django: managing n+1 queries! docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topic...

you either die a developer or you live long enough to see yourself become product management

bought a house

Alright RVA what’s on fire in southside

The intrusive thoughts overwhelmed my last two brain cells

My latest column for The Lookout spotlights the (very cool) archival design work done by the Church Hill Association to reconstitute the swoopy headline font of the org's old print bulletins as the banner lettering for this year's Spring Fest celebration.

There's so much going on on Tuesday: • The first meeting of the new RVA Baduk meetup (the board game)¹ • The first meeting of the RVA ATmosphere meetup² • Richmond Design Meetup³ 1. www.reddit.com/r/rva/commen... 2. atmo.rsvp/p/did:plc:ek... 3. www.meetup.com/tuesdaydesig...

went to the aquarium

Communities have the power to connect together without relying on anyone else but the community itself. This is what it looks like to be free from MeetUp, Eventbrite, Facebook Groups. They do not own our relationships. One more place to find our events: calendar.city/boston

If you don’t love these stupid things, you have no soul

I have _finally_ added a handler for importing community.lexicon.calendar.event events to @calendar.city, so now @atproto.boston and @richmond.atmosphere.community events will sync into their respective tech calendars

If you're a photographer in RVA: do not use confetti as part of your photoshoots. Do not leave metallic golden confetti in a public park. Do not do this. You do not have a good excuse. Do not rely on good samaritans to clean up after you. When I clean up after you, it makes my dog sad and confused.

today I learned that, in German, you don’t tell a dog to “speak,” you tell it to “give loud”

Thinking about trying to find a Philly bar/brewery to post up at in the afternoon/evening one day to meet up with Fingers readers, sell hats, etc. Would anybody on here a) come to something like that and/or b) have suggestions on where to do it?

writhing mass of flesh pulling Trent Reznor down from the top of the pyramid

TIL that Google Chrome is taking up 4 GB of space on my machine for an on-device LLM I'm never going to use

You would make a ton of money in Richmond, Virginia, if you: • Had a place for people to be able to drop in and record music • Weren't a flake; answered emails promptly (or at all) and showed up on time

taking that "II" literally I see

I love how there's this island of federal park in the middle of a city park

What book should I read next? hardcover.app/@woods/books...

US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images

a thing i notice working on Numlock is that April 2 tends to be a very busy news day, particularly around research publishing, because nobody wants to publish anything even slightly interesting on April 1.

Every 3D Printable Film Camera, In One Place

Flint is going strong 💪 we've got a ton of progress to report from 2025 + the start of 2026, plus big plans for 2026->2027. I'm so happy to be leading a project that has such a great team and is making such consistent progress on a solid foundation + vision. ❤️‍🔥 www.flint.fyi/blog/the-sta...

I'm at the Hack for RVA hackathon; our project is incentivizing people to choose alternatives to single-passenger car trips. We're looking for local businesses who would be willing to give out, say, a 10% coupon to folks who say they carpooled or took the bus. Do you know anyone who can help?

My phone number has been added to some list for spammers, but they think my name is Josh, so it's a really clear signal that I can just hang up on the robot when it intones "hey, I'm looking for Josh"

Roakland

Never in doubt. Let's go VCU!

Rearranging my living room so I can pace while watching this

VCU's not doing themselves any favors, but yeesh this officiating

A phishing URL was texted to me, and the source of the page includes some obviously-LLM-generated comments: > Hand-crafted 3D-ish SVG shield mimicking the reference > Hidden Chinese context for specific users > To create a realistic "verifying" feel

My theory on Roku City is that we are actually in Roku Jersey City