Shout-out to Hacks: I didn't even realize how much I had missed the show until I started watching the fifth season! 😊 www.imdb.com/title/tt1181... #hacks

Someone posted a LEGO QR code containing their WiFi credentials online and people argued nobody could possibly know where the network physically was. That sent me down a small WiGLE / wardriving / vibe-coding rabbit hole: ville.saalo.moi/2026/05/09/v...

As a research project, I built a needed tool with Claude Code. I though it would be a disaster, but It wasn't. I have some complicated feelings about it.

I made this Bluesky bot to track speeding buses in my neighborhood, using the high frequency positioning API provided by the Helsinki Regional Traffic organization: bsky.app/profile/puks... Here's the full story in my blog: ville.saalo.moi/2026/03/27/b... 🚌

"Kagi reminds me of what search was meant to be: fast, focused, and useful. In an age where every click is monitored and monetized, paying for search might just be the most quietly radical thing you can do." Check out the full piece by @craiggrannell.bsky.social: www.tapsmart.com/features/abo...

Unmasking the Mask Magic, a very nice little case study on open source intelligence: youtu.be/WaeKwNzkMGM #osint

We obsess over writing code faster with AI, while PR queues, unclear requirements, and "what are we even building?" quietly eat all the time. Good read: andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-... by Andrew Murphy.

Ok this is quite a project! New Titanic every day! 😅👌

Did you know that only three of Titanic's four funnels actually carried smoke? One of them was, in fact, used mostly for ventilation instead. I couldn't fit this tidbit into my blog post, but I'm quite happy with the result anyway: ville.saalo.moi/2026/02/10/t... 🚢 #Titanic

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

So true, there are so many nouns to learn. What's wrong with descriptive names?

Wrote a blog post about what I thought software engineering was in the university, vs what it really turned out to be (spoiler: people). Any students of the trade around, do you recognize yourself from this? How about senior devs? ville.saalo.moi/2025/12/11/l... #softwareengineering #compsci 💻

Absolutely brilliant. 💎 "You ever found yourself trying to do something really simple, like show a username on a web page, but you can't because there's too much "architecture"? This one is for you."

Just listened to this one, good stuff! 😃 Esolang books are very rare, but there happens to exist one in Finnish, if you're curious and adventurous enough -- pay what you want, even 0 €: payhip.com/b/Rd4b

The CAPTCHAs at 17track.net are the weirdest. What the actual fuck? I have no idea what's the logic behind these and couldn't solve them. I might be a robot. 😵‍💫 #captcha #ux

Ha, I finally figured out some good use for the @kagi.com search result URL rewrites: when I search for some Java docs, the best matching results are always about Java 8. With a couple of regex rules, no matter which result I click, it takes me to the latest (Java 25) results. 👌

LLMs are bullshitters. But that doesn't mean they're not useful. Read this personal essay by Matt Ranger, Kagi’s head of ML: blog.kagi.com/llms

Someone recently asked me if I use AI at my work. Funnily enough my first reaction was a "no", even though on further thought I use it a lot. Some thoughts: ville.saalo.moi/2025/11/13/u... #ai

😈 My battle with the Scope Creep lasted for 18 sprints and was ultimately shattered by my ambition. Can anyone save this cursed project? scope-creep.xyz/share/candles #theScopeCreep

When us-east-1 went and took down about half the internet a couple of weeks ago, both the funniest and saddest casualty to me were smart beds whose users literally lost their sleep when the internet went down. My thoughts on the whole episode: ville.saalo.moi/2025/11/04/u...

I read Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary the other day and enjoyed it. Looking forward to the upcoming movie! ville.saalo.moi/2025/10/13/a...

Neal, the guy who made The Password Game that went viral a couple of years ago, has done other addictive stuff as well: ville.saalo.moi/2025/09/28/r...

Random Things Sunday #10: ville.saalo.moi/2025/09/14/r... I think the highlight of this link collection is the short sci-fi story 'Null and void' by a former colleague of mine, go check it out!

I've been played Wordle since January 2022, but this Stackdown was new to me: #stack179 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 5m 59s 🔥 streak: 1 puzzlist.com/stackdown

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Anyone else still using a non-smart watch? I feel like I'm in the minority, but I just got myself a new one: ville.saalo.moi/2025/09/04/w...

❗️Many new followers in recent days—welcome to all of you! Could you help spread the word about our Bluesky account by reposting this? This way, more people can stay informed about daily updates on the war in Ukraine. Thank you!

I scored 14/21 on e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

I've been a happy @kagi.com user for more than half a year already! ville.saalo.moi/2025/08/16/k...

I really enjoyed reading We Solve Murders by @richardosman1.bsky.social ! ville.saalo.moi/2025/08/08/f... #reading 📚

Your reminder that Substack is a literal Nazi bar As @mmasnick.bsky.social says, Substack doesn’t simply passively host Nazi content, it actively promotes and monetizes it If you write on Substack, are you willing to associate your reputation with a literal Nazi-welcoming platform?

This is a great initiative, and it's even available worldwide! 💯 Take note, #teachers and #nurses around the world!

I had a little win in vibe coding by making a YouTube embed code generator: ville.saalo.moi/2025/07/30/a... 😃

Have you ever looked deeper into the discography of any Eurovision Song Contest artists? Here's a peek on Käärijä & KAJ: ville.saalo.moi/2025/07/25/k... 🎶 #eurovision

Random Things Sunday #9: ville.saalo.moi/2025/07/20/r... Includes a shout-out to @vuntracity.bsky.social!

What's free on Steam and Epic Games at the moment? isthereanydeal.com/giveaways/ #games #gaming

Programming games, anyone? I played this one called Robot Battle in the 1990s, it was awesome: ville.saalo.moi/2025/07/10/r...

New blog post: How NetHack got me into the Battlefield series: ville.saalo.moi/2025/07/09/h... #games #gaming

Stop Destroying Video Games eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/ Please sign this if you live anywhere in the European Union! 🎮🇪🇺 #videogames #gaming #games

New blog post: ville.saalo.moi/2025/06/29/r...

Shower thought of the day, prompted by this experience of mine ville.saalo.moi/2025/02/25/c...: if CPU socket life span is 2 years nowadays why even bother with a desktop PC anymore? It used to be that you could upgrade it, but now you basically can't. Laptops for everyone, a new one every 5 years?

New blog post: Cycling wattage: ville.saalo.moi/2025/06/24/c... 🚴

I just listened to this episode of Hanselminutes by @scott.hanselman.com about AI agents, vectors, and languages: hanselminutes.com/1000/ai-and-... 👍