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Full stack web developer professionally, hobbyist astronomer, musician, outdoorsman. I'm usually doing something with code. (neo)vim, Ruby, *nix
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This from the same man who wants to bring back Columbus Day is the lowest-pitched dog whistle ever.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Just got the confirmation from my boss: #RailsConf is a go for our entire team. Normally I prefer smaller conferences, but this is the end of a memorable era I'm ready for the meta-troll where @tenderlove.dev gives multiple closing keynotes by playing an augmented C chord. Get it? 'Cause Ruby is bu

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Please stop trying to validate the skills of senior engineers over #VibeCoding. First of all, it seems melodramatic. Secondly, the longer they vibe code their way into unmaintainability, the more we can charge to fix it. We can all be the new #COBOL guys if we just let it play out.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

My third weekly niblet is up! This week our topic is "On Pronouns, Policies and Mandates". charity.wtf/2025/05/02/o... It talks about why I support pronoun disclosures, and normalizing the practice of sharing pronouns, but hate mandates and pressure to share. (And why I personally don't.)

submitted 56 days ago • 8 comments

I’m always terrified when the dogs are in the car and drive like a grandma with cataracts. They, on the other hand, seem to have zero cares. He’s down from unhealthy 60 to a rowdy 45 lbs, and that weird lump I felt is his floating rib. The vet only laughed at me a little for that one.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I wonder if everyone does this: when I'm writing a new feature for a #Rails app, I write the invocations first, in as many ways that will actually be used. Then I write the code that responds to those messages. I find it gets me closer to the elegance I see in others' work.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know why Medium's plagiarism irks me so much. Seriously, it probably shouldn't to this degree. But look at medium.com/@ashwinborka... Pick a post at random. Google the first coherent sentence. None of it's original. Why does this feel so slimy? Why does reporting it do nothing?

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

is wash really dead

submitted 44 days ago • 16 comments