I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.
LLMs don't actually understand us. But, maybe a facsimile of understanding is good enough to make computers easier for everyone.
This is the story of how the dreaded flash of unstyled text drove me to purchase some new fonts.
I bought this domain as a college student using a friend’s credit card. Twenty years later, it’s one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Six years after launching it, I introduce Minimal Character Sheet and its features.
Damn.
So I've been using macOS Tahoe for couple of weeks and my hot take is that I'm kind of into the UI redesign. I'm looking at the Finder window and I'm seeing scroll bars that look nice, that are easily draggable. I'm seeing buttons that look like buttons. Things seem well defined and shaped and I'm kind of into it.
I was kind of sick of completely flat shapes that may or may not be clickable.
Because of my upbringing, I have a deep-seated, reflexive hesitation when using swear words. I’m not offended when others use them. I just can’t use some of them myself without effort.
But sometimes the only part of speech that will do is a strong, fucking expletive.
When I wrote the pitch for my MagnoliaConf talk about skipping out on frontend build tools, I was worried I wouldn't have enough content. Now that I'm in the middle of writing it, I'm realizing I have far, far too much content. I'm gonna have to put some stuff on the chopping block.