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Ben Dicken (@BenjDicken) on X I am once again begging you to put your database servers and application servers in the same region. https://t.co/DSSFE0k8ta X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] This is a really great animation of latency across different aws regions based on us-east-1. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/BenjDicken/status/1963998076198105475 [2]: /thoughts/

Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop Valve's usually stable platform struggles thanks in part to lack of pre-loading options. Ars Technica · arstechnica.com [1] Only 1 hour into the release of silksong, and it’s taken down all of the eshops, and steamdb dows 100K concurrent players. The Humble store ran out of steam keys for silksong already. You guys better not break this thing before I get off work and My son gets home cause we are playing this tonight!! I just Check steamDB [2], and they have 441K concurrent players right now. An Indie game! This shows when you treat your fans right and make something incredible they stand behind you. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/hollow-knight-silksong-is-breaking-steam/ [2]: https://steamdb.info/app/1030300/charts/ [3]: /thoughts/

Trump says: With this order, I am announcing “America by Design,” a national initiative to improve experiences for Americans, starting by breathing new life into the design of sites where peopl... Chris Coyier · chriscoyier.net [1] Everything is becoming political these days! I hate it. I regularly hear a friend say these podcasts need to set the politics to the side, but you know what its fukin hard when the gov is upending every corner of life and rebranding it with their own new twist. The billionaire class is winning and it looks like there ain’t a thing we can do about it. Here’s another example of someone taking head of an office they have no business being in. An entire set of working class folks let go for this guy to take over. And what does he want to do, make govt services as satisfying as apple. Apple is cutting edge, it is not something that is one bit sustainable. Their launch sites are generally super heavy, hard to scroll, slow, over animated, but damn they are satisfying the first time you scroll through them, after that just let me through. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts Referenc...

Home Free online tools for people creating pixel art and other low-spec art. Lospec · lospec.com [1] My son introduced me to lospec.com, It has a great set of color palettes and amazing pixel art inspiration. I particularly liked royal armoury [2] and of course I’m a bit partial to hollow [3]. Note This post is a thought [4]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://lospec.com/ [2]: https://lospec.com/palette-list/royal-armoury [3]: https://lospec.com/palette-list/hollow [4]: /thoughts/

Justin Searls @searls GPT-5 + Codex is so fast that when I expressed suspicion that a script was returning too few results (via | wc -l), Codex corrected me that I should have passed --count instead. Sure enough, t… justin․searls․co · justin.searls.co [1] This is hilarious, the llm shames him for not utilizing the --count flag, THAT DIDN’T EXIST WHEN HE RAN THE CLI! Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://justin.searls.co/takes/2025-09-03-14h21m54s/ [2]: /thoughts/

Vibe code is legacy code Code that nobody understands is tech debt blog.val.town [1] Brilliantly said. Vibe coding [2] is legacy code. It’s code that we forget exists. Code that no one touches, you replace it. If you touch it you are more likely to break it. The worst possible situation is to have a non-programmer vibe code a large project that they intend to maintain. This would be the equivalent of giving a credit card to a child without first explaining the concept of debt. As you can imagine, the first phase is ecstatic. I can wave this little piece of plastic in stores and take whatever I want! … Read more in the full post [1] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://blog.val.town/vibe-code [2]: /vibe-coding/ [3]: /thoughts/

Rich Pixels Neat Python library by Darren Burns adding pixel image support to the Rich terminal library, using tricks to render an image using full or half-height colored blocks. Here's the key … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] I saw this post from Simon and I had to give it a go and got some pretty good results. His script is a small cli wrapper around Darren Burns’s Rich Pixels [2]. It works well even through tmux, since there is no terminal magic, just unicode blocks. [3] [4] [5] Some not so good, and needed the terminal font size cranked up. [6] [7] Note This post is a thought [8]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/2/rich-pixels/#atom-everything [2]: https://github.com/darrenburns/rich-pixels [3]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/024bf3e0-9c38-4c1e-ad5c-ed0156c9a99b.png [4]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/4bf522eb-4207-4a23-b5d0-626cefc8bdca.png [5]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/d061e85f-98cf-4b3c-871c-e01611022b44.png [6]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/a532f113-185e-44ef-bcf8-30eed7e3f62a.png [7]: https:/...

This one is one that I’ve been using quite often, I did’t have a hotkey for it, I just used the rm shell command. !!rm %<TAB><CR> When you type !! from normal mode it will automatically put you in command mode with .! pre-filled, then you just type rm and <TAB> to auto-complete the current file name, and <CR> to execute the command. :.!rm %<TAB><CR> Making it better # [1] The one quirk that I don’t like about this is that the buffer remains open after deleting, and sometimes I forget to close it and end up re-creating it by mistake when running :wall or :xall. Create a DeleteFile command with vim command. :command! DeleteFile execute "!rm %" | bdelete! Create a DeleteFile command with lua. vim.api.nvim_create_user_command( 'DeleteFile', function() -- Delete the current file from disk vim.cmd('!rm %') -- Close the buffer without saving vim.cmd('bdelete!') end, {} ) References: [1]: #making-it-better

- This is a really uniquely designed print in place bb launcher. I’ve never seen bb’s on a zip tie like that, they look smooth and molded. Interesting to hear about the design process. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/

Learn to use email with git! git-send-email.io [1] This site gives us a glimpse into the development workflow using git [2] over email, without remote centralized servers. I found it interesting how patches can be sent with an optional cover letter nearly like a pr would be made. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://git-send-email.io/ [2]: /glossary/git/ [3]: /thoughts/

Vim :noa is a command that runs what you call without autocommands on. This is typically used when you have some BufWritePre commands for formatting, most auto formatters are implemented this way in vim. It can be super useful if you have something like a yaml/json file that you have crafted perfectly how you want it, maybe it has some source code for a small script or sql embeded and your formatter wants to turn it into one line. You could get a better formatter, but for these one off cases that aren’t a big bother to me I run :noa w. :noa w

Repository Mirrors | Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. forgejo.org [1] Forgejo supports repository mirrors, I think this is how I am going to handle migrating all of my github repos into forgejo. over time I’ll probably go through and delete a bunch of unnecessary one from github, ones that might have a user or two I might keep on github. I have such small scale projects with almost no users I am not sure that It really matters for me or not. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/repo-mirror/ [2]: /thoughts/

Vertical combos are dumb, this makes way more sense. · WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block@48c30d2 Contribute to WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] This commit to my keymap gets rid of vertical combos, those were a bad idea to me. Maybe I didnt give it a shot, but hitting two keys at once on purpose with the same finger is a skill, one that I don’t have. This change maps those symbols so that they work as a combo or layer switch, so getting the layer key in first does it by layer, but pressing them at the same time gives me the combo, kinda feels genius. We will see how it goes. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block/commit/48c30d2ee4efcdd08266093b5ce79bba5730e6f0 [2]: /thoughts/

Let's Make Sure Github Doesn't Become the only Option - Edward Loveall blog.edwardloveall.com [1] This post is a masterclass in blogging, cross linking, backing up your ideas with posts from other great sources. I have a week of reading inside this post, and need to come back later when Im not sick. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://blog.edwardloveall.com/lets-make-sure-github-doesnt-become-the-only-option [2]: /thoughts/

- I’m playing through peak right now with Wyatt and it is a great game, a small wholesome indiegame that is legit hard, but fun with the simplest concept. You are a scout who has crashlanded on an island, your goal is to get to the peak with your friends. You must manage hunger, stamina, weight, health and energy. You have limited resources and must help everyone to the top, if someone is low on stamina, they are going to need a helping hand or a stonger climber to go up and set pitons and ropes. Its a fantastic collaborative play game PEAK - 2025-08-27 8-49-54 PM.mp4 [1] a short clip of me playing with wyatt, I did not have anything great to add, but this is just a random clip Ripped off # [2] It was insta-ripped off by roblox with microtransactions pay to win garbage. It looks one for one the same damn models and interface, they spared nothing at making it look exactly like the original. They let you buy a golden apple assuming it gives you crazy stamina to climb with ease, and it costs goddam robux. As Big A says here theres nothing they can really do, the roblox platform just lets this happen, and if they didn’t they would loose huge revenue because this is so prevelant....

Explore Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job. Forgejo · git.dbushell.com [1] damn david has been busy, this is sick seeing all of the repos, I’m ready to jump in! Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://git.dbushell.com/explore/repos [2]: /thoughts/

Eric (@[email protected]) This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values. If you don't want it, tell them. Social media … Mastodon · social.ericwbailey.website [1] damn, M$ really pushing hard on moving github into the ai org. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://social.ericwbailey.website/@eric/115100947111974331 [2]: /thoughts/

- This man feels sad, he never had a chance to bloom. He was stuck behind the drudgery of jira tickets. This is what the consultant driven agile has got us. Its ripped out all the thinking and creativity, its left us with moving tickets across the board, not allowed time to run on an idea when we have one. Not allowed to do extra work or refactoring in a module that we are already in. pushed to move faster for less. I feel like this mans experience has been quite different from my own and I’m grateful to have some leeway to be creative and do some meaningful work outside the jira board. I’m grateful to be able to provide a good income for my family without taking on all the risk myself. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/

Reflection - AI Work and ADHD | Nic Payne Reflection It's time to be more devoted to my work... AI has been a cool technology to watch and experience but one thing I'm allowing it to do to me pype.dev [1] Crazy that we wrote such similar posts on the same day independantly, I just wrote I'm Out On Agents [2] sitting offline in a doctor office. The two pull out’s are very good, “AI is not magic, it’s a headache”. By definition AI is magic to the vast majority of people, but funny how true this is. “When I finish tasks, I’m not fulfilled… if anything I’m relieved.” I just wrote something very similar, maybe this feeling can be used for guidance to when to use AI. When you complete this task will you feel relieved its over? Is it a chore? or creative work you want to accomplish. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://pype.dev/reflection-ai-work-and-adhd/ [2]: /im-out-on-agents/ [3]: /thoughts/

I like ChrisBuilds’s [1] project terminaltexteffects [2]. TerminalTextEffects (TTE) is a terminal visual effects engine, application, and Python library. References: [1]: https://github.com/ChrisBuilds [2]: https://github.com/ChrisBuilds/terminaltexteffects