junior/mid people: learn to use your self-doubt like a tool. it works to your advantage. that unsureness is what drives people to test things, to find out *why* existing things are like that, not to reinvent mistakes, and to understand what parts are doing their job just fine

Bomb cyclone challenges my resolve to the shorts 365/7 life. 🥶

Carrot secret locations in the ocean are the worst.

After six books (of the Long Sun and New Sun) of monosyllabic words, Oreb says "nobody", and now I feel like I need to go review 1200pp to see if this has happened before. Gene Wolfe really gets under my skin, in a good way.

I have, at last, finished the Book of the Short Sun, and I have so many questions!

My New Year’s resolution is not to buy any more domain names until I launch all my unfinished side projects

Tonight, we watched New Year's Evil. It… well, it wasn't great, but it could've been a lot worse. Just like 2022! #🥂

Exciting news if you like words and science fiction and are me!

‼️TODAY 4PM Eastern Alex Gizis is chatting with Fastmail CTO Ricardo Signes Ricardo SIGNES on #SpeedifyLIVE about all things #Privacy! Get your leftover #Holiday snacks🍿& prepare your questions for our first #livestream of 2023! Watch: twitch.tv/speedifylive youtube.com/watch?v=xMMc9R…

What is the future of online community? How do I protect myself online? Is it possible to create positive social media usage habits? These are just a few questions we address on our podcast: Digital Citizen. Click the link below to give it a listen! fastmail.com/podcasts/

Congratulations to Commissioner Schmidt on his appointment as PA’s Secretary of Commonwealth. He was a crucial guardrail of our democracy during 2020.

I say nice things about Rust and I say how great JMAP is — so, stuff you've heard before. But! Are also: you interested in fennel flavored toothpaste?

Imagine putting out a pat on the back 'we pulled it because it did a bad job at being empathetic in a MENTAL HEALTH context' thread in 2023. like folks like Abeba Birhane @emilymbender.bsky.social Luke Stark (lukestark.bsky.social) haven't been telling us AI doesn't work like that for years

UNLEASH THE LEOPARDS UNTO THEIR FACES

I am looking for a GitHub Actions workflow that tests Dist::Zilla-based dists, including on older perls. So far, I haven't quite found that. Found Travis versions, or "test with latest perl only". Maybe I'll try to build it, but copying it would be better!

The travel industry remains frustrating to travelers. nytimes.com/2023/01/06/tra…

Yesterday I was looking for GitHub Actions workflows for testing Dist::Zilla-built dists on older Perls. I ended up writing something, but meanwhile, simbabque pointed me at this, which looks good too: simbabque.github.io/posts/github-w…

I am downloading a final(?) archive of my Tweets. If third party clients are dead, I think I'm outta here.

Artist Isaiah Zagar watching his mural being taken down, without warning, today on my block in Bella Vista. Developer noah ostroff couldn’t care less about Isaiah’s art, the neighborhood or the safety of those walking by this site (debris flying everywhere). My goodness.

Hey Philips Hue, where can I get really clear details on the upcoming "need to sign in"? I want to understand that my bridge won't, for example, be sending usage data to you.