The comparison to woodworking going from hand tools to power tools has unfortunately lead me to an unavoidably correct conclusion: LLMs are the Kreg pocket screw system of software.

no, we have AI at home jdagostino.github.io/ai-pt1-box-o...

— Jake (@jakesprojects.bsky.social)

Returning home after a week of travel to my 19lb jerk

— Sarah Andersen (@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social)

The Funk

Just remembered I had an awful vivid nightmare about an 8-segment flight itinerary for a work trip? It was definitely stressful when I woke up, but I can’t help but think that a “get to your gate at yet another idiosyncratic regional airport” would be a hell of a roguelike

behold v0.1.0

Released behold v0.1.0 in mattpolicastro/behold

perf: optimize Lighthouse scores with selective Bootstrap, local fonts, and a11y fixes

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/nuxt-mattpolicastro.com: "perf: optimize Lighthouse scores with selective Bootstrap, local fonts, and a11y fixes"

The Hangover

Now that I'm thinking about it I've never even seen the movie.

Replace Twitter references with Bluesky in FAQ

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/mhm.social: "Replace Twitter references with Bluesky in FAQ"

Add Dependabot for npm and GitHub Actions

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/mhm.social: "Add Dependabot for npm and GitHub Actions"

Deploy via GitHub Actions

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/mhm.social: "Deploy via GitHub Actions"

Migrate from Vue CLI to Vite + Composition API

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/mhm.social: "Migrate from Vue CLI to Vite + Composition API"

Replace Twitter link with Bluesky

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/soundblasterblaster: "Replace Twitter link with Bluesky"

Add weekly Dependabot version updates for npm and github-actions

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/soundblasterblaster: "Add weekly Dependabot version updates for npm and github-actions"

Deploy to GitHub Pages via Actions workflow

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/soundblasterblaster: "Deploy to GitHub Pages via Actions workflow"

Add in-browser clip upload and management with IndexedDB

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/soundblasterblaster: "Add in-browser clip upload and management with IndexedDB"

Modernize to Vue 3 + Vite + Composition API

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/soundblasterblaster: "Modernize to Vue 3 + Vite + Composition API"

Add power calculator, test fixtures, and utility functions

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/alphabeta: "Add power calculator, test fixtures, and utility functions"

Fix card width consistency and add sans-serif font for web

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/hipster-pda: "Fix card width consistency and add sans-serif font for web"

Add light/dark/system theme toggle to web toolbar

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/hipster-pda: "Add light/dark/system theme toggle to web toolbar"

Fix web app styling: dropdown panels, consistent card widths

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/hipster-pda: "Fix web app styling: dropdown panels, consistent card widths"

Add standalone static web app target (dual-target with Obsidian plugin)

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/hipster-pda: "Add standalone static web app target (dual-target with Obsidian plugin)"

Include full post content in RSS feed via content:encoded

Merged PR in mattpolicastro/nuxt-mattpolicastro.com: "Include full post content in RSS feed via content:encoded"

Hipster PDA

Somehow, an even busier week.

Claudin' Around Pt. 3

F'ing A, F'ing O.

Claudin' Around Pt. 2

Well that was fast.

Claudin' Around

The website rebuilds will continue until writing improves.

Scales and surprises

Taking stock after a few long years.

Resurfacing

Rebuilding, reviewing, and other life updates.

SoundBlasterBlaster

Well I left the team at Clearhead, so I made a silly toy.

Bad things, good things, all things

Working out my feelings in a difficult period.

Observations on Data Science

Fleshing out some ideas around data, organizations, and roles.

Preferred Super Glue & Other News

Definitely not burying the lede.

The Latest & Greatest

Switching to Ghost, finishing grad school, and settling into Chicago.

Marginalia VII

Trying to show some signs of life.

Marginalia VI

More updates. Site tweaks (again).

Pikachu Shops at Whole Foods

Trying to write an essay to a less-than-satisfying result.

Snippets

Microblogging rears its handsome head.

Marginalia V

I'm in grad school. Time passes.

Marginalia IV

Errata, etc.

Twitter in 2016

Attempting to eulogize something still very much alive.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security

I finally got on the HTTPS bandwagon, thanks to Let's Encrypt.

GA-frame

Screwing around in virtual worlds.

Skilful Grammar I

Experiments in iOS and Swift.

Marginalia III

More errata and effluvia, but I smuggled in an announcement.

On Writing

An apology. (Sorry again.)

Expertise

Excerpting Ursula M. Franklin.

Fitness Data: Kicking & Screaming

Poorly-considered experiments in the quantified self.

Marginalia II

Cool Dad Syndrome and acquisitions.

If this, then...

Kludges and digital super glue.

Second Thoughts III

An attempt at microblogging.

Second Thoughts II

Completing my second thoughts.

Second Thoughts

Wrestling with the features of the modern web.

Marginalia I

The first of many.

Adventures in Pi

Blinded by science (and hacking in the real-er world).

Fun

Making the tool is oftentimes more fun than using the tool itself.

Oh.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Ch-ch-changes

Making site updates and design changes.

Hello, world.

Humble beginnings.