conversely, if the codebase is kept in a good state (simple data flow, good constraints at boundaries), claude can make way better progress within it and introduces less incidental complexity with each change. the problem is, if you don't know what "good" looks like, you won't be able to maintain it
this is one of the things that's most discouraging about trying to write about this stuff outside of shitposts on bluesky, where I get dopamine out of it
if there is no dopamine, there'd better be money, and I haven't seen it so far (outside of like, direct consulting)
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News flash: Patrick Ruffini is still a whiny little bitch
apparently, so is their adversary
Pedantic pet peeve: Trump is not Vance's "boss". The VP is a separate constitutional office with (a small number of) specific duties (in both the executive and legislative branches) that the president can't direct except as suggestions. The president also can't fire the VP.
Also consider how much people pay for gasoline every month versus, say, groceries. It's a pittance.
An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.
May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.
Proton Mail complied with a subpoena legally executed by Swiss authorities. That is exactly what they have always told users they would do in response to legal action. Yet this story frames it as Proton betraying their privacy promise. 404 Media does great work but this is a real misstep.
Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026
Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.
I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.
Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.
So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.
an ultrasound image of a frankly pretty unsound baby
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Le vaccin mCombriax, premier à protéger contre la grippe et la Covid-19, validé par l’Agence européenne du médicament
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East Wing bigger than before
this post deserves to be presented to you by having an index card moved down word by word with photos taken of your face after every new reveal
It's basically what we've been using Stack Overflow for all these years, except refined and almost perfected. But no chance of getting something like the TONY THE PONY response.
Linus has, hadn't heard about Knuth but it doesn't surprise me.
Crowdsourced special pleading
grampa needs to hold onto something
when the DJ drops the bass
We have one of those in Quito, too.
First reported by @decaturish.bsky.social, GA State Sen. Elena Parent will not seek reelection.
In 2025, Parent, who represents one of the most progressive districts in the South, east of Atlanta, dared a trans parent to find someone to challenge her for reelection in a recorded anti-trans screed:
Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.
Years ago I was in a small gaggle with Michele Bachmann when she mentioned “72 Nobel-winning scientists” had questioned the theory of evolution.
I raised my hand and said, “Can you name two?”
It made CNN.
Sometimes the most basic questions are the best.
the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics
this is what it feels like to post on bluesky
Glad to have finally made the cut!
The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.
its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.
And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.
Screenshot of an ESPN ad, with the words "STREAM YOUR RED WINGS" at the top, and a photo of a Detroit Red Wings hockey player below, wearing a helmet and a slightly dazed expression. The word "STREAM" is in red and the rest of the text is in black.
I would like to petition to please never again use the words "stream" and "red wings" in the same post
