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Matt Jacobs

@capndesign.com

I am a generalist, currently employed as a front-leaning, ¾-stack engineer at Fastly. I have a double major in political science and film theory, aka the Oliver Stone. I live in Denver. I can smell the onions and the mustard.

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Pillion might not be the best movie to watch on a flight. Maybe I’ll finally check out Heated Rivalry instead.

06.03.2026 16:34 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congrats!

06.03.2026 15:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pat Sajak once told me, “If I were any more Caucasian, I would be transparent.”

06.03.2026 04:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

why are any of you watching the State of the Union when you could be walking into a screening of Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie right now like I am

25.02.2026 03:49 👍 5149 🔁 362 💬 152 📌 38

Why leave Overcast at all?

20.02.2026 05:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Side note, “I’d click Accept on your cookie banner” would be the world’s nerdiest Valentine’s Day card.

11.02.2026 17:21 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think @jennschiffer.com is one of like 5 people on earth for whom I immediately click “Accept” on their cookie banner.

Also, she makes cool art. Buy her goods!

11.02.2026 17:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I am suddenly 100% sure I have never actually listened to the lyrics of Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

11.02.2026 15:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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10.02.2026 15:46 👍 290 🔁 22 💬 3 📌 1

Claude Dry: We’re parched so you don’t have to be

10.02.2026 14:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I want to know these things and I also want to talk to you. win win

09.02.2026 21:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, that looks really great too. I also saw there were some digital.gov components that were close.

Maybe what I _really_ want is a set of MDN/APG-style articles for building these types of components.

09.02.2026 19:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Admittedly, I am being provocative to see where I’m being naive. I know there is a lot of great work in this space, but projects seem to focus on replacing React (Lit) or abstraction patterns (fast.design). Where should I look?

09.02.2026 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There are no (good) web component libraries?! At work, we’re building a mega menu for an Astro site and it looks like most of the component libraries depend on Lit, expect you to use it in React, or are just bad.

09.02.2026 19:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This needs to be a scathing SNL bit next week.

09.02.2026 16:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I recognized maybe 40% of the Super Bowl ads from tech companies. Am I old or is it just a mess right now?

(Obviously, it’s both.)

09.02.2026 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree! Still, liked this better than anything since Prince.

09.02.2026 01:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

damn im Puerto Rican ?

09.02.2026 01:33 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Best Super Bowl halftime show since Prince

09.02.2026 01:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Given our proximity to the BIG GAME, I need a good recipe for frito pie. I am also open to your favorite baked nacho situation, but I mostly need something I can stick in the oven.

07.02.2026 01:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Three rules in FBI firearm training:

1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot

Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

03.02.2026 16:50 👍 16592 🔁 6088 💬 714 📌 286

i think if you post like this without offering concrete steps people can take to prepare for and respond to interference or without any acknowledgement of the success (or lack thereof) of this strategy then you are basically engaged in voter suppression.

02.02.2026 13:24 👍 3455 🔁 347 💬 53 📌 33

Though a human 10x engineer would have doubled-down and talked shit behind my back.

26.01.2026 20:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Me: You also said this is a "known limitation". Can you provide citations for that?

Claude: You're right to push back - I don't have citations for that claim and shouldn't have stated it as fact. Let me actually investigate the issue.

Claude really *is* a prototypical 10x engineer.

26.01.2026 20:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

don’t forget the same people who have been perpetually stuck under a thumb are standing with you now, just how we have always wanted you to stand with us.

25.01.2026 18:21 👍 171 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0

Just gave to grocery relief and legal aid funds. Please pick a fund and give what you can.

24.01.2026 20:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

24.01.2026 00:06 👍 23632 🔁 11509 💬 1100 📌 708

Will there be fake blood?

24.01.2026 03:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yes, Rian Johnson has seen the high school production of knives out, and he loves it - Bullseye
Yes, Rian Johnson has seen the high school production of knives out, and he loves it - Bullseye YouTube video by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Were you aware that a high school adapted Knives Out into a theatrical production and Rian went to see it? I LOVE that this happened. youtu.be/3hgE_HFcDBY?...

22.01.2026 19:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else

22.01.2026 18:18 👍 4547 🔁 989 💬 50 📌 35