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Ruby on Rails developer that spends a lot of time thinking about how to make things better. Long time cyclist getting into running, swimming, and triathlon. No displayed blazonry…

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Decision Watch Send a message to let Governor Whitmer and EGLE Director Roos know we are watching and waiting for them to make the right choice to protect the Great Lakes.

Help me let Gov. Whitmer and EGLE Dir. Roos know we expect them to protect the Great Lakes and deny the Enbridge Oil Tunnel permit: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_wat...

10.12.2025 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

24.11.2025 18:19 👍 9096 🔁 2875 💬 65 📌 112

> Grambo is chatty and gregarious. He curses a lot, and he knows it. At times, he seems to get overwhelmed and loses his train of thought.

I like this guy. Love that he rocks a scooter too.

20.11.2025 15:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I Will Vote Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

Everything we care about, from the cost of groceries to the character of our republic, will be affected by decisions that are happening at the ballot box today.

So if you care, make sure you vote!

04.11.2025 15:05 👍 994 🔁 176 💬 31 📌 9

Thank you!

31.10.2025 16:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dynamo lights are awesome. I had some simple flashers on my commuter a number of years ago that eventually broke, but it was so nice to know they'd always be on.

14.10.2025 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was skeptical on electric shifting, but after getting it on a new road bike about a year ago, I'm a total convert. Incredibly smooth and easy to control with a light touch. My battery died on one ride and I haven't forgotten to charge it since 😅

14.10.2025 16:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A few years ago I refactored some complex code and had some ideas about how the design could evolve to give us some performance benefits. That vision was finally realized last week and it did indeed pay off. Things don't always go the way you think they will, but it sure is fun when they do.

13.10.2025 16:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It kinda reminds me of the Tesla logo 🤮

06.10.2025 19:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype, The Hits Just Keep On Comin & Fight The Power (Medley)
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype, The Hits Just Keep On Comin & Fight The Power (Medley) YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE. Start your day out right. Last night, @jimmykimmel.com hosted @publicenemyno1.bsky.social as @flavorflav.bsky.social & @chuckdpe.bsky.social delivered, a medley with Don’t Believe The Hype, The Hits Just Keep On Comin & Fight The Power. youtu.be/aKV1UQqxQN0?... #musicsky

30.09.2025 09:40 👍 594 🔁 131 💬 24 📌 11

Thanks for sharing.

27.06.2025 11:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm really curious about how you measure your productivity. Would you be willing to share some detail about that?

25.06.2025 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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In case you missed it—you can now add your Canva graphics directly into Kit.

Install the Canva app in the Kit App Store. 

What other updates would you love to see?

23.05.2025 13:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of an iPad running the Zwift app, a coffee mug, and a pink water bottle.

Photo of an iPad running the Zwift app, a coffee mug, and a pink water bottle.

Early Thursday morning view while I sweat in my basement with the bike nerds.

22.05.2025 19:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
3d printed 2x2 gridfinity case closed.

3d printed 2x2 gridfinity case closed.

3d printed 2x2 gridfinity case opened.

3d printed 2x2 gridfinity case opened.

First gridfinity case print! Went with a smaller one to start. Smooth sailing for the most part. I had to drill out one of the hinges to get the filament through it. The interior bin is not the right size but fits nicely.

21.05.2025 18:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cool! I hope you'll share some photos. Happy birthday too! 🎉

15.05.2025 17:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Modern Gridfinity Case by Matthew | Download free STL model | Printables.com A clean and modern design case for Zack Freedman's Gridfinity system. | Download free 3D printable STL models

I'm going to try making one of these cases: www.printables.com/model/894202... I've made a couple of the bins so far, I'm very slow. I found this one via an amazing article that I haven't had time to fully read 😂 blog.rahix.de/design-for-3... What about you??

15.05.2025 17:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I've been having fun with a very basic 3D printer and just discovered gridfinity last week. So fun! I want to print it all!

15.05.2025 17:26 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m working with a coach for the first time in… decades 😂 I’m more excited than terrified but just barely. Structured workouts aren’t my favorite thing but I know they’ll be beneficial. 🤞

30.04.2025 22:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm afraid I don't, but I'd absolutely buy one if it was available again.

30.04.2025 11:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What's the one thing you wish Kit did that it doesn't currently do?

18.04.2025 12:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Forgot to add alt text. Swim cap torn into two pieces.

11.04.2025 18:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When your swim starts on a sour note right before you get in the water. 😂 It’s been a long week.

11.04.2025 18:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Delegating method calls makes it harder to see where deep chaining happens and makes it easier for that chaining to spread. Eventually you may realize that in some cases you go from A to B to C only to go back to A again. #rubyrant

01.04.2025 15:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

..this is my biggest complaint: it makes it harder to identify roles and concepts that might be formalized to improve the overall design.

I also don't see the value in organizing the code in this way. 🤷

20.03.2025 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's a common pattern I see in rails apps that I've never liked, replacing a single line of code with a private method that "tells a story" about what's happening. It requires jumping back and forth between the block of code and private methods to understand what's actually happening, and..

20.03.2025 13:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Seems like forever since I've done any front-end work. This was a very small feature, but it was fun to dig back in and be able to "see" the output of a project.

03.03.2025 16:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First night profit sharing.

First night profit sharing.

Morning run group.

Morning run group.

Zip lining.

Zip lining.

Chilling at the pool with a book.

Chilling at the pool with a book.

Great week in Puerto Vallarta with the @kit.com crew! We’ve been doing retreats twice a year since… 2017? This was the first time we did “create week” (aka hackathon) and it was a hit.

31.01.2025 18:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Women’s World Cup slalom in Flachau.

Women’s World Cup slalom in Flachau.

Zwift and World Cup slalom 👌

25.01.2025 20:39 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2024 training log on the left, 2025 training log on the right.

2024 training log on the left, 2025 training log on the right.

New year new training log.

02.01.2025 15:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0