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Brian Stolz

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Principal Engineer @ Articulate. Dad, software engineer, amateur photographer, #bonsai beginner, and geek for life. Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and POTS. I post about code, photography, accessibility, tech nerdery, bonsai and baseball rants.

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Oh man.

You just reached into my 15 year old self and dumped my brain out here lol

And, it's not like you can send mail from a consumer internet connection at all anymore. Well if you want anyone to read it.

07.03.2026 21:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And honestly unless you're finding some weird shady hosting. You have the same exact problem....

And you want to bank your email on that?

07.03.2026 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too. Same situation.

Glad I read this too.

07.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lol totally. I'm mostly just bummed it's almost over. And worried that it won't make it past season 2.

I know season 2 has wrapped filming, but my fear is that they hold onto it for too long, and then that's its.... over.

07.03.2026 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't need absolute privacy. So I'll likely pay by credit card. Knowing the risks.

However the fact that they can't get *anything else* is beyond impressive.

07.03.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have been considering an email swap. I picked one of the worst privacy options.

I have hosted my own email... Big nope. Even in today's tech, which is infinitely better than in 2002

Proton was my plan, this news gave me pause. Their post (and yours) have emboldened me to make the swap to proton.

07.03.2026 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yea I agree. I felt that way a couple of episodes ago too. And again yesterday.

We could have had at least 3 more episodes easily. But I agree it feels more like 12 are missing.

06.03.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't there some sort of law in the US where paid placements must be disclosed as such?

06.03.2026 18:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nature is perfect how it is.

This photo proves it.

03.03.2026 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been thinking about things to add to my k8s homelab and you've given me a few ideas!

26.02.2026 01:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish I could lend you a spoon. But I think we both know the interest rate on those damn things is too damn high!

14.02.2026 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My joints pop out just by rolling over in bed. And you're telling me this thing will make my life better?!?

14.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My hips were SCREAMING while reading this.

14.02.2026 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post trees you've photographed.

12.02.2026 03:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminds me when Little Rocket Lab received negative reviews because a character wore a hijab.

My spouse who I don't think has ever played a video game in 20 years, and still hasn't, had me buy her a copy.

31.01.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Haven't had a chance to play yet, but today is that day! Already bought it so I'm gonna play and review it today!

31.01.2026 11:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All I know is that out of all of the droids in Star Wars, it's always the ones with legs that die the easiest. Even the really big ones.

29.01.2026 02:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you're saying the effective SOL could be ~ 7 years after the election?

Since it's 5 years from when the "crime was committed" (do I have this right), which may have occurred up to 22 months after the election?

Am I understanding correctly?

28.01.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's still around?!? After all of that?!?

Sounds pretty par for the course.

26.01.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"You don't turn the Titanic around" ... it sinks.

Fixed it.

22.01.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel this!

But not just tunnelling, but a sense of clarity, everything felt easier.

...which means next week I will realize I was wrong about everything I did this week.

06.01.2026 23:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the way you play the character!

I have to admit I kept waiting for you to crack a joke!

01.01.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They lost me at the requirement to have absolutely zero empathy for other humans.

I expect that from our future alien overlords.

26.12.2025 18:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bye Bye Jekyll, Hello Astro | tecnobrat A migration story: moving tecnobrat.com from a Jekyll/Minimal Mistakes (Octopress-era) setup to a modern Astro + Tailwind CSS v4 build, while keeping the site static and preserving old URLs via redire...

Wrote up my website migration story from Jekyll -> Astro, enjoy!

tecnobrat.com/blog/2025-12...

#engineering #javascript

15.12.2025 22:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Software Engineering: Eventual Perfection | TecnoBrat

As every engineer ever, I have redone my blog/website again. This time using astro instead of jekyll.

Also, I actually wrote a new post for the first time in a decade....

Enjoy: www.tecnobrat.com/blog/2025-12...

12.12.2025 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Three black flexible foam covered metal rods shown straight, curved, and twisted, with text above stating they can be bent into any shape to fit a cane.

Three black flexible foam covered metal rods shown straight, curved, and twisted, with text above stating they can be bent into any shape to fit a cane.

If you use a cane, I can't overstate this enough. These cane holders are a game changer!

You can wrap them on your cane and twist them onto anything, like the back of a chair.

You can find them for a few dollars each, usually in a 3 pack: www.crutcheze.com/products/can...

#cane #disability

08.12.2025 20:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the person needs to be physically in the water to be "floating helplessly"?!?

07.12.2025 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish I could magically teleport from my island in the pacific to your island in the pacific.

Enjoy the day!

06.12.2025 11:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And maybe one of the actors in the future goes on to write a live action show that's about a school or something.

05.12.2025 05:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yea that one was a cutting that grew off kinda strange and then went very straight. Lesson learned, I needed to wire it earlier.

Now I'm thinking about aggressively chopping it. These trees should back bud pretty aggressively.

Worst case, I start over with more knowledge (I own the parent tree)

03.12.2025 22:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0