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Software engineer @discord.com Seattle, WA https://wnelson.dev he/him

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There are Sounders people on my bus so I'm assuming there must be something happening

23.02.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name You're absolutely right!

token anxiety

jkap.io/token-anxiet...

16.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10

I'm back on the job hunt! If anybody's looking for a remote (Seattle) senior software engineer with a decade of experience in media processing, networking, security, and low-level native development, hit me up.

10.02.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@justinbeckwith.bsky.social @hova.bsky.social πŸ‘€

22.01.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hey folks! still looking for work and in my experience I'm only able to get anywhere with direct referrals, so if you know of any Senior-or-above engineering roles w/ focus on fullstack or frontend web, DM me! CV available on request. most recent work was staff at Discord and co-founder of cohost.

22.01.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This library has made me want to animate things I have no business animating, just for the sake of animating them.

21.01.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

meowdy! figured i'd create a professional account in advance of GDC so i had a space to put my thoughts on the state of the industry and follow folks that make things i care about.

if you've got questions about getting your game integrated with discord, feel free to reach out, i'm happy to answer!

20.01.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

seattle in real danger of playing a normal football game here

18.01.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear, this is not a defense of Maduro. The process of law has failed us, and it becomes more obvious by the day.

03.01.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the US has extended its policy of kidnapping people and charging them with fake crimes. The hypocrisy, while typically blatant and unabashed, is in this case just depressing.

03.01.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is It Christmas?

TODAYS THE DAY!

isitchristmas.com

25.12.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If only we shipped it πŸ˜”

16.12.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tidal. Their recommendation algorithm has been much worse in my experience (I see a lot of songs I've already liked and listened to a lot), but the fundamentals are there and work well. If you listen to niche music, I've heard their selection is weak; but, as a mainstream normie, it's been fine.

09.12.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of men are sitting around a table with one of them saying one of us ! Alt: a group of men are sitting around a table with one of them saying one of us !

I've had some complaints since my switch off of Spotify but absolutely no regrets.

09.12.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Careers at Promptfoo | Promptfoo Shape the future of LLM Security

Hello friends - I'm hiring for a few roles at promptfoo. If you like open source and AI - lets chat!
- Founding Developer Advocate: www.promptfoo.dev/careers/?ash...
- Staff Full stack engineer: jobs.ashbyhq.com/promptfoo/5f...
- Senior Full stack engineer: www.promptfoo.dev/careers/?ash...

08.12.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey that looks just like a pot I have in my house

08.12.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

plateup

19.11.2024 06:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We might be biased

30.11.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/

26.11.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 11746 πŸ” 2451 πŸ’¬ 289 πŸ“Œ 241
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Babies when you put Christmas ornaments on their crib:

17.11.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

4:30pm darkness sucks

13.11.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The moving sale discount is increased to 40%! I will close down the store Thursday, Nov 13th, as I prepare to move out very soon.

The moving sale discount is increased to 40%! I will close down the store Thursday, Nov 13th, as I prepare to move out very soon.

"a few items you may like"+ photos of 6 pottery items from my online pottery store.

"a few items you may like"+ photos of 6 pottery items from my online pottery store.

These are the screen grabs of probably the last newsletter email I've sent for a long while. I'm moving across the ocean and I have no idea if and when I'll be able to re-establish a pottery studio.

mb-pottery.com

#pottery #handmade #sale #lastchance

12.11.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

20 minute project, in and out

11.11.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Teaching Claude to be a Link Detective with linkinator-mcp | Justin Beckwith The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets you give AI assistants superpowers. I built linkinator-mcp to teach Claude Code how to scan websites for broken links interactively. Spoiler alert: it turns out A...

I made a thing - using Linkinator with MCP to scan and remediate broken links with Claude: jbeckwith.com/blog/2025/11...

03.11.2025 18:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely tragic end to the season for the Mariners, but also one of the most fun seasons to watch since I was a kid. We went down fighting and had some absolutely epic games and moments along the way. πŸ”±

21.10.2025 04:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's my duty to boo that call but yeahhhh

21.10.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh, well that's certainly an understandable reason to unsubscribe. It is unfortunate that their prior behavior wasn't enough, but hey whatever makes it happen I guess.

17.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The future of sharing your music Music Presence shows your friends on Discord what you listen to. Scrobbling and listening along coming soon.

It's worth noting that there are plenty of other great solutions out there if you don't like mine. If you're looking for something a bit more featureful, musicpresence.app is a great option.

17.10.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure what's going on with Spotify lately but I've seen a few people talk about switching. This seems like a great time to plug my RPC app again: I also didn't switch for a long time because of their integration with Discord, but I got fed up enough and haven't looked back.

17.10.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been a happy Tidal user ever since the Joe Rogan situation. The only thing I really miss is the integrations, but I solved the Discord integration and honestly I can live with everything else.

16.10.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0