Gemini
I’ve set up a Gemini server for johan.hal.se! You can check it out if you want: gemini://johan.hal.se.
Read postAusterity
There’s a recognizable type of snobbery that stems from mastery, and you can see it practically everywhere. A common one is in architecture: the people chosen to build our cities and houses are generally pretty far removed from what people think of as, well, uh, for lack of a better word, “good."
Read postCarbonavirus
Welp, here we are: stuck in the blessed land of carbon footprint reduction. Nobody’s flying. We stopped buying frivolous takeout lattes. We’re not even driving ourselves back and forth from work. The latest number I’ve seen is an estimated 50% decrease in industrial activity and a global reduction in carbon emissions of around 5%.
Read postEC2 is really complicated
A significant chunk of the web runs on Amazon hardware now. I don’t get it.
Read postNot invented here, dude
I can never remember the syntax for find. And when I do remember it, it tends to be something stupid like find . -name package.json.
Culture is searchable
I absent-mindedly leave my headphones at work about once a month. My immediate reaction is always “asdfghjkl no no please god no this will be the bus ride from hell” but it usually turns out to be a surprisingly thoughtful 30 minutes instead. Or a nice long nap.
Read postFuck your bug fixes and performance improvements
It’s time to stop what we’re doing for a second and talk about automatic updates! Unsurprisingly, I have Opinions.
Read postSmugness as a Service
Confession time: I’m partly powered by smugness. I’m not even sure that’s a bad thing.
Read postTwitter is actually pretty great, you guys
We all know a bunch of good stuff happens when you delete social media apps from your phone. What we didn’t know is that a bunch of bad stuff happens, too! I went there so you don’t have to.
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