{
  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1",
  "title": "Pings",
  "home_page_url": "https://waylonwalker.com/pings/",
  "feed_url": "https://waylonwalker.com/pings/feed.json",
  "description": "Short to medium social media style posts",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Waylon Walker"
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-75/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-75/",
      "title": "Touch dishwasher controls",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eTouch dishwasher controls that don’t work with wet hands should be illegal, I’ll be starting mine with dried on s**** now.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nTouch dishwasher controls that don't work with wet hands should be illegal, I'll be starting mine with dried on s**** now.",
      "summary": "Touch dishwasher controls that don't work with wet hands should be illegal, I'll be starting mine with dried on s**** now.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-01T03:20:51Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-09-01T03:20:51Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-74/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-74/",
      "title": "politics in linux",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIDK if I agree with DHH on politics, have not gone looking for his views, dont really care to.  I can 100% get behind leaving politics out of work, foss, linux.  Until he starts dropping that omarchy money on some non-oss linux manner I’m with it.  I dont think there is a world in which you can completely disassociate yourself with everyone that has a different viewpoint than yourself.  There will always be things that simply don’t align with your lived experiences and that is okay.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nIDK if I agree with DHH on politics, have not gone looking for his views, dont really care to.  I can 100% get behind leaving politics out of work, foss, linux.  Until he starts dropping that omarchy money on some non-oss linux manner I'm with it.  I dont think there is a world in which you can completely disassociate yourself with everyone that has a different viewpoint than yourself.  There will always be things that simply don't align with your lived experiences and that is okay.",
      "summary": "IDK if I agree with DHH on politics, have not gone looking for his views, dont really care to. I can 100% get behind leaving politics out of work, foss,...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-27T01:34:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-27T01:34:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-73/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-73/",
      "title": "when did openai bring back the hourly limit",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHere I am cranking away with luna\u003cmark\u003emax\u003c/mark\u003e tokenmaxxing on my \u003cstrong\u003e$20\u003c/strong\u003e plus sub trying to keep 3 running around the clock to burn those precious tokens when open ai comes back and re-introduces the 5 hour limit, I just got used to rocking only a weekly limit.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nHere I am cranking away with luna==max== tokenmaxxing on my **$20** plus sub trying to keep 3 running around the clock to burn those precious tokens when open ai comes back and re-introduces the 5 hour limit, I just got used to rocking only a weekly limit.",
      "summary": "Here I am cranking away with luna==max== tokenmaxxing on my ** plus sub trying to keep 3 running around the clock to burn those precious tokens when open ai...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-27T01:17:11Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-27T01:17:11Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-72/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-72/",
      "title": "second brain slop is dumb",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThe second brain hype train of people looking at fancy graphs in obsidian of the content their clanker wrote for them is top tier cringe.  If you actually want to get better at anything you need to actually put some effort in with your first brain.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nThe second brain hype train of people looking at fancy graphs in obsidian of the content their clanker wrote for them is top tier cringe.  If you actually want to get better at anything you need to actually put some effort in with your first brain.",
      "summary": "The second brain hype train of people looking at fancy graphs in obsidian of the content their clanker wrote for them is top tier cringe. If you actually...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-22T02:52:49Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-22T02:52:49Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-71/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-71/",
      "title": "agentic engineering takes discipline",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAgents allow so much scope creep it is harder to say no than it is to say yes, and let the model just pop in a new feature for you alongside you current pr with almost no effort on your befalf, staking up so much validation work for you to do that it becomes very difficult to merge.  We are all learning this discipline right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nAgents allow so much scope creep it is harder to say no than it is to say yes, and let the model just pop in a new feature for you alongside you current pr with almost no effort on your befalf, staking up so much validation work for you to do that it becomes very difficult to merge.  We are all learning this discipline right now.",
      "summary": "Agents allow so much scope creep it is harder to say no than it is to say yes, and let the model just pop in a new feature for you alongside you current pr...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-18T14:18:23Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-18T14:18:23Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-70/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-70/",
      "title": "Dammit I think I made an editor",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat started as a Joke, a test to gippity, has turned into personal software that I now depend on.  Now from anywhere I can make a post to my website in just a few keystrokes.  I can put it in the feed I want, encrypt it if I want, and it’s live in like 12s.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nWhat started as a Joke, a test to gippity, has turned into personal software that I now depend on.  Now from anywhere I can make a post to my website in just a few keystrokes.  I can put it in the feed I want, encrypt it if I want, and it's live in like 12s.",
      "summary": "What started as a Joke, a test to gippity, has turned into personal software that I now depend on. Now from anywhere I can make a post to my website in just...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-14T23:29:35Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-14T23:29:35Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-69/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-69/",
      "title": "Microsoft can only 50k",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eMicrosoft can only build software that takes 50,000 people.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nMicrosoft can only build software that takes 50,000 people.",
      "summary": "Microsoft can only build software that takes 50,000 people.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-14T12:40:49Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-14T12:40:49Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-68/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-68/",
      "title": "No one wants to on call vibes",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNo one wants to be on call for ai/agentic/vibes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time no one wants to give it up\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nNo one wants to be on call for ai/agentic/vibes.\n\nAt the same time no one wants to give it up ",
      "summary": "No one wants to be on call for ai/agentic/vibes.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-13T02:41:18Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-13T02:41:18Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-67/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-67/",
      "title": "thinking about headlines",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI updated \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com/\"\u003eplaindown\u003c/a\u003e to support \u003cem\u003ecool\u003c/em\u003e heading formats, and I’m digging it, markata you are next.  Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more again.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\" alt=\"b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003chr/\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"the-code-to-make-it-easy-fun-to-write\"\u003eThe code to make it \u003cdel\u003eeasy\u003c/del\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efun\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e to write \u003ca href=\"#the-code-to-make-it-easy-fun-to-write\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s the \u003ccode\u003emarkdown\u003c/code\u003e that wrote it followed by the output here.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"chroma\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gh\"\u003e# Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eMore ordinary prose.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"build-good-places-for--interesting-people-\"\u003eBuild \u003cstrong\u003egood places\u003c/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003einteresting people\u003c/em\u003e. \u003ca href=\"#build-good-places-for--interesting-people-\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-room-for-the-weird-idea\"\u003eMake room for \u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003ethe weird idea.\u003c/mark\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"#make-room-for-the-weird-idea\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome normal paragraph text between headings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"build-a-personal-web-that-feels-yours\"\u003eBuild a \u003ccode\u003epersonal web\u003c/code\u003e that feels \u003csup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eyours\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003ca href=\"#build-a-personal-web-that-feels-yours\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore ordinary prose.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"follow-the-small-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-not-the-crowd\"\u003eFollow the \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com\"\u003e\u003csub\u003esmall\u003c/sub\u003e web\u003c/a\u003e, not the cr\u003csup\u003eowd\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003ca href=\"#follow-the-small-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-not-the-crowd\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-a-perfect-memorable-site\"\u003eMake a \u003cdel\u003eperfect\u003c/del\u003e memorable site. \u003ca href=\"#make-a-perfect-memorable-site\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"leave-space-for-strange-little-ideas\"\u003eLeave space for \u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estrange little ideas.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/mark\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"#leave-space-for-strange-little-ideas\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"sometimes-the-obvious-answer-weird-answer-is-the-interesting-one\"\u003eSometimes the \u003cdel\u003eobvious answer\u003c/del\u003e \u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003eweird answer\u003c/mark\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e is the interesting one. \u003ca href=\"#sometimes-the-obvious-answer-weird-answer-is-the-interesting-one\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-good-theme-makes--quiet-words--technical-words-and-loud-words-belong-together\"\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003egood theme\u003c/strong\u003e makes \u003cem\u003equiet words\u003c/em\u003e, \u003ccode\u003etechnical words\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003eloud words\u003c/mark\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e belong together. \u003ca href=\"#a-good-theme-makes--quiet-words--technical-words-and-loud-words-belong-together\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-highlighted-phrase-can-be-long-enough-to-wrap-onto-another-line-and-test-the-highlight-background\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading-highlight\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003eA highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.\u003c/mark\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"#a-highlighted-phrase-can-be-long-enough-to-wrap-onto-another-line-and-test-the-highlight-background\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-a-small-corner-of-the-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-that-feels--like-yours-\"\u003eMake a \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003csub\u003esmall\u003c/sub\u003e corner of the web\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e that feels \u003cem\u003elike yours.\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"#make-a-small-corner-of-the-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-that-feels--like-yours-\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"chemistry-should-still-work-h2o-and-x2\"\u003eChemistry should still work: H\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO\u003c/strong\u003e and x\u003csup\u003e2\u003c/sup\u003e \u003ca href=\"#chemistry-should-still-work-h2o-and-x2\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"keyboard-syntax-should-still-work-ctrlc\"\u003eKeyboard syntax should still work: \u003cspan class=\"keys\"\u003e\u003ckbd class=\"kbd key-ctrl\"\u003eCtrl\u003c/kbd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"key-separator\"\u003e+\u003c/span\u003e\u003ckbd class=\"kbd\"\u003eC\u003c/kbd\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"#keyboard-syntax-should-still-work-ctrlc\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nI updated [plaindown](https://waylonwalker.com/) to support _cool_ heading formats, and I'm digging it, markata you are next.  Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more again.\n\n![b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp)\n\n---\n\n## The code to make it ~~easy~~ ^**fun**^ to write\n\nHere's the `markdown` that wrote it followed by the output here.\n\n``` md\n# Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\n## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\nSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\n## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\nMore ordinary prose.\n\n## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\n## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\n## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\n## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\n## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\n## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\n## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\n## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\n## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n```\n\n## Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\n## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\nSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\n## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\nMore ordinary prose.\n\n## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\n## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\n## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\n## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\n## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\n## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\n## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\n## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\n## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n\n\n",
      "summary": "I updated plaindown to support _ heading formats, and I'm digging it, markata you are next. Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more...",
      "date_published": "2026-08-07T02:16:17Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-07T02:16:17Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-66/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-66/",
      "title": "Ping 66",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHuman say few word, machine make big wow\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nHuman say few word, machine make big wow\n",
      "summary": "Human say few word, machine make big wow",
      "date_published": "2026-07-31T21:54:11Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-31T21:54:11Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-65/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-65/",
      "title": "Ping 65",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eUsage Resets??\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApparently you can use a reset to completely reset your codex usage limits.  I\nnever knew these existed and apparently I have some expiring soon.  Not sure if\nthey auto apply and this is why I get the weirdest reset experience on the\nusage chart or what.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\" alt=\"ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have 3?  they expire soon, how many have I missed out on.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\" alt=\"e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne time only\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nUsage Resets??\n\nApparently you can use a reset to completely reset your codex usage limits.  I\nnever knew these existed and apparently I have some expiring soon.  Not sure if\nthey auto apply and this is why I get the weirdest reset experience on the\nusage chart or what.\n\n![ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp)\nI have 3?  they expire soon, how many have I missed out on.\n\n\n![e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp)\nOne time only\n\n",
      "summary": "Usage Resets??",
      "date_published": "2026-07-13T07:22:58Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-13T07:22:58Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-64/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-64/",
      "title": "hmmm.",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eTIL, \u003ccode\u003e?.\u003c/code\u003e is sometimes pronounced as a \u003ccode\u003ehmm dot\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nTIL, `?.` is sometimes pronounced as a `hmm dot`\n\n",
      "summary": "TIL, is sometimes pronounced as a",
      "date_published": "2026-06-22T19:50:49Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-06-22T19:50:49Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-63/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-63/",
      "title": "Does codex change throughout the token usage window?",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing.  It\nfeels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue.\nI nearly start yelling into the enter, “YES, DO WHAT WE AGREED ON, STOP ASKING”\nthen I notice I’m in the single digits of remaining window left.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nIs it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing.  It\nfeels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue.\nI nearly start yelling into the enter, \"YES, DO WHAT WE AGREED ON, STOP ASKING\"\nthen I notice I'm in the single digits of remaining window left.\n",
      "summary": "Is it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing. It feels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue. I...",
      "date_published": "2026-06-21T19:50:49Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-06-21T19:50:49Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-62/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-62/",
      "title": "Mythos gone already",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eMythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were\nallowed to touch it.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nMythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were\nallowed to touch it.\n",
      "summary": "Mythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were allowed to touch it.",
      "date_published": "2026-06-13T08:32:03Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-06-13T08:32:03Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-61/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-61/",
      "title": "just good enough",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of\ntime into, but some was just really shitty.  Done just well enough to get the\njob done.  All of it had to be written by hand or copy pasted from stack\noverflow.  It was a lot of fun.  Now we have a new level of shitty, it looks\nfine.  It looks like it should work good.  None of it is just barely good\nenough, nearly browser default style anymore.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nI built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of\ntime into, but some was just really shitty.  Done just well enough to get the\njob done.  All of it had to be written by hand or copy pasted from stack\noverflow.  It was a lot of fun.  Now we have a new level of shitty, it looks\nfine.  It looks like it should work good.  None of it is just barely good\nenough, nearly browser default style anymore.\n",
      "summary": "I built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of time into, but some was just really shitty. Done just well enough to get the job...",
      "date_published": "2026-06-10T21:00:55Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-06-10T21:00:55Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/flowing-thoughts-ai-to-help-blast-radius/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/flowing-thoughts-ai-to-help-blast-radius/",
      "title": "Flowing Thoughts Ai To Help Blast Radius",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNot sure how this matters to anyone else, but I’m sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m having really interesting conversations with ai recently.  Like things I never thought I would care this deeply about.  In part because it feels like the vulns are coming faster and harder, and in part because it is really enabling me to invest some time into the development that I would not otherwise have.  I’m thinking about least privilege, reducing dependencies in containers, limiting pod access to the Internet and other pods.  Reducing the blast radius.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow I’ve always been hesitant to bring in new dependencies.  I’ve always tried to strip  to the lowest possible dependency set n my containers, but I would also re-use the main server container to run cron job workflows.  I wasn’t giving much thought about what services they could access, or their internet access\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "Not sure how this matters to anyone else, but I'm sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.\n\nI'm having really interesting conversations with ai recently.  Like things I never thought I would care this deeply about.  In part because it feels like the vulns are coming faster and harder, and in part because it is really enabling me to invest some time into the development that I would not otherwise have.  I'm thinking about least privilege, reducing dependencies in containers, limiting pod access to the Internet and other pods.  Reducing the blast radius.\n\nNow I've always been hesitant to bring in new dependencies.  I've always tried to strip  to the lowest possible dependency set n my containers, but I would also re-use the main server container to run cron job workflows.  I wasn't giving much thought about what services they could access, or their internet access",
      "summary": "Not sure how this matters to anyone else, but I'm sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.",
      "date_published": "2026-05-29T17:41:35Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-05-29T17:41:35Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-59/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-59/",
      "title": "Ping 59",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003e“All you have to be is good”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMFsqe8kbQ\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\" class=\"has-avatar  has-avatar-before\"\u003esource\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot sure if this is a quote from somewhere but thought it was some interesting\nadvice that @thorstenball received when he was starting into web development.\nHe asked a friend already in the industry if he thought he had a shot.  He had\nno degree, no credentials, no experience at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\"All you have to be is good\"\n\n[source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMFsqe8kbQ)\n\nNot sure if this is a quote from somewhere but thought it was some interesting\nadvice that @thorstenball received when he was starting into web development.\nHe asked a friend already in the industry if he thought he had a shot.  He had\nno degree, no credentials, no experience at the time.\n",
      "summary": "\"All you have to be is good\"",
      "date_published": "2026-05-23T20:28:48Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-05-23T20:28:48Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-58/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-58/",
      "title": "remember rule 4",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI almost for got \u003ca class=\"wikilink\" data-date=\"2025-10-30\" data-description=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\" data-title=\"Rules\" href=\"/rules/\" data-preview=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\"\u003eRules\u003c/a\u003e 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right\nbefore a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan).\nRace conditions are a b****, all around on this one.  The app I was concerned\nabout won the race to deploy first and was fine by itself, then another app had\na race condition inside itself that killed it\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nI almost for got \u003ca href=\"/rules/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Rules\" data-description=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\" data-date=\"2025-10-30\"\u003eRules\u003c/a\u003e 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right\nbefore a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan).\nRace conditions are a b****, all around on this one.  The app I was concerned\nabout won the race to deploy first and was fine by itself, then another app had\na race condition inside itself that killed it\n",
      "summary": "I almost for got rules 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right before a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan). Race...",
      "date_published": "2026-05-20T20:39:22Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-05-20T20:39:22Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-57/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-57/",
      "title": "almost left tokens on the table",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAlmost didn’t get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday\nwith 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a  big project that needs\na lot of work an it gobbled em right up throughout the day ran out just before\nbed.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\nAlmost didn't get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday\nwith 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a  big project that needs\na lot of work an it gobbled em right up throughout the day ran out just before\nbed.\n",
      "summary": "Almost didn't get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday with 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a big project that needs a...",
      "date_published": "2026-05-05T07:33:20Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-05-05T07:33:20Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-56/",
      "url": "https://waylonwalker.com/ping-56/",
      "title": "Can You Feel the Slop",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eDo you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code\nunderneath?  Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all\nover the place.  Sometimes I just want to write the code again.  Maybe its time\nto slow down.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nDo you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code\nunderneath?  Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all\nover the place.  Sometimes I just want to write the code again.  Maybe its time\nto slow down.\n",
      "summary": "Do you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code underneath? Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all over the...",
      "date_published": "2026-04-26T12:38:58Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-26T12:38:58Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ping"
      ]
    }
  ]
}