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💭 File over app — Steph Ango stephango.com

File over app If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you... Steph Ango · stephango.com [1] file over app is a fantastic philosophy laid out well and concisely documented very well in this post. The idea is that tools will change, we will want to use different tools, different editors, different computers over time. What’s likely to outlast everything is plain text files that we can interact with a wide variety of tools. Not encrypted in dedicated formats that die with our tools, but in plain text where a computer from 2160 is likey as capable of reading the file as one from 1960 would be. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://stephango.com/file-over-app [2]: /thoughts/

⭐ tpope vim-speeddating

I recently discovered vim-speeddating [1] by tpope [2], and it’s truly impressive. speeddating.vim: use CTRL-A/CTRL-X to increment dates, times, and more References: [1]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-speeddating [2]: https://github.com/tpope

⭐ JaKooLit Wallpaper-Bank

Check out JaKooLit [1] and their project Wallpaper-Bank [2]. Additional wallpapers which will be offered to users for my hyprland scripts References: [1]: https://github.com/JaKooLit [2]: https://github.com/JaKooLit/Wallpaper-Bank

tpope vim-speeddating

Today I discovered vim-speeddating [1] by tpope. I’m sure I’ve seen years ago but it did not click for my workflow until today. I often go through pictures from my phone for the past few days and make Posts tagged: shots [2] posts, but I want to date them to about when the image was taken most of the time. This allows me to quickly bump days up and down using c-a and c-x even around the new year. Your browser does not support the video tag. [3] Sound on, listen to those new switches. References: [1]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-speeddating [2]: /tags/shots/ [3]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/18c876c3-02ea-4c77-9f62-cdbb1bb759a1.mp4

new keeb so good

New keeb feeling so good I don't want to leave it. I'm going to go from having my worse favorite at work, to having my new favorite at work. 

💭 The most popular blogs of Hacker News in 2025 simonwillison.net

The most popular blogs of Hacker News in 2025 Michael Lynch maintains HN Popularity Contest, a site that tracks personal blogs on Hacker News and scores them based on how well they perform on that platform. The engine behind … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] Congrats Simon! Well deserved metric for the level of content that he produces, Its remarkable the amount of high quality posts that come out of Simon Willison. Also this looks like a really great resource to find other high quality blogs that I have not read before. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/2/most-popular-blogs-of-hacker-news/#atom-everything [2]: /thoughts/

⭐ steveyegge gastown

I’m really excited about gastown [1], an amazing project by steveyegge [2]. It’s worth exploring! Gas Town - multi-agent workspace manager References: [1]: https://github.com/steveyegge/gastown [2]: https://github.com/steveyegge

light mode screen recording css

Yesterday I wrote about a way to do light mode screen recording [1] to convert to light mode from dark mode with ffmpeg. I was wondering if it could be done entirely on the front end for web applications. Turns out you can. I’m sure there are limited wikis and site builders that don’t allow adding style like this, but it works if you can. <video src="https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/1c53dbcb-4b84-4e94-9f04-a42986ab3fa1.mp4?width=800" controls style="filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) contrast(1.2) saturate(1.1);" > </video> 0 deg hue rotate 90 deg hue rotate 180 deg hue rotate 270 deg hue rotate References: [1]: /light-mode-screen-recording/

⭐ ThePrimeagen 99

Check out 99 [1] by ThePrimeagen [2]. It’s a well-crafted project with great potential. Neovim AI agent done right References: [1]: https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/99 [2]: https://github.com/ThePrimeagen

💭 Convert a video from dark mode to light mode with FFmpeg! cassidoo.co

Convert a video from dark mode to light mode with FFmpeg! Here cassidoo.co [1] Converting video from dark mode to light mode after the fact is a pretty great idea, I’m surprised at how well it does. Its definitely not perfect, but looks really good. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://cassidoo.co/post/ffmpeg-dark-light/ [2]: /thoughts/

light mode screen recording

I saw this tip from Cassidoo [1] and had to try it out for myself. I kicked on a screen recording right from where my terminal was, converted it, and it actually looks pretty good. ffmpeg \ -i screenrecording-2026-01-01_10-10-49.mp4 \ -vf "negate,hue=h=180,eq=contrast=1.2:saturation=1.1" \ screenrecording-2026-01-01_10-10-49-light.mp4 Your browser does not support the video tag. [2] Dark Mode Your browser does not support the video tag. [3] Light Mode There are a few unsettling things about it, but overall I feel like it was a success. References: [1]: https://cassidoo.co/post/ffmpeg-dark-light/ [2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/1c53dbcb-4b84-4e94-9f04-a42986ab3fa1.mp4 [3]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/de4e3378-6df2-45b1-84d5-0cc773ceb3c5.mp4

💭 RAM Prices Are Getting Worse - YouTube www.youtube.com

- I actually like linus’s take here. My parents dropped $4k (~$8k in todays money) on a computer when I was a kid, (which turned into something too $$ to let me touch at that point). I played some educational games that no one else has heard of and I’ve long forgotten along with an early ciivilization game. It was e-waste in 2 years we maybe kept it 5, and it was barely working. Contrast this to my PC now I spent $2k on 3 years ago refurb from 2017, and it has no signs of age from me, does everything I need it to. Ram crisis sucks, the outright reason behind it sucks. But on the bright side you can still get a baller build for less than you could late 90s without inflation. The industry is not there for consumers right now, we had better times, but its still not bad times. Keep the hope alive that good times will come. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/

💭 Smartphones are black holes kerkour.com

Smartphones are black holes They can bend spacetime without you even realizing it. People often get offended when I tell them that I don't have a phone, thinking that I'm lying and I just Sylvain Kerkour · kerkour.com [1] This sounds great…. I’m sick AF right now and dont want to do anything but watch YouTube, and let opencode do my work. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://kerkour.com/smartphones-blackhole [2]: /thoughts/

⭐ jdx usage

The work on usage [1] by jdx [2]. A specification for CLIs References: [1]: https://github.com/jdx/usage [2]: https://github.com/jdx

⭐ jdx pitchfork

I’m impressed by pitchfork [1] from jdx [2]. Daemons with DX References: [1]: https://github.com/jdx/pitchfork [2]: https://github.com/jdx

💭 Using stderr/stdout correctly - YouTube youtu.be

- Yeah there’s some basics, you know things you might expect like using standard error and standard out correctly. One thing I’ll say on that because I think this is commonly misunderstood, standard error is not for errors, it’s for any information that isn’t part of the normal output. So you know often times that’s warnings and errors, but it might just be progress information. You know anytime that you just need to have something go to the user that’s what it’s there for." (6:15 - 6:42) I’ve definitely done this sin in my own tooling before, and it does make things harder to use. I think I still take err/out at face value. I really like the translation Jeff gave here, one is for normal output, i.e. what the user asked for and the other is extra information. So if I wanted to list something and pipe it into something else, stdout only captures the list, thats it. if you have a bunch of information about config warnings, showing environment, are you sure questions, none of that is captured. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/

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YouTube Gemini is Actually Useful

I’ve found Gemini to be very useful lately, especially for finding information within long form content. When writing thought-896 [1], I wanted to use a direct quote from Jeff Dickey, Gemini popped it out very quickly. give me a quote from jeff just before the timestamp I'm at the interviewer asked what makes a good cli and he started talking about stdout/stderr In another case, my wife and I are huge Good Eats fans. Alton Brown taught us how to cook during college and on. We watched every single good eats episode nearly 10 years after they aired. He is back with some updates to those those shows on his Youtube. Gemini gives very good detailed responses with timestamps. Alton Brown had a recent YouTube video for cooking turkey. Can you get the instructions from the video? References: [1]: https://thoughts.waylonwalker.com/post/896

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[mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/getting-started.html) looks like what I wanted nix to be for me.

⭐ jdx mise

The work on mise [1] by jdx [2]. dev tools, env vars, task runner References: [1]: https://github.com/jdx/mise [2]: https://github.com/jdx

Mise looks promising

I've been all in on just for a while now, but mise looks so good it might be my next move.

⭐ Maxteabag sqlit

Maxteabag [1] has done a fantastic job with sqlit [2]. Highly recommend taking a look. A user friendly TUI for SQL databases. Written in python. Supports SQL server, Mysql, PostreSQL and SQLite, Turso and more. References: [1]: https://github.com/Maxteabag [2]: https://github.com/Maxteabag/sqlit

⭐ webinstall webi-installers

webi-installers [1] by webinstall [2] is a game-changer in its space. Excited to see how it evolves. Primary and community-submitted packages for webinstall.dev References: [1]: https://github.com/webinstall/webi-installers [2]: https://github.com/webinstall

💭 You Might Also Like: My Notes Blog - Jim Nielsen’s Blog blog.jim-nielsen.com

You Might Also Like: My Notes Blog Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web. blog.jim-nielsen.com [1] I really like a good link blog, it’s the old timers version of a reaction video. It gives me new posts to discover from other writers, and gives additional perspectives from ones I trust enough to add to my RSS. It’s nice to have a place where I can jot down a few notes, fire off my reaction, and nobody can respond to it lol. At least, not in any easy, friction-less way. You’d have to go out of your way to read my commentary, find my contact info, and fire off a message (critiquing or praising). That’s how I like it. Cuts through the noise. Ditto Jim. I’ve oddly found mine more useful to search than blog posts, zettlekaten, notes, whatever you want to call them. For me writing something down makes it more concrete in my brain that I’m less likely to need to go reference, but I often need to re read or references posts from others, this is where Thoughts [2] comes in handy for me Like Jim I have a bunch of feeds [3] you can subscribe to if you want some or all of my stuff, but I aggregate everything to the same root site. Note This...

Gross phone

Is there a world that giving my phone to my kids does not result in it being covered in peanut butter and snot?

Developer Vs Artist Ai

The other day I was watching [thePrimeTimeagen]https://youtube.com/@theprimetimeagen?si=jVcp23FbfQSFZfDc) and he talked about devs loving ai and artists revolting. There was some discussion in chat about art being more creative and prime quickly squashed that. He ended with being oddly confused why developers are jumping on board and artists are not. Both had their art stolen to build out the models. [1] my own vibes I'm writing this from my phone without further research, all vibes, personal experience, and thoughts, no research. Good Tools # [2] First I want to argue that artists have had some form of ai in their tools for years. Idk, probably not ai as we know it today but functionally similar. Content aware fill. This is a Photoshop feature from Adobe, as far as I know it’s one of the special things you get from Adobe that you don’t get from the FOSS alternatives easily. This is an example of a good took that is well loves by the community and widely used, if you put ai i...

nginx accepts markdown

💭 “You should never build a CMS” | Sanity www.sanity.io

“You should never build a CMS” | Sanity Lee Robinson migrated cursor.com off Sanity. He made good points. Here's what he missed. Sanity.io · sanity.io [1] Such a good breakdown of the leerob article, that is hitting everywhere right now. Feels like sanity was just a bit late to getting things right and it would have just worked for them how leerob was trying to use it, but MCP sucked so he jumped. Reading their loose descriptions of a CMS, its an interesting realization to realize I’m rolling my own cms. I kinda feel like theres a few inspiration features to take from here, but I have no regrets. As a developer I like being able to build my own tools, I like being able to search and edit from nvim, and not have to write GROQ queries, and transforms. There were some really good points here that as I get more and more content on my personal site, I do kinda feel it. I’m surprised there is not more tooling that does some of these things for piles of markdown. pinning this to re-read later, feels like a lot of good tidbits here. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.sanity.io/...

💭 The Github Tax (I can't believe they actually did this...) - Y... www.youtube.com

- It really feels like M$ is coming down hard on GH lately to make some unfavorable decisions for users. Maybe there is good reason for all of these changes from a business perspective, I can’t judge that. But right now there are some really great alternatives out there. I’m so grateful for what forgejo and gittea offer, and at the same time seeing the community get split up from GH is sad. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/

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Is `bet` new teen lingo? My kid is starting to say _bet_ in every sentence. > So he explained it as "I'm down", "You bet", "Yes", "I like that", "You betcha"

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Naming things is hard, pings will now be numbered.

💭 Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow Teaser www.youtube.com

- Silksong DLC announcement already, we waited 8 years for the game, and are getting DLC’s months after launch. Dudes I haven’t even finished the game get, maybe not even half way. It’s amazing. Its amazing that these three make such a kick ass game with great art, story, voice, gameplay, and now drop a free dlc in 2026. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/