Justin Searls
@searls
I need a new blog to subscribe to. Know any you think I'd like? E-mail me: [email protected]
justinā¤searlsā¤co Ā· justin.searls.co [1]
Sent Justin my list https://go.waylonwalker.com/blogroll, will soon be on the main site, but right now its only on the go subdomain. Iāve long had reader.waylonwalker.com, but thats soon going to be wrapped into the main site as well at /reader.
Iām interested to see what good stuff Justin gets and if you have any good ones to share reply.
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This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://justin.searls.co/takes/2026-03-08-23h18m29s/
[2]: /thoughts/
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latest post 2026-05-25
Publishing rhythm
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One of the well worded shitty messages Iāve seen, good severance, help, timeline to cut off coms.
weāre not making this decision because weāre in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. weāre already seeing that the intelligence tools weāre creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and thatās accelerating rapidly.
Much better than the get rid of people cause AI can do the work. Honestly I feel this though. I was just talking with some colleages how do we divvy work in the age of agents without just constantly walking on each other. If each of us is now an architect who is managing teams of junior agents under us it feels MUCH different than before.
Iām far from working in a large software org like this and Iām feeling it. I only imagine that it gets worse the more people that have to orchestrate around each other.
Appreciate the honesty and transparance, but man this sucks for tho...
FFmpeg video crop
tools.simonwillison.net [1]
This was the inspiration for the next update in dropper that became a full clip editor. The one that Iāve long wanted, but forgotten about. Itās going to include this cropper, resize, image extractor, and trimmer.
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This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://tools.simonwillison.net/ffmpeg-crop
[2]: /thoughts/
Tiny Tool Town šļø
A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love.
Tiny Tool Town Ā· tinytooltown.com [1]
Learned about this one from the @stipete interview [2] @scotthanselman did on YouTube. This is proof that the internet is alive. Itās such web 1.0 nostalgia to see that people can just build things! Did you know that you can literally just build things and make them exist? You donāt need users, You donāt need a big platform, you can just make something into existance. It seems like something we have forgotten through web 2.0 where everything as become 4 major apps all linking to each other and trying to hoard all of the attention. Scroll through tehre are some really cool apps, probably nothing that has the polish you want, or is going to change your world. What these apps have more than anything youāve probably used in the recent years, is inspiration. Its xyz, but the way I wanted, or with my little twist. And no one else has to like it but me because Iām the user.
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This post is a thought [3]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://www.tinytooltown...
FancyGist
fancygist.com [1]
I saw this in @cassidoās newsletter this week and had to give it a run. I despise that there is no dark mode and it insists on burning my retinas š¤. But really this is an absolute beate of a web based markdown editor, I love the command mode to press slash and it just pops out in this whimsical animation ready for me to pick what I want.
Your browser does not support the video tag. [2]
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This post is a thought [3]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://fancygist.com/
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/74f0ac1e-ac50-4939-8bba-4698a8043b25.mp4
[3]: /thoughts/
Reply guy
The latest scourge of Twitter is AI bots that reply to your tweets with generic, banal commentary slop, often accompanied by a question to "drive engagement" and waste as much ā¦
Simon Willisonās Weblog Ā· simonwillison.net [1]
I had no idea there were such things as āreply guyā as a service. I can see this as a really genuine thing where brands want to genuinely engage with their communities, quickly being taken over by slop bros to ruin everything.
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about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/23/reply-guy/#atom-everything
[2]: /thoughts/
Smaller and dumber
If I can make it smaller, I should.
daverupert.com Ā· daverupert.com [1]
Important things to remember in the age of cheap code. More code, not always more better. More code mean, more risk, more maintenance, harder to change.
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[1]: https://daverupert.com/2026/02/smaller-and-dumber/
[2]: /thoughts/
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THIS, THIS is how most people are feeling about AI right now. Theres lots of āoh ai badā, ābut ai helpā, ābut ai company sleezyā. Cassidy did a fantastic job summarizing how most of us are feeling. Ending with well at the end of the day, I canāt do anything about the bad, the best thing I can do is learn how to embrace the good cause it aint going away any time soon.
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[1]: /thoughts/
castpixel ā§ļøā¢ (@castpixel.bsky.social)
I made a tool that turns PCB designs into 3D-printable molds. you sandwich copper tape between the parts, sand the ridges, and you have a real working PCB. no etching, no chemicals. I am losing my ā¦
Bluesky Social Ā· bsky.app [1]
This is a wild way to build prototype pcbās, so cool and creative.
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[1]: https://bsky.app/profile/castpixel.bsky.social/post/3mf52azn5oc2h
[2]: /thoughts/
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Had 10 minutes to play with the new session updates this afternoon and it feels so much smoother. I can definitely feel it even as a casual user.
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about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://x.com/SessionGame/status/2024469214396838140
[2]: /thoughts/
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There are so many config files right now, glad to see some standards coming in around Agents.md, but so much is still specialized to a whole host of tools that have not been standardized on yet.
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[1]: https://x.com/trashh_dev/status/2024476878015468027
[2]: /thoughts/
Silksong: Demastered by Nekodot
Hollow Knight: Silksong in the classic NES-style!
itch.io Ā· nekodot.itch.io [1]
This is an abolute banger of a game on itch. It nails the nes aesthetic while keeping true to the modern silksong movements. You can play through the first boss Moss Mother, and where you start the first ascend into Bone Bottom. I was in shock when I discovered the little climb effect hornet does when you just cant quite make a jump, the hold jump for height is on point. Her downstrike with the hunters crest is perfect.
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about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://nekodot.itch.io/silksong-nes
[2]: /thoughts/
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Wyatt would absolutely love this banger of a level.
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about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://x.com/LayoutPerson/status/2023551519375900957
[2]: https://x.com/i/status/2023551519375900957
[3]: /thoughts/
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To the untrained eye this passes as any normal gui editor.
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This post is a thought [3]. Itās a short note that I make
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[1]: https://x.com/dhh/status/2023710298201350606/photo/1
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/86d45a22-9ed4-4f14-8070-5f0cadee9bad.webp
[3]: /thoughts/
uvx.sh | Astral
Install Python tools with a single command. Powered by uv.
uvx.sh [1]
astral silently dropped a clever uvx.sh to help builders reach a wider audience, no longer does a user need to have python installed prior to installing a python cli. It does have a hard requirement on having curl or wget available.
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[1]: https://uvx.sh/
[2]: /thoughts/
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Use a linux vps, Itās easy, just follow these simple instructions.
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We are living through the js framework wars for agents and llms now. We will look back on this with clarity, and wonder why we wasted time with things like graphql, and why we couldnāt see the real winners from the start.
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Such a good interview @lexfridman is such a talented interview. Itās so cool to see the other side of this. For weeks weāve heard about the story of the name change, weāve seen everyone shitting on the security model, buying up all the mac minis in existance, fear mongering not to install this thing. @steipete.me has such a cool story from the beginning talking about making this thing fun and exciting. Giving it a personality that is not āYou are absolutely rightā. The story of changing the name twice, and getting pwnd on every step the first time and nailing it the second time is incredible. Dude is having fun trying to make the thing he wants in the world exist.
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[1]: /thoughts/
Naya Connect ā Hackaday
Hackaday Ā· hackaday.com [1]
The idea of adjustable key caps to mutate your board into something that really fits you, how you type, how your fingers move, is an absolute banger.
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[1]: https://hackaday.com/tag/naya-connect/
[2]: /thoughts/
Background Patterns with CSS `corner-radius` ā Frontend Masters Blog
You might need to know this someday: you can style a div, put the div into SVG, then put the SVG in to CSS and use it as a repeating background.
frontendmasters.com [1]
These patterns are really good. I like a good repeating background on a website. Takes me back to the old days of web, but with a nice crispness that was never there on sites of old
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This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
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[1]: https://frontendmasters.com/blog/background-patterns-with-css-corner-radius/
[2]: /thoughts/