Today I Learned

- 😂 Should I be concerned that My 12yo installed Arch BTW on his own? 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/

Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net [1] It’s wild how much of a hit Google took from killing reader, almost any time I hear about killedbygoogle, reader is the top of the list. Its the thing that we all remember being really good and the incumbants just did not match up. Somehow we are here 13 years later still bitching about it, despite it only having a 6 year run. You should probably get an rss reader, and follow some incredible people that make feeds. Most sites that produce content have the ability to subscribe over rss. Unlike @pluralistic [2], I dont read in my reader. My reader is just a list of links out to the web and I typically read it how the author intended on their site. I nod a long to Cory’s enshitified internet just as much as the next guy, I love text based interfaces, I despise the bloat that js has brought on. But I don’t believe all js is bad, I don’t turn it off, even though he has me questioning this now. News sites kinda suck, we can agree there, but its rare that a small indie web creator has fully enshitified their site with js. I don’t buy that. Sub to the feeds. Note ...

Justin Searls @searls I need a new blog to subscribe to. Know any you think I'd like? E-mail me: [email protected] justin․searls․co · 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. I’ve long had reader.waylonwalker.com, but thats soon going to be wrapped into the main site as well at /reader. I’m interested to see what good stuff Justin gets and if you have any good ones to share reply. 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://justin.searls.co/takes/2026-03-08-23h18m29s/ [2]: /thoughts/

In the age of agents sometimes work gets done on so many different worktrees and branches its hard to tell if there is already a PR or any of them or not, the great gh cli has us covered. gh pr list --head fix/markata-go-connections-graph

I like version-fox’s [1] project vfox [2]. A cross-platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Golang, Python, Flutter, .NET & more References: [1]: https://github.com/version-fox [2]: https://github.com/version-fox/vfox

Just starred taskdog [1] by Kohei-Wada [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. Terminal task manager with intelligent schedule optimization.Keyboard-only. No dragging, no micromanagement. References: [1]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada/taskdog [2]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] One of the well worded shitty messages I’ve seen, good severance, help, timeline to cut off coms. we’re not making this decision because we’re 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. we’re already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re 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 that’s 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. I’m far from working in a large software org like this and I’m 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...

Just starred linux [1] by torvalds [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. Linux kernel source tree References: [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux [2]: https://github.com/torvalds

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 I’ve long wanted, but forgotten about. It’s going to include this cropper, resize, image extractor, and trimmer. 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://tools.simonwillison.net/ffmpeg-crop [2]: /thoughts/

Tiny Tool Town 🏘️ A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love. Tiny Tool Town · tinytooltown.com [1] Learned about this one from the @stipete interview [2] @scotthanselman did on YouTube. This is proof that the internet is alive. It’s 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 don’t need users, You don’t 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 you’ve 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 I’m the user. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.tinytooltown...

FancyGist fancygist.com [1] I saw this in @cassido’s 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 😤. 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] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [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 … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] I had no idea there were such things as “reply guy” 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. 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/Feb/23/reply-guy/#atom-everything [2]: /thoughts/

Smaller and dumber If I can make it smaller, I should. daverupert.com · 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. 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://daverupert.com/2026/02/smaller-and-dumber/ [2]: /thoughts/

- THIS, THIS is how most people are feeling about AI right now. Theres lots of “oh ai bad”, “but ai help”, “but ai company sleezy”. Cassidy did a fantastic job summarizing how most of us are feeling. Ending with well at the end of the day, I can’t 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. 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/

castpixel ⚧️⚢ (@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 … Bluesky Social · bsky.app [1] This is a wild way to build prototype pcb’s, so cool and creative. 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://bsky.app/profile/castpixel.bsky.social/post/3mf52azn5oc2h [2]: /thoughts/

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] 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. 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://x.com/SessionGame/status/2024469214396838140 [2]: /thoughts/

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] 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. 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://x.com/trashh_dev/status/2024476878015468027 [2]: /thoughts/

Silksong: Demastered by Nekodot Hollow Knight: Silksong in the classic NES-style! itch.io · 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. 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://nekodot.itch.io/silksong-nes [2]: /thoughts/

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] Wyatt would absolutely love this banger of a level. [2] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/LayoutPerson/status/2023551519375900957 [2]: https://x.com/i/status/2023551519375900957 [3]: /thoughts/

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] To the untrained eye this passes as any normal gui editor. [2] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/dhh/status/2023710298201350606/photo/1 [2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/86d45a22-9ed4-4f14-8070-5f0cadee9bad.webp [3]: /thoughts/