Today I Learned

Stay away from my trash! If writing the code is the easy part, why would I want someone else to write it? tldraw.dev [1] read later 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://tldraw.dev/blog/stay-away-from-my-trash [2]: /thoughts/

I The flu hit me like a freight train right at the start of the year, along with the most stress I've ever felt at work dropping on me at the same time, I&#x pype.dev [1] I’m jelous… as I was getting better, I got kicked down again. cant hold a conversation without coughing. Its hitting people from all over like crazy this year. so glad its just the flu and not something seriously harmful for hospitalization. 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://pype.dev/im-back-from-the-dead/ [2]: /thoughts/

The work on fastrender [1] by wilsonzlin [2]. Experimental new browser engine References: [1]: https://github.com/wilsonzlin/fastrender [2]: https://github.com/wilsonzlin

Check out flosch [1] and their project pongo2 [2]. Django-syntax like template-engine for Go References: [1]: https://github.com/flosch [2]: https://github.com/flosch/pongo2

DockFrame - Modular USB-C Hub with Framework-Compatible Expansion Cards DockFrame is a modular USB-C hub that accepts Framework-compatible Expansion Cards and custom Tool Cards. Dock once, reconfigure whenever. DockFrame · dockframe.com [1] Dockframe looks like a really cool concept using the framework tiles ( the connectors idk what they are called ) to build a dock. 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://dockframe.com/ [2]: /thoughts/

I really wish I would have got this right a few years ago. Theres a couple of flags I had to use to get mdformat to do hard wraps at 80 characters and not wreck tables. This mix of flags and plugins is workign really well for me so far. mdfmt() { uvx \ --with "mdformat-ruff" \ --with "mdformat-beautysh" \ --with "mdformat-web" \ --with "mdformat-config" \ --with "mdformat-gfm" \ --with "mdformat-front-matters" \ --with "mdformat-wikilink" \ --with "mdformat-simple-breaks" \ mdformat \ --wrap 80 \ --end-of-line lf \ --codeformatters python \ --codeformatters bash \ "$@" } And as pre-commmit. repos - repo: https://github.com/hukkin/mdformat rev: 1.0.0 # pin to the version you want hooks: - id: mdformat args: - --wrap - "80" - --end-of-line - lf - --codeformatters - python - --codeformatters - bash additional_dependencies: - mdformat-ruff - mdformat-beautysh - mdformat-web - mdformat-config - mdformat-gfm - mdformat-front-matters - mdformat-wikilink - mdformat-simple-breaks

make no mistakes Listen and make your own on Suno. suno.com [1] Ai prompt music, the right level of cringe to be great. 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://suno.com/song/f5821216-ea6e-49c3-98de-67880e517a89 [2]: /thoughts/

I Hope This Email Finds You Before I Do I Hope This Email Finds You Before I Do Last Week in AWS · lastweekinaws.com [1] This post was filled with real life, snark, entertainment, feelings. I get a lot of these emails that claim they can change my SEO game if I give them 500, for a site making 0, Link partnerships from small startups. A lot of these are so automated that if I do respond I dont even get a response. I’ve responded to many simply asking what is this about, I get 10 others just like you a week. Can you tell me what exactly you want and what each of us benefit from it, how did you find me. All normal questions, they almost always result in crickets, no response, maybe its time to implement a Billie for more snark. 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.lastweekinaws.com/blog/i-hope-this-email-finds-you-before-i-do/ [2]: /thoughts/

Check out dbreunig [1] and their project whenwords [2]. A relative time formatting library, with no code. References: [1]: https://github.com/dbreunig [2]: https://github.com/dbreunig/whenwords

- What a goat, speedrunning silksong at a competitive pace, live, with live audience, while co hosting, and raising $2M for Prevent Cancer Foundation. CEEN moves in ways that do not compute with my brain, everything looks so simple, things that take me so long are done in a few swipes. Watching this it really make silkspear look OP, this thing does so much damage if you never take damage and can use it continuously without needing silk for healing. 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/

- Absolute banger of a conference talk, saving to come back with more notes later. 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/

Opencode is changing on the daily right now, today I noticed the word low pop up in Orange text in my opencode window. Looking into this they are exposing variants [1] to the user. This allows you to change between fast or slow and thinking, the later taking more time to prepare before doing an action. Swapping Variants in opencode [2] It looks like this toggle may have been here for awhile and I’m just now discovering it. Potentially because its a new feature of the free Zen provider. Variants Many models support multiple variants with different configurations. OpenCode ships with built-in default variants for popular providers. Built-in variants OpenCode ships with default variants for many providers: Anthropic: high - High thinking budget (default) max - Maximum thinking budget OpenAI: Varies by model but roughly: none - No reasoning minimal - Minimal reasoning effort low - Low reasoning effort medium - Medium reasoning effort high - High reasoning effort xhigh - Extra high reasoning effort Google: low - Lower effort/token budget high - Higher effort/token budget References: [1]: https://opencode.ai/docs/models/#variants [2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/0b...

Reflections on 13 years and 1,000 posts of writing on my blog - HAMY hamy.xyz [1] The answer is I do it habitually. If there’s a big enough idea I’ve had floating around in my head and I think others might find it useful / interesting then I usually think it’s worth logging it somewhere. If I don’t, I’ll likely just keep thinking about it so might as well get it out of my head and on the internet where people can find it. - hammy [2] This is how you do it. If you want to do something, you need to make it a habit. Something you crave, something you need. I need to write my ideas down in this blog, it helps me index ideas for later, but more importantly it helps me flesh them out and think through real things. Congrats on 1k, your site is awesome Hammy [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://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_1000-blog-posts [2]: https://hammy.xyz [3]: /thoughts/

Don’t fall into the anti-AI hype I'm glad someone was brave enough to say this. There is a lot of anti-AI sentiment in the software development community these days. Much of it is justified, but if … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] Never believe in absolutes, see what I did there. The hype bros will take you to the extremes, ai will take your jobs in six months or be burned to the ground in six months. How about its useful now and will be more useful in six months. If you turned off the hype bro feed for six months you would probably be fine, in fact you would probably be better off for not capturing so much noise along the way. AI has gone the way of next js framework, it churns fast, hype bros are always an expert that know exactly whats best for everyone. It changes fast, what was the best last week might be dead next week. In fact getting to know what works well for you and knowing that tool really well for a longer period will take you farther. 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/11/dont-fall-into-the-anti-ai-hype/#atom-everythin...

- Salesforce gets pwnd by the ai hype bros and killed its reputation with employees, letting them know where they truely stand with them. 4k people sounds like a lot, its probably a big chunk of savings, but was it worth the loss of reputation? There must be a better way to give this a trial run that lets them understand this before disrupting the lives of real people right??? 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/

Diffs, from Pierre @pierre/diffs is an open source diff and code rendering library. It's built on Shiki for syntax highlighting and theming, is super customizable, and comes packed with features. diffs.com [1] This looks like a really nice and performant diffing library that supports vanilla and react, with a lot of options. 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://diffs.com/ [2]: /thoughts/

- I thought this was an interesting take from Simon. I’ve been hearing him consistently say there will be more demand for software engineering in the future. More companies will have the ability and need to deal with software applications, but fewer of us will be hand editing any code. I thought this was an interesting interaction in the clip. Uh Simon, what do you got for us? I’ve just got the one. I think the act of the the the job of being paid money to type code into a computer Yeah. will go the same way as punching punch cards. Okay. I do I think in six years time I do not think it will anyone will be paid to 80:56 just do the thing where you type the code. Just type the code. Okay. I think software engineering will still be an enormous career. I just think the software engineers won’t be spending multiple hours of their day in a text editor typing out syntax. 81:09 It will look like punching cards. I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting. In uh in six years. Um and but software engineering still very much exists. I believe so. I I hope so. [laughter] I very much hope so because I think the um the challenge of being a software 81:23 engineer is not remembering ho...

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POG: Play Of the Game - used to express shock or excitement after a noteworthy moment.

- In all of the documentaries I’ve seen on how hard it is to recycle plastic, how hard it is to separate all the small pieces from each other, how expensive it is, dirty it is, how just plain ineffective we are at doing it I’ve never seen this angle. In a nutshell the other side of the equation is that as we pull natural gas out of shale is that we pull ethylene out as a byproduct. We don’t even ask for it, it just comes with the methane gas that we are going for. So as we drill, Frack, and mine this out to heat our homes and create electricity we are stuck with all of this ethylene. It’s terrible for the environment, just like methane it’s a rough greenhouse gas. Companies are allowed to flare off a certain amount, they can push some down the pipe, but are still left with tons leftover that they practically give away. Turns out that this stuff is very cheap and very much wants to be turned into plastic. Very clean food grade plastic, very easily and cheaply compared to recycling. Excess is a big problem that needs solutions, but it has hard problems at both ends of the situation that don’t make it easy for anyone trying to take care of it. Note This post is a thought [1]. It...