Software developer, motorcycle enthusiast. I write code for money or personal use/entertainment.
Portland, OR
Joined April 2014
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Matthew Mayer retweeted
if you like GUI editors, @zeddotdev is basically like a version of VS Code that’s not terrible. if you like terminal editors, i’ve heard good things about Helix
Two and a half weeks until RACE DAY! Excited to have a more appropriate bike and another rider on the team. 🏍️
GitHub's PR checks/actions should be speculative merges instead of continuous isolation checks. The default should be running builds and tests as if the PR was merged.
Matthew Mayer retweeted
strongly suspect kubernetes was invented to sell cloud compute resources and handicap small companies into never seriously threatening big companies
Matthew Mayer retweeted
little known fact, Ace of Base's ur-90's hit "I saw the sign" was actually a lightly coded memetic plea for visual signifiers based on a deep reading of Don Norman's 1988 book "The Design of Everyday Things"
youtube.com/watch?v=iqu132vT…
few remember this important contribution
I switched to antennapod.org/ from the amazon music app. Loving antennapod, the amazon app was getting worse and worse over time.
I wouldn't use a text editor if it didn't have undo.
Why would you use version control software that doesn't have undo?
Use jujutsu instead of git.
Software development improvements from the past few years:
jj over git
Zed over VS Code
ghostty over alacritty
Riding at the 2025 Sang-Froid Riding Club's Bol d'Oregon endurance race. I won the Ironman class (only entry 😅 ) and placed fourth out of four teams in the modern category.
Eight days until race day. Team Filthy Casuals hard at work on the bike in a clean, organized garage.
(Sang Froid Riding Club's Bol d'Oregon 2025!)
