Dave Smith

Done this a couple of times now. Skip the 3rd party library and AI implements what you need. Fewer dependencies, fewer vulns. I’m sure there is a downside to this, I’ll find out in a couple of years

You’ve already reviewed and refactored. You can likely explain it to someone after that. This is the way

I thought it was a young Prince but the body didn’t look the same. Dropping the back knee and the sweeping follow through… Brings back memories

Really good advice, nothing too complicated - as it should be. Rethinking how I can use my time has completely changed everything

You’re absolutely right

The contrast of the colors is amazing

This is awesome. I had to see the about page to see you did this. Happy to see htmx in the wild

Standards

Not entirely the same thing but my head went to this immediately xkcd.com/927/

Are you working more on the same amount of stuff. Or working more but getting more done?

That went places I wasn’t expecting. Loved how you didn’t try to convince me to one side or the other, instead bringing it back to utility, meaning, and efficiency

Thanks. I’ll have to go back and give it another try

I think you were the reason I went all in on Bluesky in late 2024. I remember doing so much extra work to filter out noise and nonsense and then had enough of it.

There are still a few accounts a check in on Twitter, but I check them less often lately

New AI experience today

Copilot took about 30 minutes in what would normally take a day or more to code

Found out 15 minutes into testing that I missed a subtle but major blindspot in the data. Backing out the code was trivial

I didn’t lose a day of writing code

ps. there are other lessons too

I’m sorry to hear that ☹️

Amp costs more when I use it full time and I’ve had limited experience with Claude code. Are you seeing that much difference in code quality? Is this in greenfield apps or adding to existing apps? So many questions, but genuinely curious

I only check a couple times a week to hear from a few tech people. I’ve seen the notification setting get reset on app updates. Yeah, that place changed

Bring it. I love hearing about it and talking about it. Definitely the biggest disruption to programming in my lifetime

Ranch

Lovely New Year’s Day at the beach in Milwaukee. Climbed over the ice shelf for my first polar plunge in Lake Michigan

That’s gotta be the coolest black & white site I’ve seen

Bill I love hearing this from someone with your experience.

Best time of the year to get a few things done

Used git cherry-pick for the first time. Saved my bacon after I reused a branch that had been merged already

Nickleback walks into a bar
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Everyone else walks out

Best of luck! I really enjoy Val, so anything to help keep the lights on is great

Didn’t know you can’t have nested has()

You’re absolutely right!

Day 1 Four Roses Single Barrel OBSK

Not my favorite four roses. Feels like it is missing some flavor. Probably wouldn’t buy a full bottle
#bourbonadvent 🥃

Bourbon advent 2025 lineup

Fill night. Poured 2oz into 9600 small bottles

December 1st marks the beginning of Bourbon Advent that I am doing with a few coworkers. I’ve never had most of these before and some I’ve never heard of. Great way to sample a variety!
#bourbonadvent 🥃