2 LLM traps I have sprung on myself

in using LLMs to code + learn

How Bizarre

small social media experiences I have had recorded for posterity

Trip Report: exploring alternate socials (SSB, Nostr, Farcaster, the Forkiverse)

loosely inspired by Rick Steves (this is what he does, right?)

2025 Delights and Not-So-Delighfuls

I Think You Should LEARN software engineering

three sketches that illustrate/capture something about software

what I learned at an Ethereum convention:2

tier accounts, what hard parts can get 1,000,000 times easier?

ATProto Resource List for the curious

totally unofficial/incomplete/arbitrary list of ATProto resources for the curious

We're firing 600 people because there were too many meetings

maybe technical writing should be more than dumbing hard things down

Baking Soda

Visual Essay on social media in 2025

testing 123

What I learned at an Ethereum Convention

Devconnect 25 quick thoughts

Elevator Selfies

NFC card + static webpage + lambda + bsky burner + elevator

Great and not great things about San Francisco (till I run out of things to say)

with the use (& potential abuse) of leaflet subpages

Improving my relationship to technology...with more technology!

A few personal digital practices getting me away from my phone

Update, Offer, Ask

Life Update post! Woo!

Resolution: Do one thing a day

Vibe Coders are Nepo-babies

A specific analog for how specifically I think LLM-use is "like cheating" (and why I think it's okay to cheat sometimes)

San Francisco '25ers

first impressions

Services

Four things I can do

AT friends #4 & #5: @gabboman.at.app.wafrn.net and @djara.dev of Wafrn

informal chats with people building cool stuff in the open social world

AT friends #3: Tim Straub of Down the Rabbit Hole

Special Edition of AT friends where I pitch my High School English teacher (who has a great Substack) on the merits of Open Social

LLM Analogies I've heard

Trying to jot down as many as I can think of

AT friends

Links to all interviews & FAQ

AT friends #2: @snarfed.org of Bridgy Fed (@ap.brid.gy)

informal chats with people building excellent stuff on (or in this case around) ATProto

My P(oof) is 100%

How my thinking on/about LLMs has changed over 3 years

I don't have your full attention. You don't have mine.

Storytime: that time the Wayback Machine saved me from buying a new laptop in Ottawa

Congrats to Internet Archive on 1 Trillion Webpages

AT friends #1: @schlage.town of @leaflet.pub

informal chats with people building excellent stuff on ATProto

how NOT to integrate LLMs into things

Thing I Learned (briefly) Street Performing

(I'm saying Street Performing is like LinkedIn)

Link Rot and Roombas

and promises. So many promises!

Social Media and Seductive Round Numbers

reflections on hitting 1K github contributions in 2025

Swiss Cheese Heuristic for LLM use

Hello World