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j0HNNY a1PHA

@8bit.social
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8/16-Bit futurist, short-term pessimist, long-term optimist. Extremely into board games, retro hardware, software, art n' punk rock. I work for a (modern) software company during the day. Sorry in advance for disappointing you. Why are you reading this

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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 01/10/2026
Oh
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
Checks out. taketest.xyz/us-politics
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to check out a work-in-progress ViSiON/3 BBS, point yer telnet machinery at BrokenBit.us port 2323
On a yellow background, in the "Cyberpunk 2077" game font: "broken bit syndicate" (made with logo generator, not AI)
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
This is wild
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 23/09/2026
Ultima V. I'd played lots of video/arcade games before this, but this is the one that hooked me for life on RPGs
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 13/09/2026
Maybe ad targeting should have context detection
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 12/09/2026
Smokin’ in the backyard with some Trader Joe’s Oktoberfest
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 09/09/2026
Pretty sucky for Bay Area. Family in SoCal has it much worse (100F+ and humidity).
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 09/09/2026
Yep, me too
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 07/09/2026
Fortunate to spend this weekend riding bikes with the love on my life in some vineyards
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 04/09/2026
Checks out
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/08/2026
Found this AI prompt, and now I'm probably going to get all medical claims denied just by posting this (you know, about the CLANKERS)
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/08/2026
Kang Was Right™ Or: 5 signs we are in the Wrong Universe
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 22/08/2026
An absolute pleasure when companies/designers deliver fun and unique web experiences! maevechocolate.com/products/vir...
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 22/08/2026
Maximum Mork Borg
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 21/08/2026
Anyone else miss this place?
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 18/08/2026
Regardless of how you feel about AI, LLM-assisted coding is here to stay. AND, yes, without proper guardrails and testing (and experienced devs), bad decisions can slip through the cracks. But "using LLMs automatically makes an app slop" is really not reality anymore in 2026, IMHO
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 14/08/2026
Loggin' on to bsky dot app
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 07/08/2026
Me, at Disneyland
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 04/08/2026
first time seeing descriptive trending items
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 02/08/2026
Was anyone else traumatized as kid by this movie?
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 27/07/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 16/07/2026
This will always be my Taco Bell
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 10/07/2026
Shoutout to the sci fi shit posters of Reddit 🫡
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 09/07/2026
Getting ready to set my Out of Office message
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 09/07/2026
Every new, popular consumer tech has a journey on the Hype Cycle. With AI, we are approaching the Peak of Inflated Expectations, about to slide down the Trough of Disillusionment (“technology is only useful when it’s boring” etc etc)
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 03/07/2026
Latest edition of Zzapp! C64 magazine (Jun-Jul 2026), a game review from Christian Simpson (aka Perifractic), CEO of the new Commodore… I mean… WTF am I reading
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 14/06/2026
Here’s to the crazy ones
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 09/06/2026
Reddit comments are seriously the best
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 08/06/2026
This will always be Reddit in a nutshell for me. I hope it stays that way
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 06/06/2026
Trying to keep a straight face, telling my wife my that I’m envious of other people’s wangs, and she’s like “that’s a computer, right? You’re not talking about dicks.” The pause was palpable and maybe I stretched it too long but anyway here’s a Wang
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 30/05/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 29/05/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 29/05/2026
weird ass reddit ad targeting
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 28/05/2026
Some progress on DRIVE 8, my C64 BBS software project that leverages some of the new C64 Ultimate's super powers, like 16MB REU, 64 MHz CPU speed, etc. Also runs on VICE. Very rough, but coming along nicely!
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 16/05/2026
What in the name of bad ideas
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 13/05/2026
i could lurk here all day. Truly hilarious to behold
Against an illustrated, vibrant tropical sunset, a man -- no, a LEGEND --with a long grey beard, headphones on, sits in front of his computer with his eyes closed. Og, he's in the zone. The vibecoding zone. Caption at the bottom in large block letters: "VIBECODING". This is also the logo for the r/vibecoding subbredit From reddit.com, r/vibecoding - a post that shows a product video of a mobile productivity app that has a date-based chart/line animation in "dark mode", and something about logging what the user has been eating with "daily goals status." The post title is "I spent 5 months building an app that nobody needs"
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 07/05/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 02/05/2026
Eepy
A small brown dog wearing a crocheted sweater with his eyes closing - almost closed - falling asleep - on someone’s lap. That someone took the picture.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 01/05/2026
Berkeley teachers (including my wife) out there doing the work for the kids!
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 30/04/2026
Responding on a PM subreddit where a 22 year old PM (I'm presuming) is lecturing me on "real product metrics"
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 05/03/2026
Time for a little wall-mounted Atari 2600 action… at a barcade in Seattle airport
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 21/02/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 19/02/2026
ViSiON/3 BBS - modernization in progress! github.com/robbiew/visi... discord.gg/QcKtJKV5
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 07/02/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 21/01/2026
A time when smoking was so common on the job that industrial designers added ash trays to the consoles (Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA)
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 17/01/2026
Tom Waits is "Dad Rock" I guess
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 17/01/2026
bluesky moderation lists doin' their block things for me! Nice
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 13/01/2026
Nothing is normal anymore
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 30/12/2025
Getting SETI ready for our annual New Year’s Eve Game-A-Palooza event! (Link is ready to play)
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