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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 17/09/2026

Agentic development should always be optional, but for those who use it, we're building something really cool at Review Board that adheres to our People-First approach. I'll have more to share on the @reviewboard.org account and at www.reviewboard.org in the coming months.

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Review Board: Review for every project

Code review and document review at scale, on-prem and private. Git, Jujutsu, Perforce, Mercurial, ClearCase, Keysight SOS, Azure DevOps, and more.

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BC19.Live - Butte County COVID-19 Tracker @bc19.live · 05/09/2026

🟣 Saturday, September 5, 2026 #COVID report for Butte County, CA bc19.live I'll get to the data in a minute, but first, I have a big update that affects some of the data I report on.

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Unofficial Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard

Detailed trends and information on the COVID-19 situation in Butte County.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/08/2026

I find it interesting what network most engages with what post. Tech/dev-focused posts go over really well on Mastodon, but not BlueSky (more gaming/artistic posts here). COVID reports get *tons* of engagement on Facebook, less elsewhere. X is a mixed bag. Still quite active.. *sigh*

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 28/08/2026

Do you want to get a preview of what's inside of Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom - Deluxe Edition? Check out our latest video: youtu.be/EqONSP07MQY

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Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom - Deluxe Edition

YouTube video by Retro Game Books

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/08/2026

I'll probably be back to writing these a couple times a week again.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 26/08/2026

I'm excited by what we're building. We're committed to on-prem, privacy, data portability, humans as the focus (even with AI in the mix). It's not really the industry trend, but it's ours. Especially at a time when #Canada and the #EU are needing solutions under their control.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 25/08/2026

There are futures to code/project review that are being ignored. And legacy customers with nowhere to go. For @reviewboard.org, we're building #EDA Design Review, #AI that strengthens human teams, and a migration path for #Crucible users needing a new home. chipx86.blog/2026/08/24/c...

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Coming to Review Board: AI, EDA Review, Crucible Import

I feel like the world of code review has somewhat stagnated. Most people use a variation on GitHub Pull Requests, which slowly began to catch up to the kinds of features we have in Review Board, bu…

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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 25/08/2026

Reviewing #hardware designs shouldn’t mean eyeballing two versions, hoping you spot what changed. That's a recipe for delays and deeper expenses. We’re building affordable #EDA review that shows actual diffs for #schematics and PCBs. www.reviewboard.org/eda-review/ #PCB #selfhosted

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Your hardware designs deserve a better review process

Upgrade your electronic design process with Review Board: see how schematics, PCB layouts, RTL, and firmware code change with each revision, and comment directly on your designs. Runs fully on-prem…

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/08/2026

I was happy to see #COVID at such low levels for my home county all year, but it's surging again. So I'm writing reports and managing the data again. Year 6. Time is a funny thing.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/08/2026

Early in my career, a co-worker shared an important piece of wisdom: Know what not to write, know what not to commit. Not every function, interface, or line of code written during development needs to be part of the final change. chipx86.blog/2026/08/20/k... #blog #programming #development

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Know What Not To Commit

I’ve written a lot of code over the past 35 years. In my earlier years (starting at age 7), everything was an experiment, with nothing slated for production (thank god). I didn’t know t…

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 19/08/2026

Only way to get those Switch carts to work sometimes.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 19/08/2026

I enjoy writing — the creativity, the process, the result — and I'm saddened when my works are skipped due to an assumption of it just being AI. So I built a place to link to — for you and for me — that states very clearly: emdashesmine.com #writing #coding #ai #emdash

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Em dashes mine

Be proud of your craft, shout it loud: Not written by AI. Em dashes mine.

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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 17/08/2026

When you're on-prem, you don't have to be down just because they're down. We believe in the future of on-prem. We're code review and document review for every project, every task. We're your team's Review Board. www.reviewboard.org #GitHub #outage #development #codereview #opensource

reviewboard.org

Review Board: Review for every project

Code review and document review at scale, on-prem and private. Git, Jujutsu, Perforce, Mercurial, ClearCase, Keysight SOS, Azure DevOps, and more.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 08/08/2026

I am back on reporting duty.

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 30/07/2026

We were delighted to discover a full-page shout out in the latest @nfpublishing.bsky.social (issue #84), featuring @nadiaoxford.bsky.social and @natedrake.bsky.social latest books. Thank you, @lucasmthomas.bsky.social. 💌 Support us all at: www.nintendoforcemagazine.com & retrogamebooks.com

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 27/07/2026

Been thinking about this brave new world of AI development, what we gain, what we give up... at the end of the day, I keep coming back to one thing: AIs don't take showers. chipx86.blog/2026/07/26/a... #ai #blog #coding #development

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AIs Don’t Take Showers

I enjoy my morning routine. Get up, wake up to the world through the phone, nibble on some breakfast, and sit down at the computer. I like to remind my sleepy brain what I was working on the night …

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 26/07/2026

I finally saw #Obsession. I'm processing, but have thoughts.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 24/07/2026

Been considering #Codeberg as a #GitHub alternative. I want more development options on the market. But the announcement about Codeberg banning whole software categories makes me feel uneasy, even understanding their reasons. This write-up sums up my feelings well. xn--gckvb8fzb.com/i-regret-mig...

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 23/07/2026

Ever curious about how a game gets broken down, taken apart, reverse-engineered? We'll be going over it today with a fresh #disassembly of Mickey Mousecapade for #NES: twitch.tv/chipx86

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ChipX86 - Live on Twitch

Let's learn NES disassembly with Mickey Mousecapade! An advanced beginner's guide. | Streaming software and game development.

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GAMEYE @gameyevg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Official statement regarding playstation going all digital

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 03/07/2026

Maybe do both. Cover your bases.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 03/07/2026

I drafted a whole response in my head and then never followed up! :/ I’m glad you remember it fondly. We’ve always tried to build a product people wouldn’t hate to use. And I honestly love working on it. The market’s just very saturated now. Hope to see you on a stream 🙂

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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 02/07/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Review Board's taking the game industry's lead and dropping all physical products. As of now, all code review whiteboards, projectors, and red/green/yellow highlighters are discontinued.

All code reviews should now be conducted using the digital Review Board product freely available at ReviewBoard.org

Plus and Enterprise plans are available to help you transition to this new digital future.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 18/06/2026

Lore.org's gotten a lot of attention this week. A newly-released open source version control system from Epic Games. Light-weight branching, binary assets, and more. We're looking into adding code review support for Lore in @reviewboard.org. Starting a deep dive into the internals.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 15/06/2026

Did you know I've been doing @reviewboard.org development streams on Twitch? It's true! Just a chill time, some talking, some coding, some coffee breaks, all over at twitch.tv/chipx86

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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 11/06/2026

GitHub has had 31.9 days of downtime so far this year (according to red-squares.cian.lol). If you're tired of being blocked, try Review Board. You can still keep your code hosted on #GitHub but move your reviews to Review Board, hosted in your network or by us.

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Pricing

On-prem plans include monthly or annual payment options, with multi-year discounts available. RBCommons plans are month-to-month.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 11/06/2026

I haven't had to write a #COVID report in ages. This has been great. I want this to continue for our community as long as possible (due to lack of serious transmission, and NOT lack of data).

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 11/06/2026

I love deranged software projects. I like seeing how far you can push things, finding ways to make languages/frameworks do what they shouldn't, or just building something that nobody would have any good reason to build.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 11/06/2026

This is pretty cool. A first-person shooter in #COBOL. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpZ... Repository: github.com/icitry/FPS.cob This guy has a bunch of other neat projects on his GitHub and YouTube.

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Is COBOL Enough To Make An FPS Game From Scratch?

YouTube video by icitry

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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 10/06/2026

Two weeks ago, we launched our Plus/Enterprise tiers with premium features and support. We gave this project a working title of Tiers of the Kingdom, since we started working on it around the time that Tears of the Kingdom released (being a #Zelda nerd is a requirement for working at Beanbag).

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 09/06/2026

Very excited about the #Nintendo Direct tomorrow, where they'll no doubt unveil Dr. #Mario Wonder, Excite Bike Galaxy, the dual #Zelda 1/2 remake release, and the collection of 40th anniversary NES Zelda Amiibo.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 07/06/2026

The finale of The Amazing Digital Circus was incredibly well-done. Glad I got to see it in theaters. Can’t wait to see it again. And if you haven’t seen this show, it’s so much better than the cartoony zany facade will trick you into thinking. All on YouTube, all free. youtu.be/iuaRQ5NQFq8

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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

YouTube video by GLITCH

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Part of this is that I'm on the AYN Thor, so it's probably just not the device it expects to be on: X Y A B Might have been better to break out the Steam Deck for this. That said, separate mappings for Confirm/Cancel would do wonders, and Disable Controller should require confirmation.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Re-reading what I wrote, I should clarify why the Confirm/Cancel is affected. By default, A=Jump, B=Heal, Y=Sidearm, X=Attack. Confirm/Cancel is A/B (you can swap this). I'd prefer B=Jump, Y=Attack, X=Heal, A=Sidearm. If I do this, Confirm/Cancel becomes B/X. It inherits from the action mapping.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

The "Controller" menu item lets you toggle whether the controller is Enabled or Disabled. It's not really clear initially what that's for (easy to think you'll edit controller settings), and I think the thought is you have a keyboard to undo it. But on a handheld gaming console, that's not a given.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Changing Confirm/Cancel makes it really tricky to get through the UI and undo it. Worse, the "Controller" menu item, when interacted with, disables your controller. On my device, that proved a serious problem. Undid it and then accidentally triggered it again... Hope this sees an update.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

I hate to say, my first experience with Mina the Hollower is a bad one. I haven't played the game yet, and I'm sure that's great, but the controller options need a rethink. You can customize the buttons for attack, jump, etc., but when you do that, you also change the Confirm/Cancel. Disorienting.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Oh and check out the whole thread I shared from our announcement. There's lots of screenshots in there.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Going forward, we're focusing on smaller, more frequent major releases. The next stuff we have coming up on our roadmap's going to be pretty great! 🙂 www.reviewboard.org

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Review Board - It's a bright day for code review!

Code review and document review for organizations of all sizes, supporting Git, Perforce, Mercurial, IBM ClearCase, Cliosoft SOS, Azure DevOps, and more.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

If you care about source code sovereignty, privacy, on-prem, code quality, and not having AI train on your code, I hope you'll give Review Board a try. We've been around for 20 years, pre-#GitHub, and have a lot we want to do in the future.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

And we want to continue to emphasize our people-first approach. #AI can be helpful, but people should be in the driver's seat, and we're building for them first and foremost. I'll die on this hill.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

Trying to keep a healthy mix of review features (the whole point of the product) and admin/integration features. As the world re-evaluates what tools are being used for code and development, we'll continue to add to our large list of SCM, forge, and other devtool integrations.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026

This is an important release for us. We're solving a long-standing problem with how disconnected our paid offerings were, and we're adding #Office Document Review, which we've wanted to add for over 15 years. Plus #Forgejo and other integrations for on-prem.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 27/05/2026

Well then. Let's start getting @reviewboard.org 8 released, shall we?

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 25/05/2026

Just released Djblets 6, the latest version of our #Django extension library we use to build @reviewboard.org. Feature flags, extension framework, avatars, cache utils, datagrids, page state/rendering injection, dynamic site config, GDPR privacy support, and more. pypi.org/project/Djbl...

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Djblets

A collection of useful classes and functions for developing large-scale Django-based web applications.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 23/05/2026

This situation in Garden Grove near Anaheim/LA is awful and terrifying. It’s not often officials are so frank about how bad the situation is. Best-case scenario is reportedly 7,000 gallons of toxic chemicals spilling out, worst is an explosion. Hope people evacuate and stay safe.

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 10/05/2026

When I was young, I picked up a book from the library that I thought was in the wrong section and would be about eldritch horror titled The Mythical Man Moth, but it turned out I misread it and instead learned a lot about project management. True story.

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