Reposted by Cole Macleanstellz @piss.beauty · 23/07/2026"make no mistakes" negative, unrealistic, anxiety inducing, process focused "do a breakthrough" positive, incredible, aspirational, goal oriented 1146068
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 27/06/2026[programming in 2026] ah, another busy day in the slop mine. found a seam of useful code and hauled it out. ochre jellys everywhere again 111
Reposted by Cole MacleanDaniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com · 26/05/2026My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it. 2127373
Reposted by Cole MacleanEris ⌬ @eriskii.net · 30/04/2026OpenAI has addressed the goblin situationopenai.comWhere the goblins came fromHow goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior. 717825
Reposted by Cole MacleanMaggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com · 23/01/2026I have Gas Town derangement syndrome and spent the last few weeks writing thousands of words on agent orchestration patterns; how they shift our bottlenecks and force us to ask whether and when we should stop looking at code maggieappleton.com/gastownmaggieappleton.comGas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at ScaleOn agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code 1629456
Reposted by Cole MacleanGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 31/12/2025Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year 69905176
Reposted by Cole MacleanAnthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 24/11/2025More bad news for Rad Bikes. Read the CPSC warning carefully if you own a Rad 2115
Reposted by Cole MacleanKate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’ 252698450
Reposted by Cole MacleanEric Wastl @was.tl · 22/10/2025Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more: adventofcode.com/2025/about#f... adventofcode.com/2025/about#f... 51612119
Reposted by Cole Macleanisabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Just got to the Learning Bitcoin conference. The current panelist is talking about why there’s a drop in testosterone. The panel is called Decentralized Health and Wellness. 5529
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 24/05/2025There was definitely some overzealous moderation going on as well, and I also remember the no recourse part was especially annoying, it really felt like you we just being shut down. 130
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 24/05/2025My recollection of using the site in the 2014+ phase really matches this, with a lot of user frustration due to questions being closed as duplicates by mods. Because they were duplicates! The huge growth in the first few years resulted in most questions already having been asked. 220
Reposted by Cole MacleanJens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 30/04/2025With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation. 332311943
Reposted by Cole MacleanKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works. 254127313988
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 14/02/2025This random web form hides phone number and email (so that no one can see you typing them?) and then shows you a modal on submission with them fully visible. Amazing stuff 040
Reposted by Cole Maclean👻 Dead Chachra 💀 @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference. 4343606310384
Reposted by Cole MacleanChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025This is a must-read and is also the first comprehensive post mortem I’ve read working off the vote cast data (which is the real deal) as opposed to the dubious exit polling. 1721948562
Reposted by Cole MacleanSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 02/01/2025Huh oh. As a committed anti-conspiracy-theorist for the "phones listen to your microphone and targeted ads based on what you say" thing I can tell this is going to be exhausting 1721731
Reposted by Cole Macleaneevee @eev.ee · 01/01/2025finally. Finally the year is a square. the only one in my lifetime. and it's the square of the ninth triangular number no less. truly this shall be a glorious year for sudoku 513919
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 27/12/2024the six year old went straight from xmas to birthday party planning. giant meltdown this morning over the details on the invite 140
Reposted by Cole MacleanKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 26/12/2024IQ tests are astrology for racists 653672523
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 14/12/2024100%. Still sounds terrifying, hoping for a quick recovery 020
Reposted by Cole MacleanStewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 08/12/2024First I had heard of this issue, but this is such a bad idea. It sounds like satire, but isn't, to take a school's basketball court and turn it into residential and commercial real estate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caVancouver developer pays $8.5M for 99-year lease of school property | CBC NewsA majority of the board voted on Wednesday to pass bylaws to kickstart the disposal process of 1.6 hectares of "surplus" land just south of Sir Sandford Elementary School, that will be leased to Vittori Developments, a private company. 185
Reposted by Cole MacleanHarrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The Gastown steam clock now plays Shake it Off. In fact, all public art in Vancouver has been replaced with effigies of Taylor Swift, traffic lights now go from Ivy to Red (Taylor's Version), and a new road has been paved to New Westminster, running diagonally for some reason, called Swiftsway 4345
Reposted by Cole MacleanMatt Keeter @mattkeeter.com · 06/12/2024absolutely incredible attack vector 16939255
Reposted by Cole MacleanSeven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 30/11/2024can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no 401181972113
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 28/11/2024Did you catch who voted for/against? Also thank you for documenting 🫡 100
Reposted by Cole MacleanSteve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 22/11/2024I’m not a power lifter but I can say lifting heavy things has truly helped my brain I wish I understood earlier in life that lifting is nerd coded, not jock coded 171119
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 21/11/2024Really reminds me of the BC payments the Horgan government sent through ICBC, that went only to drivers. Terrible use of funds. 200
Reposted by Cole MacleanForrest Brazeal @forrestbrazeal.bsky.social · 16/11/202410x more excited for Netflix Engineering’s postmortem writeup than I was for the fight itself. 5498
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 16/11/2024HTTP 503 "envoy overloaded" from Netflix as soon as Tyson walks out 000
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 10/11/2024These cookies are incredible: docs.google.com/document/d/1... (not my recipe, from Dave Shea on mastodon)docs.google.comDouble chocolate chip cookiesDouble chocolate chip cookies This base cookie can be modified with extra ingredients that pair well with chocolate to great effect. I’ve done dozens of batches over the years with add-ons like tonka ... 010
Reposted by Cole MacleanAndrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 29/10/2024B.C. election count is DONE. NDP majority with 47 seats. Will need to work with Greens or someone from Conservatives in order to pass legislation while putting up a speaker. Judicial recounts in 2 ridings www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpolicbc.caB.C. NDP hangs on to power, will form next government CBC projects | CBC NewsThe British Columbia NDP appears to have fended off the Conservative surge by a razor thin margin and will form the next provincial government, CBC News projects. 58626
Reposted by Cole MacleanAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 26/10/2024I guess it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president wapo.st/3UqHWRM 24477382439
Cole Maclean @colemaclean.dev · 17/10/2024Calling it: this is our twitter replacement, folks. Skeets are the new tweets 030
Reposted by Cole MacleanMy Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 03/10/2024The best time to get rid of your 23&Me DNA data is to have never given it to them in the first place. The second best time is now. 4388158
Reposted by Cole MacleanThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/08/2024theonion.comDNC Attendees Set Massive Wooden Donkey Ablaze To Ensure 4 More Years Of Liberal RuleCHICAGO—Circling around the 100-foot-tall ceremonial mascot as the sharp beat of drums echoed, attendees of the Democratic National Convention reportedly set a massive wooden donkey ablaze outside the... 181485262
Reposted by Cole MacleanTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 18/08/2024For @foreignpolicy.com, I wrote about Alice Munro—our public and private responses. It turns out my feelings are not all that complicated. It’s wrong to shelter a pedophile, even if you don’t drive and he has a mighty convenient van. Gift link! foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/18/a...foreignpolicy.comHow Canada Lost Our MunroCanadians felt the literary giant belonged to us—but it turns out we never knew her. 118231
Reposted by Cole Macleanan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 18/11/20231923: The world's richest man is an antisemite. The hot new music on the street is experimental jazz flute. 2023: The world's richest man is an antisemite. The hot new music on the street is experimental jazz flute. 7964372019
