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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 12/09/2026

Happy Mogollon Monster day to those who celebrate. Been a year since I finished the 100 mile run there. Good luck to all the runners today … and tomorrow

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 13/05/2026

This past weekend I ran the Ice Age 50 mile run. This one was pretty special, it was my 10th time finishing 50 miles at that race. I have literally been working on this for over a decade. It was also good to spend time with friends who show up every year

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 01/01/2026

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

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 02/12/2025

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 🥃

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 02/12/2025

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 🥃

Fill night. Poured 2oz into 9600 small bottles

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 10/11/2025

Helped out a friend this weekend who was running a 200 mile(!) trail race. Ran 18 miles with her overnight and into the morning after a snowstorm came through. What an amazing event to be a small part of. The grit and determination of all the runners was so inspiring

Trails were pretty after an overnight snowstorm

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 17/10/2025

What a great close to @leaddev.com. Met up with a few new friends at a happy hour. I learned so much and can’t wait to come back again

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 30/09/2025

Finished up Wheel of Time season 3. wtf. How do they cancel it after that? I have questions that need answers. Moiraine, Rand, Nynaeve, Egwene, Lanfear? What happens? Welp, here we go

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 16/09/2025

Fun LLM use case. Describing hallucinations seen after staying up all night during my 100 mile run ChatGPT made this image which is darn close to what my brain was telling me In reality, sunlight was hitting the char on a burned tree and reflecting iridescent light

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 11/09/2025

If you haven’t run 100 miles without training for it, have you even lived? jk Spent the weekend running the Mogollon Monster 100 in Arizona. It was beautiful and challenging. I was way undertrained and suffered. I also finished it. Go out and do hard things strava.app.link/kgCB9LkEzWb

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 03/09/2025

A coworker brought a case of Dragons Milk Origin back from Michigan. Wasn’t going to buy one, but an after-work tasting changed that

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 12/08/2025

Back home after an unforgettable week at the final TransRockies Run

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 10/07/2025

It’s a version where they take out parts of the story to make it shorter. The version I read took out maybe 100 pages. Still a long book, but one where you want more at the end. If it is abridged, it usually says it on the title and publisher page

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 16/06/2025

Spent the weekend at the Kettle 100. Paced a friend from 63 to 71, unsuccessfully tried to convince him to not quit. Saw the 16 year course record fall. Watched a few other friends finish. What a time. 12 weeks until my own 100 mile run ⏰

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 26/05/2025

3 different ways 1. Ask it to generate some UI component. It does the boilerplate, I tweak it manually 2. Tedious functions where it can write correct code based on name and parameters. Only time I use autocomplete 3. Asking architectural questions. I use this often. Image has a recent example

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 15/05/2025

Doing a book club at work. Barely scratched the surface and feeling I should have read this years ago

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 11/05/2025

Wasn’t pretty but I finished. Fun day seeing friends and making new ones. First really warm day around here

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 09/05/2025

10 years ago today I ran my first ultramarathon, Ice Age 50 mile in Wisconsin. Tomorrow I will be going for my 9th finish there. In the picture I’m saying I would never do that again. I have to learn to make better life choices

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 27/04/2025

Oh. They've encased him in Carbonite. He should be quite well protected

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 25/04/2025

Wilderness Trail cask strength wheated. I’m really starting to enjoy cask strength bourbon. The flavor can’t be beat and perfect for sipping. Someone at my company secured a couple of barrels and I got in on it. Cheers 🥃

Wilderness Trail cask strength barrel pick

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 15/04/2025

The Go gopher. Needs paint go.dev/blog/gopher

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 08/04/2025

Got a 3d printer yesterday. Am I a maker now? What else should I print?

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 25/03/2025

Climbed up to the top of Pass Mountain to get a rare glimpse of a cloudy morning sky in Arizona I’ve been here many times, but the clouds make it unlike any other

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 08/03/2025

Every year since 2017 I have run a 100 mile race. It has taken me to a lot of different places, both literally and figuratively. This year I’ll be heading to northern Arizona in September to do it again at the Mogollon Monster 100. Can’t wait. www.aravaiparunning.com/mogollon-mon...

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 07/02/2025

You know that feeling when you learn something you probably should have know for years So fetch() in JavaScript allows you to override the cache control from a server response. I needed to do this yesterday and now I know

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 10/01/2025

Learning from my recent Claude chats ✨ My habit: - Typing out my problem - Using as much detail as I can - Include examples - Ask for a solution meeting criteria How it ended: - I should have solved problems like this before - This is so fast ⚡ - Claude is my rubber duck 🦆

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 31/12/2024

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 a.m... What a year 2024 Ran Trans Rockies 6 day race taking 2nd Ran a 100 mile race for the 8th consecutive year Participated in a bourbon advent Worked at a 100 mile race in AZ Learned to code just for fun buff.ly/2rWnXxd

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 20/12/2024

First real snow of the year in Wisconsin. How many days until June?

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Dave Smith @davesmith.dev · 11/12/2024

Checking out TemplUI (previously Goilerplate) this morning. Build a site with Go, Templ, AlpineJs, and Tailwind. Looks real nice. I don’t think he’s on bsky, but here is credit to the author templui.io

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