Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 9hMy favorite ever suitcase has finally died. It's my possession that elicited the most compliments from strangers. Including one gen-z TSA agent who thought it was referencing "Men In Black". Sweet summer child. HIT ME with your carry-on suitcase recommendations! 030
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 29/09/2026I just used RubberDuckGPT. By the time I finished dictating the question, I knew the answer. zero tokens burned. 031
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 28/09/2026Just had my first EVER interview with a company that used, and was grateful for, my form library. 🤯 1270
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 27/09/2026I'm absolutely ASTONISHED that Apple has managed to make Siri WORSE on iOS and watchOS 27. The bar was SO LOW and yet they managed to limbo under it. My watch now says, "I'm sorry, but I am unable to set a timer on this device." WTAF?! 120
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 27/09/2026I can't wait for 2035 when all the airports and hotel rooms finally have USB-C plugs, just in time for USB-D. 3240
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/09/2026RIP @reactalicante.es. LONG LIVE @frontieralicante.com!! See you next year! 151
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/09/2026Human in the loop? Okay, but what if the loop… …is really a noose? #HumanMadeHaiku 010
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/09/2026That one time when @farisaziz.com lost a lotta quid. 💸 @reactalicante.es 060
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/09/2026Wife was in the audience for my conference talk yesterday. She was astounded that I'm actually kind of good at it. It helped that she saw a few others before mine to calibrate the bar, but still. 🥰 0230
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 23/09/2026@cwbuecheler.com I don't recall when or how we followed each other, but I see we get to meet in person this week! 🎉 120
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 22/09/2026@hotdogsladies.bsky.social I love it when a fact from Little Fish gets a mention on ROTL. Well done, sir. 🫡 🇪🇬 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 21/09/2026I can't decide of the coinage of "noul" is dumb or genius. I'm leaning towards the latter... 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 20/09/2026They should put an American burrito franchise in the Amsterdam airport. . . Schipholtle 🌯 🇳🇱 032
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 19/09/2026@ifbookspod.bsky.social I'm sure many have sent this, but saw this in a library. 010
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 19/09/2026This is a reference to a joke I remember from my childhood. As a kid, it was very edgy because it required a curse word. –– What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhinoceros? . . . . . Hell if I know! 010
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 17/09/2026SLC reminds me of The Vatican. Owning a religion is an extremely profitable gig if you can get it. 070
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 16/09/2026On my fourth viewing, I think I finally understand the plot of Tenet. 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 15/09/2026I just replaced the entire family's AirTag batteries. #ModernDad 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 13/09/2026I’ve been researching my upcoming trip to Manhattan on YouTube. It’s made me incredibly hungry for pizza. 010
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 12/09/20262026 pop quiz! Would you be more or less likely to hire someone who had an agent fill out your job application? 🤔 110
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 12/09/2026@epmcool.bsky.social I heard there’s an ELECTION coming up. Surely there must be PROFITS to be MADE?? 110
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 12/09/2026Couldn’t sleep. Sick. Started watching a movie starring De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Brad Pitt, and Billy Crudup. 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 11/09/2026Job interview question: "What causes a React component to re-render?" Bless his heart... he was just a recruiter. I imagine many don't get past that hurdle. 070
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 10/09/2026Somewhere I still have a CDR backup – of files that I thought were important – that I made on the evening of September 10, 2001. Little did I know how the world would change the following morning. 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 10/09/2026Just got a cold call from a recruiter. Great, I just announced that I was looking for a job! He wanted to discuss candidates he had for me to hire at my previous company. 🤦♂️ 240
Reposted by Erik RasmussenErik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 09/09/2026📢 I'm officially looking for a new job. You hiring? Full time, remote from Spain, paid via EOR, IC, TypeScript, no crypto, support for 3-4 conference speaking gigs/year. Share plz. 🙏 DMs open. 22215
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 09/09/2026📢 I'm officially looking for a new job. You hiring? Full time, remote from Spain, paid via EOR, IC, TypeScript, no crypto, support for 3-4 conference speaking gigs/year. Share plz. 🙏 DMs open. 22215
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 07/09/2026September 2026 Prediction: Over the coming years, the word "slop" is going to end up meaning "good". 001
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 05/09/2026When you’re at a red-and-white festival, there’s only one brand of sunglasses you can trust: @reactalicante.es 030
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 04/09/2026@recdiffs.bsky.social This is the most RecDiffs fodder site ever.mydialect.usHow Do You Talk? — American Accent Quiz & US Dialect MapDiscover where in the United States people talk like you with this interactive American Accent Quiz. Get a personalized dialect map based on the Harvard Dialect Survey. 110
Reposted by Erik RasmussenJon Kimball @jonkimball.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is amazing. Thank you! 0102
Reposted by Erik RasmussenErik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 02/09/2026Nerdy blog post in honor of @epmcool.bsky.social and @jonkimball.bsky.social.erikras.comUS State CentersHow have the population centers of US states moved over time? 2153
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 02/09/2026Nerdy blog post in honor of @epmcool.bsky.social and @jonkimball.bsky.social.erikras.comUS State CentersHow have the population centers of US states moved over time? 2153
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 31/08/2026Upon waking this morning, my brain gave me a great title to a poem / song / novel / self help book / movie. “My Best Friend’s Parachute” 000
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 28/08/2026I’m the kind of dad who wakes up the whole house at 5am to watch the Earth’s shadow cover the moon. 140
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/08/2026Just heard a great phrase about not caring about your job: “it’s about the income, not the outcome.” 020
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/08/2026TIL the Spanish consider The Grim Reaper as a woman because "La Muerte" is feminine. 💀 220
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 26/08/2026[Re-]Listening to this 30yo album from Fiona Apple, and there's a song called "Never is a Promise". I cannot think of a more TypeScript song title.youtube.comFiona Apple - Never Is A PromiseYouTube video by fionaappleVEVO 050
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 25/08/2026I bet you could get some good deals on second hand minis today. 020
Erik Rasmussen @erikras.com · 25/08/20261. Which thumb do you hit the spacebar with? 2. How often do you clean/replace your keyboard? 110