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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 13/09/2026

It's weird, but I haven't seen any tech journalists or influencers talking about what I think is the most important thing about the iPhone Duo: it's a trojan horse for app developers, in the most wonderful way.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 10/09/2026

@pikapods.bsky.social Any word on when Mastodon will be available? The feedback portal was updated yesterday to say it had been added, but it's not there. feedback.pikapods.com/posts/94/add...

feedback.pikapods.com

Add App: Mastodon · PikaPods Feedback

Many dependencies, including Redis and PG https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 25/05/2026

Wow! I am genuinely so insanely impressed with Vivaldi 8.0. I've tried it off and on over the years, but it never felt quite "right" to me. But they really nailed it with this new release. So well polished, with so many quality of life features. Compact tab spacing is a life saver!

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 22/05/2026

So, bizarre question — does anyone know of any wireless (ideally solar-recharged battery) backup cameras that have CarPlay apps in the US market? Looking to install a backup camera in my fiancés car, but he already has a CarPlay unit. I’d rather avoid hard wiring and adding a HUD just for it.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 04/05/2026

Wonder Man was even better than I expected. Sir Ben Kingsly and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II never disappoint.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 04/05/2026

No one warned me Mr. Door was in The Night Manager

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 17/04/2026

Everyone seems to remember that Icarus flew too close to the sun, but not that his father also told him not to fly too low and let the sea dampen his wings. We only ever tell half the story: the falling half. Hubris makes a better cautionary tale than mediocrity does.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 14/04/2026

I always appreciate when Claude resorts to question and exclamation marks in its statements — it's reassuring knowing I'm not the only one deeply confused as to what's going on.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 08/04/2026

Authentication and authorization alone don't achieve tenant isolation. A user can be fully authenticated, fully authorized for their own tenant — and still access another tenant's resources if isolation isn't enforced at the infrastructure level. This isn't theoretical.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 06/04/2026

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is becoming the standard for connecting AI agents to enterprise systems. But its authorization model has a fundamental problem.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 02/04/2026

Only 22% of teams treat AI agents as independent identities. The rest? Shared API keys. That stat comes from the 2026 State of AI Agent Security Report — and it should terrify every CISO reading this.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 01/04/2026

I don't quite know how Marathon's graphic realism aesthetic fits into enterprise software yet, but I can't help wanting every UI I touch to have it. It's just gorgeous.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 01/04/2026

Broken access control has been the #1 risk on the OWASP Top 10 for two consecutive releases (2021 and 2025). 100% of applications tested by OWASP researchers had some form of broken access control.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 01/04/2026

You should see my schedule; I'm positively bedeviled with meetings, etcetera.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 31/03/2026

AI agents don't ask for permission twice. They make a decision, call your API, access your data. If your access control drifted out of sync last week, you won't know until it's already happened.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 31/03/2026

Just shipped the new InferaDB website — really proud of how the developer docs, blog (Dispatch), and changelog turned out. inferadb.com First time working with animating SVG. Love the subtle effect it gives Dispatch posts when they load in and on hover.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 17/03/2026

OK, I really really loved "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die". Tremendously fun movie

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 10/03/2026

Incredible to see my PHP framework (PSR Discovery) just passed 8 million downloads!

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 09/03/2026

I couldn't sleep last night, so I tinkered around and built a tool I've wanted for a while: a no-fuss code coverage reporter for GitHub Actions. Tools like Codecov are convenient, but I think the added overhead of an external service dependency and secrets is overkill.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 06/03/2026

Your authorization system can't prove it worked correctly yesterday. Try it. Pull your logs and database backups. I'll wait.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 05/03/2026

"We deploy in eu-west-1" is not a data residency guarantee. A deployment configuration is a policy. A consensus protocol that physically can't replicate data outside a jurisdiction is a guarantee. One satisfies an auditor's question. The other satisfies the follow-up.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 04/03/2026

Your authorization layer is the only part of your infrastructure you can't verify — and it's making every access decision. You've got observability everywhere. APIs, databases, services — all instrumented. But auth? It's a black box. Outputs "allow" or "deny" and you trust it.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 02/03/2026

Marathon is the first extraction shooter I've found that doesn't feel like a second job. Spent all weekend playing with my partner and friends. The cyberpunk aesthetic is stunning — combat is tight, and even short sessions feel rewarding. Most fun I've had with the genre!

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 02/03/2026

Zero trust for identity? Check. For devices and networks? Yep. For workloads? Of course. For the authorization layer that actually enforces access decisions? Crickets.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 13/01/2026

I'm building a little game engine in Metal/Vulkan from scratch with Claude Code (just for fun) and I decided I wanted to integrate a big throw back to my early gamer days — Starsiege Tribes skiing. I can't tell you how overjoyed I was that Claude understood this concept thoroughly.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 13/01/2026

Ever wonder what's actually happening inside your authorization system? Traditional setups operate like black boxes: permissions go in, yes/no comes out, and you just hope nothing's been tampered with. We're changing that.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 05/01/2026

At the beginning of each workday, each player draws 7: three ‘Just Checking In’s, two ‘No Rush On This’s, one ‘Per My Last Email,’ and a legendary: ‘Let Me Know How I Can Help.’ You may play any number of kindness spells this turn.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 27/12/2025

Love building terminal UIs — it scratches an itch that's hard to define. Coming of age in the 90s hacking scene left an impression on me, I think. This is from @InferaDB CLI's `dev status --interactive` command. It's built using our Rust-native TUI framework inspired by Bubble Tea, called Ferment.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 20/11/2025

In Chicago this week visiting with our dear friends 😊

Two men in winter hats and glasses smiling in front of Chicago's reflective Cloud Gate sculpture ("The Bean") with city skyscrapers behind.

Five friends bundled in jackets pose smiling in front of Chicago's reflective Cloud Gate sculpture ("The Bean") on an overcast autumn day

Group of six friends seated around a round restaurant table, chatting and using phones, wine glass and place settings visible in a cozy, art-filled dining room.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 19/11/2025

I have the sudden urge to build a MUD with Rust

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 19/11/2025

"Startup" (the series) was a delightful surprise. I recently binge-watched all three seasons. It's a bummer we won't be getting a Season 4!

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 19/11/2025

Finding something you're so passionate about that you can envision dedicating the next decade to it is rare and exciting. The first for me was my fiancé; the second is @InferaDB.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 18/11/2025

Hot take: Rust is the future of software development, and I'm shaping InferaDB to be a predominantly Rust-based company from the ground up.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 18/11/2025

Just set up our new Discord server for InferaDB! Going forward, it'll be our central hub for our developer community to engage directly with the team, exchange best practices and tips and tricks, and where we'll deliver updates on new features, offer official resources and tutorials.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 12/11/2025

Exciting day! We have our first VC calls for InferaDB lined up over the next couple of weeks, starting with our first call today. Wish us luck! 😊

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 11/11/2025

Code is more than a set of machine instructions; it's a message to future developers, including ourselves. It’s a tool for clear communication over time, capturing our intentions, reasoning, and shared understanding.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 10/11/2025

I'm so excited about what we've been building at InferaDB. For years, I've seen developers struggle with authorization. It's more often than not a bottleneck that slows down innovation and compromises security. I spent five years in the space re-thinking the approach, and InferaDB is that solution.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 03/11/2025

What on earth did they do to Affinity? This new UI is a nightmare. It's great that the core features are now free — genuinely awesome! But I was more than willing to pay for a seamless experience. A cluttered UI, even at no cost, isn't exactly a crowd-puller.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 03/11/2025

Sneakers (1992) has held up surprisingly well

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 23/10/2025

Both WHOOP and OURA have launched new, extensive blood test panel programs. I explored these options to highlight the differences and help you determine which one offers the best value for your specific needs.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 16/10/2025

The more I work with TanStack, the more I fall in love. Its unparalleled quality and exceptional developer experience are truly inspiring. Every library should aspire to be such a joy to use.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 15/10/2025

Apple’s rebrand of TV+ makes sense. It’s felt like they’ve been refining the Apple TV+ app UI to eventually replace the dull app launcher experience of the current home screen for quite a while now — the new name seems to reinforce that inevitability. www.techmeme.com/251013/p26#...

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Apple renames its Apple TV+ streaming service to “simply” Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity”

Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Apple renames its Apple TV+ streaming service to “simply” Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity”

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 06/10/2025

Just released OpenFGA Python SDK v0.9.7 with some DX improvements and bug fixes for working with custom headers. Give it a try and let us know what you think! github.com/openfga/pyt...

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GitHub - openfga/python-sdk: OpenFGA SDK for Python 3 - https://pypi.org/project/openfga-sdk/

OpenFGA SDK for Python 3 - https://pypi.org/project/openfga-sdk/ - openfga/python-sdk

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 09/09/2025

Happy iPhone day to those that celebrate

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 04/09/2025

I figured The Browser Company (of Arc and Dia fame) being acquired was an inevitability, but I did not have Atlassian on that bingo card.

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Evan Sims @evansims.com · 31/08/2025

I try to start each week by reflecting on what went well and what didn't. Just a few sentences of reflection help me uncover patterns often missed in the rush. It's a simple habit with huge returns. Improvement is largely about recognizing what needs to change.

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