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Sam Stokes

@five-eights.com

Immigrant, mixologist, engineer. Interested in feedback loops, abstractions, nuance. ex LaunchDarkly, Honeycomb, LinkedIn. five-eights.com five-eights.com/garden

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 23/09/2026

Experimentally vibe coding an app to plan out feeding schedules for my cats. So far it is scolding me.

Screenshot of an app showing a feeding schedule for two cats named Rocinante and Persephone. It shows a "daily calories" estimate with warnings for each cat that they are below target, plus some "checks" warning that wet food is left out too long.

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 11/09/2026

I lucked out and the base piece ended up naturally chatoyant - look how the light plays over it as it moves!

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 11/09/2026

Finished a dovetail tray, made in walnut with #HandTools. Really happy with how this one came out. #Woodworking

A brown wooden tray sitting on a white marble surface. The tray has dovetail joinery with a visible contrast between the long grain of the tails and the end grain of the pins. The wood shows dark grain patterns and a sheen where the light reflects from it.

The same tray at an angle, showing the interior grain and sides more clearly.

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 07/09/2026

"Muted words" seems to completely hide matching posts, so you don't even know they happened. I want the *option* to read and engage, just it to be opt in, so I can moderate myself and stop if I find myself doomscrolling.

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 07/09/2026

I went on a media diet when I left Twitter, and stepping onto Bluesky reminds me how exhausting The Discourse can get - dunk of the week etc. Does anyone have tips for healthy Bluesky consumption? Is there an analog of Mastodon's ability to set keyword blocklists that hide posts behind a drawer?

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Sam Stokes @five-eights.com · 19/08/2026

It's 0.5° out of square 😭 Sawing straight is hard. #HandTools #Woodworking

A wedge-shaped walnut fence sits on a flat walnut deck. A hand holds a combination square against the side of the deck, showing the fence is at a slight angle from the square's straight edge.

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