Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 24/05/2026You'd think Google would lookup who preordered the Fitbit Air and roll out the new Google Health app to those users first. But no, now I have a $100 wristband that does nothing until they pull my number. 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 25/08/2025Netflix and Beat Saber need to talk about Kpop Demon Hunters. 140
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 14/08/2025World is falling apart, and I'm over here trying to learn a new SYMBOLS layer that I added to my glove80 keyboard's keymap. 140
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 11/08/2025Why did it take me this long to pair my glove80 with my phone? This is nice. 030
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 08/08/2025It's been long enough since I left my last job that when someone asks what I do, I've started saying I 'used to be' a software engineer. The shift in language feels heavy. Hopefully that changes within the next year. I've been taking time to chase after health issues — turns out there are many! 030
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 08/08/2025Gemini needs a better way to organize chats, especially by automatically separating 'digital assistant' chats from manually-created ones. This should be a uniform (in look-and-feel and functionality) feature across both the web and mobile apps. 030
Reposted by Binary AdderMicah @rincewind.run · 01/08/2025I am generally against “everything needs to have an app” - I do not need my dishwasher to text me - but I will reluctantly grant it in the case of my garage door mostly because my brain takes about five seconds after it’s out of sight to forget whether I closed the damn thing 172247
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 01/08/2025I love the modern Web. Visit a website on mobile and get assaulted by pop-ups for sharing location and receiving notifications in addition to the site's popups for cookies, promotional materials, and the kitchen sink. 120
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 18/07/2025The cycle of owning a CPAP machine: 1. Take a few days to get your mask fit just right to minimize leaks. 2. Have a few nights with a perfect mask fit. 3. Weekly cleaning time! Completely disassemble the mask to clean it, losing that perfect mask fit you had. 4. Rinse and repeat, ad infinitum. 020
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 18/07/2025I'm a few days away from my one year anniversary of being unemployed. What a surreal feeling. I might as well refer to this period as my mid-career retirement. Hopefully there will be a second half to my career and I didn't ruin it by voluntarily taking time away. 🤞 100
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 08/07/2025Chat, is it dangerous to sleep in an EV (that's outside a garage) hooked up to a CPAP machine during a thunderstorm? 110
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 24/06/2025Todd Howard personally placed every nirnroot. Prove me wrong. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 24/06/2025It's surprising how many scam websites are under Google's sponsored shopping items. Search "riding lawnmower from Walmart" and you'll see tens of them. 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 12/06/2025Sigh, Google is being Google and is killing Gemini's usefulness unless you pay for the $250/mo plan (which is untenable for me at the moment). I've been a happy Pro plan user for ages now, and now I'm suddenly getting full day rate limits? Why am I paying for this? 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 09/06/2025Something needs to be done about 15 going through Frederick, Maryland. I hold my breath the entire length of it. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 05/06/2025I was not prepared for this, but it slaps: music.youtube.com/watch?v=tjsC...music.youtube.comDJ Cummerbund - About The Damn EndYouTube video by DJ Cummerbund 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 03/06/2025This is getting out of hand. techcrunch.com/2025/06/01/f...techcrunch.comFor the love of God, stop calling your AI a co-worker | TechCrunchA growing number of startups are anthropomorphizing AI to build trust fast -- and soften its threat to human jobs. 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 27/05/2025Weird thing HGTV hosts do: Alright, I'm going to leave and show myself out of your house. Yeah, I'm sure that happens. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 09/05/2025It must be difficult to write a book about AI only for so much to change by the time it gets published. 000
Reposted by Binary AdderAndré Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Being a Software Engineer Pro: If the software you need doesn't exist, you can build it yourself. Con: If the software you need doesn't exist, you can build it yourself. 063
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 24/04/2025A downside of working with a laptop on my lap is that my belly hangs over a wee bit, causing the touchpad to think we're doing a multi-touch gesture now. 020
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 14/04/2025Looking at all the people in my life who are sick:media.tenor.coma poster for wentworth shows a woman in a blue sweaterALT: a poster for wentworth shows a woman in a blue sweater 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 30/03/2025My favorite part of going to DC today was when somebody pointed at the White House and said, "Look, there's the Tesla dealership." 030
Reposted by Binary Adderlukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 25/03/2025EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good 419240031699
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 26/03/2025After spending days designing an authentication system for SMS and social login, I completely understand why services like Auth0 exist. However, I do like the freedom of not having to learn that service's APIs and SDKs and how to get our custom UI to work with those instead of using their UI. 100
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 11/03/2025I finally heard back from a company I applied to! It was a rejection, but at least I know that one of these companies exists, and I'm not just throwing my resume into the vast void. 000
Reposted by Binary AdderAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/202518F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 697187346802
Reposted by Binary AdderRead the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Hell yeah 223726
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 09/02/2025Back from a 5-day flu bout and greeted with a 3-6 inch snow forecast. Perfect. 010
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 29/01/2025Let me pull down deepseek-v3 into ollama to see if I can run this thing locally. >ollama run deepseek-v3 >sees the model is 404 GB >panic Ctrl-C's Nope, that's not happening. 100
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 21/01/2025What's with this trend of US companies seemingly only hiring European software engineers? #software 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 15/01/2025I need to tell somebody, so I might as well redirect this to the /dev/null that is my Bluesky followers: I fucking love the glove80. This keyboard has singlehandedly changed my life. I'm not even kidding. No more hand pain; I type more efficiently than ever. I love this thing. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 20/12/2024My experience with Google Gemini summed up. (Yes, I know I'm using an experimental model that is probably a bit messed up, given that it's even warning me that it may not work as expected, but... I'm trying to be funny, folks.) 100
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 19/12/2024Unemployment life: making my own emo Christmas music playlist. 000
Reposted by Binary Adder🦇 DEADvin 🎃 GHASTney 👻 @devingaffney.com · 12/12/2024This post is fucking incredible, this is exactly what you are supposed to do with computers robertheaton.com/pyskywifi/robertheaton.comPySkyWiFi: completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights | Robert HeatonThe plane reached 10,000ft. I took out my laptop, planning to peruse the internet and maybe do a little work if I got really desperate. 093
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 13/12/2024My Bluesky posts summarized: useless things I want to send to my wife during the workday to which she'd probably respond, "Why are you bothering me at work with this random crap?" For instance: it's funny how life works - woke up with new back pain but my days-long wrist pain is finally better. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 13/12/2024Sometimes, I'm afraid ChatGPT will reply to my huge prompts with "I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for you, though. Or sorry that happened." #AI 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 12/12/2024TIL schema.orgschema.orgSchema.org - Schema.org Schema.org is a set of extensible schemas that enables webmasters to embed structured data on their web pages for use by search engines and other applications. 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 12/12/2024Does anybody have experience with running AI models locally on M4 chips? As much as I love my Intel MacBook with 64 GB RAM, it doesn't seem to handle AI that well. Very well could be user error. I'm just waiting for the day when folks stop supporting Intel Macs, though. 100
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 12/12/2024*throws a bunch of cat toys on the floor* Cat: tired *the sun reflects off my phone and shines onto the floor* Cat: wired 000
Binary Adder @franchak.dev · 12/12/2024I need "just do it" tattooed on the back of my hand so that I remember to stop overthinking all the possibilities and try to make some progress even though it may fail. Making mistakes is how we learn and adapt. Also, I need "drink water" tattooed on my other hand. 000
