James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 03/10/2026As my boys (7 and 4) were discussing poop for the 9000th time I figured it was time… I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a Kanye fan in general but there is one song of his that applies directly- 100
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 28/09/2026having to use manual mode today like someone from 6 months ago... 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 24/09/2026This is some grade A phishing/trolling. Got this message from "Sendgrid" 030
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 01/09/2026Claude accidentally pushed to main today and I'm like "See! its not just me" 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 27/06/2026Claude lately: "Starting up 20 background agents to work in parallel. Oops you have hit your api limit" 230
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 19/06/2026I'm going to have to make a "no Claude Friday" or something so I can still keep a mental picture of these applications and keep from going crazy 160
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 11/06/2026My most recent dadism- “Do you know when tomorrow will be today? Tomorrow” 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 04/06/2026Anyone know how to disallow `supabase db deploy` from rogue agents or have some alcohol they can send me? 020
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 28/05/2026I just caught a typo that Claude added. Maybe it can take my job… 🤔 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 19/05/2026It’s a little hard to see but it looks like we are going to have a good crop of utensils this year 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 27/04/2026Man hand picking through a large document written by a human and hand writing notes sounds more and more cathartic lately. 130
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 22/04/2026Anyone else ping claude when they wake up so they get a better throttle reset time or am I just weird? 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 14/04/2026I’ve heard of a raven, but what does it mean when I have a finch that’s gently rapping at my patio door? 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 12/04/2026My boys 6 and 3 have invented a creature called a “holesound” which has 2 arms and 4 legs, needles “like a hedgehog” that can poke you and it blows air out of its mouth to “make the instrument work but if it gets to your nose it catches on fire.” Sounds terrifying honestly 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 30/03/2026My son 6: “Well I don’t want to keep living in a crack house” my wife: “what?” My son: “Well there are cracks in the wall over there” 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 28/03/2026Weird thing I found out this AM- AI agents are not very good at TDD. They tend to flop around trying to fix errors. They are far better at writing tests that match what they've already created which doesn't give me a huge amount of confidence honestly 100
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 21/03/2026Just saw Project Hail Mary and it was marvelousmedia.tenor.coma man with long curly hair and a beard is eating a piece of cheesecakeAlt: a man with long curly hair and a beard is eating a piece of cheesecake and making the chef’s kiss sign 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 16/03/2026The biggest lesson I’ve learned as a father is sometimes you just need to go on a tickle spree 001
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 13/03/2026Hey Git worktree is actually pretty nice for running multiple agents at once- now I can pretend to successfully run 2 in parallel 001
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 24/02/2026I made the mistake of asking Claude to help me plan a project and it proceeded to try to download the entire internet 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 20/02/2026I've used Claude code now for about a week so clearly I'm an expert /s I wanted to give my first impressions 🧵 100
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 11/02/2026I just manually installed the LEMP stack on a server like someone out of the early to mid 2010s. It felt amazing 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 04/02/2026This is too funny youtu.be/6OXE65fjjsU?...youtu.beThe Moltbook Experiment FailedYouTube video by The PrimeTime 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 20/01/2026This right here sums up my frustrations with AI coding perfectly 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 15/01/2026Just found out about github.com/Flowframe/la... Man I could have used this before now... 😅github.comGitHub - Flowframe/laravel-trend: Generate trends for your models. Easily generate charts or reports.Generate trends for your models. Easily generate charts or reports. - Flowframe/laravel-trend 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 01/01/2026Hot take- the London New Years celebration is cooler than New York’s 020
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 22/12/2025Does anyone else aggressively brush their teeth in the days leading up to a dentist appointment or am I just weird? 110
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 29/11/2025We asked my son to circle a couple things he might like for Christmas in the Amazon book we got. Looks like he got concerned we might go with Barbie’s this year 020
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 23/11/2025Anyone got any recommendations for books about react I could add to my Christmas list? I’m looking for something moderate to advanced 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 18/11/2025"We are working hard to resolve this issue"- Me working hard to resolve this issuemedia.tenor.coma black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on itAlt: a black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on it 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 17/11/2025My kids are marching around the house beating drums/tambourines and shouting and I’m sitting here wondering, Why did we buy them drums? 110
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 01/11/2025Well we left a candy bowl out and went to my parents, when we came back we realized nobody could see our bowl and most of the candy was still there. We moved it to the end of the driveway and in 15 minutes everything but 5 pieces of candy and a half eaten hot dog bun someone donated remained 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 19/10/2025My kids have named and fed the jack-o’-lanterns we made last night and now I’m thinking I’m going to have to start saving up for their funeral costs 130
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 10/10/2025I gotta hand it to the people making those stupid AI videos, they may have actually broken my cat video scrolling habit for good 000
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 09/10/2025My son (3) just referred to a jet that he saw with an exhaust trail coming out as a rainbow shark and now I can’t get that out of my head 120
Reposted by James AllenWes @notwes.bsky.social · 16/09/2025More today. socket.dev/blog/ongoing...socket.devOngoing Supply Chain Attack Targets CrowdStrike npm Packages...Socket.dev found compromised various CrowdStrike npm packages, continuing the "Shai-Halud" supply-chain attack that previously hit `tinycolor`. 343
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 12/09/2025My son found the learn Spanish card on his Yoto. He’s currently in the other room arguing with it, “No that’s a strawberry!” He’s going to be on the debate team for sure 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 02/09/2025ChatGPT just recommended I use direction: rtl to reverse a grid's order 🫠 020
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 30/08/2025Just dug a honeysuckle berry out of my kid’s nose. He assures me it was the only one 010
James Allen @jamesdallen.me · 21/08/2025Having your health account at a local hospital merged with another random James Allen is a headache I didn’t know was possible 010