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Jon Schneider

@jonschneider.com
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Programmer, husband, father, nice Christian, gamer, tech blogger, Michigan Marching Band trumpet alumnus, Eagle Scout; semicolon enthusiast. Content 100% human-authored. jonschneider.com

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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 13/08/2026
I really like this brief " #AI Writing Policy," including such guidelines as "You must stand behind every idea and sentence" and "Longer is not better". lnkd.in/p/gcZD8VDp
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Clay AI Writing Policy: 4 Guiding Principles | Varun Anand posted on the topic | LinkedIn
We just instituted an official AI Writing Policy at Clay. Massive thanks to Sophie Alpert on our engineering team who wrote this. Originally this was just for eng, but other teams found it so helpful ...
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 15/07/2026
I've taken to prefixing my handwritten GitHub pull request descriptions with the heading "Description by Jon the Human 👨‍💻" to help differentiate them from the now-ubiquitous AI-generated PR summaries.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 18/06/2026
Why doesn't Amazon have the search field on the amazon.com homepage get the input focus automatically on page load?? It's got to be an intentional design choice. I suppose Amazon wants to get users to look around at the products on the homepage as they're looking for the search field?
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 19/05/2026
In ~35+ years of occasionally running "chkdsk /f" to take a stab at fixing PC hard drive problems: I had it ACTUALLY WORK for the first time ever, and restore a Windows 11 computer from unbootable to a usable running state.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 13/05/2026
Oh my goodness. Chapter 57 of the AUDIOBOOK version of “A Parade of Horribles” by @mattdinniman.bsky.social.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 24/04/2026
For my money, @pentadact.com is the pithiest and punchiest prose writer among active game developers today.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/04/2026
$27.20 to Michigan in the #CharitibundiBowl. Beating Ohio State is always fantastic -- and Michigan wouldn't have been IN this game without an OSU win, something sadly no longer true in the current expanded playoffs -- but the 27-20 Rose Bowl win over Alabama was HISTORIC.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/04/2026
Congratulations to @firefox.com on Firefox 150! I still remember back circa 2011 when it was a huge deal when Firefox 4 came out to replace Firefox 3.x. 😅
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 07/04/2026
Well, that was good. #GoBlue
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 03/04/2026
My current desktop wallpaper, courtesy of Laysara by @quiteokgames.bsky.social! (Completed scenario "Splintered Soul" on Veteran difficulty, for the "True veteran" achievement!)
A zoomed-out screenshot of a mountain village from the game "Laysara", split across a five-monitor arrangement
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 02/04/2026
As someone who both writes in Markdown, and is a gamer: The failure of various Markdown flavors to agree on whether bold/italic text should be bounded by _, or *, or **, is annoying. But less annoying than the failure of Microsoft and Nintendo to agree on the order the A/B and X/Y buttons go in.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 16/03/2026
PSA for fans of the @graphicaudio.bsky.social .bsky.social adaptations of @brandonsanderson.com 's Stormlight Archive, who love Chris Davenport as Wit, and wish there existed a Davenport-narrated version of "Tress of the Emerald Sea": THIS EXISTS NOW!! www.graphicaudio.net/secret-proje...
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Secret Projects 1: Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel
Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 12/03/2026
I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Laysara! It's my favorite city builder ever -- while not being a traditional city builder! Laysara's just-released Campaign Mode is a really great set of "rails," providing just enough guidance to keep you moving forward while still affording plenty of freedom.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 27/02/2026
My name rhymes with "con" and "don" -- but not with "son" or "won". Yay, English!
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/02/2026
At work today, here in 2026.
Principal Skinner out-of-touch meme template. (1) "I sound like AI when I write." (2) "No, it's the AI that sounds like *me*."
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 09/02/2026
Hello, fellow Jo(h)n Schneider. 👋
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 29/01/2026
I've been burned enough times by copying text with Cmd+C (or Ctrl+C), then pasting it -- only to find that that text somehow didn't actually make it onto the clipboard -- that I've developed a compulsion of hitting Cmd+C several times in a row. Even though there's no reason that should help.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/01/2026
Just noticed that the #hades2 game over music ditty is different if you're defeated by Scylla & the Sirens. Normally, the music is baroque-style, with a ticking clock sound in the background. ("Time Cannot Be Stopped") Vs Scylla, you instead get a rock music version of the same tune. Amazing.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/01/2026
My retired Dad is currently on a cruise near Antarctica. It's fully 45 degrees (F) warmer where he is there than here in Michigan currently.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 20/01/2026
Seeing “IU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS” on the TV screen is so weird. (Cool, yes! But also weird!)
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 17/01/2026
It seems unfair that there are only 5 eligible receivers on offense, but 11 on defense.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 09/01/2026
To software developers implementing undo/redo in text fields: Please always add an undo breakpoint immediately after the user pastes text! It's annoying to paste text; hit Cmd+Z to undo; and have text I had entered *prior to the paste* also be removed. Thanks in advance, I appreciate y'all! 😅
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 08/01/2026
Unserious opinion: All December holidays should be moved to February instead, so that _all_ of winter can be the "holiday season!"
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 07/01/2026
2FA code entry form submit behaviors, ranked from best to worst! 1. (Tie) The form automatically submits once the user has entered six digits in the field. 1. (Tie) The form doesn't auto-submit. The user can hit Return/Enter to submit. 3. Neither of the above work. (1/2)
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 28/12/2025
Posted my personal 2025 Game of the Year list Top 10! blog.jonschneider.com/2025/12/the-... 1. Hades 2 by @supergiantgames.bsky.social 2. StarVaders (@starvaders-game.bsky.social) 3. Metaphor ReFantazio by Atlus 4. Mario Kart World by Nintendo 5. Monster Train 2 by Shiny Shoe
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The Jon Schneider Game of the Year awards: 2025
As has become my annual tradition, here's the list of my favorite computer and console video games that I played for the first time during 2...
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 14/12/2025
Another year of #AdventOfCode is in the books! adventofcode.com/2025 github.com/jschneid/adv... Just 12 2-part problems this year, instead of the 25 of prior years.
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Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 24/11/2025
The wait is over! My take on the the fastest way to search/filter and copy-to-clipboard emoji characters, clipemoji.com, is now updated with the latest Unicode 17.0 / 2026 emoji set!
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clipemoji.com - Copy Emoji to Clipboard
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 20/11/2025
There was an early era of the WWW in which most traffic was unsecured HTTP -- not secured HTTPS -- as bad actors hadn't quite worked out how to weaponize the ability to read, and alter-during-transit, that clear text content. My guess is that we're in a similar early era with generative AI tools.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 06/10/2025
If your team has a 98% chance to win, then that means they have a 2% chance to lose. And, on occasion, that 01 comes up on the percentile dice. XCOM players know this.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 26/08/2025
As a software developer who is not (primarily) a user experience designer, this is the best advice for user experience designers that I've read today. www.grug.design/know
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The Grug Brained Designer
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 06/08/2025
Tabletop RPG players, need a fantastic dice-rolling app? (Or, being honest, you don't NEED one, but dropping US $4 on a great one sounds fun?) I recommend "Sophie's Dice"! sophiehoulden.com/dice/ It's easy to use, has a good UI, and is super powerful / customizable / programmable if you want that!
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Sophie's Dice
The ultimate 3D dice-roller.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 23/07/2025
Is it a bad sign when an external SSD gets really hot and starts audibly clicking? (I'm just gonna go ahead and guess that it's not a _good_ sign.)
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 18/07/2025
Why in the world doesn't the amazon.com homepage automatically set the input focus to the search field on page load? #ux
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 14/07/2025
I only notice that my eyeglasses have smears on them when I'm in Zoom meetings -- never while I'm coding.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 09/07/2025
I will go on record as feeling a little bit annoyed when I see some text posted online or at work, which at first glance appears to be a nice piece of prose -- but which at second glance was obviously pretty heavily edited by AI.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 24/06/2025
ChatGPT is pretty eager to err on the side of agreement rather than disagreement! 😅 Q: For salaried employees, is a 9-5 workday, including an hour lunch break, considered to be a standard 8-hour work day in the USA? ChatGPT: Yes chatgpt.com/share/685aba...
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ChatGPT - Exempt Employee Work Hours
Shared via ChatGPT
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 20/06/2025
It continues to surprise me how much of a lift of psychic weight it feels like to mark all Slack messages as read, across all channels, via Shift+Esc.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 15/06/2025
Old and new. #nintendo #switch2
Original boxes for Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Switch 2
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 28/05/2025
Today's game recommendation: For those of you who have a Castlevania 2 (NES) itch to scratch, I recommend "Infernax" by @berzerkstudio.bsky.social ! store.steampowered.com/app/374190/I...
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Infernax on Steam
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 30/04/2025
I will be sad when we someday lose the ability to mute the audio our TVs/devices while ads are playing.
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 18/04/2025
Passwords? More like passéwords. #passwordless
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 14/12/2024
Advent of Code 2024 day 14 X xkcd.com/1425/ #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 30/11/2024
Michigan today: Football team: ICE IN THEIR VEINS Tuba section: ICE IN THEIR VALVES
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Jon Schneider @jonschneider.com · 28/05/2024
A huge new free 10th Anniversary Update to Vigil RPG -- my take on the platonic ideal pocket turn-based iPhone RPG -- is now available! Vigil RPG is now FREE to initially download! Also: Honor Mode, inspired by Baldur's Gate 3! apps.apple.com/us/app/vigil...
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‎Vigil RPG
‎One of the 10 best JRPGs available on iOS! -TouchArcade.com Now celebrating 10 years on the App Store: 2014-2024! Vigil RPG is a single-player, 8-bit-style, premium RPG, where *every* battle — not ...
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