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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 05/06/2026

The key to AI coding productivity seems to be not reading the code. Most models still prefer a lot of fail-soft patterns where the bright path works great but failures are silent and hard to reason about. As a result, I end up re-writing a lot of AI code just to reason about failure.

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 30/05/2026

When you create a new empty React app, how many people have the ability to run code on your computer? Let's say you get started with, bun create vite my-app --template=react-ts Unique deps: 180 Unique maintainers: 168 168 targets for a supply chain attack ... just to start.

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 30/05/2026

Agree. I appreciated Casey's observation. When Schmidt comes up in conversation I also like to point out that he not only colluded with Jobs but the whole thing was ultimately unwise as it allowed Facebook to scoop up some of Google's top talent at bargain rates.

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 26/07/2025

scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2662/ Revisiting the dubious reasoning in Hester's Open Fields Doctrine which, according to the Institute of Justice, means 96% of private land is not protected by the 4th amendment. This isn't even Justice Holmes' worst opinion.

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"<i>Hester</i>’s Dubious Roots and Legacy: Open Fields Doctrine Under S" by Laura K. Donohue

For over a century, open fields doctrine has shaped Fourth Amendment law, denying people the right to be secure on their own property. Its application has steadily expanded, with the result that by so...

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 17/07/2025

I hit my breaking point with mobile notifications. If an app pushes a notification that isn't actionable, I turn off the notifications. First on my list was Facebook, king of garbage alerts. Except, Facebook sends notifications even if you turn them all off. I had to remove its permissions.

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 16/07/2025

Published a couple of posts in the last month. First one was about re-learning the lesson of slow cascading deletes in PostgreSQL. kellegous.com/j/2025/06/29...

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kelly norton: PostgreSQL Slow Cascading Deletes

PostgreSQL Slow Cascading Deletes

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 15/07/2025

It's almost time for you to start expressing your deep disappointment with Alabama football every Saturday night.

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 25/05/2025

TIL that media queries inside of an SVG are applied even when the SVG renders as a background image. notes.kellegous.com/sharing/back...

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Do SVG’s w/ media queries work as background images?

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 24/05/2025

I kind of like playing with LLM's in my personal projects but I will never commit to anything that will get in the way of my ultimate goal of retreating to an off grid cabin in the woods. So I've been trying to use local models for real. My current setup: notes.kellegous.com/sharing/loca...

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My Local LLM Setup

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Kelly Norton @kellegous.com · 20/11/2024

Let's try out bsky ... Does anyone have experience with down-leveling themselves in a tech role? Let's say your are a Distinguished Engineer, a Principal Engineer, or a VP and you are willing to forfeit salary for a more enjoyable and sustainable role. Does this work?

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