Nick @nanovad.com · 21/09/2026Yep, I use Obsidian whenever possible, but unfortunately I'm still required to use Notion for some things (like knowledge bases) at work. They always seem to start off disorganized and trend worse. 110
Nick @nanovad.com · 02/07/2026Slop Overflow is only slop if it comes from the slop generator; otherwise it's just sparkling bugs. 040
Reposted by NickProf. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026The CRASH Clock paper is now peer-reviewed! So to celebrate, my co-authors and I wrote an explainer article (because how better to celebrate one article than by writing another... oh academia...) It's now published in The Conversation Canada […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 31274
Nick @nanovad.com · 16/06/2026Look around for nearby refrigerated semi trailers that might be running. I had the exact same experience, spent weeks unplugging and isolating things, and finally figured out the overnight refrigerated grocery store supply truck would sit where its sound reflected into my room. 000
Reposted by Nickceej @ceej.online · 11/05/2026the only thing preventing the production of a 1km long twizzler is cowardice 2560159
Nick @nanovad.com · 18/03/2026Occasionally something as minor as a poorly named endpoint will send it on a tangent, but I've found pasting the OpenAPI schemas helps keep it on rails. Still have the verification problem though. Unit tests aren't quite the right tool for the job, and E2E tests are heavy and finicky. 000
Nick @nanovad.com · 18/03/2026I suspect the tool struggles because a lot of the behavior is manually verified against a (usually underspecified) spec, and testing typically looks like "run this script and see if it matches the previous known-good output", or involves a 3rd party in the testing loop. 100
Nick @nanovad.com · 18/03/2026I write a lot of glue programs that use a series of API calls to munge/export data. Claude is heinously bad at this; it constantly introduces regressions, ignores existing fields (& hallucinates others) and generally just mucks up the output in hidden / subtle ways. 110
Nick @nanovad.com · 18/03/2026It's only 3d pop if it comes from the Zeiss region of Germany. Otherwise it's just sparkling barrel distortion. 001
Nick @nanovad.com · 01/03/2026The next step is clicking on what you want to type to make things happen 130
Reposted by NickKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 01/02/2026Every piece of code I write feels like a decision I'm taking responsibility for. If my code doesn't work, or does something it shouldn't, it's on me. So I prefer to take my time and ensure the code is right to the best of my ability. 517010
Nick @nanovad.com · 05/01/2026One of the first iterations of the Hatefeed hatefeed.ing attempted to filter to positive sentiments and just ended up being full of porn.hatefeed.inghatefeedShowing you the worst of the Bluesky firehose through semantic analysis. 2172
Reposted by NickStephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread 144153644161
Nick @nanovad.com · 17/10/2025Your business is not big enough to use CI/CD beyond test environments; also, Git is not a suitable release gate. 000
Reposted by NickTamás Deme ‘tomzorz’ @tomzorz.me · 16/10/2025mfw mr beast is planning to launch his own bank 031
Reposted by NickThomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 14/09/2025It’s like with tax software—makers of tax software have an interest in making tax laws overly and needlessly complex. Makers of “coding LLMs” have an interest in making it impossible to write code manually. 1348
Nick @nanovad.com · 05/09/2025Found out that Attilla Danko, webmaster of cleardarksky.com, died late last year. www.cleardarksky.com/personal/ind... CDS has been an excellent resource for #astronomy forecasts for myself and doubtless many others. RIP Attilla.cleardarksky.comClearDarkSky 000
Nick @nanovad.com · 16/04/2025Oh look, a Python package that does exactly what I need! It's lightweight and well-documented, even! It's unfortunately also unmaintained and depends on an older version of a library my project uses that has since introduced breaking changes 🙃 020
Reposted by NickThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/04/2025Mall Escalator Spits Out Another Pile Of Bones 947532804
Reposted by NickTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 08/04/2025And one thing I'm quickly realizing about myself is that I have a hard time sympathizing with the idea that "the way the world used to work" is harder than how big tech wants it to work. I can't shake the feeling that big tech thrives on people who conflate "new" with better. 2746922
Reposted by NickGitHub @github.com · 07/04/2025Two decades. Countless commits. Approximately one billion merge conflicts. Happy birthday to our favorite little version control system, Git! 🥳 2452543
Reposted by Nicksun also confirmed for flat ☀️ @vcr-wolfe.bsky.social · 06/04/2025ive been thinking abt this video literally all day today 4840381354
Reposted by NickJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 25/03/2025leaving my malapropism job for greener pastors 2542229
Nick @nanovad.com · 20/03/2025The difference between knowledge and wisdom is knowing _how_ to force push vs _when_ to force push 000
Nick @nanovad.com · 15/03/2025I wish the Slack and Google Photos notification bar icons were slightly more distinct. 😐 010
Nick @nanovad.com · 15/03/2025Last time I tried to use Haskell, it bit me, I got a rare blood disorder, and I had to start medication. At least there are no side effects. 120
Reposted by NickTamás Deme ‘tomzorz’ @tomzorz.me · 14/03/2025It's okay to let it outside, won't survive for long. Nature abhors a vacuum. 161
Nick @nanovad.com · 11/03/2025There are 2 environments: testing and ✨spicy testing✨. Some people erroneously call ✨spicy testing✨ "prod" 834291
Reposted by Nickaustin @aparker.io · 07/03/2025EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A FULL SYNC OF THE WHOLE NETWORK INTO MY FIREHOSE CONSUMER 2213
Nick @nanovad.com · 05/03/2025"You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like" 010
Reposted by Nickleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025guy in the 1920s putting a "i bought this before he went crazy" sticker on his Model T 83134901787
Nick @nanovad.com · 03/03/2025#hatefeed v0.4.0 is out! The hatefeed now hydrates display name and handle. hatefeed.nanovad.com 000
Nick @nanovad.com · 22/02/2025About 1/4 the way through Kerouac's On The Road. Is it like this the whole way through? 110
Reposted by NickObsidian @obsidian.md · 20/02/2025Obsidian is now free for work. Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site. obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...obsidian.mdObsidian is now free for workStarting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore organizations that support Obsidian on our new Enterprise page. 10763206
Reposted by NickCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/02/2025Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory. 382327393
Reposted by Nickdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 16/02/2025An interesting document is Wikipedia's edit filter for internet brainrot which gets updated if certain meme phrases are overwhelmingly used in vandalism. It started in the yolo/swag era and has evolved to the skibidi/rizz present, regularly dropping memes that are sufficiently stale (like Harambe) 211196179