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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 06/12/2025

There’s more creative financial engineering in this Inter Miami team than there was at Enron. MLS bent so many rules to make it possible for Beckham to bring Messi and half of Barça to Miami and buy this Cup. It’s a media spectacle, no doubt, but it’s so delegitimatizing for the league.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 10/08/2025

@andrew-wiebe.bsky.social Hope that Houston pen shows up on Instant Replay this week. Biggest question for me: If it’s “clear and obvious”, why does it take Alexis da Silva three full minutes at the VAR monitor to make that decision? IMO, VAR should be full-speed only with a time or replay limit.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 17/07/2025

I was really hoping for a rain match, but unfortunately I’ve brought the Austin heat with me. Sorry Portland friends!

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 01/07/2025

I'm not on Blind today, haven't been since my GitHub days, but I only remember the "TC or GTFO" toxicity. I never saw the convivial, supportive community Adam Rogers reminisces about in this article: www.businessinsider.com/blind-anonym...

businessinsider.com

The mounting anxiety over tech jobs is turning ugly

I eavesdropped on 12 million tech workers. What I overheard was frightening.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 23/06/2025

Claude Code is hands down the prettiest, most usable CLI application I've ever seen. Bravo to whoever at Anthropic decided to care this much and put this much energy into building an elegant CLI user experience.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 07/04/2025

Well the good news is that if Trump is just crashing the market by 20% like he says in that video clip he’s denying, it’s looking like we’ll probably get that done today so we can move on.

media.tenor.com

a man in a tuxedo is holding a box of pizza with the words darkest timeline above him .

Alt: Troy from Community in a tuxedo is holding a box of pizza with the words darkest timeline above him

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 29/03/2025

Third time seeing it live, know most of the words, even read the 800 page biography it’s based on. Still cried just as hard at the end. Hamilton is one of the best pieces of storycraft I’ve ever encountered.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 20/03/2025

Welp, I managed to hold off on this rabbit hole for more than a decade. Long way to go on the art, but three weeks in and I’m making single-origin light roast Cortados I would be happy to get in a cafe.

A Cortado with art in the form of a slightly wonky heart.

A Gaggia Classic Evo Pro espresso machine in thunder black with a tamper and tamping mat in the foreground.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 14/03/2025

I've been playing with roocode.com for the past few days. I've only done greenfield stuff so far, but I'm finding it wildly capable. It's got me rethinking decades of build-vs-buy math around internal tooling.

roocode.com

Roo Code – Your AI-Powered Dev Team in VS Code

Roo Code puts an entire AI dev team right in your editor, outpacing closed tools with deep project-wide context, multi-step agentic coding, and unmatched developer-centric flexibility.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 02/03/2025

I’m pretty sure that shuttering 18F, likely necessitating each client agency individually tenders that work out to McKinsey or Booz or whoever at 5x the cost, is the opposite of saving money.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 04/02/2025

PSA: In case you're phone-anxious, know that your call to your Senator will most likely go to voicemail. If you're concerned about what's going on, you should call them.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 01/02/2025

Giving @kagi.com a try and loving it so far. I had forgotten what a calm and delightful experience it is to search for something and have the first result be exactly what you were looking for.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 29/01/2025

@gruber.foo Ozlo (ozlosleep.com) seems like one of these million-dollar-scale tech stories. Sleepbuds weren't a Bose-scale success but attracted a very devoted following, so 3 folks left Bose, licensed the IP, and added the most requested feature (Bluetooth streaming). They're fantastic.

ozlosleep.com

Ozlo Sleepbuds®

Ozlo’s mission is simple: better sleep, naturally. The Ozlo Sleepbuds® are tiny, wireless, ultra-comfortable earbuds designed specifically for the best sleep of your life.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 22/01/2025

Apple’s busy giving us generated emoji and text tone change AI tools, when all I really want is for Siri to make even somewhat reasonable grammar and punctuation choices when I dictate a text message.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 17/01/2025

My next talk will be on the lessons we can learn from the structural failure of this 10 year old IKEA Tobias chair that my son usually sits in but that I sat in tonight.

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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Happy MLS schedule release day to all who celebrate

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 14/12/2024

TIL that Trader Joe’s sells British-style clotted cream fudge. I was probably better off not knowing that. 😐

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 12/12/2024

If you find yourself looking for a Calendly alternative this morning for one reason or another, Cal.com is open source, better in every way, and their hosted free version for individuals is wildly overpowered. (No affiliation, just love the tool.)

cal.com

Cal.com | Open Scheduling Infrastructure

Open Source Scheduling: Send a link and meet or build an entire marketplace for humans to connect

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 28/11/2024

If you have a relative who really needs but can’t afford hearing aids, grab a set of AirPods Pro 2 while they’re on sale. I helped my father-in-law walk through the hearing test and set up hearing aid functionality today. Watching him actually enjoy conversation at dinner tonight was everything.

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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 19/11/2024

game recognize game, ifykyk

from r/austinfood

Michelin-Starred Chefs of Craft Omakase Paying Tribute to the Icon Nextdoor (45th & Lamar): Chili's

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 19/11/2024

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...

The album cover of "Play" by Moby, depicting the artist jumping high in the air against a teal gray backdrop.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 17/11/2024

It's hard to explain what an honor it was to keynote #RubyConf. I've been fortunate to speak in some amazing places, but this was a chance to pour into a community that's given so much to me. So thankful @matz.bsky.social gave us Ruby and that Ruby brought us together! (Photo: @nodunayo.bsky.social)

Photo of me on stage behind the RubyConf podium.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 17/11/2024

It was so good to see such a full crowd in Chicago for #RubyConf! Thanks so much to everyone who had a hand in putting together such a great event for our community.

A hotel ballroom with a stage and two screens on the left and a very full crowd filling the rest of the room.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 15/11/2024

So, I did a talk at #RubyConf. A keynote, an incredible honor. But before I did it, I updated my slides with my BlueSky (and Mastodon) handles. When I came off stage, I saw this, and it’s been literal years since I’ve seen this on socials after a talk. I’m so glad we all picked a place finally.

A BlueSky iOS icon with 49 notifications

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 15/11/2024

Just hangin’ out, stayin’ warm, waiting for an L at midnight like I know what I’m doing.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 15/11/2024

I have enjoyed Malort in Chicago. Mission accomplished.

A bottle of Malort among other bottles on a bar back.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 13/11/2024

It’s a lot to pack for an otherwise minimalist traveler, but it always beats hotel coffee.

Aeropress mid-brew with a hand grinder and portable kettle in the background in a hotel bathroom

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 12/11/2024

Went over to that other place to start tidying up and the first tweet in "For You" was a well-known grifter complaining about how the switch from "master" to "main" had helped absolutely no one, followed by a bunch of reply guys complaining about blacklist -> blocklist. If you haven't, it's time.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 12/11/2024

This branch tunnel from ORD T1 to the central underground corridor is such a liminal space.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 12/11/2024

So excited to be heading to #RubyConf this week! It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten to hang out with #RubyFriends.

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Ruby Central @rubycentral.org · 08/11/2024

Exciting news! ✨ Nadia Odunayo's app, StoryGraph, was featured on Apple’s UK App Store for their Black History Month campaign! 📚 Her app helps readers find books that match their preferences. Also, we can't wait for her closing keynote at #RubyConf Chicago!

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‎Learn about Read more with StoryGraph on Mac App Store. Download StoryGraph: Reading Tracker and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 08/11/2024

*dusts account off, looks around* So this is where everybody went? Cool.

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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

I'm off to Chicago for DevOpsDays Chicago, and before that, the meta-conference! That meant I had to retrieve all three boxes of stickers from the basement. I... have a few stickers. So to speak. As it were. Hypothetically.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 26/06/2023

Plane sleep is weird. I feel like I sat there awake all night trying to get comfortable, but I know I didn’t because time passed much too quickly and I feel too rested for that to be true.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 15/06/2023

WeatherStrip’s experimental dew point line sure is great for visually understanding just how miserable you’re going to feel if you walk outside right now. (Hi Austin friends. 🥵)

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 04/06/2023

I’ve been messing with my pourover technique a bunch lately, so I went out of my way to get a cup at one of my favorite shops this afternoon to reground myself. Good feeling to take that first sip and realize how good my cups at home have gotten.

Cup of pourover coffee from Houndstooth Coffee in Austin.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 27/05/2023

Yo dawg, I heard you like James Hoffmann, so why don’t you use your James Hoffmann pourover recipe to brew some James Hoffmann coffee? (It was delicious.)

A Hario Switch brewer with coffee blooming on a Pearl Acaia S scale with a bag of Square Mile Cheriwet next to it.

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 16/05/2023

Haven’t bought Tears of the Kingdom yet. Despite being horribly jealous of everyone already enjoying it, I just don’t have room in my life for that kind of time black hole at the moment. Learned that lesson the hard way the first time around. 😂

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Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev · 11/05/2023

One of the biggest surprises of my adult life is that I’m a musical guy. Turns out that once I learned to appreciate storytelling for its own sake, there’s a lot of things I started to enjoy. I’ve been looking forward to this one all season.

Playbill for Broadway in Austin’s presentation of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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