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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 23/09/2026

Can't believe I'm doing this. (Dev)life has changed so much over the past 12 months. I don't need VSCode any more 🤯

Screenshot of AppCleaner removing VSCode

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 08/09/2026

That’s quite a backdrop to play cricket 🏏

Cricket game in front of the Rocky Mountains

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 22/08/2026

You really don’t want to be in Denver when there’s a match. This is horrible. Why is there no subway/train?

Screenshot of maps with traffic everywhere.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 22/08/2026

This summer we drove 15,574.1 km (9,677.3 miles) on our road trip. I paid ~$1,300 for "gas", mostly on superchargers on long driving days. We stayed at hotels with free charging or had extended stays at campgrounds, slow charging there. I created roadbook.us to help me plan trips like these.

Photo of a car dashboard showing 15,574.1 km and 4,333 kWh driven

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 15/08/2026

Close 2nd, y’all know your BBQ 🍗! Had some fantastic food in Texas (of course) but also North Carolina

Picture of a tray with brisket, potato mash and coleslaw

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 15/08/2026

The culinary highlight of our east coast trip. Screw burgers 🍔 and hot dogs 🌭, lobster rolls 🦞 are amazing!

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 14/08/2026

Finished our east coast adventure yesterday. 15,500km through just the eastern states of the US. It’s been an amazing trip. So many awesome people and places. 😍

Car screen showing 155741km travelled on a trip.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 09/08/2026

Is this normal now to pay >$200/night for a hotel room in the middle of nowhere? 😳

Map screenshot showing hotel prices over $200 across Minnesota and North Dakota.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 08/08/2026

This is it. The furthest point north we’ll go this time on our road trip. Copper Harbor in Michigan.

Like with a little lighthouse in the distance

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 07/08/2026

Quarters - the backbone of the American camping economy.

Picture of a sign saying "Quarters only - please only one coin at a time" with an outline of a bear

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 27/07/2026

Is there a way not having to do the 2FA confirmation every time with an atproto oauth sign in flow from another app? I'm already signed in with my browser, shouldn't it use the session?

bluesky sign in screen with 2FA confirmation request

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 24/07/2026

We drove from Moscow to Manchester through Mexico, Berlin and Peru. In one day!

Map showing a route through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 24/07/2026

"If your plans change, please modify or cancel your reservation as soon as possible to allow someone else to enjoy the park." Reserved campsites, blocked for multiple days and the folks never show. I've seen way too often this year and it's very frustrating for us trying to find available campsites

An empty campsite with a reservation tag on it

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 22/07/2026

Here we are. After nearly 10.000km driving we’re at our “turn back” point, the furthest north-east we planned to go: Acadia national park. Now back west to Boulder!

Acadia National park, view from the mountain over the ocean with a few little islands

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 14/07/2026

Ride a train pulled by a steam locomotive 🚂 , check.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 14/07/2026

Look at me, getting a taste of that sweet east coast lifestyle. 🚘 🚘 🚘

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 14/07/2026

I know New York Pizza, Chicago style pizza and Detroit style pizza, but I’ve never seen Connecticut Pizza. How’s this the pizza capital?

Highway sign saying home of the pizza capital - Connecticut

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 10/07/2026

We have a free weekend and not entirely sure what to do. Any recommendations for kids activities/highlights in the area around DC or Philly? I’d prefer to avoid going into the big cities though.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 04/07/2026

After camping for over two weeks, any hotel room with A/C feels luxurious.

Rainbow falls waterfall at gorges state park

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 29/06/2026

Found this charming town of Sylva, NC but it’s all smoked up by this industrial complex :(

Green valley smoked up by some industrial complex

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 13/06/2026

Glühwürmchen! I think the last time I saw fireflies was when I was a kid 🤩

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 13/06/2026

Had a great time camping at Fontainebleau state park in Louisiana! Next stop: Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

Trees with Irish moss hanging and the sun setting behind, coloring the moss in orange.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 05/06/2026

They have a really nice Oktoberfest setup here in Fredericksburg! One thing that caught my eye is that every time they renew a bench, they make the sitting plank thicker.

Latest model of the beer bench in Fredericksburg

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 03/06/2026

Thanks Apple Fitness for the little bit of extra motivation I needed this morning to get out. Transitioned to Central Time yesterday and that one hour less is like switching to DST all over again 🥱

Global running day challenge badge from Apple fitness

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 02/06/2026

The dumbass from Freezer Engineering is blocking chargers again. Asked him if he’s doing it on purpose, he just looked dumb and said “go away”. Turns out it’s an Oil and Gas company. Not surprised any more.

Freezer engineering blocking a Tesla supercharger.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 01/06/2026

What is it with Texans blocking chargers? 3 out of 5 blocked, 2 Texans and a fellow Coloradan who should know better! Same in Albuquerque, also Texans blocking. Very frustrating.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 30/05/2026

Mandatory visit in Albuquerque.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 30/05/2026

We made it! We moved out of our old place and departed for a 3 months road trip through the Eastern USA 🇺🇸. First stop: Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 19/05/2026

Hey East-coasters - should I drive from Shenandoah through Atlanta along the coast to Boston, or through Washington & Philly? #roadtrip

Map of the east coast with lines / markers from Shenandoah National Park to the coast and up north-east to Boston

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 08/05/2026

Went to blood donation today and realized the Bolder Boulder shirt slogan - taken at an unfortunate angle - is really bad: "Boulder is for slackers". #BolderBoulder #TeamBanana

person on a white box apheresis machine for double red blood donation, with syringe in the arm (covered) and blood pressure cuff

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 01/05/2026

Really curious how stuff like this happens. Every package is scanned, isn’t there some sort of alert that says “wrong truck”?

UPS tracking of a package that does an extra trip around the US although it was already in Boulder.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 01/05/2026

First time to Red Rocks today to see Electric Callboy. What an amazing venue and such a great show!

Hundreds of people holding their phone flashlights up in front of red illuminated rocks

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 11/04/2026

Worked a little bit on my Rivian CLI / MCP yesterday in anticipation of the next update 2026.07. Added 21 new fields in the `stats`, some diagrams, better visualizations. github.com/patrickhenei...

Terminal window with the Rivian CLI showing the over-the-air update status of a car

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 06/04/2026

Added (together with Devils Tower)! Have re-order a bit, but looks like it could work. Btw. if you want, you can sign up with bsky and add recommendations right in the map (and let me know if it worked). I'm still working out some bugs on roadbook, but quite happy with the planning so far :)

Map with place markers in South Dakota, showing the addition stops Andy recommended

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 28/03/2026

First for me: snowboarding 🏂 in T-shirt. Eldora spring fun.

Ski resort with people hanging out in shirts in spring

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 25/03/2026

I couldn't find a tool to help me plan our summer road trip, so I built my own! Works with @atproto.com. You can sign in and plan your own trip already, but expect plenty bugs. Work in progress - @roadbook.us roadbook.us

browser screenshot of roadbook.us showing an itinerary of National Parks on the east side of the United States and a trip summary on the right.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 24/03/2026

So, we're doing almost 1gb per emoji updates now?

Screenshot of the macOS Tahoe 26.4 update dialog

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 20/03/2026

If you kind of like Apple News, but bothered but all the stuff you don’t want to read - this is the most important setting for you. I love the National Geographic, some of the Popular Mechanics, Outdoors and other content, without the … crap.

iOS screenshot of settings - apps - news: “restrict stories in today” marked with a red circle

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 20/03/2026

Drove up Pikes Peak today, an incredible 4302m above sea level and you can just drive up in the car. 11°C up there mid March, 29°C at the bottom. All of this should be covered in meters of snow this time of the year. Huge fire already burning south of Pikes Peak. Crazy days.

Photo taken from pikes peak facing north overlooking some lakes, the foothills and flat lands beyond. Only small patches of snow.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 19/03/2026

Just checking out Sanity.io and seems they're not as sane as the name suggests. $1399/month for single-sign-on / SSO - setting this up is a one-time thing and can be done self-service. That's insane!

website screenshot from sanity.io SAML single sign-on (SSO)

Simplify project access using a third-party identity provider like Okta, Google, or Azure Active Directory.

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 16/03/2026

This week we’re running the heat on Monday and the AC on Thursday. So screwed up.

Screenshot showing -9°C temperatures on Monday and 25°C on Thursday in Boulder, Colorado

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 12/03/2026

Looking forward to Bloodywood in Denver next month. Love the mix of cultures and languages. System of a Brown!

Song lyrics showing a mix of English and Punjabi

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 17/02/2026

Agree. Puddles suck with cars. You need to get towed out.

Suzuki Jimnj compact four wheel drive stuck in a mud puddle

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 13/02/2026

How do we stop this nightmare? I already switched to a different brand for sunglasses and goggles (boycott Oakley), but this is next level privacy invasion.

macrumors article showing the new Ray Ban meta glasses with facial recognition feature

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 13/02/2026

My Luminary Roast arrived today 🤩 these folks roast coffee with LED in a vacuum chamber, cutting the carbon footprint of coffee roasting (and making great espresso!). outerworldscoffee.com

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Patrick Heneise @patrickheneise.com · 12/02/2026

Very happy with my workout playlist today. What a run with metalcore, hardstyle and some medieval sprinkled in.

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