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Randall Degges

@rdegges.com
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I'm just a happy programmer that likes to hack stuff.

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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 22/05/2026
Set up Claude Code using their new `/goal` skill last weekend, walked away. ~18hrs later: working OSS Go CLI. redline crawls a site, embeds pages, audits content vs canonical messaging + GEO prompts, outputs an agent-actionable edit plan. MIT, local Ollama default. github.com/rdegges/redline
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GitHub - rdegges/redline: Audit your website content against canonical brand messaging and GEO target prompts. Emits an agent-actionable edit plan.
Audit your website content against canonical brand messaging and GEO target prompts. Emits an agent-actionable edit plan. - rdegges/redline
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 26/08/2025
This is the best article I’ve read to date on the state of the USA in 2025. Sad, but critical read: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
doomsdayscenario.co
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 03/08/2025
Best stress-reduction purchase of 2025 so far: a Steam Deck. This thing is amazing. It’s so relaxing playing Stardew Valley when waiting around for things, in a Lyft, etc. A++++ can’t recommend it enough.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 02/08/2025
Just got a new work laptop. Feels like I just started a brand new job. =)
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 25/07/2025
I find this terrifying: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/p...
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A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 23/06/2025
Anyone here use @synthesia.io ? I've heard so much about it, but after creating an account it's nearly impossible to generate a video. The onboarding is busted in a lot of ways. Is there any simple way to just try it out BEFORE paying? oO
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 21/06/2025
Fuck this: www.wilderness.org/articles/blo... PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS!
wilderness.org
Congress is making more than 250 million acres of public lands available for sale.
The Senate reconciliation package is a disturbing giveaway that will mandate the “disposal” of public lands across the western United States.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 05/06/2025
Finally trying out Claude Code for the first time. Let's see if it can make some test fixes for a massive codebase. >:D
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 02/06/2025
Using AI to write unit/integration/performance tests is so clutch. I've been experimenting with it for test generation on a massive project with lots of complexities and it's working absolutely fantastic with Claude 4. A+++.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 07/05/2025
Am I being phished by North Korea?
Suspicious Email Text

Hi Randall Degges,
I hope this doesn’t come out of the blue too much — I’m reaching out as a fellow developer with an idea that I think could be worth a short conversation.

I’m James, a senior developer based in Singapore.

I’ve worked with US clients for years, and over time, I’ve built a small team I trust and work well with.

The thing is, getting direct access to US-based roles can be tricky without being a citizen or resident, even if the technical side is fully covered.

That’s why I’m hoping to find someone based in the US who’d be open to a low-key collaboration: you’d handle client interviews and communication, and my team would take care of the technical work.

I came across your GitHub profile (https://github.com/rdegges) and was really impressed by your background.

You seem like someone who could easily land strong opportunities, and I think we could complement each other well.

Nothing spammy or shady — your presence helps open doors, and my team delivers solid work behind the scenes.

No pressure at all — if this sounds interesting or you’re just curious, I’d be happy to chat and share more.

Best,
James
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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The refusal to provide people due process before shipping them off to foreign prisons is criminal and intolerable. It must not be normalized. Everyone who believes in justice and America needs to speak up now.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Senator Chris Van Hollen has requested an urgent meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador to address the situation involving Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was “mistakenly”deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 15/04/2025
The constitutional crisis is here. The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador. youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
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This Is a Constitutional Crisis
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The biggest Nazi concentration camp wasn't in Germany itself. Trump and Bukele aren't special and new, they're shitty and old.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
There are three key facts in the Holocaust Encyclopedia produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. This is the second key fact:

What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 14/04/2025
As a US citizen, this news makes me absolutely sick to my stomach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd5G... Not only is Trump and his entire administration directly defying a conservative Supreme Court's orders, they're blatantly lying about it to all of us. If this isn't fixed, democracy is 100% dead.
youtube.com
Trump makes BOMBSHELL news in Oval Office, grabs GLOBAL headlines
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It is essential for the rule of law that everyone involved in this end up in prison. Nothing else is a sufficient deterrent against the intentional, repeated abuse of government power to systematically deny fundamental rights.
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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Reminder for NC residents: There are likely only ~ 9-10 days left to check if your name is one of the 60K being challenged and confirm your identity. Check your family's names too. Link to check in the article. abc11.com/post/jeffers...
abc11.com
Appeals court judges rule in favor of tossing thousands of ballots in close NC supreme court race
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals ruled that ballots were wrongly allowed.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 10/04/2025
🚨 By a vote of 220-208, the House has PASSED HR 22 the SAVE Act that will strip voting rights away for millions of Americans. All Republicans voted YES as well as 4 Democrats: Jared Golden (D-ME) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Ed Case (D-HI) The bill now moves to the Senate.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 04/04/2025
Fell a bit behind on email this week. Went from inbox 0 to inbox 110 >.>
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 01/04/2025
For this year's April Fools' at Snyk, I built and released a thing! If you've ever found yourself thinking that security tools were "boring", check out our new Snyk Greybeard tool: bit.ly/42pk70R It's a wrapper for our Snyk CLI tool that adds sarcastic commentary to your security scan results!
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 31/03/2025
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-... fantastic article by @krebsonsecurity.com.web.brid.gy TL;DR: The Trump regime is rapidly pushing the USA into a dictatorship. Only time will tell how this ends.
krebsonsecurity.com
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack
In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack ...
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 28/03/2025
I'm officially addicted to these cotton candy grapes. Save me.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 28/03/2025
So tired of being sick. Had the flu for the past ~2 weeks and still coughing a lung. Ugh.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 26/03/2025
Great article everyone should read: www.solipsys.co.uk/new/SellYour...
solipsys.co.uk
Sell Yourself Sell Your Work
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 24/03/2025
Storytime: I've been a member of a non-profit group that's attempting to build various personal AI solutions. Today, someone shared some disturbing posts from one of the organization's leaders who was promoting Trump.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/03/2025
Fantastic event so far. Great speakers and a ton of interesting thoughts on building personal AI tools that have trust from the ground up.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/03/2025
Anddd, the one and only Bruce Schneier is giving a keynote. He’s legit one of my all-time tech idols. Read his Practical Cryptography book cover to cover at least three times.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/03/2025
The founder of Atari, creator of Pong, and Chuck E. Cheese founder Nolan Bushnell, is here giving a talk :D Epic!!
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/03/2025
The AI summit has started!
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/03/2025
Today I’m hanging out at the Kwaai AI summit in Pasadena. Will be sharing some fun tweets about the event as it is ongoing.
SCaLE entry area in Pasadena
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 27/02/2025
Claude-3.7-thinking is my homie now. I FEEL THE POWER FLOWING THROUGH ME.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 24/02/2025
blog.chasingbrains.co/p/just-write... <-- gah, he makes a great point. This is something I need to work on =)
blog.chasingbrains.co
Just write
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 22/02/2025
Pleasantly surprised to see Apple's product feedback page today. It's so well done: simple list of products, easy feedback form, tells you they'll read every piece of feedback, etc. It's perfect. Every company should have this exact thing.
Screenshot of the Apple product feedback main page. It shows a list of various Apple products (hardware + software), along with their icons. Users can then click the icon they want to be directed to that product's specific feedback page.A screenshot of the feedback page on the Apple website for the Numbers app for iOS and iPadOS. It's a simple form that allows users to directly fill in any product feedback they have. What's nice about it is that it lets users know every single piece of feedback will be read.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 21/02/2025
For all my US-based tech friends, I'm submitting some talks to KCDC this year (the Kansas City Developer Conference). If you haven't been, it's a spectacular community-run event that has some great content and friends around. Their CFP deadline is tonight: www.kcdc.info
kcdc.info
KCDC 2025
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 21/02/2025
I'm looking for some sort of AI application (web, mobile, desktop, or otherwise) that I can point to a ton of photos/videos, and have it build a nice video out of them by selecting the good ones, maybe adding some music, etc. Any suggestions? I've tried a few over the last weeks and none work.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 20/02/2025
About to give a brand-new live-coding presentation for the first time. No matter how many presentations you give, it never feels less stressful =D
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 19/02/2025
Are we officially a dictatorship now? www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-... Fuck.
thedailybeast.com
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand Presidential Powers
The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 13/02/2025
It's funny to me that RescueTime continuously tells me "I'm distracted!" when I'm chatting with AI about work topics. It's not a distraction! AI is a core work tool!
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 12/02/2025
I truly love the vibes of this: furbo.org/2025/02/07/m...
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Making Software Fun • furbo.org
We’ve recently released a new product. There’s no shortage of marketing or technical information about that. What I want to talk about today is the fun we had making it. Tapestry was a challenge on ma...
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 12/02/2025
It’s a little chilly today.
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 10/02/2025
The main feature I wish more email interfaces had is the ability to reply to a message & archive it simultaneously. 99.99% of the time, when I'm replying to an email, my intent is to: - Get the reply out - Then archive the message so it isn't in my inbox taking up mental energy
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 06/02/2025
I think this is the best article I've read to date in 2025: winnielim.org/journal/mini... Highly recommend checking it out for personal inspiration.
winnielim.org
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 05/02/2025
Everyone in the US should be *OUTRAGED* at a lot of things right now, including the insane defunding of some of the most critical areas of research in *the world*: the NIH & NSF. www.science.org/content/blog... The NIH & NSF produce some of the most valuable scientific research worldwide.
science.org
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
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Randall Degges @rdegges.com · 03/02/2025
I'm having so much fun right now. I'm working on a DevRel presentation I'm giving to Craft's portfolio companies later this week (craftventures.com). It's fun to reflect on all the things I've learned over these past ~25 years in tech. It's a nice break from doom-scrolling the news =D
craftventures.com
Craft Ventures
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