schwad @schwad.org · 09/07/2026Turned on the wrong glass hob. After six years chef cup bit the dust 🫡 020
schwad @schwad.org · 07/07/2026would you rather eat a sponge (from the grocery store. fresh. but still a sponge) or have your hair replaced with cool whip for a month. (if you wash it off it grows back. it will be messy) 000
schwad @schwad.org · 30/05/2026@alexanderadam.bsky.social has a very famous and very special copy of the poignant guide It is filled with countless amounts of art and poetry and notes from people in the community (including Matz!!) Today I was honoured to make a contribution 130
schwad @schwad.org · 28/03/2026Rain 2.0 Everything has changed If you’ve played before, give it another whirl rain.schwadlabs.io 000
schwad @schwad.org · 25/03/2026NEW RELEASE FROM SCHWADLABS: WaitTimesNI I’ve been scraping live A&E wait times data in Northern Ireland every 15 minutes since Nov 2023. (With a few gaps) The result is WaitTimesNI. Visualize trends across all emergency and minor injury centres. waittimesni.schwadlabs.io/heatmap?hosp...waittimesni.schwadlabs.ioWait Times NI — A&E Wait Time DataHistorical A&E wait time data across Northern Ireland hospitals. View trends and patterns in emergency department waiting times. 010
schwad @schwad.org · 17/03/2026As a not prolific OSS maintainer I’ve found the part of my brain that is like “this is nice I will release it” is now more like “why would I give my competitive advantage away for free” Or something like that The fun bit is gone. Release a gem, people chat about it, star it, contribute 111
schwad @schwad.org · 15/03/2026213 players Nearly one trillion Rain 150,000 clicks 0 have beat it yet (besides me) Thanks for playing rain.schwadlabs.io 140
schwad @schwad.org · 13/03/2026Building Rain: An Idle Game About Letting Go schwadlabs.io/blog/buildin...schwadlabs.ioBuilding Rain: An Idle Game About Letting GoLast week Nick and I built an idle game in one sitting. Seven hours. Started around 2pm. By 9pm we had something neither of us expected. 021
schwad @schwad.org · 13/03/2026Thanks! Out of the box rails and SQLite on Hetzner with the only JS being hotwired/stimulus Did you turn on the sound? Have you evaporated yet? :D There actually is a clear unambiguous ending to the whole game…. But how to get there 🤔 011
schwad @schwad.org · 13/03/2026An incomplete game But a game nonetheless Enjoy rain.schwadlabs.iorain.schwadlabs.ioRaindropsevaporate at 1,000,000 collected 120
schwad @schwad.org · 03/03/2026Rise of the Writer schwadlabs.io/blog/rise-of...schwadlabs.ioRise of the WriterWeb-scraped training post-2022 is increasingly poisoned. Human writing is down. The importance of human writing is up. You should write more. 020
schwad @schwad.org · 02/03/2026companion: an instrument panel for your agentic workers written in Ruby. delightfully unnecessary. schwadlabs.io/companion 🛸 coming soon 020
schwad @schwad.org · 12/02/2026Absolute scenes at Belfast RubyFest 2026. Julian Cheal, Christian Bruckmayer and Thijs Cadier put on a clinic for top-tier Ruby talks. Everyone had a blast. People are already talking about bigger things next year. Got home at 2am. Belfast Ruby is on the map. 🚀 060
schwad @schwad.org · 09/02/2026Follow what I’m building at schwadlabs.io Newsletter signup at the bottomschwadlabs.ioSchwadLabs — Software That Just WorksPublic data tools built to be understood at first glance. No manuals, no onboarding flows. 010
schwad @schwad.org · 07/02/2026Here are the top three results if you google “url shortener”. The fourth is the one I’ve just built. Enjoy r1r.io 030
schwad @schwad.org · 20/01/2026Never to early to think ahead. Our CFP for our next Belfast Ruby event if you'd like to speak! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comBelfastRuby CFPThis is an open call for folks who would like to speak at the BelfastRuby event in a few months, our next event after Belfast RubyFest 010
schwad @schwad.org · 15/01/2026Only about 10 slots left for Belfast RubyFest. RSVP today! luma.com/yl6v0cy9luma.comBelfast RubyFest 2026 · LumaThe first-ever Belfast RubyFest is here. It will be a celebration of community, creativity, and all the wonderful things you can build with Ruby. Three… 010
schwad @schwad.org · 14/01/2026@evanphx.dev do you still have a copy of the old RubyForge DB? From a Ruby History perspective I would find it interesting to host a readonly/archived version of the site. Preserving discussions, forums, etc. 100
schwad @schwad.org · 13/01/2026We have folks from five different countries coming already for this event. Sign up today, come over and have a blast! I’m organizing! You won’t regret it. luma.com/yl6v0cy9luma.comBelfast RubyFest 2026 · LumaThe first-ever Belfast RubyFest is here. It will be a celebration of community, creativity, and all the wonderful things you can build with Ruby. Three… 011
schwad @schwad.org · 06/01/2026Over half the slots for Belfast RubyFest 2026 have gone in the first 24 hours since I announced the event. If you want to come to Belfast and have a great time with other fellow Rubyists, RSVP now!! luma.com/yl6v0cy9luma.comBelfast RubyFest 2026 · LumaThe first-ever Belfast RubyFest is here. It will be a celebration of community, creativity, and all the wonderful things you can build with Ruby. Three… 052
schwad @schwad.org · 06/01/2026you know I've never actually been to Cork. I might put that on my 2026 todo list 000
schwad @schwad.org · 05/01/2026GET HYPED FLY TO BELFAST HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE Belfast RubyFest 2026 is here. Headcount is strictly capped, so RSVP today. luma.com/yl6v0cy9luma.comBelfast RubyFest 2026 · LumaThe first-ever Belfast RubyFest is here. It will be a celebration of community, creativity, and all the wonderful things you can build with Ruby. Three… 1106
schwad @schwad.org · 24/12/2025For Noah. * v0.5 * Scarpe now has a site - complete with Shoes documentation and our robust Scarpe architecture documentation scarpe-team.github.io/scarpe/ * Improvements, features and bugfixes: github.com/scarpe-team/... 051
schwad @schwad.org · 19/12/2025Noah Gibbs was the largest engineering force behind Scarpe the last few years of his life. In honor of his memory I will be doing some hacking on it Christmas Eve. If you’d like to hack on it as well (LLM it up if you’re new!) I can refine some nice user-friendly issues. 052
schwad @schwad.org · 03/12/2025A hidden message by @_why HIDDEN: April 13 2013 DISCOVERED: October 2025 by Nick Schwaderer 270
schwad @schwad.org · 05/11/2025@marcoroth.dev you got a mention during @petr.codes intro! I said he was our second international speaker and he asked who was the first ♥️ 🫡 110
schwad @schwad.org · 05/11/2025It’s a great group of people and great fun! Can’t wait to get you over here sometime! ♥️ 010
schwad @schwad.org · 05/11/2025Another successful BelfastRuby in the books! Thank you @altabyte.bsky.social, @petr.codes for your wonderful talks! And a huge shoutout to Stora for hosting and sponsoring!! 🙌 3112
schwad @schwad.org · 05/11/2025ARE YOU READY FOR BELFAST RUBY TODAY!? LET'S GOOOOO luma.com/r42ger8mluma.comBelfast Ruby: Petr Hlavicka & Rob Graham at Stora · LumaAnd we're back with another edition of Belfast Ruby! We are very pleased to announce that this meetup's sponsor is Belfast's very own Stora! You can learn more… 022
schwad @schwad.org · 04/11/2025I’ve started using Notion yesterday. Notion users what tips and advice do you have? 000
schwad @schwad.org · 20/10/2025Calling my shot for 2026 I'm working on something big Cool Interesting And I'm gonna want to talk about it 270
schwad @schwad.org · 18/10/2025apparently colour palette steganography is widely written about, so this may not be a fluke. will keep researching 010
schwad @schwad.org · 18/10/2025i think there may be a cipher in the gif colour palette. `File.binread(file)` i found a length of printable characters in a reversed alphabet, something i haven't been able to find in other gifs `|{zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:9876543210/.-,+*)('&%$#\"! ` 110
schwad @schwad.org · 17/10/2025RSVP Now for our next BelfastRuby meetup, with hosts Stora on November 5! 🎉 We will have amazing speakers Rob Graham and Petr Hlavicka See you there! luma.com/r42ger8mluma.comBelfast Ruby: Petr Hlavicka & Rob Graham at Stora · LumaAnd we're back with another edition of Belfast Ruby! We are very pleased to announce that this meetup's sponsor is Belfast's very own Stora! You can learn more… 033
schwad @schwad.org · 04/10/2025The creator had some other inspirations from Fravia, although that may not be related to the tactics used in this GIF en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraviaen.wikipedia.orgFravia - Wikipedia 010
schwad @schwad.org · 04/10/2025Thank you Greg. I am fairly novice in this area so it’s likely I’m not even using the terminology correctly. I’ll take a look at those tools. 🙇 010
schwad @schwad.org · 03/10/2025Hi, I’ve found some encrypted data, or a message, embedded in a cryptic GIF from 12 years ago I’m the first to uncover this; but I don’t really know where to start Any experts in this space with any tips? 100
schwad @schwad.org · 02/10/2025My first writing in nine months “A Claude Commands and Hooks Primer - Building a Memory and Personality System for Claude Code” blog.schwad.org/schwogs/7blog.schwad.org 020
schwad @schwad.org · 12/07/2025Yeah Noah Gibbs and I got quotes from a few different companies to run it 😂 London to Inverness 040
