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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 03/07/2026

I preferred when they sent floppies, because you could erase them and use them for your own purposes.

Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 15/05/2026

If my goal was to design a product to absolutely MAXIMIZE the number of times it would get dropped… I'm not sure I could do better than the AirPods case.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 26/03/2026

Since switching to Apple Music as my primary service, the one thing that continues to drive me up the wall is the inability to completely stop it from ever playing a certain artist. Why is there no block feature?!

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 11/03/2026

Coming up on four months since I left my tech job. Not missing it yet…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 09/03/2026

One of my least favorite skills I picked up in my decades working in tech is the ability to immediately see when a feature has been made worse for users in order to improve some metric that the company (or an individual PM) has decided is important.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 01/03/2026

As I've been returning to film photography, I am reflecting on how, in the late 90s I was desperate for a digital camera that could approach the quality of 35mm film. And now, I am looking for the combination of film stock and scanner that can get me close to the quality of current digital cameras…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 12/02/2026

One of the worst things about modern software is constantly being experimented on. I don't want features appearing and disappearing, buttons moving, and copy changing every day or two as various A/B tests run to see if they can squeeze a statistically significant 0.01% more engagement out of me.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 05/02/2026

Remember when we needed Flash to watch most video on the web? Those were the days…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 02/02/2026

Is it a conspiracy that all of the manufacturers of power stations have websites that are terrible in the same way, and make it nearly impossible to understand what all of the options are?

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 28/01/2026

I never thought I'd be happy to see high temps in the 40s on the 10-day forecast…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 26/01/2026

Ok, but I can sell it, buy a Rolex, and still go on vacation to Paris with money left over. I'll take it.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/01/2026

Solid cap of ice on top of the pillar at the end of our driveway.

Stone pillar, covered with a solid layer of ice.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/01/2026

Wind is picking up in downtown Franklin, and has started blowing down branches and things from trees. #tspotter

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/01/2026

Just curious, what general area is this in?

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/01/2026

Is this actually likely to be the end of the precipitation, currently just west of Dickson?

Screenshot of middle Tennessee weather radar, showing precipitation over Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Fairview, Centerville, and Dickson, but none to the west of that.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/01/2026

We had a brief blink in downtown Franklin about 30 minutes ago, but as of right now we have power and internet. Rain is coming down and there's definitely a lot of ice accumulation out there.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 20/01/2026

The weather influencers are in full clickbait mode... (I don't consider @nashseverewx.com a weather influencer; that's not who I am talking about.)

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 11/01/2026

100%. I don't remember anyone ever saying "diskette." I will admit, though, that the first time I saw one, I thought it was "a hard drive." One of my friends got a Mac SE, the first Mac I had ever seen, and that was my introduction to 3.5" floppies. I'd heard of hard drives, so I just assumed...

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 10/01/2026

Also, when I was looking for that setting to take a screenshot, I remembered I had this enabled. The fact that I still cant' even tell if it's enabled or not is an argument for leaving it as it is, I suppose.

Screenshot of the iPhone settings screen, showing the “Limit Frame Rate” setting set to on.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 10/01/2026

Probably one of the best setting changes I ever made on my iPhone. It's shocking how nice it is to just never have the phone vibrate, buzz, or bump at all, no matter what. I flipped this switch a little over a month ago, and I wish I did it earlier.

Screenshot of iPhone settings screen, showing the “Vibration” setting set to off.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 10/01/2026

Can I go home at halftime? Wait, I already am home. Sigh... #goducks

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 09/01/2026

I've been fretting all week. I'm impressed that you held it off for so long.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 01/01/2026

Nokia 8290 was peak for me. Absolutely perfect phone. It's all been down hill since then.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 01/01/2026

I turned it on for a moment and saw Jason Aldean, so immediately flipped away.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 01/01/2026

In November, I left my tech job. Today's tech industry is unrecognizable compared to what it was when I started at Amazon in 1999. I'm looking forward to a 2026 filled with more human connection and creativity than algorithms and models.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 19/12/2025

Just had some MASSIVE wind, power blips, and very heavy rain through downtown Franklin. Surprised the warning doesn't extend down here. Anyway, it showed up suddenly and then was gone a couple of minutes later.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 22/09/2025

The power blinked JUST long enough to make my dish washer (which was in the middle of a cycle) freak out.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 08/09/2025

I'd just be happy to have an announcement that wasn't spoiled by leakers ahead of time.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 08/09/2025

Has Chad tried to get verified?

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 07/07/2025

Also a bummer of an afternoon to be sitting at BNA hoping to fly out…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 02/07/2025

I have not watched the show, but I hereby take offense.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 28/06/2025

At least they are really good at branding the models themselves. Oh, wait....

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 26/06/2025

Note to self: next time, check radar BEFORE heading out for your morning walk.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/06/2025

This is my first major change in over 20 years when it comes to actual core banking (not talking about investments and retirement). My old main account is from 1997, my old backup account from 2002, and then several minor ones I’ve accumulated since then. Hopefully no more changes for another 20 😅

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/06/2025

And the things that do the micro-deposit to verify take DAYS to finish, even if it's only 30 seconds of actual work.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/06/2025

Paycheck direct deposits, insurance reimbursements, investment account links, stuff like Venmo... I do have anything that can be charged to a card charging to one, but credit cards have to be paid (and I have several, from different issuers), so I need to update the payments for each of those.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/06/2025

Personal. But part of the reason for the change is that I'm currently spread across about 6 different institutions (and I'm moving to two new ones). So a decent amount of the work is moving funds between them, which is tedious (especially when working with transfer limits, etc.) But also...

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 25/06/2025

Finally got off my butt and decided to change/consolidate banks, which I've been meaning to do for years. I knew it would be a bit of a pain but I underestimated how much work it would be. My to-do list to get everything moved over is up to 40 items…

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 17/06/2025

I'm getting tired of rain. Official request to @nashseverewx.com to please turn the water off.

Screenshot of rain data showing current rainfall rate of 2.34 in/hr, 2.52 in for the event, and 0.89 in for the day.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 29/05/2025

Are you using it for Swift? I've had pretty good experiences using it for python and js, but less so with iOS apps in Swift.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 22/05/2025

She probably wanted to ask him what jail was like.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 22/05/2025

All pasta tastes the same.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 20/05/2025

It's ok. I am building an AI agent to read my linkedin feed for me.

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 20/05/2025

We got just a small sample of hail in downtown Franklin, and by my visual (out the window without going outside) estimation I'd say the largest pieces were no larger than nickel sized. I think we dodged the truly destructive stuff but will survey once the storm has fully passed. #tspotter

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Sean Harding @seanharding.com · 20/05/2025

Hatches: battened. @nashseverewx.com stream: on the big screen.

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