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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 10h

Ordering Door Dash doesn't make you a better chef.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Working on a blog post right now that might not ever see the light of day. Perhaps it just belongs in a journal. Still though — extremely cathartic to just write and vent.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can confidently say that the best gift you can give a new parent that drinks coffee is an Ember mug (or similar). The amount of times I've had to reheat my coffee every morning for the past few months is wild. And yeah, insulated mugs are a thing but not a fan of metal drink containers.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Returning to work has been more challenging than I anticipated... www.chriscastillo.cool/blog/recalib...

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Getting back to writing and journaling again ✍️ A great deal of my stress comes from having a lot of ideas, knowledge, grievances, etc, and not sharing them or at the very least, just getting it out of my head.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Started back on a strength + mobility training program this week after being sick for a week and holy shit am I feeling it 3 days in. Also, it has been super difficult to meet my macros. I'm just not a big eater to begin with.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Posting something to Threads vs Bluesky: Threads: Replies and unsolicited advice from 70 randos and bots BS: 1 like

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Is there anything scarier than finding out your 5 mo old daughter is a stomach sleeper?

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

First week back to work after pat leave. Pretty hard to dive back in after 5 months of practically not even thinking about computers, design, tech, etc...

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It’s apparently become impossible for people to be on time to meetings.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

If the latest Google news (re: using AI to change search result headlines) isn't convincing enough for you to completely deGoogle your life, then I don't know what is. So many better alternatives to literally everything.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Just migrated all of my notes over to Obsidian from Notion. Got super annoyed with all the AI-everywhere garbage there.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

My favorite thing about the internet? When I order something from a website and then I get nothing but ads on every site and app trying to sell me that exact thing like I didn’t just buy it. Super cool 10/10 online experience 😎

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Been rocking the old LG Ultrafine 4ks since 2019. My office is bright and the screen glare has been horrible. So, I bit the bullet on the nano-texture Studio Display. First monitor upgrade in 7 years…

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

One thing I don’t really think about when planning to have a baby was how much it would play into my gear head/research tendencies. So many crazy gadgets, gear, toys, and information to research. Half of it seems completely unnecessary but still fun nonetheless.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

☀️Weather is warming up to the 70’s this week. That means MTB time 🚵🏽

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Been a few years back riding and while the majority of my bikes have been 4-strokes, I think I'm about to get my first 2-stroke, starting with the Xtrainer. I've learned I really enjoy the slow, technical riding and not the fast, open throttle riding that will break all your bones when you crash.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

If you are a designer who can't see how design can provide value except by being a bad programmer, then you are not a good designer

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

😔 Devastated to see a bunch of my coworkers impacted by layoffs today. A whole host of amazingly talented and genuinely awesome folks. If you’re looking to connect please let me know and I’ll put you in touch.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Having a manager that advocates for you, knows your strengths, and pushes you to grow is so amazing, and it's unfortunate that's so rarely the case. Lot of bullshit going on in the world right nowm but I had a big personal win this week — a promotion I worked toward for last year+ went through 😁

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The number of times a day I see people using "all be it" instead of "albeit" is a bit concerning... "bone apple tea" vibes

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Can someone just delete LinkedIn from the internet already?

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I just got done watching a truly horrible movie at Sundance ("The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"). It was introduced by the Sundance programming rep as having "a strong sense of informational integrity", but it's hard to imagine a characterization more off the mark. A long thread 🧵>>

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's incompetence all the way down with this administration

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 26/01/2026

People keep talking about "AI" impact on individual productivity but productivity is by its nature usually an aggregate measure affected by multiple variables. It's almost always a high-level measure. Most "AI" studies I've seen are pretending that it can be measured in detail for each person 1/

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I just saw LinkedIn post from someone who described using Webflow to build their website as "building it the old fashioned way" Oh, how far we've fallen.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🎯 One of my main goals this year is getting more involved in my community and providing my skills and expertise through volunteer work. I've got some cool stuff on the calendar already and a very impactful project for Oregon non-profits I'm leading over the next 2 months. Stoked 🤙🏼

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Finally decided to upgrade my devices a few days ago. Unfortunately everything I've seen and read online is true: Liquid Glass is full of some of the worst UI decisions. There are maybe a handful of IA changes that I believe to be much better, but they are overshadowed by everything else.

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dame @dame.is · 21/01/2026

the only way to stay sane while working in tech is to aggressively pursue hobbies and interests that are grounded in analog mediums and/or the natural world

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

⛔️Offline for the rest of the year ✌🏼

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Starting to add some fun pages to the site. Still a huge WIP but happy enough with it right now to get it out and start adding some more content.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Another day, another typeface and domain purchased.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Super annoying how limited Framer's CMS is for certain things. They've also had a feature request to password protect individual pages for YEARS and it seems like they've completely ignored that feedback from customers.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Another varied & fulfilling weekend: - Reading - Sketching - Researching and drafting blogs - Working on iOS apps - Designing a new piece of furniture - 3D printing some things - Tweaking my site & adding Favorites pages - Caulking windows & testing paint samples - Holiday markets

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 02/12/2025

We accept that crops grow and then get harvested and then the field lies fallow. We accept that animals hibernate. But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer... www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-harve...

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The Harvest Will Come

A Defense of Human Seasons

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

For the first time ever, we cut down our own Christmas tree. Getting our permit, driving into the middle of the forest, and seeing other families out there doing the same was a fantastic experience. I think we did pretty good for our first time 😊

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It's starting to feel like one of the best decisions I've made in the last few years was trade my ink jet printer for a laser printer. Why did I suffer for so long?

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Ski resort was supposed to open this weekend but base just isn't there yet. And of course there's a late start the first year I buy a season pass 😂. Hoping for some good snow up high soon 🙏

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Love building iOS apps in Swift. Getting close to completion on a few apps I've been building and just enjoying every second of it.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Bought another typeface. ES Rebond Grotesque from Extraset. extraset.ch/typefaces/re...

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I believe (healthy and mutual) trust is essential to effective collaboration. If you are an experienced professional in your area of expertise, I will trust you to make good decisions and trust that you'll trust me to make good decisions.

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Chris ッ @senorcastillo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Super excited to get into playing guitar again. It's been about 10 years since I played last. Looking for more and more analogue experiences to get me away from screens lately.

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