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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 26/09/2026

All the best for tomorrow David!

Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 16/09/2026

Upgrading to macOS 27 feels like a relief, especially the ability to tone down all that liquid glass nonsense. I’m glad Apple backtracked on this one.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 09/09/2026

Looks promising! I also like your LLM policy (that usage is allowed but slop isn't). Concise and makes sense. 👌

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 03/09/2026

Classic malicious compliance.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 28/08/2026

All the best! 🏃🏻

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 26/08/2026

People, if you could stop making all the app icons white on black, that'd be great.

macOS app icons of Zed (code editor), Zen (web browser), Paseo (agent orchestrator), Linear (project management tool), and OpenCode (AI harness)

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 24/08/2026

Very useful, thanks for sharing! Have you also tried out one of the open-weight models recently? If so, how did that go?

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 15/08/2026

Yeah, but if I'm the only one working on the project I usually just set up a git branch and merge using the CLI, not really using PRs in this workflow. Probably the only thing I'll miss if I disable them is dependabot updates.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 15/08/2026

I’m kicking the tires on a new open-source project and am almost certain I’ll disable pull requests. Only issue submissions will be allowed and that’s it.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 11/08/2026

Upgrading homebrew packages over the weekend broke my site build. Here’s a quick post on how I got things working again. sgoel.dev/posts/upgrad...

sgoel.dev

Upgrading to Zola version 0.23

Running brew upgrade broke my site build. Here's how I fixed the three errors Zola 0.23 and Tera v2 threw at me.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 09/08/2026

I look this up about once a quarter. Every time, I end up reading them in my main code editor.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 09/08/2026

I've thought of setting up something similar multiple times over the past few months. Looks very useful for solo builders!

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 30/07/2026

Haha yeah apparently. 😀

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 29/07/2026

> Wir müssen unsere synergies leveragen. I actually heard someone say that sentence last week.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 14/07/2026

Nice, would be fun to catch up!

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 14/07/2026

Haha yeah, injuries are really not fun. 😅

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 14/07/2026

Thank you! I ran a fair amount last year (did a marathon and a couple of 21k+ as part of the prep). This year I ran a lot less but my running coach said that the groundwork is in place, so I’m kinda taking his word. 😅

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 14/07/2026

Day 1 of training for the Munich Marathon 🏃🏻 Last year was so much fun that I decided to sign up this year too. Next 3 months are going to be tiring but good! #runsky

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 12/07/2026

Living close to water is such a life hack.

View of a river with trees on both sides

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 11/07/2026

Hey Bluesky, @atprotoalternatives.com is live on @uneed.best today and I'd love for your support. And If you find it helpful, an upvote would mean a lot. Thank you! 🦋 #atproto #buildinpublic

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 08/07/2026

Is there a German word for facing an avalanche of Slack notifications after two weeks of vacation? If not, there should be.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 05/07/2026

A non-technical acquaintance is looking to replace their Windows OS with something based on Linux. What’s the 2026 recommendation?

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 02/07/2026

Start a lifestyle business in a domain of your choice and scale it to 10m+ in revenue. Spawn as many sub-agents as you like. Do not make any mistakes. Do not rest until you reach the goal. Go.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 01/07/2026

The Finland countryside has some beautiful trails to go running on. 🇫🇮🏃🏻

Gravel path with trees on either side and blue sky with some clouds in the background

A few trees with a lake and blue sky with clouds in the background

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 25/06/2026

Yeah, for sure. Mine is all over the place for whatever reason. 😅

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 25/06/2026

I guess the UI is fine. It’s the content that bothers me. It feels like the singular purpose of those influencer posts/reels is to hold my attention for as long as possible, and that’s draining. I was on an Instagram break for a few years so maybe it hits me more than it normally would.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 24/06/2026

Installed the Instagram app on my phone after a really long break and I don’t think I’ve seen a worse mess of a thing lately. Almost instantly removed.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 12/06/2026

After weeks on my to-do list, Open Graph images for @atprotoalternatives.com (for product pages) are finally done. LLMs are especially handy for tasks that you understand but prefer to automate instead. Here's the code: tangled.org/atprotoalter...

tangled.org

main.py at main · atprotoalternatives.com/atprotoalternatives.com

A repository on Tangled

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 08/06/2026

Interesting how it’s ok to merge thousands of lines of unreviewed AI-generated code, but if you include a tiny little “feat:” in your commit message, that’s where the line gets drawn.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 05/06/2026

Polar is awesome. I wish they would have a Bluesky presence.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 05/06/2026

Potentially anecdotal, but migrating my static sites away from Netlify to a self-hosted Caddy instance has made them noticeably snappier.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 30/05/2026

Fun Saturday evening project: Moved @atprotoalternatives.com from Bunny CDN to an Ubuntu VPS running Caddy. Deployment used to be a hassle earlier with a clunky deployment script and API keys. Now deployment is just rsync - simple, fast, and glorious.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 27/05/2026

GitLab could really own the “reliable alternative” story during GitHub’s (multiple) outages. Instead, their H1 reads “Finally, AI for the entire software lifecycle”. 🫢

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 25/05/2026

A few weeks into writing Go: it's a workhorse that lets you get things done *fast*, but boy those err checks are everywhere. 😅

The "X, X everywhere" meme from the Toy Story with the caption "if err != nil everywhere"

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 16/05/2026

There are certainly use cases where it's very handy (e.g. this one!). I love that I can pick and choose where I want to use it and where I don't.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 16/05/2026

I just gave @atprotoalternatives.com a redesign using only ~$3 in tokens (GLM 5.1 using OpenCode Go). The entire process took literally 5 minutes and the design no longer screams "I'm a backend developer". Honestly, it's very impressive.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 04/05/2026

How do you approach marketing for these books?

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 02/05/2026

What resources would you recommend to learn how to write idiomatic Go?

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 02/05/2026

Experimenting with Go lately and its static binary story (especially embedding files in the binary at build time) feels like magic, especially after working with Python.

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Siddhant Goel @sgoel.dev · 29/04/2026

GitHub seems to be having a rough day online. The internet water coolers are tearing in to them (for valid reasons).

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