I used to do software. I still do, but I used to, too.
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All of my best cron jobs get * * * * * reviews
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Jun 11
Had Apple’s software engineers been equipped with AI coding agents back in 1983, much of the work would’ve been easier to accomplish. But shipping?!
That’s one thing AI isn’t a huge help with (yet).
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Jun 1
6️⃣ Go was designed for large-scale software engineering, which is why its designers made explicit choices to keep the language small. It only has 25 keywords! You can pretty much learn it in an afternoon.
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May 29
Simplicity has a marketing problem. It’s hard to achieve, but it looks easy. Unimpressive, even.
In a humble attempt to convince you that simplicity is a virtue worth working toward, here’s a list of impressively simple systems that I think are great.
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May 5
You can take me out of software, but you can't take software out of me 🤷♂️
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Mar 4
After 13 years, 1042 podcasts, 452 newsletters, and countless friends made along the way...
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Feb 25
This new form of engagement bait is so annoying I don't even have to tell you what it is...
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Feb 25
Hard agree. Had to turn it off 🙅♂️
Feb 24
I hate Apple Music new feature where they think they’re professional DJs and attempt to transition into the next song shits horrible
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Feb 6
"I'm not condensating, you're condensating." "Sir, this is a Wendy's." jerodsanto.net/2026/02/norma…
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Feb 3
"Claude Code is down" is the new
"GitHub is down" is the new
"SourceForge is down" is the new
"FTP server is down" is the new
"Mainframe is down" is the new
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Feb 2
Batten down the hatches. "Show Hacker News" signals the coming flood. 🌊 jerodsanto.net/2026/02/the-s…
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