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Lately there’s been a brewing culture war in the software community regarding the usage of LLM-based coding tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.), and I’m seeing a lot of hardline discourse on both sides, but especially from the anti-AI side of things.First of all, to be clear, I am not in favor of LLM-based...

Login on this site has been a bit flaky for a while since in my never-ending fight against AI bots I had switched to a multiprocess configuration to give the site a bit more robustness, but which had the side effect of most logins only having a 50% chance of working due to fiddly details inside Publ (or, more...

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And now it’s time for my traditional annual wrap-up post, and my hopes for next year. 2025 checkupHow did I do with my stated aspirations for this year? Music I indeed did a bunch of music for Strawberry Jam 9, and got a job as a result of it, so the “paid soundtrack work” point happened! Yay! I made no progress at...

Time for another proverbial cheese sandwich post1. Thinking about the end of the year and what’s coming up for me.This isn’t my annual aspiration wrap-up post; that’ll come later. Mental stateI am currently very fatigued. I have a lot of music I’d like to be working on but I’m having trouble gathering the energy to...

Thou shalt not believe in that which cannot be demonstrated empirically Thou shalt not worship anyone, regardless of their social influence Thou shalt strive to improve the situation for everyone, including yourself Thou shalt allow yourself rest and hydration Thou shalt leave yourself open to possibilities Thou...

The ebike has been working great!But it’s gotten super rainy, and it’s not always great to ride in this weather.Also having an empty carport has turned my house into a theft target, and I’ve been locked in a battle with a dude who is absolutely determined to steal the bike at this point.One of my ideals had been to...

The ebike arrived yesterday and I was able to assemble it super quickly. The Lectric XPress 750 ships almost fully-assembled, and all you have to do is unbox it, attach the front wheel, and connect whatever addons it came with. I wasn’t able to install the upgraded comfort seat because the factory seat was attached...

I got my lab results back regarding my hormone levels.Normal estradiol levels are 100-200 pg/mL.Mine were 31.So anyway, I’m doubling up on my patches for now, and hopefully my doctor can get me a prescription for higher-strength patches (and proper regular monitoring of my levels) going forward. Fortunately, my new...

I got my lab results back regarding my hormone levels.Normal estradiol levels are 100-200 pg/mL.Mine were 31.So anyway, I’m doubling up on my patches for now, and hopefully my doctor can get me a prescription for higher-strength patches (and proper regular monitoring of my levels) going forward. Fortunately, my new...

Carvana hauled away the Niro today and I am now about $13K richer.Well, I was, until I then spent $1500 on an extremely well-regarded ebike. Currently it’s on Black Friday sale for $1300 with an incredibly generous bundle of accessories (all things I wanted to get anyway), and I upgraded the seat. Then tax brought...