Justin Searls / is on Nostr

You might remember me from such dumpster fires as Twitter dot com. Total 🐞 magnet. Co-founded @testdouble. 日本語 🆗.

A Song of 🧂& 🔥.

Last Notes

2024-06-02 02:30:02

ChatGPT is awesome for drafting blog posts and newsletters. First, I give it all my bullet points and ask it for a draft. Then, I hate what it wrote _so much_ that I get off my ass and write the thing myself, like I should have done in the first place.
🔗 https://justin.searls.co/takes/2024-06-02-11h17m10s/

2024-05-31 01:30:01

I’ll be honest: I never felt like I was missing out by taking a pass on GraphQL. https://bessey.dev/blog/2024/05/24/why-im-over-graphql/

2024-05-30 03:15:01

Kino, a new video camera app (from the makers of Halide, an established photo camera app) just launched, and they're offering it at an introductory one-time purchase price of $9.99. Bought it sight unseen, because the demise of Filmic Pro (whose team was summarily dismissed last year) left the App Store without a single notable "pro" video recording app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kino-pro-video-camera/id6472380172

2024-05-29 06:00:02

Podcasting from a train! https://justin.searls.co/shots/2024-05-29-14h50m22s/

2024-05-24 06:45:01

Tottori Sand Dunes https://justin.searls.co/spots/2024-05-24-15h28m57s/

2024-05-21 07:30:06

The XZ Utils backdoor taught me to be cautious about handing over maintenance of
open source to others, but now what the hell am I to do with OSS I don't want?
States should pass safe haven laws that allow developers to swaddle their code
in a basket and leave it at a fire station without fear of repercussion.
🔗 https://justin.searls.co/takes/2024-05-21-16h03m51s/

2023-09-07 23:26:36

So how many years are journalists going to parenthetically add "formerly known as Twitter" to every mention of X?

2023-08-09 19:23:04

Thanks Apple for my new email signature:
"Please do not reply this message to avoid starting a new interaction."
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2023-07-12 14:50:01

Remember some of the hot-button issues in tech over the last decade? People angry over the use of the word "passion". The merits of "craftsmanship". Whether the "10x developer" is a myth.
Something connects all of these debates, and nobody's really talking about it. That's why I wrote this essay: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-07-12-the-looming-demise-of-the-10x-developer/