Monkinetic Weblog

That last link via https://thetwelfth.house/ "saved" links

Reading and processing: https://medium.com/@scaryh/unacceptable-4cdca86ba0db

Mo Martin on truth, uncertainty, and Trump

Man, Mo nails it - the current political climate (it's been building for a generation or two) is post-truth and it intentionally breaks down the epistemological connections we need for a functioning society.

2020 #goals - use my space here to surface more #diverse voices.

Even my google results are white

My crappy home-grown blog app can't handle #html entities? Who wrote this POS

Jacky Alciné is an active member of the #indieweb and #activitypub communities, and a web developer working out of Oakland.

Imma make this clear: I'm not building software for developers.

I'm working to building tools for people.

You shouldn't have to know to maintain and secure a server to have your own independent identity online. You shouldn't need to know what libsodium or similar library to be secure online.

That's my objective.

https://playvicious.social/@jalcine/101366378320531511

I really like a good #codeascraft comparison. From DeployHQ, via Zeldman:

Woodworkers and web developers have this in common:

Visit a professional woodshop and ask a master carpenter what her favourite tool is. You may find it’s not a tool in the traditional sense, but a “jig” she built. In woodworking, jigs are patterns or templates built to make repeatable tasks more efficient and outcomes more consistent. Building a one-off bookcase may not warrant building a jig. But, if you’re building three or four of the same bookcase, it’s likely worth building a jig first, then using that jig to build the bookcases.

Our jig consists of a small command line application which integrates publicly accessible API’s from these service providers

Taking the time to make the tools to help do the work is the best thing to do, and knowing when to take that time is an important part of an engineer's maturing process (see #yakshaving, Code As Craft)

@jessenoller's tweets have made me terrified of #kubernetes, which has apparently turned #devops into devOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS. I mean, the number of things that can go wrong, amirite

I'm sure it didn't happen to everyone, but can you see when my use of Twitter took off?

(SORRY, LOST IMAGE)

I've imported my old tweets as Notes on the site here, which is why I can show those stats. To be fair, my blog had not been very active for a while, but it's interesting to see over 20 years where my posting activity went:

(SORRY, LOST IMAGE)

Jesse Noller "Make a load / reliability tool called the JasonStathamator" generated some fun last night

https://twitter.com/jessenoller/status/1226715002112901121

Will @teambloomberg divest himself of his companies if elected president? You KNOW KNOW KNOW the R's are ready to crow if he waffles on it even a tiny bit.

2/n But I also like Amy Klobuchar, and Bloomberg (as much as I hate to have another rich white dude in the office) at least has the stones to mock Trump, a man in serious need of a mocking.

1/n As any non-Trump voter would be, I'm conflicted about the alternatives. I'm generally #teamwarren, because my God we need a woman in the WH, and because she actually thinks about what to do once she's there.