BlogDB

On Intersecting Interests: Fandom And Photography

Zachary is hosting IndieWeb Carnival this month with the thematic prompt at the start of my title here, and for the past couple of weeks I’ve been pretty sure I was going to have to sit this one ou...

How I Use Claude Code

The research-plan-implement workflow I use to build software with Claude Code, and why I never let it write code until I've approved a written plan.

Understanding Email Authentication: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

A beginner-friendly guide to email authentication protocols. Learn what SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are, how they work together, and why they matter for email deliverability and security.

Take another turn

The other day I wrote a post titled On craft and AI that analogized AI to a hammer, a tool. I like the tool analogy because it does not hide accountability; it does not create an “accountability si...

Are AI SQL yet?

Whenever I ask an AI for help on a nontrivial database task I'm always extra careful. By experience I know that they are surprisingly bad at this, even though SQL DBs are very mature technology. I ...

Some Technical Updates

In the days since switching the blog’s design to something I’ve decided to describe as “aggressively monochrome” (which would make a decent name for the theme, actually), I’ve made a couple of addi...

Federal Judge Reminds DHS That Court Orders Are Not Optional

The ‘Actually We Don’t Have To Pay’ Defense Doesn't Work The post Federal Judge Reminds DHS That Court Orders Are Not Optional appeared first on Above the Law.

Daily News Stuff 9 February 2026

Du Redest Zu Viel Edition Top Story AI companies spent big on Superb Owl ads, just like cryptocurrency startups in 2022. (Washington Post / MSN) Will the same thing happen again? We can but hope. T...

My Journey Back to Being Pain-Free

Neck pain and shoulder pain have been part of my occupational side effects. I have made some changes in my posture and working styleto reduce it. But sometime early last year, in 2025, it suddenly ...

Seeed Studio's Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI

The 6-DoF arm handles 1.5 kg loads with a 650 mm reach, targeting desktop AI work.

Man arrested in Japan after leaving car in coin parking lot for six years, racking up three-million-yen bill

Says he remembers parking his car, but can’t remember the exact date he did it anymore. Because many Japanese apartments and condominiums don’t have their own attached parking spaces, it’s common f...

Grumpy Julio plays with CLI coding agents

Or the more tired “One week with Claude Code”-type article. It’s no secret that I’ve been grumpy about the new AI-based coding trend. I’ve been grumpy about the “push from above to use AI or else”....

E2EE Backend part 1: Homomorphic Encryption

This is the first post in a series exploring a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. The goal of this part: a demo that can calculate totals on encrypted user data with...

Sabbatical #02: Doha

A travel journal from my visit to Doha, Qatar.

Sandboxels on Neal.fun - A New Home

We’re excited to share some surprising news — Sandboxels is joining Neal.fun, the home of popular online games such as Infinite Craft, The Password Game, and I’m Not A Robot.

Trying out Thunderbird Appointment While I Patiently Wait For An Invite

OK, I'm actually a little impatient to use the new open source schedule booking tool by the Thunderbird team that will be a part of Thunderbird Pro.

Xcode Enters the Agent Era - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #122

The arrival of Xcode 26.3, with almost no advance notice, responded to these doubts with concrete action. By integrating Claude Code/Codex, Apple's answer was direct: with the right strategy, Xcode...

IRC Log: Standup

MTG: Avatar: The Last Airbender

New set has been out for a while on Arena, so here's my overdue recap for the previous set Avatar: The Last Airbender. Flavor / Mechanics / Universes Beyond One thing I noticed about universes beyo...

Book explores Jacksonville's Gullah Geechee Heritage

In his first book since 2014, Jaxson co-owner Ennis Davis has collaborated with urban planner and historian Adrienne Burke to highlight the story of Jacksonville's Gullah Geechee Heritage. Preorder...