Posts tagged "tech"

From Pixel Capture to Metadata: Reimagining Screen Recording Architecture on macOS

Independent developer Sintone shares a deep dive into building a macOS screen recorder. Learn practical solutions for ScreenCaptureKit errors (-3821), high-performance video composition with Metal,...

Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal

The bug itself was reported all the way back in November 2024, and the issue is still present for current Snap versions of VS Code and even VSCodium.

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream:1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now.2...

Not Kidding! Bash Shell Manual is Part of Epstein Files 🫣

echo "don't panic"

Finally! Firefox Is Getting a Kill Switch for Its (Unwanted) AI Features

Maybe this will bring back some of those lost users.

On craft and AI

In 2016, I stumbled across otoro.net, which is still the gem now that it was then. The website is full of funky little neural networks doing all sorts of amazing stuff. And I love it. I started pro...

HTTP/1.1 From Scratch

When the web became whole.

Building An Astro Blog

My developer experience trying out the Astro framework and ditching my old site.

Daily News Stuff 3 February 2026

Spinning Wheel Edition Top Story SpaceX has merged with xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined company at $1.25 trillion. (CNBC) In a turnaround from recent nonsense, 80% of that valuati...

My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder

Eight years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company. Every year, I post an update about how that’s going and what my life is like as an indie foun...

Professional Home-Building Teams

A quick post tonight because I should already be in bed. A lower-bound estimate for the number of calories the average adult American expends exercising a day is about ~150 calories per day (spent ...

Daily News Stuff 2 February 2026

Strange Days Edition Top News Notepad++, a text editor used by every programmer in the world, got hijacked and used to install malware. (Notepad++) You're probably safe to click on that link. I thi...

Monthly update #0429 • January 2025

Posts The following posts were written last month. Books On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray End-to-End The Worlds Longest Train Journey by Scott Manson Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stu...

Polygenic Risk Score for Coronary Artery Disease "At Home"

Way back in the day I used 23andMe. So lets do some analysis with plink and PRSice-2 to calculate a polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease.

Shifting Light, Unchanging Haystacks - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #121

Two weeks ago, taking the opportunity of attending iOS Conf SG 2026, I visited the National Gallery Singapore and had the pleasure of viewing the special exhibition "Into the Modern: Impressionism ...

Yak Shaving

Or, how you sat down to send one email and ended up reinstalling your operating system.

Weekly Robotics #346

It is my pleasure to welcome Jiga as a sponsor of Weekly Robotics! Jiga is built for hardware teams who want the speed of digital manufacturing with the trust of a long-term supplier relationship. ...

Habits and transition points

Whenever you’re at a transition point in your life, I wonder why I’m writing this! moving to a new city, starting a new semester, changing jobs, making a life decision—you need to pay close attenti...

Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc

Will They Inherit Our Blogs?

I've thought about this topic more generally before, but this one is specifically about blogging. This blog is by far the hobby I have sunk the most time into over the last 13-ish years, and I'd li...