Adam Fortuna
@adamfortuna.com
Full-stack product developer (Rails/React) in Salt Lake City, UT. I love enlivening experiences, visualizing data, and making playful websites.
📚 Founder @hardcover.app
🎧 Developer @libro.fm
✍️ Blogger @ https://adamfortuna.com
📚 Founder @hardcover.app
🎧 Developer @libro.fm
✍️ Blogger @ https://adamfortuna.com
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Adam Fortuna
@adamfortuna.com
· Nov 23
My interests, for the real-people-algorithm. 👋
🏔️ Hiking
📚 Books
🟰 Equality
🧙♂️ Fantasy
👨💻 Web dev
✍️ Blogging
🎲 Board games
🏋️ Olympic lifting
🧘 Quantified self
👾 Science fiction
🧑🎨 Interior design
🌱 Personal growth
🦵 ACL tear recovery
🇯🇵 Learning Japanese
📊 Data visualizations
💸 Index fund investing
🏔️ Hiking
📚 Books
🟰 Equality
🧙♂️ Fantasy
👨💻 Web dev
✍️ Blogging
🎲 Board games
🏋️ Olympic lifting
🧘 Quantified self
👾 Science fiction
🧑🎨 Interior design
🌱 Personal growth
🦵 ACL tear recovery
🇯🇵 Learning Japanese
📊 Data visualizations
💸 Index fund investing
Hardcover hit a new milestone today that I don't think I've seen before: 1,000+ daily active users! 🥳
We've been steadily in the 900s the last week or two, so we'd been close for a while.
We've been steadily in the 900s the last week or two, so we'd been close for a while.
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hardcover hit a new milestone today that I don't think I've seen before: 1,000+ daily active users! 🥳
We've been steadily in the 900s the last week or two, so we'd been close for a while.
We've been steadily in the 900s the last week or two, so we'd been close for a while.
Trying something new this year with my personal lists - creating a "Favorites of 2025" one. It's an odd mix of romance and violence 😅 hardcover.app/@adam/lists/...
Favorite Reads of 2025 13 books by Adam
In an attempt to try to remember my favorites from each year, I'm going to start creating a best-of list to look back on. This will only include books I rated 5⭐ for the year, so to even make this lis...
hardcover.app
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trying something new this year with my personal lists - creating a "Favorites of 2025" one. It's an odd mix of romance and violence 😅 hardcover.app/@adam/lists/...
Our 1898 house’s fireplace was one of the areas we wanted to eventually tackle. We didn’t expect to get to it this year, but we just wrapped up our remodel! (After ~2.5 weeks).
Super happy with the result and having a cozy reading nook next to it. 🔥📚
Super happy with the result and having a cozy reading nook next to it. 🔥📚
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Our 1898 house’s fireplace was one of the areas we wanted to eventually tackle. We didn’t expect to get to it this year, but we just wrapped up our remodel! (After ~2.5 weeks).
Super happy with the result and having a cozy reading nook next to it. 🔥📚
Super happy with the result and having a cozy reading nook next to it. 🔥📚
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I've done my best today to add almost all of the books mentioned here to @hardcover.app so you can start compiling your own horror TBRs for 2026. hardcover.app/@Tender/list...
Jump Scares' New Horror Books (2026) 279 books by Jacob Tender
Emily C. Hughes compiles the year's forthcoming releases in horror literature.
hardcover.app
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've done my best today to add almost all of the books mentioned here to @hardcover.app so you can start compiling your own horror TBRs for 2026. hardcover.app/@Tender/list...
Reposted by Adam Fortuna
Every year, @emilyhughes.bsky.social publishes a massive calendar of releases in horror literature for the upcoming year. The list for 2026 is massive. readjumpscares.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 2026 Horror List & Other Year-End Miscellany
The 2026 horror list, a Horror for Weenies gift plug, and some podcasts.
readjumpscares.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Every year, @emilyhughes.bsky.social publishes a massive calendar of releases in horror literature for the upcoming year. The list for 2026 is massive. readjumpscares.com/2025/12/05/t...
Created my first Claude Code skill yesterday: `/issue <n>`. It will:
1. Load the GH issue
2. Local git branch
3. Plan solution (+iterate w/me)
4. Execute plan until all tests pass
5. Push branch, create draft PR
W/Happy I can do this from anywhere from my phone. Variable rewards though 😂
1. Load the GH issue
2. Local git branch
3. Plan solution (+iterate w/me)
4. Execute plan until all tests pass
5. Push branch, create draft PR
W/Happy I can do this from anywhere from my phone. Variable rewards though 😂
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Created my first Claude Code skill yesterday: `/issue <n>`. It will:
1. Load the GH issue
2. Local git branch
3. Plan solution (+iterate w/me)
4. Execute plan until all tests pass
5. Push branch, create draft PR
W/Happy I can do this from anywhere from my phone. Variable rewards though 😂
1. Load the GH issue
2. Local git branch
3. Plan solution (+iterate w/me)
4. Execute plan until all tests pass
5. Push branch, create draft PR
W/Happy I can do this from anywhere from my phone. Variable rewards though 😂
If anyone’s at Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 and wants to meetup, let me know! I’ll be here all three days and at the ball tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If anyone’s at Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 and wants to meetup, let me know! I’ll be here all three days and at the ball tonight.
So, I just learned that the last few months of talking to my wife about Claude Code, she heard it as “clawed code”. 🦞
As in code I had to “claw” my way through to complete. 🦀
As in code I had to “claw” my way through to complete. 🦀
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
So, I just learned that the last few months of talking to my wife about Claude Code, she heard it as “clawed code”. 🦞
As in code I had to “claw” my way through to complete. 🦀
As in code I had to “claw” my way through to complete. 🦀
Learned two things on Hardcover today:
- Our servers held up under high load
- We have a bot problem we need to urgently address 😅
- Our servers held up under high load
- We have a bot problem we need to urgently address 😅
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Learned two things on Hardcover today:
- Our servers held up under high load
- We have a bot problem we need to urgently address 😅
- Our servers held up under high load
- We have a bot problem we need to urgently address 😅
In 20 minutes at 6pm MST I'll be hosting this months Hardcover Hangout on Discord!
Todays focus: a tour of the Hardcover API
Including some of the most used endpoints, limitations, and plenty of time for questions. 📚
canary.discord.com/events/83555...
Todays focus: a tour of the Hardcover API
Including some of the most used endpoints, limitations, and plenty of time for questions. 📚
canary.discord.com/events/83555...
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
canary.discord.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In 20 minutes at 6pm MST I'll be hosting this months Hardcover Hangout on Discord!
Todays focus: a tour of the Hardcover API
Including some of the most used endpoints, limitations, and plenty of time for questions. 📚
canary.discord.com/events/83555...
Todays focus: a tour of the Hardcover API
Including some of the most used endpoints, limitations, and plenty of time for questions. 📚
canary.discord.com/events/83555...
Nope, not a Fortuna I know. 😅
“Forget about making the pyramid. I don’t even know if they want a pebble.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/30/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/30/m...
An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis
The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nope, not a Fortuna I know. 😅
Still needs a little polish, but excited to share this!
Popular Books by Month Bump Chart
hardcover.app/labs/popular...
I'm calling it a "🧪 labs" project which just means I'll fix bugs as people report them. 😂
Popular Books by Month Bump Chart
hardcover.app/labs/popular...
I'm calling it a "🧪 labs" project which just means I'll fix bugs as people report them. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Still needs a little polish, but excited to share this!
Popular Books by Month Bump Chart
hardcover.app/labs/popular...
I'm calling it a "🧪 labs" project which just means I'll fix bugs as people report them. 😂
Popular Books by Month Bump Chart
hardcover.app/labs/popular...
I'm calling it a "🧪 labs" project which just means I'll fix bugs as people report them. 😂
Had a blast making this popular books bump chat over the weekend. Excited to share it later. I love being able to see the rise and fall of a book over time (Except Project Hail Mary which has been on the list for 5 years 😂).
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Had a blast making this popular books bump chat over the weekend. Excited to share it later. I love being able to see the rise and fall of a book over time (Except Project Hail Mary which has been on the list for 5 years 😂).
Giving happy.engineering a try for remote Claude Code access from my phone. Coupled with CloudFlare Preview Tunnels ( developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to... ), I'm curious if I could code something up from my phone, and test it. 🤔
Anyone else give this a shot?
Anyone else give this a shot?
Happy - Claude Code Mobile Client
Free, open-source mobile app for Claude Code. Control Claude AI from your phone with end-to-end encryption and seamless workflow.
happy.engineering
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Giving happy.engineering a try for remote Claude Code access from my phone. Coupled with CloudFlare Preview Tunnels ( developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to... ), I'm curious if I could code something up from my phone, and test it. 🤔
Anyone else give this a shot?
Anyone else give this a shot?
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There are still a few days left for our Project Hail Mary giveaway!
Our thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books for this beautiful gifted copy of the new movie tie-in version of Andy Weir's hit novel.
Like this post and follow us for a chance to win a copy!
Our thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books for this beautiful gifted copy of the new movie tie-in version of Andy Weir's hit novel.
Like this post and follow us for a chance to win a copy!
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There are still a few days left for our Project Hail Mary giveaway!
Our thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books for this beautiful gifted copy of the new movie tie-in version of Andy Weir's hit novel.
Like this post and follow us for a chance to win a copy!
Our thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books for this beautiful gifted copy of the new movie tie-in version of Andy Weir's hit novel.
Like this post and follow us for a chance to win a copy!
Reposted by Adam Fortuna
Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate!
Our small team at Hardcover has many reasons to feel gratitude this season. Thank you to each and every member of our wonderful community of readers!
Our small team at Hardcover has many reasons to feel gratitude this season. Thank you to each and every member of our wonderful community of readers!
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate!
Our small team at Hardcover has many reasons to feel gratitude this season. Thank you to each and every member of our wonderful community of readers!
Our small team at Hardcover has many reasons to feel gratitude this season. Thank you to each and every member of our wonderful community of readers!
Amazing performance of Golden in the Thanksgiving Parade! Got us talking about what songs connected with past generations in a similar way. Here’s what we came up with:
❄️ Let it Go (Frozen)
💪 Surface Pressure (Encanto)
🐁 Somewhere Out There (American Tale)
🌈 Somewhere over the Rainbow
What else?
❄️ Let it Go (Frozen)
💪 Surface Pressure (Encanto)
🐁 Somewhere Out There (American Tale)
🌈 Somewhere over the Rainbow
What else?
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Amazing performance of Golden in the Thanksgiving Parade! Got us talking about what songs connected with past generations in a similar way. Here’s what we came up with:
❄️ Let it Go (Frozen)
💪 Surface Pressure (Encanto)
🐁 Somewhere Out There (American Tale)
🌈 Somewhere over the Rainbow
What else?
❄️ Let it Go (Frozen)
💪 Surface Pressure (Encanto)
🐁 Somewhere Out There (American Tale)
🌈 Somewhere over the Rainbow
What else?
Won the Dragonsteel Nexus lottery to get something signed by Brandon Sanderson! Now to decide on what one book to have signed. 🤔
Leaning towards Mistborn or Tress of the Emerald Sea. Hardcover of course. 📚
Leaning towards Mistborn or Tress of the Emerald Sea. Hardcover of course. 📚
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Won the Dragonsteel Nexus lottery to get something signed by Brandon Sanderson! Now to decide on what one book to have signed. 🤔
Leaning towards Mistborn or Tress of the Emerald Sea. Hardcover of course. 📚
Leaning towards Mistborn or Tress of the Emerald Sea. Hardcover of course. 📚
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Just saw an extended version
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just saw an extended version
With Pocket shut down, I've been on the lookout for a new "Read it Later" tool. I'm revisiting Readwise Reader ( readwise.io/read ), and so far I'm loving it.
This might get me back into using RSS feeds and spending less time on Reddit too. 🛜
This might get me back into using RSS feeds and spending less time on Reddit too. 🛜
Readwise Reader: The first read-it-later app built for power readers.
Save everything to one place to overcome content overload, search instantly, and highlight like a pro.
readwise.io
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
With Pocket shut down, I've been on the lookout for a new "Read it Later" tool. I'm revisiting Readwise Reader ( readwise.io/read ), and so far I'm loving it.
This might get me back into using RSS feeds and spending less time on Reddit too. 🛜
This might get me back into using RSS feeds and spending less time on Reddit too. 🛜
Reposted by Adam Fortuna
Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
This is Hardcover's first partnership with a major publisher for this giveaway 🥳 Major props to @lial.bsky.social for organizing this. 💙📚
It's a PROJECT HAIL MARY GIVEAWAY!
Hardcover has partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books to **give away** new copies of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, just in time for the holidays!
(1/4)
Hardcover has partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Ballantine Books to **give away** new copies of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, just in time for the holidays!
(1/4)
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is Hardcover's first partnership with a major publisher for this giveaway 🥳 Major props to @lial.bsky.social for organizing this. 💙📚
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I need these people to think trough this for just 1 minute. Does this make sense?! No. No, it does not.
Unless they want to automate discrimination.
Unless they want to automate discrimination.
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I need these people to think trough this for just 1 minute. Does this make sense?! No. No, it does not.
Unless they want to automate discrimination.
Unless they want to automate discrimination.
Looks like the Cloudflare outage took down Hardcover for 2-3 hours this morning.
We use Cloudflare for DNS, edge caching, DDOS protection and an R2 bucket to serve images for cheap.
At least now we get emails when this happens. 😅
status.hardcover.app
We use Cloudflare for DNS, edge caching, DDOS protection and an R2 bucket to serve images for cheap.
At least now we get emails when this happens. 😅
status.hardcover.app
Hardcover Status page
status.hardcover.app
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Looks like the Cloudflare outage took down Hardcover for 2-3 hours this morning.
We use Cloudflare for DNS, edge caching, DDOS protection and an R2 bucket to serve images for cheap.
At least now we get emails when this happens. 😅
status.hardcover.app
We use Cloudflare for DNS, edge caching, DDOS protection and an R2 bucket to serve images for cheap.
At least now we get emails when this happens. 😅
status.hardcover.app
Super exciting milestone! I need to do the numbers, but it looks like the site will be cash flow positive too. 🙌
A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL 50,000 READERS who make up the Hardcover community!
Our small team is so grateful to have reached this major milestone, and we wouldn't be here without contributions from each and every one of you. Thank you for trusting us!
Our small team is so grateful to have reached this major milestone, and we wouldn't be here without contributions from each and every one of you. Thank you for trusting us!
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Super exciting milestone! I need to do the numbers, but it looks like the site will be cash flow positive too. 🙌