Chris SM
@daiyi.co
Notebooks & computers, mountains. taking my time and getting plenty of sleep as an act of rebellion. always down to eat pizza. Hand jam size: #1
📍Mammoth+🚐
https://daiyi.co
📍Mammoth+🚐
https://daiyi.co
my personal computing life can be summarized almost entirely by "i could almost use a spreadsheet for this if it weren't completely awful to use a spreadsheet on a phone (and i will only be using this on a phone)"
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
my personal computing life can be summarized almost entirely by "i could almost use a spreadsheet for this if it weren't completely awful to use a spreadsheet on a phone (and i will only be using this on a phone)"
i have been timing my comic journalling to figure out how I can get faster and am horrified to learn that i actually spend most of the time thinking and the drawing is a minuscule component
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
i have been timing my comic journalling to figure out how I can get faster and am horrified to learn that i actually spend most of the time thinking and the drawing is a minuscule component
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My book, "The Staff Designer", was officially published by @rosenfeldmedia.com this week! 200+ pages of IC design leadership advice including personal experience and 20+ interviews with staff designers & managers ✨
It's performance reviews season. Get you a copy: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
It's performance reviews season. Get you a copy: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
My book, "The Staff Designer", was officially published by @rosenfeldmedia.com this week! 200+ pages of IC design leadership advice including personal experience and 20+ interviews with staff designers & managers ✨
It's performance reviews season. Get you a copy: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
It's performance reviews season. Get you a copy: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
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In communities across the country, we’re hearing from everyday people that they are hungry for a new way to connect with neighbors online.
Our team at New_ Public, a nonprofit focused on building digital public spaces, is creating Roundabout, a new social app and website, now in closed beta.
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Our team at New_ Public, a nonprofit focused on building digital public spaces, is creating Roundabout, a new social app and website, now in closed beta.
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👋 Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors
New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities
newpublic.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In communities across the country, we’re hearing from everyday people that they are hungry for a new way to connect with neighbors online.
Our team at New_ Public, a nonprofit focused on building digital public spaces, is creating Roundabout, a new social app and website, now in closed beta.
🧵
Our team at New_ Public, a nonprofit focused on building digital public spaces, is creating Roundabout, a new social app and website, now in closed beta.
🧵
alsoooo i learned there's apps that activate the mac screen's XDR which makes the screen brighter than max so i can sit outside and code in direct sunlight LOL
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
alsoooo i learned there's apps that activate the mac screen's XDR which makes the screen brighter than max so i can sit outside and code in direct sunlight LOL
hey, hey internet makers. what are some nifty ways to authenticate users (without a service) such that i don't have to collect emails or phone numbers or send emails? passkeys? anything else i haven't heard of yet?? sending emails is so annoying!
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
hey, hey internet makers. what are some nifty ways to authenticate users (without a service) such that i don't have to collect emails or phone numbers or send emails? passkeys? anything else i haven't heard of yet?? sending emails is so annoying!
the hardest part of getting back into coding is remembering how to blink while looking at a screen, and to stand up more than once every 4 hours before i calcify into one of those home depot skeletons
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the hardest part of getting back into coding is remembering how to blink while looking at a screen, and to stand up more than once every 4 hours before i calcify into one of those home depot skeletons
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Hey Seattle folks! I'll be talking esolangs at Ada's Technical Books on 11/11. Would love to see you there. RSVPs are now open: luma.com/n30butuj
AUTHOR TALK: The Art of Esoteric Code with Daniel Temkin · Luma
The new book Forty-Four Esolangs collects programming languages by a single artist who poses code as prayer to the Greek gods, patterns of empty folders, or…
luma.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hey Seattle folks! I'll be talking esolangs at Ada's Technical Books on 11/11. Would love to see you there. RSVPs are now open: luma.com/n30butuj
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🎮 Like CRDTs and videogames? @inkandswitch.com is ✨hiring✨ for a project that combines @automerge.org with @godotengine.org to make the next generation of collaboration tools for game development!
More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-i...
(Fully remote 🌍🌎🌏 contract, late Nov to April)
More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-i...
(Fully remote 🌍🌎🌏 contract, late Nov to April)
Godot IDE Engineer
Help build native, visual version control for collaborative game development in Godot
inkandswitch.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🎮 Like CRDTs and videogames? @inkandswitch.com is ✨hiring✨ for a project that combines @automerge.org with @godotengine.org to make the next generation of collaboration tools for game development!
More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-i...
(Fully remote 🌍🌎🌏 contract, late Nov to April)
More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-i...
(Fully remote 🌍🌎🌏 contract, late Nov to April)
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Bay Area UX/PL folks - I'm organizing a get-together the morning of Sat, Oct 25th. Come chat about the joy and despair of making software tools for humans!
partiful.com/e/Fs3AD41RUM...
partiful.com/e/Fs3AD41RUM...
RSVP to Feeling of Computing // Downtown SF | Partiful
Get coffee, chat convivial tools, and hang out with folks in human-centered computing. This month, special guest Ivan Reese is joining us!
(Location is outdoors, near transit and multiple coffee shop...
partiful.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bay Area UX/PL folks - I'm organizing a get-together the morning of Sat, Oct 25th. Come chat about the joy and despair of making software tools for humans!
partiful.com/e/Fs3AD41RUM...
partiful.com/e/Fs3AD41RUM...
my email inbox is filled with people trying to sell me AI and people trying to sell me handmade small batched specialized outdoor ultralight equipment, wild to see this in contrast
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
my email inbox is filled with people trying to sell me AI and people trying to sell me handmade small batched specialized outdoor ultralight equipment, wild to see this in contrast
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Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
Speculative Technologies
Speculative Technologies is a nonprofit resarch organization unlocking new materials and manufacturing technologies
spec.tech
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
today in mildly fascinating encounters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of photographs considered the most important - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
today in mildly fascinating encounters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I was today years old when I learned car insurance deductibles are PER CLAIM rather than per year (like how health insurance works). omg
September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I was today years old when I learned car insurance deductibles are PER CLAIM rather than per year (like how health insurance works). omg
i like how the avalanche forecast service has branched out to fall colors opensnow.com/map/dark/fal...
Maps | OpenSnow
View high-resolution 3D maps, including current radar, snow depth, air quality, active fires, wildfire smoke, and land ownership.
opensnow.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
i like how the avalanche forecast service has branched out to fall colors opensnow.com/map/dark/fal...