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Daniel Mangum
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**This Website is Hosted on Bluesky**

This weekend I found myself digging through the AT Protocol specifications and the Bluesky Personal Data Server (PDS) implementation. In doing so, I discovered that I could setup a website that is fully hosted on Bluesky.

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tonight I watched a norwegian man run up a hill at sub 6 min/mi pace... on skis.

the olympics are incredible.
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
let’s build something great this week!
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
fridays are for demos!
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
looks like we are doing the orange site this morning.
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
using solder to strip enamel from 28 AWG copper wire.
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
It's always kind of interesting to see people in very public influential leadership positions have extremely emotional reactions to competition and objectively minor critiques. Outside of it being textbook poor leadership, it also makes you wonder how they even make it through an average day.
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
happy nyc marathon registration day!
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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**Making Ferrite Core Inductors at Home**

New post in which I walk through how to make inductors, and how the construction of an inductor impacts its attributes, particularly in the case of using a core material with high magnetic permeability.

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February 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
my grandmother somewhat regularly pops up on LinkedIn and drops a comment on one of my blog posts to the effect of “I understood none of this, but I love you very much”, and I for one think that’s pretty freaking awesome.
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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TL;DR: Empathy for what customers are going through with their own builds

Building hardware gets you into the nitty gritty details of building IoT products, including some of the challenges our customers run into with our services.

blog.golioth.io/why-build-ha...
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
let’s build something great this week!
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
**Making Ferrite Core Inductors at Home**

New post in which I walk through how to make inductors, and how the construction of an inductor impacts its attributes, particularly in the case of using a core material with high magnetic permeability.

danielmangum.com/posts/making...
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
new blog post tomorrow.
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
all fast runners I know are great at running fast. all very fast runners I know are great at running slow.
January 31, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I am not surprised that this is troubling, but I am troubled that this is surprising.
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
1. mistakes were made on this joint
2. iPhone cameras are incredible these days
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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the xkcd “waiting for my code to compile” looks more like this at @golioth.io on a Friday evening.
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
the continuity checks will continue until morale improves.
January 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM
the xkcd “waiting for my code to compile” looks more like this at @golioth.io on a Friday evening.
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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amplitude demodulator 001: base
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
fridays are for demos!
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
amplitude demodulator 001: base
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
startup idea: company ranking site where order is determined by the percentage of employees that have an oscilloscope on their desk.
January 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
these guys are hard to come by these days.
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM
GCP just dropped dark mode at 9:17 PM on a Tuesday night.
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 AM