Peter J Coles
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· Oct 3
Prologue - My Terrible First Novel
This has to start somewhere and it probably shouldn't be here.
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub
I recently unarchived the very first novel I ever wrote and I thought I would publicly shame myself by analysing how terrible it is, starting with the completely unnecessary Prologue. #WritingCommunity
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
I've been using @kagi.com for about a month now and what I love is not suffering the endless attempts to trick me into buying tangentially related tat to my search. How novel! Plus the small web viewer is delightful. I am hoping Orion does come to Linux one day though...
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I've been using @kagi.com for about a month now and what I love is not suffering the endless attempts to trick me into buying tangentially related tat to my search. How novel! Plus the small web viewer is delightful. I am hoping Orion does come to Linux one day though...
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imagine how much more appealing Bluesky could be to people all over the world if it could fix this single problem
October 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
imagine how much more appealing Bluesky could be to people all over the world if it could fix this single problem
I recently unarchived the very first novel I ever wrote and I thought I would publicly shame myself by analysing how terrible it is, starting with the completely unnecessary Prologue. #WritingCommunity
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
Prologue - My Terrible First Novel
This has to start somewhere and it probably shouldn't be here.
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I recently unarchived the very first novel I ever wrote and I thought I would publicly shame myself by analysing how terrible it is, starting with the completely unnecessary Prologue. #WritingCommunity
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22a
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The thing after the A.I. bubble bursts is going to be even stupider. Get ahead of it an invest in my idea: A robotic parrot that sits on your shoulder and shouts, "Outta the way! Big fuckin' idiot, comin' through!"
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The thing after the A.I. bubble bursts is going to be even stupider. Get ahead of it an invest in my idea: A robotic parrot that sits on your shoulder and shouts, "Outta the way! Big fuckin' idiot, comin' through!"
Bluesky needs trending topics by country.
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Bluesky needs trending topics by country.
I've become obsessed with SVGs and this guide is the best I've seen explaining how to use the <path> element
✨ I just published a brand-new post! It’s about the notorious SVG <path> element.
With its compact Regex-style syntax, <path> can be super intimidating. But they’re also *incredibly* powerful, letting us draw (and animate!) curved lines.
You can read it here, and I’ll share more info in thread. 🧵
With its compact Regex-style syntax, <path> can be super intimidating. But they’re also *incredibly* powerful, letting us draw (and animate!) curved lines.
You can read it here, and I’ll share more info in thread. 🧵
An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths • Josh W. Comeau
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the <path> element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tut...
www.joshwcomeau.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I've become obsessed with SVGs and this guide is the best I've seen explaining how to use the <path> element
#CSS #Tailwind experts, I need your help! I'm completely stumped about how to achieve this effect where the 'title' and the main content box share a border.
Do I somehow need to clip the bottom of the title's border to hide it...?
#buildinpublic
Do I somehow need to clip the bottom of the title's border to hide it...?
#buildinpublic
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#CSS #Tailwind experts, I need your help! I'm completely stumped about how to achieve this effect where the 'title' and the main content box share a border.
Do I somehow need to clip the bottom of the title's border to hide it...?
#buildinpublic
Do I somehow need to clip the bottom of the title's border to hide it...?
#buildinpublic
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Over the last couple of days I've switched from vscode to @zed.dev and the difference in performance is astounding.
Never again will I have to wait for vscode to do whatever it was doing to save a file.
Never again will I have to wait for vscode to do whatever it was doing to save a file.
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Over the last couple of days I've switched from vscode to @zed.dev and the difference in performance is astounding.
Never again will I have to wait for vscode to do whatever it was doing to save a file.
Never again will I have to wait for vscode to do whatever it was doing to save a file.
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I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it.
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment
On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions
maggieappleton.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it.
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
I'm currently building a display for my 5-year-old so he has some clue what's happening.
He often asks what day it is, what's happening, what's for dinner, etc. I'm hoping the display will help give him some agency, as being 5 seems confusing. It'll also trick him into reading...
He often asks what day it is, what's happening, what's for dinner, etc. I'm hoping the display will help give him some agency, as being 5 seems confusing. It'll also trick him into reading...
July 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm currently building a display for my 5-year-old so he has some clue what's happening.
He often asks what day it is, what's happening, what's for dinner, etc. I'm hoping the display will help give him some agency, as being 5 seems confusing. It'll also trick him into reading...
He often asks what day it is, what's happening, what's for dinner, etc. I'm hoping the display will help give him some agency, as being 5 seems confusing. It'll also trick him into reading...
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@bmann.ca once told me "Self hosting is selfish", it struck a nerve and I instantly knew he was right. The priesthood of programmers cannot save the internet with our private gated co-los and suburban home servers.
This is a beautiful synopsis of why: We're still thinking feudal terms.
This is a beautiful synopsis of why: We're still thinking feudal terms.
The Future is NOT Self-Hosted
Hey friends 👋,
A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my libr...
www.drewlyton.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@bmann.ca once told me "Self hosting is selfish", it struck a nerve and I instantly knew he was right. The priesthood of programmers cannot save the internet with our private gated co-los and suburban home servers.
This is a beautiful synopsis of why: We're still thinking feudal terms.
This is a beautiful synopsis of why: We're still thinking feudal terms.
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
'docker compose up -d' is the real anti-capitalist clarion call.
July 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
'docker compose up -d' is the real anti-capitalist clarion call.
I'd really like to try the @fairphone.com 6 but my current Pixel 8 Pro is still chugging along quite happily. When it eventually breaks though...
July 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I'd really like to try the @fairphone.com 6 but my current Pixel 8 Pro is still chugging along quite happily. When it eventually breaks though...
I've never felt so deeply connected to history until I learnt that me having #CrohnsDisease is connected to the Black Plague.
#autoimmune
#autoimmune
July 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I've never felt so deeply connected to history until I learnt that me having #CrohnsDisease is connected to the Black Plague.
#autoimmune
#autoimmune
Puzzle #753
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The true endgame of #Connections is figuring out the author's intended difficulty order for the categories which in turn reveals something about your inner psyche.
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The true endgame of #Connections is figuring out the author's intended difficulty order for the categories which in turn reveals something about your inner psyche.
July 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Puzzle #753
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
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The true endgame of #Connections is figuring out the author's intended difficulty order for the categories which in turn reveals something about your inner psyche.
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
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The true endgame of #Connections is figuring out the author's intended difficulty order for the categories which in turn reveals something about your inner psyche.
I finished all of #TheExpanse novels and novellas and now I don't know what to do with my life. What's another great space opera you'd recommend? #booksky #scifi
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I finished all of #TheExpanse novels and novellas and now I don't know what to do with my life. What's another great space opera you'd recommend? #booksky #scifi
June 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I wish more companies would follow the @coolify.io or @penpot.app business model of self-host or pay to let them handle it for you.
The model respects your skill or your time (or both).
The model respects your skill or your time (or both).
June 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I wish more companies would follow the @coolify.io or @penpot.app business model of self-host or pay to let them handle it for you.
The model respects your skill or your time (or both).
The model respects your skill or your time (or both).
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🖼️ 🎨 Generate and preview multiple color palettes from any image.
Updated with click to copy, performance improvements, and more clustering algorithms!
img-colors.com
Updated with click to copy, performance improvements, and more clustering algorithms!
img-colors.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🖼️ 🎨 Generate and preview multiple color palettes from any image.
Updated with click to copy, performance improvements, and more clustering algorithms!
img-colors.com
Updated with click to copy, performance improvements, and more clustering algorithms!
img-colors.com
Last time there was the lie of WMDs. They're not even bothering with an excuse this time.
June 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Last time there was the lie of WMDs. They're not even bothering with an excuse this time.
June 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM