R. Alex Anderson
@ralexanderson.com
He/Him • Husband • Dad • Latter-day Saint • Code Poet • Hobby Chef • Spaceship Enthusiast • Serial Optimist • Determined Dreamer
Living in Utah
https://thoriumsim.com
Living in Utah
https://thoriumsim.com
New little tool I whipped up. tvc.thoriumsim.com
I've got an Apple Shortcut which uses FFMPEG to compress videos before I upload them to Github, Slack, Discord, or anywhere else. It's a courtesy to the person on the other end who downloads the video.
This puts that shortcut in a website. Enjoy!
I've got an Apple Shortcut which uses FFMPEG to compress videos before I upload them to Github, Slack, Discord, or anywhere else. It's a courtesy to the person on the other end who downloads the video.
This puts that shortcut in a website. Enjoy!
TVC
tvc.thoriumsim.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New little tool I whipped up. tvc.thoriumsim.com
I've got an Apple Shortcut which uses FFMPEG to compress videos before I upload them to Github, Slack, Discord, or anywhere else. It's a courtesy to the person on the other end who downloads the video.
This puts that shortcut in a website. Enjoy!
I've got an Apple Shortcut which uses FFMPEG to compress videos before I upload them to Github, Slack, Discord, or anywhere else. It's a courtesy to the person on the other end who downloads the video.
This puts that shortcut in a website. Enjoy!
I live in a cookie cutter floor plan subdivision, originally developed in the mid-50s.
In the past 70 years, each of these homes has add-ons, adjustments, new facings, and landscaping.
It's eclectic and delightful, thanks to no HOA and a generous city permitting office.
Also Oreos are dope.
In the past 70 years, each of these homes has add-ons, adjustments, new facings, and landscaping.
It's eclectic and delightful, thanks to no HOA and a generous city permitting office.
Also Oreos are dope.
Hand made cookies are nice and I enjoy them as much as the next guy, but you aren’t going to make enough cookies for enough people at a reasonable price unless you use some cookie cutters.
If you want a hand made cookie, buy one, no one is stopping you, just don’t complain about Oreos existing
If you want a hand made cookie, buy one, no one is stopping you, just don’t complain about Oreos existing
"Cookie cutter" housing is good. It's good when cities pre-approve designs, making it easier to add more housing. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/t...
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I live in a cookie cutter floor plan subdivision, originally developed in the mid-50s.
In the past 70 years, each of these homes has add-ons, adjustments, new facings, and landscaping.
It's eclectic and delightful, thanks to no HOA and a generous city permitting office.
Also Oreos are dope.
In the past 70 years, each of these homes has add-ons, adjustments, new facings, and landscaping.
It's eclectic and delightful, thanks to no HOA and a generous city permitting office.
Also Oreos are dope.
Yes! People have described Remix as imperative instead of declarative, eg. Remix is not `ui = fn(state)`. That is not the case - Remix still uses JSX.
It's hardly more imperative than React is. What's different is the reactivity model. Remix has manual reactivity. That's the only imperative part.
It's hardly more imperative than React is. What's different is the reactivity model. Remix has manual reactivity. That's the only imperative part.
I'm sure the team will refine this, but as of now it introduce a predictable way to imagine any sort of reactivity, not only that bound to UI, and develop a consistent way of handling things in your app. This is a breath of fresh air after modern React for me.
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yes! People have described Remix as imperative instead of declarative, eg. Remix is not `ui = fn(state)`. That is not the case - Remix still uses JSX.
It's hardly more imperative than React is. What's different is the reactivity model. Remix has manual reactivity. That's the only imperative part.
It's hardly more imperative than React is. What's different is the reactivity model. Remix has manual reactivity. That's the only imperative part.
This resonated strongly with me, especially the conclusion. I'm in a similar situation and have similar concerns.
AI has made it really easy to do poor work very quickly - art, code, writing, and especially harassment and bullying.
And you don't have to be good at bullying for it to be effective.
AI has made it really easy to do poor work very quickly - art, code, writing, and especially harassment and bullying.
And you don't have to be good at bullying for it to be effective.
I have a lot of thoughts on AI.
I've been working on this post for a couple of months now. It's very personal, characteristically lengthy, and sure to be at least somewhat controversial. Take it (or don't) as you will.
joshcollinsworth.com/blog/sloptim...
I've been working on this post for a couple of months now. It's very personal, characteristically lengthy, and sure to be at least somewhat controversial. Take it (or don't) as you will.
joshcollinsworth.com/blog/sloptim...
AI optimism is a class privilege
I think I have an idea why we're so extremely divided on AI: it's because we have an intuitive sense of who it stands to benefit, and who stands to pay the costs. I think whether you see reason for op...
joshcollinsworth.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This resonated strongly with me, especially the conclusion. I'm in a similar situation and have similar concerns.
AI has made it really easy to do poor work very quickly - art, code, writing, and especially harassment and bullying.
And you don't have to be good at bullying for it to be effective.
AI has made it really easy to do poor work very quickly - art, code, writing, and especially harassment and bullying.
And you don't have to be good at bullying for it to be effective.
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📝 “Growth” is an interesting word. In the natural world, you tend to it. In the business world, you “hack” it, “engineer” it, and do everything you can to otherwise accelerate, manipulate, and manufacture it into existence.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/grow-li...
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/grow-li...
Grow, Like a Tree Not a Cancer
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📝 “Growth” is an interesting word. In the natural world, you tend to it. In the business world, you “hack” it, “engineer” it, and do everything you can to otherwise accelerate, manipulate, and manufacture it into existence.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/grow-li...
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/grow-li...
He's close. The bats were in the second one, when they get swallowed by the giant space anaconda.
I wanna say there were neon... bats? Sticks? Sticks.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
He's close. The bats were in the second one, when they get swallowed by the giant space anaconda.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Not bad. Not bad at all.
My 4 year old wanted you all to see her stop-motion nativity video.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My 4 year old wanted you all to see her stop-motion nativity video.
Minor key Christmas songs >>>>>>
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Minor key Christmas songs >>>>>>
People are asking a lot of questions that are already answered by the pie.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
People are asking a lot of questions that are already answered by the pie.
Coconut cream pie is the best pie.
That is all.
That is all.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Coconut cream pie is the best pie.
That is all.
That is all.
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The best pie is New York Cheesecake and the best cake is Boston Cream Pie
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The best pie is New York Cheesecake and the best cake is Boston Cream Pie
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I've got big plans for this week 😎
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've got big plans for this week 😎
Volunteered at a place that does starship simulations for school field trips. Was taught to program the simulator controls. My first big program was an XML file-backed database. It sucked.
I’m still making starship simulators to this day.
I’m still making starship simulators to this day.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Volunteered at a place that does starship simulations for school field trips. Was taught to program the simulator controls. My first big program was an XML file-backed database. It sucked.
I’m still making starship simulators to this day.
I’m still making starship simulators to this day.
The infant is sleeping on my lap while I work, and her face is turned away from me so I can’t see if she’s actually asleep. Solution? Continuity camera on my iPhone viewed with Photo Booth.
Modern problems call for modern solutions.
Modern problems call for modern solutions.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The infant is sleeping on my lap while I work, and her face is turned away from me so I can’t see if she’s actually asleep. Solution? Continuity camera on my iPhone viewed with Photo Booth.
Modern problems call for modern solutions.
Modern problems call for modern solutions.
I miss a lot of people from the dead bird site who have chosen not to come to Bluesky, but I was just reminded of someone else who is prominent over there and thought “oh, they exist still. I haven’t thought about them in months”
Felt good.
Felt good.
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I miss a lot of people from the dead bird site who have chosen not to come to Bluesky, but I was just reminded of someone else who is prominent over there and thought “oh, they exist still. I haven’t thought about them in months”
Felt good.
Felt good.
Things governments give away for "free" (eg. paid for by taxes at large, not by individual consumers)
Public parks and museums
Libraries + Free Wifi
Police and Fire Departments
Sidewalks
Public street parking
Public school
Public restrooms
Community events
What am I missing?
Public parks and museums
Libraries + Free Wifi
Police and Fire Departments
Sidewalks
Public street parking
Public school
Public restrooms
Community events
What am I missing?
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Things governments give away for "free" (eg. paid for by taxes at large, not by individual consumers)
Public parks and museums
Libraries + Free Wifi
Police and Fire Departments
Sidewalks
Public street parking
Public school
Public restrooms
Community events
What am I missing?
Public parks and museums
Libraries + Free Wifi
Police and Fire Departments
Sidewalks
Public street parking
Public school
Public restrooms
Community events
What am I missing?
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🤔 What if there were a conference without talks? Just hanging out with OSS maintainers & builders, seeing what they’re working on, and learning cool stuff by actually talking to people.
🤯 What if hallway track turned into the whole event!
💡 @tannerlinsley.com is exploring it. Interested? ⬇️
🤯 What if hallway track turned into the whole event!
💡 @tannerlinsley.com is exploring it. Interested? ⬇️
Web Forge Conf - A new kind of web developer conference
A community funded, not for profit event built for creators and the developers who use their work. Less stage. More story. All signal.
webforgeconf.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🤔 What if there were a conference without talks? Just hanging out with OSS maintainers & builders, seeing what they’re working on, and learning cool stuff by actually talking to people.
🤯 What if hallway track turned into the whole event!
💡 @tannerlinsley.com is exploring it. Interested? ⬇️
🤯 What if hallway track turned into the whole event!
💡 @tannerlinsley.com is exploring it. Interested? ⬇️
Reposted by R. Alex Anderson
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
This good boy says “you can put up a Christmas tree and listen to Christmas music in November if you want.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This good boy says “you can put up a Christmas tree and listen to Christmas music in November if you want.”
Just filled out literally the worst online form of my life. Laggy, missed inputs, poor A11y, and it requested duplicate information.
Unrelated, but I found it funny that the form was built using a beta version of Angular 1.3 - the most recent 1.x is 1.8.3.
Unrelated, but I found it funny that the form was built using a beta version of Angular 1.3 - the most recent 1.x is 1.8.3.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just filled out literally the worst online form of my life. Laggy, missed inputs, poor A11y, and it requested duplicate information.
Unrelated, but I found it funny that the form was built using a beta version of Angular 1.3 - the most recent 1.x is 1.8.3.
Unrelated, but I found it funny that the form was built using a beta version of Angular 1.3 - the most recent 1.x is 1.8.3.
If I were AI king, I would decree that all training must be done using 100% solar. Buy batteries if you must run non-stop. Otherwise, when the sun goes down, training pauses for the night.
We can do AI without externalities. We just have to make some trade offs
We can do AI without externalities. We just have to make some trade offs
AI and Crypto data centers need to be the first ones to lose power in a brown out.
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If I were AI king, I would decree that all training must be done using 100% solar. Buy batteries if you must run non-stop. Otherwise, when the sun goes down, training pauses for the night.
We can do AI without externalities. We just have to make some trade offs
We can do AI without externalities. We just have to make some trade offs
Do you like free books? How about historical fiction? Detective novels? Well, have I got the book for you!
My sister’s first book in her detective novel series is on sale for 100% off. Get it while it’s hot! www.amazon.com/Pennington-P...
My sister’s first book in her detective novel series is on sale for 100% off. Get it while it’s hot! www.amazon.com/Pennington-P...
The Pennington Perplexity (Constantine Capers Book 1)
The Pennington Perplexity (Constantine Capers Book 1) - Kindle edition by Brianne, Natalie. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Do you like free books? How about historical fiction? Detective novels? Well, have I got the book for you!
My sister’s first book in her detective novel series is on sale for 100% off. Get it while it’s hot! www.amazon.com/Pennington-P...
My sister’s first book in her detective novel series is on sale for 100% off. Get it while it’s hot! www.amazon.com/Pennington-P...