The Nuanced Writer
@skriptble.me
Writer & Software Builder. Producer & Host on Fallthrough.
This tends to frustrate people. Especially when I can articulate that yes I was wrong, but a multipoint perspective does not necessitate that you were right just because I was wrong, therefore you can still be wrong even if I am wrong 😀
Some people have a lot of pride in their views and opinions. I do not. I’m fine with admitting I was wrong.
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This tends to frustrate people. Especially when I can articulate that yes I was wrong, but a multipoint perspective does not necessitate that you were right just because I was wrong, therefore you can still be wrong even if I am wrong 😀
Some people have a lot of pride in their views and opinions. I do not. I’m fine with admitting I was wrong.
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Some people have a lot of pride in their views and opinions. I do not. I’m fine with admitting I was wrong.
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
The way I see it is if I admit I’m wrong and admit that someone else or some other viewpoint is right, then I’m right when I’m right and I’m right when I’m wrong (even if belatedly).
Baker intuition is when you put something the oven, and a couple minutes later realize you forgot to put the baking powder in, shrug for a minute and think “let’s see what happens”, then think better of it, pull it out of the oven, quickly mix in baking powder, then put it back in the oven.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Baker intuition is when you put something the oven, and a couple minutes later realize you forgot to put the baking powder in, shrug for a minute and think “let’s see what happens”, then think better of it, pull it out of the oven, quickly mix in baking powder, then put it back in the oven.
I believe they call this a Humble Brag 🤭
Don’t worry though, even my worst stuff is phenomenal, so why I was like “this is the worst thing I’ve ever made, I should throw it out and hide my shame” when I got over myself and bright it to other people several remarked “this is the best baked good I’ve ever had” while reaching for a second.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I believe they call this a Humble Brag 🤭
Even after all these years of baking I have some… misconceptions. Like, I thought convection ovens were flat out better. To the point where I was confused why my rather high end oven had a conventional mode.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Even after all these years of baking I have some… misconceptions. Like, I thought convection ovens were flat out better. To the point where I was confused why my rather high end oven had a conventional mode.
In today’s “words I’ve only read and never heard pronounced”: lecithin.
Likely because I’ve heard “lectin” pronounced, that’s just how my mind hears and says it.
Turns out it’s pronounced leh-suh-thin.
At least I can pronounce it correctly now 😭🙃
Likely because I’ve heard “lectin” pronounced, that’s just how my mind hears and says it.
Turns out it’s pronounced leh-suh-thin.
At least I can pronounce it correctly now 😭🙃
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In today’s “words I’ve only read and never heard pronounced”: lecithin.
Likely because I’ve heard “lectin” pronounced, that’s just how my mind hears and says it.
Turns out it’s pronounced leh-suh-thin.
At least I can pronounce it correctly now 😭🙃
Likely because I’ve heard “lectin” pronounced, that’s just how my mind hears and says it.
Turns out it’s pronounced leh-suh-thin.
At least I can pronounce it correctly now 😭🙃
I might be having a little too much fun with these recent titles 😆
You should definitely watch or listen though! This was a really fun episode.
You should definitely watch or listen though! This was a really fun episode.
We've published episode 44: The Fault In Our Clouds. Happy Listening!
The Fault In Our Clouds
First it was GCP in June. Then it was AWS in October. Then it was Azure...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I might be having a little too much fun with these recent titles 😆
You should definitely watch or listen though! This was a really fun episode.
You should definitely watch or listen though! This was a really fun episode.
It’s fascinating where the need for software tools can pop up. Maybe something like this exists, but I want some software that allows me to track ingredients and their pricing and then tells me the cost of a particular recipe, based on the usage of each ingredient.
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It’s fascinating where the need for software tools can pop up. Maybe something like this exists, but I want some software that allows me to track ingredients and their pricing and then tells me the cost of a particular recipe, based on the usage of each ingredient.
Love when you preheat the oven and then it failed to actually preheat 😭
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Love when you preheat the oven and then it failed to actually preheat 😭
In college I was initially confused by the cost and need for synchronization signals. In the broadcast television world, a black burst sync gen was similarly confusing. One of the other engineers explained that it synchronizes frames so when you hot punch you don’t have frame tearing or a flicker.
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In college I was initially confused by the cost and need for synchronization signals. In the broadcast television world, a black burst sync gen was similarly confusing. One of the other engineers explained that it synchronizes frames so when you hot punch you don’t have frame tearing or a flicker.
Paging @matthewsanabria.dev, we require your opinions of the unpopular variety.
And we could use some Panic & Recovers from @steveklabnik.com too 🤔
And we could use some Panic & Recovers from @steveklabnik.com too 🤔
@fallthrough.fm hoping it’s a popular opinion to bring back the unpopular opinion segment back. I’m starting to miss it 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Paging @matthewsanabria.dev, we require your opinions of the unpopular variety.
And we could use some Panic & Recovers from @steveklabnik.com too 🤔
And we could use some Panic & Recovers from @steveklabnik.com too 🤔
Me: Oh, I like this feature in FCPX that’s only in Sequoia and above. Let’s upgrade. Oh wait, there’s a pending update. It says it’ll take 15 minutes. No problem!
*five hours and three OS reinstalls later*
Me: Why, Apple, why??
*five hours and three OS reinstalls later*
Me: Why, Apple, why??
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Me: Oh, I like this feature in FCPX that’s only in Sequoia and above. Let’s upgrade. Oh wait, there’s a pending update. It says it’ll take 15 minutes. No problem!
*five hours and three OS reinstalls later*
Me: Why, Apple, why??
*five hours and three OS reinstalls later*
Me: Why, Apple, why??
We’ve been trying new things with @fallthrough.fm and some of the things I liked, but others I’ve liked a lot less.
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
We’ve been trying new things with @fallthrough.fm and some of the things I liked, but others I’ve liked a lot less.
Getting rid of old habits is tough. I’m implementing a type that marshals to text. I implemented some decode functions.
Called one DecodeTick and the other DecodeTickString.
I implemented the underlying function as generic, then realized I could just have a single generic DecodeTick function.
Called one DecodeTick and the other DecodeTickString.
I implemented the underlying function as generic, then realized I could just have a single generic DecodeTick function.
September 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Getting rid of old habits is tough. I’m implementing a type that marshals to text. I implemented some decode functions.
Called one DecodeTick and the other DecodeTickString.
I implemented the underlying function as generic, then realized I could just have a single generic DecodeTick function.
Called one DecodeTick and the other DecodeTickString.
I implemented the underlying function as generic, then realized I could just have a single generic DecodeTick function.
Pretty sure I’m mad about Paxos not being as popular as Raft.
Of course I haven’t done a survey to see if this is actually true, but it feels like it.
Time to go build some cool Paxos stuff I guess.
Of course I haven’t done a survey to see if this is actually true, but it feels like it.
Time to go build some cool Paxos stuff I guess.
September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pretty sure I’m mad about Paxos not being as popular as Raft.
Of course I haven’t done a survey to see if this is actually true, but it feels like it.
Time to go build some cool Paxos stuff I guess.
Of course I haven’t done a survey to see if this is actually true, but it feels like it.
Time to go build some cool Paxos stuff I guess.
Having to reencode video because it’s variable frame rate is annoying (and I don’t have the energy to figure out why FCP makes constant frame rate proxies from vfr source).
However, it does give me the opportunity to dig more deeply into FFmpeg. I will gladly take a CLI tool over a GUI, thank you!
However, it does give me the opportunity to dig more deeply into FFmpeg. I will gladly take a CLI tool over a GUI, thank you!
August 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Having to reencode video because it’s variable frame rate is annoying (and I don’t have the energy to figure out why FCP makes constant frame rate proxies from vfr source).
However, it does give me the opportunity to dig more deeply into FFmpeg. I will gladly take a CLI tool over a GUI, thank you!
However, it does give me the opportunity to dig more deeply into FFmpeg. I will gladly take a CLI tool over a GUI, thank you!
I’m getting far too close to upgrading my 10GbE network to a 25GbE network.
Do I *need* it? I mean, all my servers have two 10GbE links aggregated together for ~20Gbps of throughput… and I am doing all this video editing (and motion graphics soon enough)… so maybe 🤔
Do I *need* it? I mean, all my servers have two 10GbE links aggregated together for ~20Gbps of throughput… and I am doing all this video editing (and motion graphics soon enough)… so maybe 🤔
August 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m getting far too close to upgrading my 10GbE network to a 25GbE network.
Do I *need* it? I mean, all my servers have two 10GbE links aggregated together for ~20Gbps of throughput… and I am doing all this video editing (and motion graphics soon enough)… so maybe 🤔
Do I *need* it? I mean, all my servers have two 10GbE links aggregated together for ~20Gbps of throughput… and I am doing all this video editing (and motion graphics soon enough)… so maybe 🤔
Got distracted while making an edit, forgot to finish it.
Finished editing the rest of the video. Export audio and video versions for two editions.
Review final video. Notice incomplete edit.
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Finished editing the rest of the video. Export audio and video versions for two editions.
Review final video. Notice incomplete edit.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Got distracted while making an edit, forgot to finish it.
Finished editing the rest of the video. Export audio and video versions for two editions.
Review final video. Notice incomplete edit.
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Finished editing the rest of the video. Export audio and video versions for two editions.
Review final video. Notice incomplete edit.
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@matthewsanabria.dev and I set out to make a *short* aftershow for @fallthrough.fm.
It’s a massive failure, because we can’t actually stop talking so the “let’s have an extra 20 to 30 minutes of content” has become “here’s an extra hour of content”.
That’s not an aftershow. That’s just a show.
It’s a massive failure, because we can’t actually stop talking so the “let’s have an extra 20 to 30 minutes of content” has become “here’s an extra hour of content”.
That’s not an aftershow. That’s just a show.
July 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
@matthewsanabria.dev and I set out to make a *short* aftershow for @fallthrough.fm.
It’s a massive failure, because we can’t actually stop talking so the “let’s have an extra 20 to 30 minutes of content” has become “here’s an extra hour of content”.
That’s not an aftershow. That’s just a show.
It’s a massive failure, because we can’t actually stop talking so the “let’s have an extra 20 to 30 minutes of content” has become “here’s an extra hour of content”.
That’s not an aftershow. That’s just a show.
Super clamps are my new favorite rigging gear.
Also, rigging things is fun. Such a nice feeling when you tug on something and it doesn’t move even a little.
Also, rigging things is fun. Such a nice feeling when you tug on something and it doesn’t move even a little.
July 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Super clamps are my new favorite rigging gear.
Also, rigging things is fun. Such a nice feeling when you tug on something and it doesn’t move even a little.
Also, rigging things is fun. Such a nice feeling when you tug on something and it doesn’t move even a little.
Let’s see how rusty my After Effects skills are 🤔
July 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Let’s see how rusty my After Effects skills are 🤔
What do you mean I’m down to 1 box of butter??
Need to start buying this stuff like 10 pounds at a time.
Need to start buying this stuff like 10 pounds at a time.
July 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What do you mean I’m down to 1 box of butter??
Need to start buying this stuff like 10 pounds at a time.
Need to start buying this stuff like 10 pounds at a time.
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Completely on brand for @steveklabnik.com and @skriptble.me to talk about REST for two hours and still have more to say.
Is there anything we didn’t cover but you wish we had? Should we talk more about how things like GraphQL are actually quite RESTful?
Is there anything we didn’t cover but you wish we had? Should we talk more about how things like GraphQL are actually quite RESTful?
We've published episode 28: Why You're Wrong About REST. Happy Listening!
Why You're Wrong About REST
The web has been around for nearly 40 years, yet despite its massive...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Completely on brand for @steveklabnik.com and @skriptble.me to talk about REST for two hours and still have more to say.
Is there anything we didn’t cover but you wish we had? Should we talk more about how things like GraphQL are actually quite RESTful?
Is there anything we didn’t cover but you wish we had? Should we talk more about how things like GraphQL are actually quite RESTful?
We finally did it! After recording an episode of @fallthrough.fm, @matthewsanabria.dev and I recorded our post show discussion (featuring @www.jvt.me!).
That’ll be shipping alongside next week’s episode, which includes the wonderful @steveklabnik.com as well!
That’ll be shipping alongside next week’s episode, which includes the wonderful @steveklabnik.com as well!
July 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We finally did it! After recording an episode of @fallthrough.fm, @matthewsanabria.dev and I recorded our post show discussion (featuring @www.jvt.me!).
That’ll be shipping alongside next week’s episode, which includes the wonderful @steveklabnik.com as well!
That’ll be shipping alongside next week’s episode, which includes the wonderful @steveklabnik.com as well!
I love when we record an episode and wind up on such a long, but somehow still related, tangent that we accidentally made an entire extra episode.
Also, when you let @steveklabnik.com cook, he will, in fact, continue cooking until you stop him.
Also, when you let @steveklabnik.com cook, he will, in fact, continue cooking until you stop him.
July 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I love when we record an episode and wind up on such a long, but somehow still related, tangent that we accidentally made an entire extra episode.
Also, when you let @steveklabnik.com cook, he will, in fact, continue cooking until you stop him.
Also, when you let @steveklabnik.com cook, he will, in fact, continue cooking until you stop him.