Chris Martin
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reading a book about Polish Solidarity in the early 80s and saw a Polish official refer to some definitely true news as "fake news"
it's like we've been fighting the exact same guy since time began
it's like we've been fighting the exact same guy since time began
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 AM
reading a book about Polish Solidarity in the early 80s and saw a Polish official refer to some definitely true news as "fake news"
it's like we've been fighting the exact same guy since time began
it's like we've been fighting the exact same guy since time began
I'm a long way from anything and I have a very specific set of skills. I don't suppose anyone needs software?
January 24, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I'm a long way from anything and I have a very specific set of skills. I don't suppose anyone needs software?
I wish a few people would leave their socialism signs at home but overall it seems like this is the most sincere, focused, on-topic public reaction I have ever seen in this country
January 24, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I wish a few people would leave their socialism signs at home but overall it seems like this is the most sincere, focused, on-topic public reaction I have ever seen in this country
vscode's secret hidden buttons - blank areas where clickable elements appear on mouse hover - have got to be one of the best example of gui antipattern I have seen
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM
vscode's secret hidden buttons - blank areas where clickable elements appear on mouse hover - have got to be one of the best example of gui antipattern I have seen
I don't think it's tactful to say you're recording the meeting so that people on strike can watch it later
January 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I don't think it's tactful to say you're recording the meeting so that people on strike can watch it later
There's still one hen who jumps a fence every day to lay an egg on a bale of straw and she can't figure out how to get back. Most chickens are naturally reticent to go near a human, but every day I open the gate to let her through, and she's gotten used to the routine and become fairly […]
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January 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM
There's still one hen who jumps a fence every day to lay an egg on a bale of straw and she can't figure out how to get back. Most chickens are naturally reticent to go near a human, but every day I open the gate to let her through, and she's gotten used to the routine and become fairly […]
Today I have made various small changes in a frontend app I'm not familiar with, and tbh claude code worked as advertised on those modest tasks.
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today I have made various small changes in a frontend app I'm not familiar with, and tbh claude code worked as advertised on those modest tasks.
Just watched Paper Moon (1973) and here I an marveling yet again that the only way to find something new is to watch something old
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Just watched Paper Moon (1973) and here I an marveling yet again that the only way to find something new is to watch something old
I think software companies should have friday afternoon human vs computer races - just pick a task and screencast two people doing it with and without sloptools, just for fun
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I think software companies should have friday afternoon human vs computer races - just pick a task and screencast two people doing it with and without sloptools, just for fun
It's fascinating how often claude code tries to run everyday shell commands and can't get the command line arguments right so it just fails
January 21, 2026 at 11:46 PM
It's fascinating how often claude code tries to run everyday shell commands and can't get the command line arguments right so it just fails
When a farmer says "inversion" I just nod sagely and pretend I know what that means. Pretty sure it has something to do with fog and/or smoke
January 21, 2026 at 6:53 PM
When a farmer says "inversion" I just nod sagely and pretend I know what that means. Pretty sure it has something to do with fog and/or smoke
> Many property owners say the valuation of their land feels like it far outweighs the value of the homes that sit on them.
yyyeah that is sort of the point, the state is telling you that the land you're sitting on is underutilized and thinks that ought to be corrected […]
yyyeah that is sort of the point, the state is telling you that the land you're sitting on is underutilized and thinks that ought to be corrected […]
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January 21, 2026 at 5:38 AM
> Many property owners say the valuation of their land feels like it far outweighs the value of the homes that sit on them.
yyyeah that is sort of the point, the state is telling you that the land you're sitting on is underutilized and thinks that ought to be corrected […]
yyyeah that is sort of the point, the state is telling you that the land you're sitting on is underutilized and thinks that ought to be corrected […]
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everything i read about previous resistance movements suggests they are much less about heroics than about logistics
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 AM
everything i read about previous resistance movements suggests they are much less about heroics than about logistics
Verizon FAQ-style pages now have an AI summary of each answer, with a button to expand the original text. Think about what that means! Either they did this for no reason, or they found out that a few paragraphs of text is too high a reading level for their audience.
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Verizon FAQ-style pages now have an AI summary of each answer, with a button to expand the original text. Think about what that means! Either they did this for no reason, or they found out that a few paragraphs of text is too high a reading level for their audience.
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I don't care about web standards anymore. I want my agent to behave adversarially on my behalf against the server and do its best to extract content and present it to me in a way that is helpful
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I don't care about web standards anymore. I want my agent to behave adversarially on my behalf against the server and do its best to extract content and present it to me in a way that is helpful
"people go outside, point their phones at a black sky, and come away happy with computer-generated images of an aurora that wasn't there" is one to add to the checklist of things scifi authors from decades past wished they'd come up with
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 AM
"people go outside, point their phones at a black sky, and come away happy with computer-generated images of an aurora that wasn't there" is one to add to the checklist of things scifi authors from decades past wished they'd come up with
I bought a phone from Tello in "open box" condition and received a phone that's missing its SIM tray. MOTHERFUCKERS
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I bought a phone from Tello in "open box" condition and received a phone that's missing its SIM tray. MOTHERFUCKERS
Look, you can't ask engineers not to ship new features, you have to give them something to live for. Ask mozilla to be the leader on pop-up blocking again.
January 20, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Look, you can't ask engineers not to ship new features, you have to give them something to live for. Ask mozilla to be the leader on pop-up blocking again.
Evergreen tweet:
> In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
> In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Evergreen tweet:
> In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
> In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
making mobile apps doesn't matter, figuring out that app stores are assholes that can go fuck themselves is what matters, and ai can't help with that sort of high level understanding
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
making mobile apps doesn't matter, figuring out that app stores are assholes that can go fuck themselves is what matters, and ai can't help with that sort of high level understanding
Why on earth did George Clooney get best supporting actor for Syriana, that's the worst role I've ever seen him play
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Why on earth did George Clooney get best supporting actor for Syriana, that's the worst role I've ever seen him play
I've been around this country a bit, though not everywhere. As far as I can tell, in a few decades most religions will be gone, and only LDS will remain, because nobody else has young participants.
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I've been around this country a bit, though not everywhere. As far as I can tell, in a few decades most religions will be gone, and only LDS will remain, because nobody else has young participants.
I believe that being a scumbag shouldn't prevent someone from making a living, but sometimes I just can't stomach buying from someone wearing thin blue line american flag apparel
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I believe that being a scumbag shouldn't prevent someone from making a living, but sometimes I just can't stomach buying from someone wearing thin blue line american flag apparel
Some thoughts from Julie and me about why "simple platforms for programming-made-easy" aren't changing the world. https://chris-martin.org/2026/the-programming-reformation
The Programming Reformation
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January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Some thoughts from Julie and me about why "simple platforms for programming-made-easy" aren't changing the world. https://chris-martin.org/2026/the-programming-reformation
an fun concrete example of a tech workers union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch,_Inc.#History
January 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
an fun concrete example of a tech workers union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch,_Inc.#History