Geoff Harcourt
@geoffharcourt.bsky.social
Software engineer, CTO at CommonLit
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Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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I think the npm client should probably follow pnpm in making post-install scripts be opt-in and recording that decision in package-lock, so if a package that was previously inert suddenly has a post-install script, it wouldn't execute.
www.sonatype.com/blog/the-sec...
www.sonatype.com/blog/the-sec...
The Second Coming of Shai-Hulud: Attackers Innovating on npm
Sha1-Hulud returns to npm with automated, self-replicating malware and pipeline persistence. Sonatype details the campaign and how to stay protected.
www.sonatype.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think the npm client should probably follow pnpm in making post-install scripts be opt-in and recording that decision in package-lock, so if a package that was previously inert suddenly has a post-install script, it wouldn't execute.
www.sonatype.com/blog/the-sec...
www.sonatype.com/blog/the-sec...
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Last night I discovered that the blue tape the previous owners put on our outdoor spigot was actually load bearing. It sprung a leak and I had to shut off water to the house. I feel there is some sort of lesson I could learn about software engineering here 😂
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Last night I discovered that the blue tape the previous owners put on our outdoor spigot was actually load bearing. It sprung a leak and I had to shut off water to the house. I feel there is some sort of lesson I could learn about software engineering here 😂
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there should be a button where if enough of your mutuals press it you have to stop posting and go to bed
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
there should be a button where if enough of your mutuals press it you have to stop posting and go to bed
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Dear gem maintainers 👋
Rails 8.1 just dropped, but many gems can’t be used because of overly strict gemspec constraints.
Please don’t hard-restrict Rails versions, let us test early and report real issues sooner! ❤️
Thanks
Rails 8.1 just dropped, but many gems can’t be used because of overly strict gemspec constraints.
Please don’t hard-restrict Rails versions, let us test early and report real issues sooner! ❤️
Thanks
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Dear gem maintainers 👋
Rails 8.1 just dropped, but many gems can’t be used because of overly strict gemspec constraints.
Please don’t hard-restrict Rails versions, let us test early and report real issues sooner! ❤️
Thanks
Rails 8.1 just dropped, but many gems can’t be used because of overly strict gemspec constraints.
Please don’t hard-restrict Rails versions, let us test early and report real issues sooner! ❤️
Thanks
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NFL games in Europe that end regulation in ties should be settled by penalty kicks.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NFL games in Europe that end regulation in ties should be settled by penalty kicks.
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It's now official that the next version of Ruby is going to be 4.0
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
Development of 4.0.0 started. · ruby/ruby@6d81969
github.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's now official that the next version of Ruby is going to be 4.0
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
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claude is so fuckin funny, they asked me if they could apologize to Aaron for saying he was wrong when he was right, and then used the `gh` command to do it so it came from me rather than them, lmao. way to take accountability there bro
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
claude is so fuckin funny, they asked me if they could apologize to Aaron for saying he was wrong when he was right, and then used the `gh` command to do it so it came from me rather than them, lmao. way to take accountability there bro
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[John Wick kills asshole #3,784]
ASSHOLE #3,785: Yeah. Yeah, I got this
ASSHOLE #3,785: Yeah. Yeah, I got this
September 22, 2023 at 9:51 PM
[John Wick kills asshole #3,784]
ASSHOLE #3,785: Yeah. Yeah, I got this
ASSHOLE #3,785: Yeah. Yeah, I got this
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I edit features @WIRED.com and work with some of Earth’s best journalists. Right now a subscription to our journalism costs TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH.
Yes, there is a limited-edition tote.
And yes, we do hyphenate certain compound modifiers such as “limited edition.”
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Yes, there is a limited-edition tote.
And yes, we do hyphenate certain compound modifiers such as “limited edition.”
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August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I edit features @WIRED.com and work with some of Earth’s best journalists. Right now a subscription to our journalism costs TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH.
Yes, there is a limited-edition tote.
And yes, we do hyphenate certain compound modifiers such as “limited edition.”
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Yes, there is a limited-edition tote.
And yes, we do hyphenate certain compound modifiers such as “limited edition.”
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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They're great. One of the best things they do is other city subway maps in different styles. For example, they did BART, LAMTA and CTA in the style of the DC Metro Map. It really drives home how a map's design language helps us relate to a city and transit system!
July 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
They're great. One of the best things they do is other city subway maps in different styles. For example, they did BART, LAMTA and CTA in the style of the DC Metro Map. It really drives home how a map's design language helps us relate to a city and transit system!
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Just merged support for deprecating associations in Active Record.
I have been working on this one for a while as part of my consulting work with Gusto.
Wrote a simpler version as a monkey patch to AR for them first, and they were glad to contribute it back to Rails.
github.com/rails/rails/...
I have been working on this one for a while as part of my consulting work with Gusto.
Wrote a simpler version as a monkey patch to AR for them first, and they were glad to contribute it back to Rails.
github.com/rails/rails/...
Deprecated associations by fxn · Pull Request #55285 · rails/rails
Overview
This patch adds the ability to deprecate associations:
has_many :posts, deprecated: true
With that, Active Record will report any usage of the posts association.
There are three reporting ...
github.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Just merged support for deprecating associations in Active Record.
I have been working on this one for a while as part of my consulting work with Gusto.
Wrote a simpler version as a monkey patch to AR for them first, and they were glad to contribute it back to Rails.
github.com/rails/rails/...
I have been working on this one for a while as part of my consulting work with Gusto.
Wrote a simpler version as a monkey patch to AR for them first, and they were glad to contribute it back to Rails.
github.com/rails/rails/...
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
French Caretakers Scrub Sand From Omaha Beach Into The Letters To Give Them The Brown Gold Look
YouTube video by War News Updates
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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Tom, context matters. In April we had 26 overruns from over 213,000+ 🔴🚇station stops which is a 99.99% reliability rate & overruns are not considered a safety issue by federal database or other peer agencies as it simply does not pose a safety risk. ATO is safer operations.
Today the Washington Metrorail Safety Comm. said it wants to see more from Metro before allowing #wmata to expand its use of automated trains. Since Metro began using automation on the Red Line in Dec, trains have overrun platforms hundreds of times. Metro & WMSC disagree on if it's a safety issue.
May 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tom, context matters. In April we had 26 overruns from over 213,000+ 🔴🚇station stops which is a 99.99% reliability rate & overruns are not considered a safety issue by federal database or other peer agencies as it simply does not pose a safety risk. ATO is safer operations.
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I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes
May 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes
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Every factory on earth, except those located in the United States, can get the inputs they need from China, without paying an additional 145 percent markup.
April 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Every factory on earth, except those located in the United States, can get the inputs they need from China, without paying an additional 145 percent markup.
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You must listen to Derek Thompson push back against gullible CNBC anchors @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson: 'Completely reject' the idea that tariffs will lead to abundance
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic staff writer, joins CNBC's 'Power Lunch' to discuss newly announced tariffs, how the American public feels about them, and more.
www.cnbc.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
You must listen to Derek Thompson push back against gullible CNBC anchors @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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If you take seriously the idea that we need to have zero trade deficit with every country, we better get to helping massively develop every poor country until they’re rich enough to afford our high value manufactured goods. Sounds like a job for USAID.
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you take seriously the idea that we need to have zero trade deficit with every country, we better get to helping massively develop every poor country until they’re rich enough to afford our high value manufactured goods. Sounds like a job for USAID.
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my retirement planning was really based on eventually having an obscenely wealthy woman offer me a huge amount of money to stay away from her son so at this point I’m not sure what to do
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
my retirement planning was really based on eventually having an obscenely wealthy woman offer me a huge amount of money to stay away from her son so at this point I’m not sure what to do