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Jesse Dearing
@jesse.dev
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I write code, run infrastructure, and build things.

I love learning how things work and hacking around on existing things to make them work better.

🔗 https://linkat.blue/jesse.dev
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I built a Bjorn! He’s trying hard to find insecurities in my network.

Maybe I’ll throw out a Postgres instance with a weak password to see if Bjorn will find it.
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with an e EPaper HAT display. The display has (from left to right, top to bottom, row by row): A full WiFi icon, the word Bjorn, and a usb symbol. A target icon with “29” next to it representing hosts, a Ethernet jack icon with the number “43” representing found open ports, a broken shield icon with a “0” representing vulnerabilities detected. A unlocked lock icon with the number “0” representing cracked credentials, a face of a zombie with the number “0” next to it representing zombified machines, and a stack of disk platters (like a database icon) with the number “0” next to it representing stolen files. A house with horns and the text “IDLE”. A message stating “Ever seen a bot do a backflip? Me neither.” A coin with the number ”235”, the text “LVL” with the number “19”, crossed axes with the number “16”, and a network icon with the number “21”, and in the center of all of it is a cartoon Viking with a big beard and beady eyes, with a helmet with the left horn pointing up and the right pointing down, holding a bottle.
June 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This is my view of everything now, especially tech.
A poster reading: “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” On a red wall.
May 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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My cat took a baby bird out of its nest. I’m trying to take care of it. Here’s a dark-eyed junco baby that depends on me now.
Dark-eyed junco baby looking up with its eyes closed. It’s sitting on a tattered dish cloth. Its color is dark with brown and has pink legs. It has a yellow beak. It sits next to dried mealworms. Dark-eyed junco baby looking at the camera with a “I’m sick of your shit” expression. It’s sitting on a tattered dish cloth. Its color is dark with brown and has pink legs. It has a yellow beak.
May 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Orange image with a owl rising like a phoenix with white eyes on the right side. The text “I’m on a 400 day learning streak!” And “Duolingo” on the left
April 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Been to Canada many times, can confirm
Man with beard dressed in flannel with a red knit cap waving next to a yellow bus with a red maple leaf on it. There are clouds in a blue sky, with mountains, and evergreen trees in the background. The title of the image says "Visit Canada" in red with a sub title of "we won't throw you into an El Salvadorian gulag without due process!"
April 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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So things are shit right, but this is just wild.

I got home with a king cake from visiting my family in Houston. That close to Louisiana, a lot of folks know what a king cake is. I got home from flying from IAH to PDX. to find my king cake like this.

They took the baby!
Plastic bag with hole ripped in it. The plastic bag contains a king cake with white icing on the top. The letters on the bag say “Manny Randazzos” Cake with white frosting and yellow, green, and purple sprinkles broken apart in one section
February 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Video failed to process when uploading to @bsky.app. Is it because I have a PDS?
job id: cun52ribh3us72suu1jg
Screen shot showing the Bluesky post modal with "Cancel" on the left, a blue deactivated "Post" button on the right, and an error banner saying "Video failed to process" "Job ID: cun52ribh3us72suu1jg". Finally at the bottom my profile picture on the left with the "What's up?" grayed out place holder text.
February 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Wall mural with the words “Can our data be given the legal rights enjoyed by natural persons?”
February 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Everyone should go check this box in settings. Go ahead, do it now.
Screenshot of page with the title "Accessibility" from Bluesky settings. Sub section title is "Alt text" Option 1 is "Require alt text before posting" on the left and a box with a check on the right. Option 2 is "Display larger alt text badges" on the left and a box without a check is on the left. Grey box at the bottom that says "Autoplay options have moved to the Content and Media settings." "Content and Media settings" text is a blue hyperlink.
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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This feels like it must be a joke when strftime is just...right...there....
> `${1900+d2.getYear()}-${(d2.getMonth()+1).toString().padStart(2, '0')}-${d2.getDay().toString().padStart(2, '0')}` '2025-01-04'
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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I’m always so impressed with the engineering of my espresso machine when I have to open it up. It’s an ECM Mechanika V Slim
Top down view of a compact espresso machine. A water tank sits on the left. A boiler is in the middle with copper pipes coming off of it. The copper pipes feed into the grouphead and steam wand and water dispenser
January 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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AI "testing frameworks" that use LLMs to evaluate the responses of LLMs 😆
Spiderman pointing at another spiderman at what looks like a loading dock with an "NYPD" van behind the spiderman on left and crates behind the spiderman on the right.
January 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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🤨
Screen shot of Merriam-Webster post with the instructions “Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025. May the odds be ever in your favor.” The word in the center is “mythical.”
January 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I’m hatching ayam cemani chicks 🐣 who are completely black (organs and muscle tissue included).

ℹ️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayam_Ce...
Chickens with black feathers, black beaks, and black eyes.
January 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I just built a house for goth chicks with black hearts. 🖤
Picture of a wooden box with miscellaneous toys in it. There is a heat light in the upper left of the box and a ceramic heating element in the upper right. This is called a “brooder box”
January 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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However, there is so much that just works out of the box without needing to change much. So while it's not zero config. The config is definitely minimal. Also, my xkcd image fortunes work out of the box 😁
An image of a xkcd web comic in my ghostty terminal window
December 27, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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Completed the Rustlings tutorial. It's been the most fun I've had learning a language. Kudos to the Rust team for putting it together.
Depiction of a crab in a terminal emulator with a speech bubble "You made it to the Fe-nish line!". Captioned with "We hope you enjoyed learning about the various aspects of Rust!"
December 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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It was after the third review like this that I knew we would be watching this movie.
Review screenshot stating: Stay away from another Disney's woke LGBTQ propaganda to indoctrinate young children Like other reviewers had said, this is Disney's sneaky attempt to inject LGBTQ content into young children who don't even know what sexual orientation is, and is completely inappropriate for children under 16. It has a boy who wears makeups as being extra special amongs...
December 23, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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Today begins🥚incubation
Top down view of an egg incubator with 2 LED number displays of temperature on the left in red digits and humidity on the right in green digits. 4 buttons on the bottom that operate the egg incubator.
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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This company is on my 💩 list for the other ads I saw while I was in SF this week.
Advertisement on the left side of the image for Artisan.co saying "Artisans won't complain about work-life balance" with the tagline "the era of AI employees is here" Juxtaposed on the right by a person sitting with a empty coffee cup sitting with their legs in a bike lane.
December 13, 2024 at 8:26 PM