Jimmy
@jimmypiraino.com
Aspiring gardener and verified dad. I also do tech things.
Hi.
stackandsignal.com
Hi.
stackandsignal.com
You know that feeling. Three hours in. There are diagrams now. Edge cases with a 0.3% chance of occurring.
I built a quiz to externalize the voice you're too busy to hear while adding "just one more thing".
stackandsignal.com/projects/ove...
I built a quiz to externalize the voice you're too busy to hear while adding "just one more thing".
stackandsignal.com/projects/ove...
Am I Overengineering This?
A satirical quiz to help you realize you probably are.
stackandsignal.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
You know that feeling. Three hours in. There are diagrams now. Edge cases with a 0.3% chance of occurring.
I built a quiz to externalize the voice you're too busy to hear while adding "just one more thing".
stackandsignal.com/projects/ove...
I built a quiz to externalize the voice you're too busy to hear while adding "just one more thing".
stackandsignal.com/projects/ove...
Added 4 new weird little joy machines!
- A color apologizes to you
- Emails from your sleep paralysis
demon's HR dept
- You can throw your feelings into a void
- Micro-achievement generator!
All normal website stuff.
joy.stackandsignal.com
- A color apologizes to you
- Emails from your sleep paralysis
demon's HR dept
- You can throw your feelings into a void
- Micro-achievement generator!
All normal website stuff.
joy.stackandsignal.com
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
joy.stackandsignal.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Added 4 new weird little joy machines!
- A color apologizes to you
- Emails from your sleep paralysis
demon's HR dept
- You can throw your feelings into a void
- Micro-achievement generator!
All normal website stuff.
joy.stackandsignal.com
- A color apologizes to you
- Emails from your sleep paralysis
demon's HR dept
- You can throw your feelings into a void
- Micro-achievement generator!
All normal website stuff.
joy.stackandsignal.com
Why is your cat mad at you today? Find out 😸 I got to use the very fun Cat API for this one!
Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today | Weird Little Joy Machines
Today's grievance, served fresh
joy.stackandsignal.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Why is your cat mad at you today? Find out 😸 I got to use the very fun Cat API for this one!
Instead of sleeping I made a bunch more:
- Fortune Cookie But Unhelpful
- Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today
- Hold This Button to Feel Something
- Click Here to Be Perceived
- Every Time You Refresh This Sentence
Gets Worse
- A PDF Is Loading It Will Never Finish
- Fortune Cookie But Unhelpful
- Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today
- Hold This Button to Feel Something
- Click Here to Be Perceived
- Every Time You Refresh This Sentence
Gets Worse
- A PDF Is Loading It Will Never Finish
Found some more free time today. Added another weird little joy machine: Infinite Potato Zoom! Enjoy 🤘
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
joy.stackandsignal.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Instead of sleeping I made a bunch more:
- Fortune Cookie But Unhelpful
- Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today
- Hold This Button to Feel Something
- Click Here to Be Perceived
- Every Time You Refresh This Sentence
Gets Worse
- A PDF Is Loading It Will Never Finish
- Fortune Cookie But Unhelpful
- Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today
- Hold This Button to Feel Something
- Click Here to Be Perceived
- Every Time You Refresh This Sentence
Gets Worse
- A PDF Is Loading It Will Never Finish
Found some more free time today. Added another weird little joy machine: Infinite Potato Zoom! Enjoy 🤘
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
joy.stackandsignal.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Found some more free time today. Added another weird little joy machine: Infinite Potato Zoom! Enjoy 🤘
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
I know I know…. It’s another newsletter.
Another Newsletter Enters the Chat
Building things. Breaking things. Writing it down.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I know I know…. It’s another newsletter.
Find the dog waiting for me to throw the ball
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Find the dog waiting for me to throw the ball
The world is a lot right now, so I built dumb little web toys to make you smile.
Find out what your houseplant named itself. Get a compliment from a very specific person. Generate corporate excuses so jargon-filled they're meaningless.
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun
Find out what your houseplant named itself. Get a compliment from a very specific person. Generate corporate excuses so jargon-filled they're meaningless.
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun
Weird Little Joy Machines
Small distractions for hard days. A collection of absurdist web toys.
joy.stackandsignal.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The world is a lot right now, so I built dumb little web toys to make you smile.
Find out what your houseplant named itself. Get a compliment from a very specific person. Generate corporate excuses so jargon-filled they're meaningless.
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun
Find out what your houseplant named itself. Get a compliment from a very specific person. Generate corporate excuses so jargon-filled they're meaningless.
joy.stackandsignal.com
#SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun
I built a free email deliverability checker called SendReady. Checks SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and one-click unsubscribe headers.
Nobody asked for it. Plenty of other tools exist. I built it anyway.
sendready.stackandsignal.com
Nobody asked for it. Plenty of other tools exist. I built it anyway.
sendready.stackandsignal.com
SendReady - Email Compliance Checker
Free tool to check SPF, DKIM, and DMARC compliance for your sending domains. Validate email headers for one-click unsubscribe compliance.
sendready.stackandsignal.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I built a free email deliverability checker called SendReady. Checks SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and one-click unsubscribe headers.
Nobody asked for it. Plenty of other tools exist. I built it anyway.
sendready.stackandsignal.com
Nobody asked for it. Plenty of other tools exist. I built it anyway.
sendready.stackandsignal.com
Found a mini world at the tide pools
January 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Found a mini world at the tide pools
Launched a website with exactly one post about a coffee calculator I made. There’s a newsletter too. No schedule, chaotic topics. Should be fun! stackandsignal.com
Stack & Signal
A website about marketing technology, side projects, and building things on the internet.
stackandsignal.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Launched a website with exactly one post about a coffee calculator I made. There’s a newsletter too. No schedule, chaotic topics. Should be fun! stackandsignal.com
The gap between "I just got a 3D printer" and "I now have opinions about bed adhesion" is about 72 hours.
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The gap between "I just got a 3D printer" and "I now have opinions about bed adhesion" is about 72 hours.
One of my favorites from the Point Defiance Rose Garden in 📍Tacoma, WA
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
One of my favorites from the Point Defiance Rose Garden in 📍Tacoma, WA
My wife sewed this for our cat. It’s like a turtle shell sweater. This may come as a surprise but our cat hates it.
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 AM
My wife sewed this for our cat. It’s like a turtle shell sweater. This may come as a surprise but our cat hates it.
Had a really cool fungus grow in my raised bed. It’s called Lysurus mokusin, aka lizard’s claw. Apparently it’s edible in its early stages! I’m… going to pass though.
November 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Had a really cool fungus grow in my raised bed. It’s called Lysurus mokusin, aka lizard’s claw. Apparently it’s edible in its early stages! I’m… going to pass though.
