Nick 🏳️🌈
@unxpctd.xyz
Interested in lots of things. I write for a living and code for fun. Traveller who has settled down with husband and two cats. This is the private me, my professional presence is elsewhere. (Usual disclaimers.) GenX. 🧢👨🏽💻📺🚅 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇩🇪🇳🇱
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Bluesky Loves
static.unxpctd.xyz
Bluesky Loves…
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
Oh dear. A wide open API, and nobody from the company, absolutely nobody, responding to a security researcher trying to report it. Now it’s a data visualisation project. (Via MetaFilter)
www.jack.bio/blog/parking...
www.jack.bio/blog/parking...
All Your Parking Tickets Are Belong to Me
A blog post by Jack LaFond.
www.jack.bio
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Oh dear. A wide open API, and nobody from the company, absolutely nobody, responding to a security researcher trying to report it. Now it’s a data visualisation project. (Via MetaFilter)
www.jack.bio/blog/parking...
www.jack.bio/blog/parking...
🥹 memories
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 AM
🥹 memories
How it started, and how it’s going. #webapp #claudecode
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 AM
How it started, and how it’s going. #webapp #claudecode
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charity wtf's about technology, databases, startups, engineering management, and whiskey.
charity.wtf
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Yeah, I was on the sidelines for 2025 and only signed up for Claude Code during the Xmas break. Holy cow.
AI agents: We're in for a wild ride engineeringprompts.substack.com/p/ai-agents-we… #AI #Claude #agents
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Yeah, I was on the sidelines for 2025 and only signed up for Claude Code during the Xmas break. Holy cow.
One of my favorite apps of all time is “The Amazing Type-Writer”. I panicked a little when I saw it was no longer available in the App Store (at least not my regional one). Spent a few hours yesterday and today with Claude Code to make a web app replacement. It’s an homage. (Not posting the link)
January 18, 2026 at 9:27 AM
One of my favorite apps of all time is “The Amazing Type-Writer”. I panicked a little when I saw it was no longer available in the App Store (at least not my regional one). Spent a few hours yesterday and today with Claude Code to make a web app replacement. It’s an homage. (Not posting the link)
My gut feeling is the timeline is more likely 10-20 years (inertia of human systems) but an intriguing possibility nonetheless.
Claude Code represents a "ChatGPT moment repeated" and an "extinction-level event" for horizontal software companies focused on human-oriented consumption (Doug OLaughlin/Fabricated Knowledge)
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January 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
My gut feeling is the timeline is more likely 10-20 years (inertia of human systems) but an intriguing possibility nonetheless.
I’ve had this multiple times now with Claude. It answers from memory but pretends it did a web search. In this conversation, I had to push back twice until it finally did a search. It’s a little annoying, but as failure modes go, also very obvious.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I’ve had this multiple times now with Claude. It answers from memory but pretends it did a web search. In this conversation, I had to push back twice until it finally did a search. It’s a little annoying, but as failure modes go, also very obvious.
Bluesky Loves…
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
Bluesky Loves
static.unxpctd.xyz
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Bluesky Loves…
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
static.unxpctd.xyz/apps/bluesky-loves/
An endless stream of the things that Bluesky loves.
(Text of posts only. Claude Code built this for me - it taps the Jetstream, filters by heart emojis and optionally the word ‘love’ in different languages.)
❤️💕💖😍🥰😘
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There are two stages of AI debate, and it's crucial to know when you've moved from (a) to (b).
(a) Is this just hype like NFTs, or will it transform most white-collar jobs? That stage took 3 years.
(b) Will the effects be net positive, and what laws should govern them? This will take 300 years. +
(a) Is this just hype like NFTs, or will it transform most white-collar jobs? That stage took 3 years.
(b) Will the effects be net positive, and what laws should govern them? This will take 300 years. +
January 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
There are two stages of AI debate, and it's crucial to know when you've moved from (a) to (b).
(a) Is this just hype like NFTs, or will it transform most white-collar jobs? That stage took 3 years.
(b) Will the effects be net positive, and what laws should govern them? This will take 300 years. +
(a) Is this just hype like NFTs, or will it transform most white-collar jobs? That stage took 3 years.
(b) Will the effects be net positive, and what laws should govern them? This will take 300 years. +
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Oh wow, for some of you this will be Christmas come early - 3d visualisation of planes in the skies over any airport in the world RIGHT NOW. Don't look at how close they all get to each other, whatever you do: objectiveunclear.com/airloom.html (via @puntofisso.bsky.social's excellent newsletter)
December 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Oh wow, for some of you this will be Christmas come early - 3d visualisation of planes in the skies over any airport in the world RIGHT NOW. Don't look at how close they all get to each other, whatever you do: objectiveunclear.com/airloom.html (via @puntofisso.bsky.social's excellent newsletter)
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New blog post: "If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?" stephenramsay.net/posts/vibe-c...
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New blog post: "If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?" stephenramsay.net/posts/vibe-c...
Zach Helfand writes about photographs from the series “Local Newsrooms,” by Ann Hermes, which depict American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis. beta.digg.com/photography/...
Digg
Digg is where people go to look at cool things while they eat a big bowl of cereal.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Zach Helfand writes about photographs from the series “Local Newsrooms,” by Ann Hermes, which depict American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis. beta.digg.com/photography/...
Switching costs... I got a bit fed up with Apple's premium pricing strategy and bought a Pixel 9a which seems more than adequate for my needs. I knew it would be painful. I can already tell this is going to be a monthslong project.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Switching costs... I got a bit fed up with Apple's premium pricing strategy and bought a Pixel 9a which seems more than adequate for my needs. I knew it would be painful. I can already tell this is going to be a monthslong project.
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AI Mode with Gemini 3 gets past the hedging to a welcome specificity - Mike Caulfield mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/ai-mode-with… #AI #Gemini3 #AIprogress
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
AI Mode with Gemini 3 gets past the hedging to a welcome specificity - Mike Caulfield mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/ai-mode-with… #AI #Gemini3 #AIprogress
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How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
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Een minderheidskabinet. Het klinkt best aantrekkelijk en het werkt heel goed in bijvoorbeeld Denemarken.
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Een minderheidskabinet. Het klinkt best aantrekkelijk en het werkt heel goed in bijvoorbeeld Denemarken.
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
Dutch elections marginally strengthened the far right; the seats are just more distributed over different parties.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dutch elections marginally strengthened the far right; the seats are just more distributed over different parties.
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Airline buffs might enjoy the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives' collection of Airline Luggage labels, back from the golden age of airplane travel.
CW: some stereotypical imagery of local people and one tiny swastika on a blimp
#airplanes #Lufthansa #airbus
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...
CW: some stereotypical imagery of local people and one tiny swastika on a blimp
#airplanes #Lufthansa #airbus
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Airline buffs might enjoy the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives' collection of Airline Luggage labels, back from the golden age of airplane travel.
CW: some stereotypical imagery of local people and one tiny swastika on a blimp
#airplanes #Lufthansa #airbus
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...
CW: some stereotypical imagery of local people and one tiny swastika on a blimp
#airplanes #Lufthansa #airbus
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...
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No jokes about this one. It's like laying off all of Adobe. And bigger than almost all companies. Just a massive scale.
Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff, or ~30,000 people, its largest layoffs since 2022, to reduce costs and address pandemic overhiring (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
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October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
No jokes about this one. It's like laying off all of Adobe. And bigger than almost all companies. Just a massive scale.