Andy Van Slaars
@vanslaars.io
Problem Solver. Developer. Cat Herder. Semi-professional Slack-a-mole player. Screencaster @egghead.io. UI Architect. I write words sometimes on https://vanslaars.io/. he/him.
Feeling a bit more hopeful this morning!
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Feeling a bit more hopeful this morning!
The "AI all the things" hype seems to be everywhere but in what world does my mouse need to be AI enabled?
October 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The "AI all the things" hype seems to be everywhere but in what world does my mouse need to be AI enabled?
I made the switch to @kagi.com for search. I couldn’t take the ads and AI slop responses anymore. Now I just need to break the habit of scrolling past the top results… they’re actually real, relevant results now 😅
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I made the switch to @kagi.com for search. I couldn’t take the ads and AI slop responses anymore. Now I just need to break the habit of scrolling past the top results… they’re actually real, relevant results now 😅
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We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
It currently feels like 3° out here. 🥶
Keeping it cozy with the fireplace 🪵🔥
Keeping it cozy with the fireplace 🪵🔥
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It currently feels like 3° out here. 🥶
Keeping it cozy with the fireplace 🪵🔥
Keeping it cozy with the fireplace 🪵🔥
I checked out so hard for the past few weeks, I’m pretty sure I’ve forgotten how to do my job. It’ll come back to me at some point this week, probably🤞
January 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I checked out so hard for the past few weeks, I’m pretty sure I’ve forgotten how to do my job. It’ll come back to me at some point this week, probably🤞
Feels like I’m not going outside 🥶
January 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Feels like I’m not going outside 🥶
It’s halfway through Friday and I’m already dreading work on Monday. That’s gotta be a good sign, right? 😩
January 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It’s halfway through Friday and I’m already dreading work on Monday. That’s gotta be a good sign, right? 😩
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CAN WE PLEASE STOP DISABLING ZOOM ON WEBSITES PLEASE!!
I can't see very well and if you disable zoon I feel like punching you in the face! Please don't 🙏
I can't see very well and if you disable zoon I feel like punching you in the face! Please don't 🙏
January 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CAN WE PLEASE STOP DISABLING ZOOM ON WEBSITES PLEASE!!
I can't see very well and if you disable zoon I feel like punching you in the face! Please don't 🙏
I can't see very well and if you disable zoon I feel like punching you in the face! Please don't 🙏
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
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2025 is the year we start calling “SSR” “a website” again
January 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2025 is the year we start calling “SSR” “a website” again
Our daughter really wanted to be up at midnight so we are anxiously awaiting midnight so we can go to sleep. It’s way past my bedtime 🥱😴.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
January 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Our daughter really wanted to be up at midnight so we are anxiously awaiting midnight so we can go to sleep. It’s way past my bedtime 🥱😴.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
All the talk about y2k takes me back to NYE 1999 when I spent the night at the national guard armory waiting to be deployed if bad things started happening.
I’m glad I was bored that night because all the major issues had been addressed in time.
I’m glad I was bored that night because all the major issues had been addressed in time.
January 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
All the talk about y2k takes me back to NYE 1999 when I spent the night at the national guard armory waiting to be deployed if bad things started happening.
I’m glad I was bored that night because all the major issues had been addressed in time.
I’m glad I was bored that night because all the major issues had been addressed in time.
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I just cannot articulate the amount of non-work that happens in corporate tech. So many words being said in meetings, so many documents and write-ups and meetings and messages—and barely ANYTHING gets *communicated*. It’s a sea of performativity, where treading water is confused for swimming.
December 28, 2024 at 5:39 PM
I just cannot articulate the amount of non-work that happens in corporate tech. So many words being said in meetings, so many documents and write-ups and meetings and messages—and barely ANYTHING gets *communicated*. It’s a sea of performativity, where treading water is confused for swimming.
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Shoving AI into it will improve your software like cilantro makes blue cheese and anchovies a better dessert.
December 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Shoving AI into it will improve your software like cilantro makes blue cheese and anchovies a better dessert.
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We went big on the tree this year. My wife put 5,200 lights on this beast!
December 13, 2024 at 10:19 PM
We went big on the tree this year. My wife put 5,200 lights on this beast!
I took a little time off for the holidays and I have a sinus infection, as is tradition.
When I was a kid, I always had a tendency to get sick when I was off from school. That has continued into adulthood with time away from work. I don’t understand it and I don’t like it.
When I was a kid, I always had a tendency to get sick when I was off from school. That has continued into adulthood with time away from work. I don’t understand it and I don’t like it.
December 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I took a little time off for the holidays and I have a sinus infection, as is tradition.
When I was a kid, I always had a tendency to get sick when I was off from school. That has continued into adulthood with time away from work. I don’t understand it and I don’t like it.
When I was a kid, I always had a tendency to get sick when I was off from school. That has continued into adulthood with time away from work. I don’t understand it and I don’t like it.
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Get a library card even if you're not planning to use it. It impacts their funding.
December 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Get a library card even if you're not planning to use it. It impacts their funding.
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
Mine was the space shuttle challenger explosion in 1986
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Mine was the space shuttle challenger explosion in 1986
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I got my flu and Covid vaccines on Friday.
I felt like I got hit by a truck all day yesterday. Woke up feeling fine this morning and everything outside is just one giant sheet of ice.
This is what I get for planning to leave my house to do things this weekend.
Maybe next weekend 🙃
I felt like I got hit by a truck all day yesterday. Woke up feeling fine this morning and everything outside is just one giant sheet of ice.
This is what I get for planning to leave my house to do things this weekend.
Maybe next weekend 🙃
December 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I got my flu and Covid vaccines on Friday.
I felt like I got hit by a truck all day yesterday. Woke up feeling fine this morning and everything outside is just one giant sheet of ice.
This is what I get for planning to leave my house to do things this weekend.
Maybe next weekend 🙃
I felt like I got hit by a truck all day yesterday. Woke up feeling fine this morning and everything outside is just one giant sheet of ice.
This is what I get for planning to leave my house to do things this weekend.
Maybe next weekend 🙃
We went big on the tree this year. My wife put 5,200 lights on this beast!
December 13, 2024 at 10:19 PM
We went big on the tree this year. My wife put 5,200 lights on this beast!