Open Source in 2025: clone a git repo, discover it's in a language I've never used, install the language, build the project, try the examples, realize it's missing a feature I want, have Claude Code implement the missing feature. So now I guess I get to learn Rust and see if the code is correct!

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Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...

Does #Python pass arguments by value? Or by reference?

I'm asked this question a lot, and the answer isn't a simple "yes" or "no." (Which is even more confusing!)

In my latest video, I explain how you should think about it, and why neither term is quite right: youtu.be/Ah1J85nCdNo

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Are you using OTel Ruby SDK logging in production, particularly for a Rails application? It's still marked Development, but... it seems to work and the community is responsive. Is it safe enough to give it a try at this point, or would you have reservations? #otel #observability #ruby #rails

There are so many cranes on the Platte that it can be a fight for space—as one flock takes flight, another fills in their spot. On our last morning on the river, researchers conducting aerial surveys estimated an all-time record of 736,000 Sandhill Cranes on the 80-mile stretch of the Platte River.

Anthropic's Model Context Protocol + #Claude Desktop is another level. In less than an hour I had Claude write an #MCP server for retrieving data from the YNAB (You Need a Budget) API. Now I can ask it about account balances and spending by category. It just works.

Thanks to a note on Substack with some invite codes, I have arrived. There appear to be an acceptable number of cat pictures in the Discover feed, and also @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com is here. So far so good.