Software hot takes, shower thoughts, and parenting tales.https://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3mufof4ts2k2ehttps://twitchard.github.io/posts/2026-08-29-why-im-not-a-terminal-guy-anymore.html31 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufof4ts2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3mtzlsizov22wThis "rant" is ambivalent about social security, and the message is "understand that social security was past generations borrowing from future ones under misleading pretenses" not "redistribution is bad" [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzlsizov22whttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3momrhm3wvk2vWhy doesn't Horton simply instruct the kangaroo to take the clover out of hearing, whisper a nonce to it, return it to Horton, who may then ask the Whos for and repeat the nonce thus demonstrating their existence. Seems a lot less trouble than this "Yopp" business.19 Jun 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3momrhm3wvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3mg6cr2w2mc2qMy three year old never asks for candy he asks for c-a-n-d-y just to rub the feebleness of our attempts to communicate around him.03 Mar 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6cr2w2mc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3llgpdfkw6c2chttps://twitchard.github.io/posts/2025-03-27-ai-art-doesnt-lack-soul-it-lacks-signal.html28 Mar 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgpdfkw6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3ljeuerytcs2qMoves like this permanently damage the ability of our government to attract talent. The government won't ever offer private sector compensation, and it no longer can credibly offer any stability either if even offices like 18F doing valuable, nonpartisan, uncontroverial work are arbitrarily gutted [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Mar 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljeuerytcs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lianyarqw22ghttps://twitchard.github.io/posts/2025-02-11-p-user-hostile-trash-heap.html15 Feb 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lianyarqw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lhs26btyns22Today at mass the bishop was presiding, which meant the congregation got to hear two homilies: one from the bishop about what it means to be "fishers of men" and one (louder, much more enthusiastic) from my two-year-old about how "the bishop is a chess piece" 🤦‍♂️10 Feb 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhs26btyns22https://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lgfdgqtows2eApparently my wife (lawyer) thinks my toddler has some of his particular speech patterns (rearticulates large parts of questions you ask him) because when she talks with him about his day she often defaults to techniques she learned for direct examination of witnesses in court...23 Jan 2025 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfdgqtows2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lepuq566ws2bBack when I was 21 I was way better at making New Year's resolutions I could keep.02 Jan 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepuq566ws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3ldwmxyrwyc2fMy two-year old has been talking about his "co-worker" -- upon questioning this means his sister (0). Denormalize "sibling".23 Dec 2024 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwmxyrwyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3ldkrxrkg3s2uI am so over trying to get this chihuahua to take his pills. I swear this will be the thing that breaks me.18 Dec 2024 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkrxrkg3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3ldhefstbcs27Son (2m): I have a bad idea. Son: *describes climbing on something dangerous*. Son: *proceeds to execute said bad idea*. I guess this means he has good judgement but bad meta-judgement.16 Dec 2024 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhefstbcs27https://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3ld4ifqpg6c2hI taught my two-year-old he could say "just hanging in there" in response so "how are you doing" which was pretty funny, amused friends, strangers, etc. but now he has modified it to "just sitting in there" which just puzzles everyone but I guess I am glad he is making the English language his own.12 Dec 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4ifqpg6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lccttckw5k2uMy bank sent me this. It's funny, this was exactly how I proposed to my wife.02 Dec 2024 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccttckw5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lbgn3gtnqs27I used the phrase "whatever floats your boat" once with my two-year-old while mildly tolerating an unacceptable behavior (disassembling the training potty and scooting around on part of it) and now my punishment is that he consistently does this while chanting "whatever floats your boat"21 Nov 2024 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgn3gtnqs27https://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lbbe3qxlac2kCurrent status: - Installed xcode from app store - then "npm install expo" - had to "brew install" ruby - so I could "gem install" cocoapods - now getting errors with "pod install" Coping with "face install palm"19 Nov 2024 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbe3qxlac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/twitchard.bsky.social/post/3lb6iu7vxbs2jMy two year old told me "want to be fashionable" when it was time to get him dressed this morning. I put him in touch with a fashion consultant (his mother) and it became apparent with questioning what he specifically wanted was to forgo clothes altogether. #toddlers #vagariesOfFashion17 Nov 2024 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:3vx42ca7ipdn42eos2mieanq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6iu7vxbs2j