@luten.dev - Eddy Luten

12 Apr 2026 22:09 +0000

Somehow, my process over these last few weeks: - I'm gonna work on this game idea - I should abstract the high-level stuff in a lib - ...write a blog post about it - ...get my blog off GitHub - ...migrate my public projects off GitHub - ...run my own CI box - ...migrate my blog to Hugo

09 Apr 2026 22:30 +0000

Unsolicited advice from someone who's gone through hundreds of applications: Don't use LLMs to fill out your application. You're submitting the same answers as everyone else, and it's obvious. You *won't* stand out, no matter how perfect the answer. I know it's more work, but be yourself.

09 Apr 2026 00:29 +0000

Day 4 of sourcehut getting DDOSed into uselessness :( This time, builds are affected. https://status.sr.ht/issues/2026-04-06-ddos-attack/

11 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000

In my memories, this is what Quake 3 always looked like <3 https://youtu.be/Ak6IvDxEMTM

06 Jan 2026 00:36 +0000

After mostly un-Google-ing in 2025, 2026 is the year of un-Microsoft-ing my life. I spent the first part of my career developing .NET and Visual C++ applications and was an honest-to-god paying MSDN member and event attendee. I actually quite liked their dev ecosystem up to about 10 years ago...

02 Jan 2026 18:49 +0000

The books I read in 2025. Most were great, some not so much. https://luten.dev/year-in-books/

29 Jun 2025 18:25 +0000

@chuckwendig.bsky.social I’m getting some powerful Randall Flagg vibes from this Eddie Naberius guy in The Staircase in the Woods…

26 Jun 2025 22:32 +0000

I ordered a backup Pilot Vanishing Point since my current one is nearing 10 years old and looking a bit worn out. I guess I'm feeling a bit sentimental about that specific fountain pen..? What a workhorse, though. I haven't looked back at any of my other FPs ever since I switched to this one.

13 Jun 2025 02:16 +0000

What a fucking week.

21 May 2025 15:22 +0000

I feel conflicted about supporting Khan Academy. It's incredibly useful to brush up on math skills, but I don't know if I want to give them money that will pay for AI bills rather than human salaries.

07 May 2025 18:06 +0000

Fuck this. A company with a $79B market cap shouldn’t ask its customers for donations. That $1M goal is 0.00127% of UPS’s market cap. A fart in a storm.

30 Apr 2025 15:27 +0000

Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle near my pond. Is it me or does it look like it’s drinking a tiny droplet of water?

27 Apr 2025 15:15 +0000

Probably the largest moth I’ve ever seen irl.

22 Apr 2025 11:23 +0000

American Airlines taking the opportunity during the flight to sell a credit card. This announcement is taking longer than pre flight instructions. How bad are things for airlines right now?

19 Apr 2025 05:24 +0000

Beholding the state of the internet in 2025. Also, youwerethechosenone.jpg

18 Apr 2025 21:57 +0000

The slippery slope is a logical fallacy, but in tech, it seems to be true through a trend towards enshittification. With Series-A funding comes a promise of a subscription service and now account verifications a la Twitter. I hope this public benefit company will continue to benefit the public. https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/pull/8226

18 Apr 2025 21:57 +0000

18 Apr 2025 16:42 +0000

This is your annual Larry Niven appreciation reminder. Please take some time today to appreciate Larry Niven. Thank you.