Computer wrangler, sailor, cyclist, photographer. Occasionally pontificates in longer form at caiustheory.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.namehttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mlbxsfrqmy2nWhenever I've screwed up and created a folder called ~ inside my local directory, I always jump across to the Finder to delete it from there. Totally bypasses any issue trying to run `rm -r \~` and fucking up the escaping.07 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbxsfrqmy2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mk4ist6yvr2yOH: “I wouldn’t put the ice cream in the pizza oven, obviously”22 Apr 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ist6yvr2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mjh7yqiqju26Apparently I've read one too many, "I think this is AI slop" comments against a useful/thought provoking post recently and can't bite my tongue anymore. What's the point in nitpicking everything you ever read now? Given slop is based on averages, won't the average writing sound like it? Tiresome.14 Apr 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh7yqiqju26https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mhqxcwhev42aModern hell is other people watching short form videos loudly without headphones in public settings.23 Mar 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqxcwhev42ahttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mhdnhxglex23Trying out Apple Vision Pro travel mode in the car for the first time (from the passenger seat). 30 seconds in was rather disconcerting to see a bus appearing from behind Safari. Brain can't handle the disconnect of immersive environment but otherwise seems fine.18 Mar 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdnhxglex23https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mgl34qsuxn2jBack in Cracow 🇵🇱 after 8 years away, wandering through the city to get to my apartment very much felt like catching up with an old friend. Looking forward to exploring and then https://www.rubycommunityconference.com/ later in the week.08 Mar 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgl34qsuxn2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mg44oohppv2wLeft my coat on the chair in the pub to keep my table whilst I went to the bar, only to realised I’d left my AirPods in the coat pocket. Trackable, but valuable. Then remembered the coat retails for nearly the cost of the headphones. Gotta love an eBay bargain.02 Mar 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg44oohppv2whttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3melplj5skk2tCrossing the Welsh border hardly registers as an event in my head, yet crossing the Scottish border is worth pointing at the sign and shouting SCOTLAND every time. (with a terrible impression of an accent of course.)11 Feb 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3melplj5skk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mebiloday62wWhen installing a hardwired dashcam (Garmin in this case), it's worth opening the control box on the cable and moving the jumper from 12v to 12.3v. Stops the dashcam potentially draining the battery too low.07 Feb 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebiloday62whttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mebdhdqu7a2tDropped the BMW Z4 into Birds Auto this week to get a Quaife LSD fitted, replacing the factory open diff. Lovely group of people, well looked after and proper car nuts. Wish I'd replaced the diff earlier if anything, makes such a nice difference to the drivability of the car. Love it.07 Feb 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebdhdqu7a2thttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3me7irwlwmd2fIf you're looking to put Solid Queue into your Rails app, you **really** want to put it in a separate database from the start. Even if that database is on the same database server to start with so it doesn't cost you more. Moving it to another database later without downtime/dataloss is _tedious_06 Feb 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7irwlwmd2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mcdkogiuwa23I do love it when I have an idea or annoyance about a piece of software, go to open a ticket about it and discover someone had the same idea *and* fixed it last week. Perfecto.13 Jan 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdkogiuwa23https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mc53mwogza2xToday’s trip from the West Midlands to Essex bizarrely involves flying to Belfast then on to London City to catch a lift. Obviously driving would be simplest, but I can’t take a car.11 Jan 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc53mwogza2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3mbrjoj7vl222Realised I've been wearing headphones for some time, listening to music playing. Playing from the HomePod on my desk it turns out. Transparency mode on the headphones is good enough I didn't immediately notice, which is both impressive and irritating.06 Jan 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrjoj7vl222https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3manjisqy6623If you've ever run `jj jj …` by accident, do I have the alias for you. https://caiustheory.com/jj-jj-jj-jj-jj/ #jj #jujutsu23 Dec 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3manjisqy6623https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3ma2agvdhkd2xOne day I will remember trying to use iPhone Mirroring whilst using the phone's hotspot will both kill the hotspot and fail to mirror. Today is not that day.15 Dec 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2agvdhkd2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3m7ru7cumaz25iPhone Pocket would also solve an issue for Vision Pro users, how to carry the battery hands-free when you don't have a handy pocket available. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/introducing-iphone-pocket-a-beautiful-way-to-wear-and-carry-iphone/12 Dec 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ru7cumaz25https://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3m7q7hwpo3f2qCurrently editing a commit in the middle of a series of commits using jj, wanted to inject a new commit between the current one and the next (newer) one. @ references the current commit, and @- references the parent. Pondered for two seconds, then tried @+ to reference the next commit. Worked. 🎉11 Dec 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7q7hwpo3f2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3m6w6evv2om2yHaving Claude as a nickname when I was teenager makes it a real mindfuck these days listening to people discussing the LLM/agent. "Claude fucked this thing up" - Uh, wasn't me. "Claude fixed this thing" - Woohoo, oh wait, still not me!01 Dec 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6w6evv2om2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caius.name/post/3m6uvu3nm4n2hGoing for a wee in the rear toilet of a Boeing 737-800 during turbulence is oddly similar to doing the same on a yacht in a decent sea. Talk about transferable life skills.30 Nov 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:7nfox5pcce3a7vij64pzukp7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6uvu3nm4n2h