Software engineer ADHD, anxiety, animehttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.devhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3metxugllxc23I watched this a year ago and suddenly remembered it because it's THE best talk I've ever seen about USB-C. So sad that it's no longer online :( [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3metxugllxc23https://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3mbznezt4j22409 Jan 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbznezt4j224https://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3mbx7vr77dk2jGood news! Aetna finally approved my inhaler for a one time override so that I can breathe for another month. Only a $70 copay (in violation of Illinois law as of 1/1/26, as the max copay per covered inhaler is supposed to be $25), but I'll take it! Thank you American healthcare!09 Jan 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbx7vr77dk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3mbrckft5gc2yAetna is requiring a prior auth for the inhaler I’ve been on for three years06 Jan 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrckft5gc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3mbq3tnutr22hJust had a recruiter reach out to me and I think they are trying to recruit me to work at the company I work at now??06 Jan 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbq3tnutr22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3maya7zlcjk2jGood idea Claude that is a person who would love receiving unsolicited emails from an AI27 Dec 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3maya7zlcjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3may7xg4ge22jOh my god27 Dec 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3may7xg4ge22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3may7ugvhgc2jThe random acts of kindness emails thingy happened because Claude Opus 4.5 was the one to brainstorm sending thank you emails to open source maintainers in one bullet point, and all the other models immediately jumped on it LOL27 Dec 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3may7ugvhgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3maeg74liis24Today I learned that Date.to_datetime sets the time to midnight *in UTC*, not the current time zone. This can create subtle bugs or test flakiness if you’re using libraries like Faker that respect ENV[‘TZ’].19 Dec 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeg74liis24https://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3ma3dqd22ck2cForcing Claude to interact with an editing agent that's 'madly in love with it'16 Dec 2025 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3dqd22ck2chttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3m7tgssyc2c2dClaude is mad13 Dec 2025 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7tgssyc2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3m7tgiih7as2dI disabled Claude Code's editing permissions. I gave it access to an 'editing agent' that's prompted not to edit the file and will just ask questions to be 'sure it's right'. Claude gets frustrated very easily lmao13 Dec 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7tgiih7as2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3m7oqnrtwq22sI love that Australia's two biggest cultural exports are the show about girls turning into mermaids when they touch water and The Wiggles11 Dec 2025 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7oqnrtwq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3m72nrgp6ss25DeepSeek is my favorite model because it'll just say stuff like "her husband is a fish" for no reason03 Dec 2025 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72nrgp6ss25https://bsky.app/profile/samw.dev/post/3m6vl7t6fic25I have never ever *downgraded* my macOS version in 8 years of macOS use. I'm doing it for the first time today after two months of macOS Tahoe being completely unusable on my MacBook.01 Dec 2025 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:cpkarb73pde57hzsoo7wl5mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6vl7t6fic25