engineer, writer, "artist" 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@tmcw, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3muk7rorljil2New Observable just dropped: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/a-new-observable02 Sep 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk7rorljil2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3muhhxqmqjou2Recently: https://macwright.com/2026/09/01/recently01 Sep 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhhxqmqjou2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mu5p5tzigsz2a little bit of sed & grep later, macwright.com no longer has any outlinks to twitter. it was already bad, but the xcancel shutdown was the final straw.28 Aug 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5p5tzigsz2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtxdw6rde7y2Placemark is now fully open source: https://macwright.com/2026/08/25/placemark-fully-open-source26 Aug 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxdw6rde7y2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt3dygutwsv2technology optimism hour, the reprise! last edition was in 2022. this edition: typescript 7, effect, long hardware update cycles, decentralized social media, and encrypted messaging https://macwright.com/2026/08/14/optimism-hour14 Aug 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3dygutwsv2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msybobyady52subscription minimizing: https://macwright.com/2026/08/13/subscription-minimizing13 Aug 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3msybobyady52https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msqfkxsdrx52trying to create a markov chain to generate content from now on10 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqfkxsdrx52https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msdjtq6p2wz2installed koreader, tailscale, and a readeck plugin on my kobo libra color. some hiccups but shockingly doable and satisfyingly hackery. and already, unlike my instapaper setup, highlights sync back from the e-reader to readeck, hurrah!05 Aug 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdjtq6p2wz2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3ms6ubfbmoie2week two of switching from instapaper to @readeck (on a hetzner box, via nix, connecting via tailscale auth) - tailscale auth is so cool - readeck does everything i want and is halfway between looking like an open source project and looking good - got a big hetzner server because importing 18k […] https://mastodon.social/@tmcw/11703238530596412003 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ubfbmoie2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrxtz4y3scz2on the work blog: i've learned a lot about security in 2026: https://blog.val.town/security31 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxtz4y3scz2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrps53dhjth2ready 2 descend in2 madness28 Jul 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrps53dhjth2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrgr245hl352i bought a tiny printer that makes photo stickers to put in my journals, it's nice: https://macwright.com/2026/07/24/printing-for-journals25 Jul 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgr245hl352https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqmvozqk4ns2the future of geospatial data is lies, i guess https://github.com/tmcw/awesome-geojson/pull/7514 Jul 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmvozqk4ns2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqjsqvt6tgl2❤️ Soulver, 7 years between paid updates, keeps getting better. instantly upgraded to v4 today: https://soulver.app/ it's a magic calculator / kind of all of the 'future of programming' ideas in an interface that practically works13 Jul 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjsqvt6tgl2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpwcarsvvfv2posted the first photos of the year on my website, from my local trips through germany, switzerland, austria, and portugal https://macwright.com/photos/archive/05 Jul 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwcarsvvfv2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpreidgbmim2more placemark news today: https://placemark.io supports find & replace in the table view. thanks mohamed gafar for implementing it: https://github.com/placemark/placemark/pull/26103 Jul 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpreidgbmim2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpqwqtjmwk72the placemark figma plugin is updated to use postpass instead over overpass, which means it's faster and can handle more map data (and it works again, after being broken for a few months): https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1189962635826293304/placemark03 Jul 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqwqtjmwk72https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpmxsw6z5vx2Recently: https://macwright.com/2026/07/01/recently02 Jul 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmxsw6z5vx2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3moyal6skf2s2reviewing software engineer portfolios that are (1) vibecoded website (2) github projects that are 100% edited by or with claude i don't know what i'm supposed to get from this23 Jun 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyal6skf2s2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mo2awrvrxlq2do i know anyone on mastodon in columbus ohio?11 Jun 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2awrvrxlq2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mnhp4nc33oz2recently: cycling through germany/austria/switzerland, and other minor notes: https://macwright.com/2026/06/04/recently04 Jun 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhp4nc33oz2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3ml47jfc5ymq2crafted another thing https://macwright.com/2026/05/05/intermezzo-bag05 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml47jfc5ymq2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3ml2zkrkaido2recently: https://macwright.com/2026/05/04/recently05 May 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2zkrkaido2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mkfvghbzr6b2a long time ago i followed @sgillies blog and the moment he announced he had left a job we hired him to work at mapbox, a major coup. now is the time for you to do the same thing for your company, i guarantee you will not regret it: https://sgillies.net/2026/04/24/laid-off.html26 Apr 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfvghbzr6b2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mjq2oj26zx72switched from jekyll to 11ty for my blog and wrote about it: https://macwright.com/2026/04/17/eleventy17 Apr 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjq2oj26zx72https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mhdtnlgnpj62effect devlog: still enjoying it mostly, but still have qualms, finding some joy finding nicely-crafted abstractions for hard problems that i need to solve, finding annoyances with the open source aspect of it https://macwright.com/2026/03/18/effect-devlog18 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdtnlgnpj62https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mhb6k5m4fe52the at protocol is amazing. i've read a lot about it and haven't made anything with it yet. https://macwright.com/2026/03/16/atproto17 Mar 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb6k5m4fe52https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mhb25yg5wvz2joy at finally having a name for the art style i've been obsessed with (ligne claire / shin-hanga) despair at how hard it is to do without a computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_claire17 Mar 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb25yg5wvz2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mhavzxpt6jj2RE: https://mastodon.social/@nervous_jessica/116239762472041044 whaaaaatttt https://mastodon.social/users/nervous_jessica/statuses/11623976247204104417 Mar 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:e4i5hztwwfki5m5cppbvd6it/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhavzxpt6jj2https://bsky.app/profile/tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mh7mtnnajee2art-every-day for march marches on (haven't been posting the sketches here though)16 Mar 2026 23:37 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