Programmer by day, programmer by night. Blog: https://push.cx Bootstrapping: https://recheck.dev I run https://lobste.rs and stream office hours Mon+Thu: https://push.cx/stream For people migrating, I was @pushcx on Twitter. I use he/him.https://bsky.app/profile/push.cxhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mvfuqgk4b22eThis 2006 video on Chicago's Deep Tunnel project is wall-to-wall uncle rambling, truly beautiful representation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvl9jIhMk-w13 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfuqgk4b22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mvast3uqmk23“If this is an emergency, hang up and call 911.” Is it common that your medical office’s phone treee is going to be how a patient learns about the existence of 911? [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvast3uqmk23https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mvamfdjnjk2oCaught a tiger train this morning, feels lucky. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2020/02/21/riding-the-tiger-whats-up-with-those-wacky-hybrid-orange-and-brown-l-trains11 Sep 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvamfdjnjk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mv4bg7jtrs25I don't want iphone duo I want iphone halfo. Make another mini you cowards.09 Sep 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4bg7jtrs25https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3muwmq3jk5c2nIntrusive ID collection has become normalized enough that I just got a phishing email that went straight for demanding I upload a government ID to them. Button in the email goes directly to this form, zero attempt to build credibility or increase urgency.07 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwmq3jk5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mupclrw4rs22If you've used Link, Stripe's fast payment system that's on lots of online checkouts, you're defaulted into them selling your data. Not really clear to me in thousands of words of policies if that's just name + address or includes everything you've bought. https://app.link.com/settings/data-sharing to opt out.04 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupclrw4rs22https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mumkceze6s22Publication Gets To Age Where It Echoes A Bit [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumkceze6s22https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mukmzcncqk2nFifteen years ago in a basement barbershop the size of a phone booth under a Madison hotel, the barber offered me porno mags to read during the trim, gave me a cucumber from his garden, and then went on a racist rant about black people being criminals. I did not tip. I did take the cucumber. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmzcncqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mufejyi2hc2oyou know, if he hadn't just written a post about exterminating the roma, him repeating "clowns" across multiple interviews wouldn't have reminded me of https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/white-nationalists-adopt-clowns-as-their-next-racist-symbol-yes-seriously#:~:text=The%20phrase%20%E2%80%9Cclown%20world%E2%80%9D%20and%20accompanying%20emojis%20unify%20far%2Dright%20social%20media%20users%20in%20their%20exasperation%20over%20an%20imagined%20state%20of%20collapse%20in%20the%20Western%20hemisphere%20that%20they%20largely%20blame%20on%20immigrants%20and%20minority%20groups [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufejyi2hc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3muf7mwqd3c2xThis is a lovely read about saving a business that's keeping the world weird: https://www.inc.com/sam-blum/the-onions-audacious-plans-for-infowars-are-not-a-joke/91383744?mvgt=9r1uq3bMJOuX31 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf7mwqd3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mu5fcwkhvc2wAs Anthropic's quota promotion ends I need to make one point very clear to the critics who say "this is all a bubble, demand is subsidized by VC funding": it's not a "bait and switch" if you can buy the bait, it's "dumping". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)28 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5fcwkhvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mtw3hhydk22dBig release day for Apple products. Most important: the new Polishing Cloth dropped from $19 to $9. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Polishing_Cloth) In seriousness, if you wear glasses, a polishing cloth works better than a shirttail and won't take off coatings. The price joke is over; it's useful & reasonable. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mlh74am/a/polishing-cloth?fnode=559098fcae5b8966c3bdfa43b85eba63d6bec40b8708aefb1c8deeef880b384fdf6544da8b87b0781ec3d46021384dbb0bd0ba95e025d63d56b333190f92f568d610aa5fd0a1fe0fe827e3d3d564409d358e73cc2ba473a229970e1ff43d1d8e25 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw3hhydk22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mttjza4loc2kThe best deal in error monitoring is ending. I told him for like a year to end it and move to annual so perhaps this is a little bit my fault. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjza4loc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mth6xbptns2gPlease let me design an operating system. I am normal and can be trusted with a couple billion dollar annual budget.19 Aug 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth6xbptns2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mseb75tto22uWell that's a new one. My ipad said there was a new 18.x update, I installed it, welcome to 26.x for liquid glass. Fuck. I read. This sucks.05 Aug 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseb75tto22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3msbefxy6fk22Today is the date in There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury - https://short-stories.co/@raybradbury/there-will-come-soft-rains-6k8vr4xxlnmj04 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbefxy6fk22https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3mrxcshnofc23I made a game on a 13x13 grid before I learned about arrays. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:eodtpr3gmvggrlwtsf3d27au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxcshnofc23