He/him. General programming and design nerd from the USA, now living in Switzerland. Used to favor Laravel, but loving variations on Astro stacks for most applications these days…. In another life, I play banjo and mandolin with friends when I can.https://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3m527ehou4v3rI wish AI didn’t lie so much about tests passing… I love Warp but it excuses away any tests that don’t pass unless I do them myself. Come on, dude, you can’t even lie well. I feel sorry for you. Just tell me the tests didn’t pass.07 Nov 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m527ehou4v3rhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3m4zwdpdkgdsj“I might be a little more angry and a little less eloquent: stop being so goddamn creepy and weird about the technology! It's just tech, everything doesn't have to become some weird religion that you beat people over the head with, or gamble the entire stock market on.” https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/07 Nov 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zwdpdkgdsjhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3m4vxut5yjw3bHow wheelchair life began… https://mostlytrue.life/stories/the-day-i-learned-i-wouldnt-walk-again/05 Nov 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vxut5yjw3bhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lsvt5rfirc2aI can't read any of this, but this is some great typography by Soviet artist Solomon Telingater in 1928: telingater.togdazine.ru/article/425 http://telingater.togdazine.ru/article/42501 Jul 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvt5rfirc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lnure2tvt22oUnattributed quote seen today: Avoiding TypeScript because you “know JavaScript well” is like refusing to wear a seatbelt because you “know how to drive well”.28 Apr 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnure2tvt22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lnn2bynt222pA deep dive into searching for an ancient font... https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/25 Apr 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnn2bynt222phttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3ll4jihrpbk2eBest comment found on Medium today:24 Mar 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4jihrpbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3ljwzfyxi5c2lAn embarrasing story of (young) love in Sunday School: https://mostlytrue.life/stories/the-day-i-met-an-ashley/09 Mar 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljwzfyxi5c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3ljkodczz7k2tCheck out my new blog of curious stories at mostlytrue.life ! Subscribe if you life, I've been writing nearly a thousand words a day and have plenty to say! https://mostlytrue.life04 Mar 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkodczz7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3liulrn6fm22u@peithos.bsky.social I’d love to see your work in cartography or hear where you’re headed in it! Maps are always sweet.23 Feb 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3liulrn6fm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lhtqu4y4es2tWatching the Eagles win after midnight in Switzerland!!!10 Feb 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtqu4y4es2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lhjjvyns6s2aSome sweet posters here... https://www.printmag.com/featured-design-history/13-african-american-graphic-designers-you-should-know/?ref=sidebar06 Feb 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjjvyns6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lh22p6x3is2zMy first open source Astro theme! Complete with light and dark mode, mesh gradients, fluid typography, and more. Find it at https://www.github.com/yakbrother/glyptodon. I used it in the new design of my blog, timeaton.dev. Feel free to use and modify if you like it! #templates #withastro31 Jan 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh22p6x3is2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lge23aa4ps2cThis site is great for summarizing the Terms of Service for many apps/services (admit it, you skim over them sometimes too): www.tosabout.com https://www.tosabout.com/22 Jan 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lge23aa4ps2chttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lfaxwodvh224Just because she’s so cute tonight… here is SoSo, occasionally known as El Diablo.08 Jan 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaxwodvh224https://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lf465ngzik2jHere’s a great article about text wrapping methods… https://ishadeed.com/article/balancing-text-css/?utm_source=thecollectivenewsletter.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-collective-89306 Jan 2025 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf465ngzik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lewipjbagk2wI suppose this had to be a thing sooner or later: https://cispa.de/en/digital-fingerprints04 Jan 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewipjbagk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3letk3xxdik2mMy goal for 2025 - have at least 5 less surgeries than in 2024. And produce some new open source ideas I have in my notebook.03 Jan 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3letk3xxdik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3ld7g6hjv6c2tThe surgery was tough but successful, and I even walked 200m the next day! That’s a good sign, I imagine.13 Dec 2024 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7g6hjv6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3ld26jp6kws2nAfter two years of pain due to infections and my body rejecting prosthetics - I go into surgery for fourth and hopefully final hip tomorrow. Wish me luck! I want to hike and run again!11 Dec 2024 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld26jp6kws2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lcsieenpj22wThis is a great font/icon history I just found: https://arun.is/blog/leica-font/08 Dec 2024 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcsieenpj22whttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lcppibxhec2jJust launched a redesign to my site www.timeaton.dev - future plans include adding a "TIL" section and a list of case studies I'm currently rewriting. #usingastro #tinacms #astrojs #jobhunting https://www.timeaton.dev07 Dec 2024 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcppibxhec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lbjs5ruti72aHere’s a good starter pack for devs out there… Bluesky is getting to be fun! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjs5ruti72ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lbhbfxhmhi22First day of snow here in Nyon! Unfortunately I can’t get a good pic from my hospital bed…21 Nov 2024 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhbfxhmhi22https://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lb56z4fssj2kToday I’ve been married for six years to this brilliant woman! Don’t tell her I’m just a programmer with imposter syndrome. 😜17 Nov 2024 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb56z4fssj2khttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3lb2s2nuadv2fInfinite power?16 Nov 2024 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:n6ghviyosm7moetesdrwsh7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2s2nuadv2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yakbrother.bsky.social/post/3laqplsywpq2gAP used Astro? That’s awesome! 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