I was talking to someone about money today.
I'd love for us to talk more about money. Like… in detail. But it's such a taboo.
I’d love a way for people to be able to anonymously share their financial situations so I can compare because I have no idea if our future is good or bad or what.
Does this exist?
I wanted to get a re-worked Turbo Admin command palette using native HTML dialog in the next release, but it's really fiddly (not because of dialog, but because I need two different implementation of it now).
I really want some of the new features I've built. So I might have to do an interim release without <dialog>.
Hmm…
Ugh. Customer support for my merchant-of-record eCommerce system seems really broken. Haven't heard from them in a week. Only social channel seems to be Twitter.
Not acceptable for such a critical SaaS.
I'm on a pay-as-you-go plan, but even so.
Does anyone know if Lemon Squeezy is alive?
RE: https://crikey.social/@ross/116432820645230306
Do I know any camping/caravan/RV folks who can take questions on a portable solar panel + battery set up. Wondering if I can use something like this for my some power for my south-facing garden office (which is very much like a static caravan!)
It pays for itself in a couple of years. Assuming good use in winter. But that's a lot of daily hassle.
Probably not worth it.
But something in me wants to try, even while I wait for plug-in solar!
Aldi are going to sell a 40-watt, 3-USB output portable solar panel next week. My office at the end of my garden is almost south facing and gets so much light.
I wondered what I could power from this, perhaps with some power banks in the loop too?
Is it even with it?
If I get just over 30W from it for 8 hours a day, that's 250 Watt-hours. 1kWh every 3 days. 10kWh/month. I'm on 22.17p/kWh. So I'd save £2/month.
Hmm…
TIL the UK + Ireland is home to half of the world’s bluebells!!
Such a beautiful day.
I finally read "The Last Quiet Thing”. It has a lot to say. But I have no idea what to do with it.
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing
But I have said some things about software being finished that maybe give some direction – some "what now?" for some people.
Today I read about Jetbrains making AI orchestration tooling and then Mozilla are doing the same.
And I read about techniques for getting LLMs to build their own Wiki as a summary of a knowledge base and it makes me say “this is called ‘thinking’, this is what you use your brain for”.
And I hear about models getting stupider and how you can get your LLM to talk like a caveman because it turns out they are really verbose because you pay for output tokens.
And it’s JUST MADNESS!!!
Did someone here make or share a web app that tells you where a given TV show is streaming?
I know it’s, like, the most trivial thing. But not only am I on team “vertical tabs” but I’m team “right-side tab bar”!
I’ve not seen anyone else do this. But I heard a great argument for right-side nav in a code editor: a left-hand sidebar moves all your code around when you minimise/toggle the sidebar; a right-hand sidebar does not.
I like this. So I applied it to my browser too!
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@topher1kenobe/116387684127680543
This is fun. And we need fun!!!
Devographics are running a "State of AI" survey for programmers/developers.
I fear this will be highly biased towards those who think AI is good. So I’d love for some of my AI-skeptical friends to take it too:
@Zenbuffy Oh hello! I just found you through someone else boosting you. Nice to have you here!!
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cdnspace/116375064369481098
This person built the best Artemis 2 tracker site. Now he's building something similar for the ISS.
Great work! 👏
This also falls into the category of "Smart, funny people that I'd much rather be watching right now rather than politicans or the news". Sure, it's reaction-video genre which I wouldn't normally go near, but it's a joyful distraction.
Choice quotes from this "vocal analysis" video:
"Sometimes it's about poopy diapers"
"There's a ROOSTER on the CAROUSEL?!"
"I was once a killer chicken attack in a video game with just my voice."
🤣
I've enjoyed occasionally watching the vocal analysis of "The Charismatic Voice” on YouTube since it came up in my feed for K-Pop Demon Hunter's “Golden”.
It's fascinating seeing old 90's rock/indie tunes analysed and paying proper attention to them.
Turns out, the 4 Non-Blondes singer is AMAZING.
Also, I could watch Elizabeth’s (the creator) reaction facial expressions all day – she's hilarious, and she knows it. 🤣
Parents of SEN kids: I found a book called “Raising the SEN-betweeners” on Kobo/Bookshop.org/Kindle for 99p and the first chapter alone is worth the price.
Very real stories from the front line of parenting with good humour and tips mixed in.
Product tip: If you’re going to give me a 7-day trial of your app you need customer service to respond to questions within 7 days! 😬