Evan Arnold

This coach house was built in 2023 by the couple who own the property to have a place for their mother in law to live in and help take care of their newborn child. The “granny flat” is real.

Of course, this isn't the main plot, but I find it fascinating how the `stonks` guy has been sitting on the meme bench for this round of stock drama. Does he have a new hobby? Is he contemplating the terribly short half life of memes? I wish I knew!

Claude Code fucking rules. It makes Cursor look sort of manic and sloppy. Like, totally unexpected side effect is that it's driven me back to VSCode.

The Ruby on Rails ecosystem feel have small, but real, benefits if somewhere were to create a new version of `rails_real_favicon`

Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works is such an incredibly well timed book. Plus, it’s a gripping read.

This seems like a generally bad thing for homeowners in California: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/c...

Just spent a delightful few minutes reading all the little labels on this map.

As a rubyist, when I code in python, it feels like someone trying to turn english into spanish with "el's" and "o's." As in, "open el csv-reader-o, por favor".

This is great to read/watch and all, but it does leave me with one huge question: When did Ezra Klein start to dress like a magician? Specifically, the sort of late 90s magician who you'd find in a bar doing cigarette tricks?

😍😍😍 "....this method of soliciting neighborhood input has failed to accurately represent the attitudes of the full community, especially among the demographic who’s going to be impacted by these decisions for the longest amount of time.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/17/s...

I feel like the true announcement from OpenAI was that they're struggling to raise more money.

I went into a Micro Center today (long story, poor choices), and I simply didn’t think a store could be so hostile to its customers

The Chicago public school calendar is straight up ridiculous. It’s like they asked a fifth grader who hates geography to decide on the frequency and duration of their holidays

Seems like they’re ignoring some large, possible insurance-themed issue that may also be influencing this coverage

I swear to god the Christmas tree drinks more water than I do.

“Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet” sounds more and more menacing every year

Just listened to the @volts.wtf interview with Cory Doctorow. It was a delightful surprise to hear hear someone outside the area of expertise nevertheless deliver a fantastic interview.

I can believe that San Francisco appropriated tornados from the Midwest. How would they feel if all of sudden Chicago stole their thing and became unaffordable?

For people consuming OpenAI on a #rails app, are you using any wrapper gem? Or just composing with HTTParty? Keep wanting to use the former, but then discover the later is just way way more ergonomic.

At this point, what at the odds that Johnson bows out before the end of his term? He just can't do the job of "Mayor."

Spent a good hour today pouring over the AT Protocol white paper, and for the first time, I'm really pumped about something decentralized. (Somehow just never clicked before.)

I know this doesn’t make any sense but I bet I would feel colder as a bird in winter than a squirrel, even though they’re perched in the same tree

The cranes migrating over Chicago right now are fantastic

Looks like the absolutely worst class at SoulCycle

The best part of this whole Vanity Fair thing is being reminded of the funnier passages in Confederacy of Dunces

When I tell oh-my-zsh that it's allowed to update, I feel like I'm giving it a little treat.

So far, I'm loving the ergonomics of Rails 8 + Sqlite in production. I have a vague anxiety that I'll only learn about its shortfalls in a moment of crisis, but maybe that's always the case?

For my new Rails app, I'm using loops.so and so far, I'm absolutely loving it. Winning candidate for my Postmark replacement.

Since registering for bsky, I've had this track stuck in my head, merely because it contains the words, "Blue Sky" open.spotify.com/track/7BkVdk...