Joe Shaw

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

hell yeah I want to “experience” that “optimal functionality”. I can’t even conceive of how “optimal” it must truly be.

I have rewritten my MBTA tracker, again. This is the fifth version since they first released real-time data back in 2009. I vibe-coded this one with the GitHub Copilot agent, rewriting it in modern JS without Vue.js or any other framework. www.joeshaw.org/mbta-bus/

@tailscale.com Any plans to add path-bucket support to S3 log streaming? Would like to be able to use it with Fastly Object Storage. github.com/tailscale/ta...

my cursed compromise is that i don’t wrap lines but every sentence goes on its own line. it keeps lines relatively short and makes diffs nice and clean.

i’ve been using jj lately and wanted its info in my prompt instead of git, so i threw together this zsh vcs_info integration for it. github.com/joeshaw/jj-z...

Dark Sky / Apple weather has always been comically bad at snow prediction.

@joshuadavey.com @jonallured.com you know, i’ve listened to a lot of nonsense on your podcast over the years, but i’ve never heard anything so outrageous as your attack on German chocolate cake. yes, the name is confusing, but it is a dessert unlike any other. i respect that some folks dislike cocon

it’s that time of year again

saw an eclipse

Serviceberry jam recipe: 1 qt serviceberries 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water Juice of 2 lemons 2 tsp vanilla extract Add ingredients to saucepan. Break up serviceberries with a potato masher. Heat on medium until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, 15+ minutes until thickened. Enjoy!

your first skeet is never good, so it’s best to just get it out of the way