Mikey ( @ahdinosaur )

if only we had a formal and deterministic way to tell a computer what to do... 😅 codespeak.dev

i love to express my creativity with code. why would i want to give that up? 🤷‍♀️ i resonate with this video: youtu.be/pzkwn3hu1Cc 💯 using AI feels like having someone else play a video game for you so you can get the achievements. but what's the point of playing video games? what are we doing? 😭

maybe why i'm not yet addicted to AI is that i continue to find that AI writes worse code than me. 💁‍♀️ sure it's fast af, but i care too much about the code itself to be happy with low quality over-engineered slop. 💩 some people care about outcomes, i care about the craft, i care about art. 🎨

i love to express my creativity with code. why would i want to give that up? 🤷‍♀️ i resonate with this video: youtu.be/pzkwn3hu1Cc 💯 using AI feels like having someone else play a video game for you so you can get the achievements. but what's the point of playing video games? what are we doing? 😭

Lol, my friend @noiseissues.bsky.social made this same prediction: gamesbymason.com/blog/2026/mi... I'm somewhat convinced it will happen, especially but not mentioned in the blog: Microsoft's core business is now cloud services, Microsoft's customers are corps. So why not reduce development costs?

Wow, Audacity 4 is looking good! Breaks the stereotype of open source. 🎧 I'm hopeful for a new era of open source becoming pro: Blender, OBS, my new fav Kdenlive. I like GIMP and Inkscape, but not sure these are there yet. Any other examples of open source gone pro?

TIL that DHH (the Ruby on Rails dude) is all-in on Linux. 🐧 omarchy.org A batteries-included Linux setup for devs, primarily aimed at those switching from Windows or MacOS.

To be clear, you should _also_ still say what you want about DHH, he's got uninspiring opinions on race and gender: web.archive.org/web/20250920... See also: github.com/Plan-Vert/op...

Art~Hack went virtual last night 🌈 🥽 🎧 📞 tube.arthack.nz/w/wQQFL5fdxq... Reminds me of the #COVID lockdown days (in New Zealand) when we still met (virtually) every week despite the situation. In those days @noiseissues.bsky.social made Feedhack, now he's made Cyberdoof. #live #music #peertube

TIL that DHH (the Ruby on Rails dude) is all-in on Linux. 🐧 omarchy.org A batteries-included Linux setup for devs, primarily aimed at those switching from Windows or MacOS.

Say what you want about DHH, as a long-time Linux user I support the effort to bring Linux to the masses. It's funny, a week ago I was repeating the joke "this year will be the year of the Linux desktop!!!", but then I realized wait, the Linux desktop is pretty good now, even for newbies.

@rustforgeconf.com was AWESOME! 🙌 So lucky to be part of a lovely #rustlang conference, here in my home of #wellington, #newzealand. Met lots of interesting people, learned some new Rust, enjoyed sharing my own creative passions. 🦀🥝 Thanks @timclicks.dev for organizing. 💜

Also RENEGADE arthack.nz SHOW: - 🎶 Music: @noiseissues.bsky.social aka DESTROY WITH SCIENCE with #Eurorack #synthesizer controlled by Pi sequencer - 🌈 Visuals: www.jackvpurvis.com using visor.live - 🧊 LEDs: Me using blinksy.dev Music and visuals created #live, everything powered by #rustlang.

@rustforgeconf.com was AWESOME! 🙌 So lucky to be part of a lovely #rustlang conference, here in my home of #wellington, #newzealand. Met lots of interesting people, learned some new Rust, enjoyed sharing my own creative passions. 🦀🥝 Thanks @timclicks.dev for organizing. 💜

Joined the Wellington mesh tonight! Communicated with a friend ~60km away, over the Remutaka Range, using Meshtastic (LoRa @ 915Mhz) instead of the internet. 📻 🗻 📶 #solarpunk #meshtastic #decentralization #lora #radio #wellington #mesh

Wrote all about Blinksy: an embedded Rust LED library 🌈 blog.mikey.nz/first-look-a... ✨ Define 1D, 2D, and soon 3D spatial layouts ✨ Create a visual pattern: given a pixel position in space, what's the color? ✨ Drive WS2812B & APA102 LEDs; easy to add others #rustlang #fastled #wled #opensource