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I'd posit that this is just as good as every programmer koan or story from esr's The New Hackers Dictionary

This is the most direct way: https://opentransitsoftwarefoundation.org/onebusaway/contrib...

I've had a few occasions where Claude Code thought that it had caught and stopped a malicious command in Auto mode, but in all cases it turned out that it had in fact hallucinated …

You might be Generation Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

Hey Will - I'd love your help! You can either go through the OSSVolunteers link above or just review this document, which includes a direct link to join our Slack workspace: https:…

I work on a suite of open source public transit software projects, collectively called OneBusAway (or OBA). The software is used by millions of transit riders every day around the …

Some background on The Nordic Times: https://medium.com/@collegehill/max-tegmark-ai-conspiracy-th...

We've been making pho ga from this recipe for years. It's been on weekly rotation in the fall and winter because it is so ridiculously good . Pair it with bone broth made in your i…

outlet wall plates Also make sure your screws in your outlet wall plates are vertical. I've found it's a key tell between mediocre electricians & handymen, and the real pros, and i…

Some more photos without a paywall. https://westseattleblog.com/2026/07/about-that-huge-cloud-vi...

Seems like a good thing for them to reconsider between now and next summer!

The buried lede: What does all this mean for global temperatures? Because global temperature lags ENSO by around three to five months, most of this event’s warming will land in 202…

Greetings from Gatewood/Morgan Junction. haha, you bet. I only knew because I originally found your site via that West Seattle Blog link ;)

tl;dr: use the new `claude doctor` command to simplify the context you give your Claude models to make sure that you're getting the best results.

Seattle: https://westseattleblog.com/2026/07/west-seattle-weather-dai...

Bills are popping up in state legislatures across the United States to legalize plug-in solar. I wrote about a bill that was up for consideration here in Washington state earlier t…

I’ll save my money for the 2030 Speedwagon.

I'm continuing to build out OneBusAway Cloud (Heroku for public transit), just like last month. https://onebusawaycloud.com . Since last month, the overall polish and feature compl…

I have an almost-four year old child and not a lot of downtime. I used to listen to podcasts when I was doing dishes, cleaning the house, walking the dog, etc. I've mostly abandone…

Let's find the seam.

[2023]

And New York was new Amsterdam before the USA and a lot more people came through new Amsterdam Why they changed it, I can't say, people just liked it better that way.