{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Pings Archive", "home_page_url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/pings/", "feed_url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/pings/archive/feed.json", "description": "Short to medium social media style posts", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-67/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-67/", "title": "thinking about headlines", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI updated \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com/\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003eplaindown\u003c/a\u003e to support \u003cem\u003ecool\u003c/em\u003e heading formats, and I’m digging it, markata you are next. Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more again.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\" alt=\"b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003chr/\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"the-code-to-make-it-easy-fun-to-write\"\u003eThe code to make it \u003cdel\u003eeasy\u003c/del\u003e ^\u003cstrong\u003efun\u003c/strong\u003e^ to write \u003ca href=\"#the-code-to-make-it-easy-fun-to-write\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s the \u003ccode\u003emarkdown\u003c/code\u003e that wrote it followed by the output here.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"chroma\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gh\"\u003e# Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eMore ordinary prose.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gu\"\u003e## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"build-good-places-for--interesting-people-\"\u003eBuild \u003cstrong\u003egood places\u003c/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003einteresting people\u003c/em\u003e. \u003ca href=\"#build-good-places-for--interesting-people-\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-room-for-the-weird-idea\"\u003eMake room for \u003cmark\u003ethe weird idea.\u003c/mark\u003e \u003ca href=\"#make-room-for-the-weird-idea\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome normal paragraph text between headings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"build-a-personal-web-that-feels-yours\"\u003eBuild a \u003ccode\u003epersonal web\u003c/code\u003e that feels ^\u003cstrong\u003eyours\u003c/strong\u003e^. \u003ca href=\"#build-a-personal-web-that-feels-yours\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore ordinary prose.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"follow-the-small-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-not-the-crowd\"\u003eFollow the \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003e\u003cdel\u003esmall\u003c/del\u003e web\u003c/a\u003e, not the cr^owd^. \u003ca href=\"#follow-the-small-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-not-the-crowd\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-a-perfect-memorable-site\"\u003eMake a \u003cdel\u003eperfect\u003c/del\u003e memorable site. \u003ca href=\"#make-a-perfect-memorable-site\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"leave-space-for-strange-little-ideas\"\u003eLeave space for \u003cmark\u003e**strange little ideas.**\u003c/mark\u003e \u003ca href=\"#leave-space-for-strange-little-ideas\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"sometimes-the-obvious-answer-weird-answer-is-the-interesting-one\"\u003eSometimes the \u003cdel\u003eobvious answer\u003c/del\u003e \u003cmark\u003eweird answer\u003c/mark\u003e is the interesting one. \u003ca href=\"#sometimes-the-obvious-answer-weird-answer-is-the-interesting-one\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-good-theme-makes--quiet-words--technical-words-and-loud-words-belong-together\"\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003egood theme\u003c/strong\u003e makes \u003cem\u003equiet words\u003c/em\u003e, \u003ccode\u003etechnical words\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003cmark\u003eloud words\u003c/mark\u003e belong together. \u003ca href=\"#a-good-theme-makes--quiet-words--technical-words-and-loud-words-belong-together\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-highlighted-phrase-can-be-long-enough-to-wrap-onto-another-line-and-test-the-highlight-background\"\u003e\u003cmark\u003eA highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.\u003c/mark\u003e \u003ca href=\"#a-highlighted-phrase-can-be-long-enough-to-wrap-onto-another-line-and-test-the-highlight-background\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"make-a-small-corner-of-the-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-that-feels--like-yours-\"\u003eMake a \u003ca href=\"https://waylonwalker.com\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/waylonwalker.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cdel\u003esmall\u003c/del\u003e corner of the web\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e that feels \u003cem\u003elike yours.\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"#make-a-small-corner-of-the-webhttpswaylonwalkercom-that-feels--like-yours-\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"chemistry-should-still-work-h2o-and-x2\"\u003eChemistry should still work: H\u003cdel\u003e2\u003c/del\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO\u003c/strong\u003e and x^2^ \u003ca href=\"#chemistry-should-still-work-h2o-and-x2\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"keyboard-syntax-should-still-work-ctrlc\"\u003eKeyboard syntax should still work: \u003cspan class=\"keys\"\u003e\u003ckbd class=\"kbd key-ctrl\"\u003eCtrl\u003c/kbd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"key-separator\"\u003e+\u003c/span\u003e\u003ckbd class=\"kbd\"\u003eC\u003c/kbd\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"#keyboard-syntax-should-still-work-ctrlc\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI updated [plaindown](https://waylonwalker.com/) to support _cool_ heading formats, and I'm digging it, markata you are next. Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more again.\n\n![b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b7e0cda4-779c-4ffa-9865-1e1981fcb91b.webp)\n\n---\n\n## The code to make it ~~easy~~ ^**fun**^ to write\n\nHere's the `markdown` that wrote it followed by the output here.\n\n``` md\n# Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\n## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\nSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\n## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\nMore ordinary prose.\n\n## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\n## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\n## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\n## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\n## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\n## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\n## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\n## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\n## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n```\n\n## Build **good places** for _interesting people_.\n\n## Make room for ==the weird idea.==\n\nSome normal paragraph text between headings.\n\n## Build a `personal web` that feels ^**yours**^.\n\nMore ordinary prose.\n\n## Follow the [~small~ web](https://waylonwalker.com), not the cr^owd^.\n\n## Make a ~~perfect~~ memorable site.\n\n## Leave space for ==**strange little ideas.**==\n\n## Sometimes the ~~obvious answer~~ ==weird answer== is the interesting one.\n\n## A **good theme** makes _quiet words_, `technical words`, and ==loud words== belong together.\n\n## ==A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background.==\n\n## Make a [**~small~ corner of the web**](https://waylonwalker.com) that feels _like yours._\n\n## Chemistry should still work: H~2~**O** and x^2^\n\n## Keyboard syntax should still work: ++Ctrl+C++\n\n\n", "summary": "I updated plaindown to support _ heading formats, and I'm digging it, markata you are next. Time to make the web weird again and really start writing more...", "date_published": "2026-08-07T02:16:17Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-07T02:16:17Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-66/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-66/", "title": "Ping 66", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHuman say few word, machine make big wow\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nHuman say few word, machine make big wow\n", "summary": "Human say few word, machine make big wow", "date_published": "2026-07-31T21:54:11Z", "date_modified": "2026-07-31T21:54:11Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-65/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-65/", "title": "Ping 65", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eUsage Resets??\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApparently you can use a reset to completely reset your codex usage limits. I\nnever knew these existed and apparently I have some expiring soon. Not sure if\nthey auto apply and this is why I get the weirdest reset experience on the\nusage chart or what.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\" alt=\"ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have 3? they expire soon, how many have I missed out on.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\" alt=\"e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne time only\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nUsage Resets??\n\nApparently you can use a reset to completely reset your codex usage limits. I\nnever knew these existed and apparently I have some expiring soon. Not sure if\nthey auto apply and this is why I get the weirdest reset experience on the\nusage chart or what.\n\n![ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/ce50cedb-fd88-4e39-83d3-698b2f7be399.webp)\nI have 3? they expire soon, how many have I missed out on.\n\n\n![e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp](https://dropper.wayl.one/file/e231adb7-aa02-49e7-a2f1-ccd149947cfd.webp)\nOne time only\n\n", "summary": "Usage Resets??", "date_published": "2026-07-13T07:22:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-07-13T07:22:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-64/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-64/", "title": "hmmm.", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eTIL, \u003ccode\u003e?.\u003c/code\u003e is sometimes pronounced as a \u003ccode\u003ehmm dot\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nTIL, `?.` is sometimes pronounced as a `hmm dot`\n\n", "summary": "TIL, is sometimes pronounced as a", "date_published": "2026-06-22T19:50:49Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-22T19:50:49Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-63/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-63/", "title": "Does codex change throughout the token usage window?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing. It\nfeels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue.\nI nearly start yelling into the enter, “YES, DO WHAT WE AGREED ON, STOP ASKING”\nthen I notice I’m in the single digits of remaining window left.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIs it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing. It\nfeels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue.\nI nearly start yelling into the enter, \"YES, DO WHAT WE AGREED ON, STOP ASKING\"\nthen I notice I'm in the single digits of remaining window left.\n", "summary": "Is it me or can you feel the 5 hour and weekly limit of codex nearing. It feels like it slowly stops working tasks to completion and asking to continue. I...", "date_published": "2026-06-21T19:50:49Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-21T19:50:49Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-62/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-62/", "title": "Mythos gone already", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eMythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were\nallowed to touch it.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nMythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were\nallowed to touch it.\n", "summary": "Mythos released days ago, now its gone, before most of us were allowed to touch it.", "date_published": "2026-06-13T08:32:03Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-13T08:32:03Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-61/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-61/", "title": "just good enough", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of\ntime into, but some was just really shitty. Done just well enough to get the\njob done. All of it had to be written by hand or copy pasted from stack\noverflow. It was a lot of fun. Now we have a new level of shitty, it looks\nfine. It looks like it should work good. None of it is just barely good\nenough, nearly browser default style anymore.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of\ntime into, but some was just really shitty. Done just well enough to get the\njob done. All of it had to be written by hand or copy pasted from stack\noverflow. It was a lot of fun. Now we have a new level of shitty, it looks\nfine. It looks like it should work good. None of it is just barely good\nenough, nearly browser default style anymore.\n", "summary": "I built shit on the web before AI, some of it was okay, some I put a lot of time into, but some was just really shitty. Done just well enough to get the job...", "date_published": "2026-06-10T21:00:55Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-10T21:00:55Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/flowing-thoughts-ai-to-help-blast-radius/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/flowing-thoughts-ai-to-help-blast-radius/", "title": "Flowing Thoughts Ai To Help Blast Radius", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNot sure how this matters to anyone else, but I’m sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m having really interesting conversations with ai recently. Like things I never thought I would care this deeply about. In part because it feels like the vulns are coming faster and harder, and in part because it is really enabling me to invest some time into the development that I would not otherwise have. I’m thinking about least privilege, reducing dependencies in containers, limiting pod access to the Internet and other pods. Reducing the blast radius.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow I’ve always been hesitant to bring in new dependencies. I’ve always tried to strip to the lowest possible dependency set n my containers, but I would also re-use the main server container to run cron job workflows. I wasn’t giving much thought about what services they could access, or their internet access\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "Not sure how this matters to anyone else, but I'm sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.\n\nI'm having really interesting conversations with ai recently. Like things I never thought I would care this deeply about. In part because it feels like the vulns are coming faster and harder, and in part because it is really enabling me to invest some time into the development that I would not otherwise have. I'm thinking about least privilege, reducing dependencies in containers, limiting pod access to the Internet and other pods. Reducing the blast radius.\n\nNow I've always been hesitant to bring in new dependencies. I've always tried to strip to the lowest possible dependency set n my containers, but I would also re-use the main server container to run cron job workflows. I wasn't giving much thought about what services they could access, or their internet access", "summary": "Not sure how this matters to anyone else, but I'm sitting in the car and letting the thoughts flow.", "date_published": "2026-05-29T17:41:35Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-29T17:41:35Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-59/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-59/", "title": "Ping 59", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003e“All you have to be is good”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMFsqe8kbQ\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003esource\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot sure if this is a quote from somewhere but thought it was some interesting\nadvice that @thorstenball received when he was starting into web development.\nHe asked a friend already in the industry if he thought he had a shot. He had\nno degree, no credentials, no experience at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\n\"All you have to be is good\"\n\n[source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMFsqe8kbQ)\n\nNot sure if this is a quote from somewhere but thought it was some interesting\nadvice that @thorstenball received when he was starting into web development.\nHe asked a friend already in the industry if he thought he had a shot. He had\nno degree, no credentials, no experience at the time.\n", "summary": "\"All you have to be is good\"", "date_published": "2026-05-23T20:28:48Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-23T20:28:48Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-58/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-58/", "title": "remember rule 4", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI almost for got \u003ca class=\"wikilink\" data-date=\"2025-10-30\" data-description=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\" data-title=\"Rules\" href=\"/rules/\" data-preview=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\"\u003eRules\u003c/a\u003e 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right\nbefore a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan).\nRace conditions are a b****, all around on this one. The app I was concerned\nabout won the race to deploy first and was fine by itself, then another app had\na race condition inside itself that killed it\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI almost for got \u003ca href=\"/rules/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Rules\" data-description=\"There is no such thing as magic 1. Be ready to roll back live deployments 1. If CI was too fast be suspicious 1. Always be available after a release. 1. No...\" data-date=\"2025-10-30\"\u003eRules\u003c/a\u003e 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right\nbefore a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan).\nRace conditions are a b****, all around on this one. The app I was concerned\nabout won the race to deploy first and was fine by itself, then another app had\na race condition inside itself that killed it\n", "summary": "I almost for got rules 4 today, rollout when smooth late in the day right before a vacation day (terrible time to deploy I admit not my clearest plan). Race...", "date_published": "2026-05-20T20:39:22Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-20T20:39:22Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-57/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-57/", "title": "almost left tokens on the table", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAlmost didn’t get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday\nwith 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a big project that needs\na lot of work an it gobbled em right up throughout the day ran out just before\nbed.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\n\nAlmost didn't get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday\nwith 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a big project that needs\na lot of work an it gobbled em right up throughout the day ran out just before\nbed.\n", "summary": "Almost didn't get through those gippity tokens this week, woke up yesterday with 50% and a day to use them, cut full 5.4 loose on a big project that needs a...", "date_published": "2026-05-05T07:33:20Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-05T07:33:20Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-56/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-56/", "title": "Can You Feel the Slop", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eDo you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code\nunderneath? Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all\nover the place. Sometimes I just want to write the code again. Maybe its time\nto slow down.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nDo you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code\nunderneath? Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all\nover the place. Sometimes I just want to write the code again. Maybe its time\nto slow down.\n", "summary": "Do you ever vibe code out a POC, and you can just feel the shitty code underneath? Every change causes 3 things to break and wires get crossed all over the...", "date_published": "2026-04-26T12:38:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-26T12:38:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-55/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-55/", "title": "approve rm", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHot take, if you are unwilling to approve rm you should rethink\nyour workflow, \u003ca href=\"/glossary/git/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"Git is a version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development. In the beginning there were many, some were licensed. As...\"\u003egit\u003c/a\u003e state, or backups.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is meant for normal project work with an agent working in\nthe context of a single project, with directory level access\nto the project.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nHot take, if you are unwilling to approve rm you should rethink\nyour workflow, git state, or backups.\n\n!!! Note\n\n This is meant for normal project work with an agent working in\n the context of a single project, with directory level access\n to the project.\n", "summary": "Hot take, if you are unwilling to approve rm you should rethink your workflow, git state, or backups.", "date_published": "2026-04-21T12:17:22Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-21T12:17:22Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-54/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-54/", "title": "Ping 54", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI’m regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home…\nIt does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I\nstart spending precious tokens.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI'm regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home...\nIt does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I\nstart spending precious tokens.\n", "summary": "I'm regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home... It does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I...", "date_published": "2026-04-19T09:54:48Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-19T09:54:48Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-53/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-53/", "title": "Tokens Just don't go as far as they used to", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNot sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4\nbeing super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out\nthey have shifted, but I’m burning through half of my $20 gippity sub in a\nday with hobby level use. Second week in a row its burning so fast.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nNot sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4\nbeing super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out\nthey have shifted, but I'm burning through half of my $20 gippity sub in a\nday with hobby level use. Second week in a row its burning so fast.\n", "summary": "Not sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4 being super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out they...", "date_published": "2026-04-18T12:17:22Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-18T12:17:22Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-52/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-52/", "title": "Ping 52", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs it just me or are the agents not behaving today?\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIs it just me or are the agents not behaving today?\n", "summary": "Is it just me or are the agents not behaving today?", "date_published": "2026-04-17T21:19:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-17T21:19:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-50-a/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-50-a/", "title": "Ping 50 A", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI wrote code by hand today… I was out of tokens\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI wrote code by hand today... I was out of tokens\n", "summary": "I wrote code by hand today... I was out of tokens", "date_published": "2026-04-15T21:11:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-15T21:11:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-50/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-50/", "title": "Prove Yourself Agent", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAsk your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial\nprompt, not later.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAsk your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial\nprompt, not later.\n", "summary": "Ask your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial prompt, not later.", "date_published": "2026-04-14T16:12:04Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-14T16:12:04Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-49/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-49/", "title": "What happens when the 0 days are exposed?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat’s going to happen to all of our software when \u003ca href=\"/anthropic-mythos/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"An ai model created by Anthropic was announced as a closed preview on April 7, 2026 for critical security research and evaluation with its close partners...\"\u003eAnthropic Mythos\u003c/a\u003e finds all\nof the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break?\nWill it be possible to fix them cleanly? Will we all get pwnd when the bad\nactors get access to them before everything is patched? Will LTS Operating\nSystems Die?\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhat's going to happen to all of our software when Anthropic Mythos finds all\nof the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break?\nWill it be possible to fix them cleanly? Will we all get pwnd when the bad\nactors get access to them before everything is patched? Will LTS Operating\nSystems Die?\n", "summary": "What's going to happen to all of our software when Anthropic Mythos finds all of the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break? Will...", "date_published": "2026-04-13T16:12:04Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-13T16:12:04Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-48/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-48/", "title": "Ping 48", "content_text": "\n", "date_published": "2026-04-08T16:12:32Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-08T16:12:32Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-46/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-46/", "title": "What is this job anymore", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThe job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person\nwill have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort by\nagents, the writing is on the wall. We are still trying to review most of the\ncritical code, this is slowing us down, is it really stopping any bugs or\ngiving us any more familiarity with the product, marginally.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe time is now to grease up your UAT, testing, deployment pipelines. Dont let\nagents delete entire regions. Review your backup and restore strategy, you do\nhave a DR plan right?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThings are changing fast, the best of us are still better than the clankers.\nMost of us have more context than the clankers. Most of us have more intuition\nof what and where to implement fixes. Context windows and memory will be\nsolved problems. Your DR plan, UAT, testinng and QA environments will not come\nfor free, you need to make them, and deeply integrate them into your processes.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThe job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person\nwill have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort by\nagents, the writing is on the wall. We are still trying to review most of the\ncritical code, this is slowing us down, is it really stopping any bugs or\ngiving us any more familiarity with the product, marginally.\n\nThe time is now to grease up your UAT, testing, deployment pipelines. Dont let\nagents delete entire regions. Review your backup and restore strategy, you do\nhave a DR plan right?\n\nThings are changing fast, the best of us are still better than the clankers.\nMost of us have more context than the clankers. Most of us have more intuition\nof what and where to implement fixes. Context windows and memory will be\nsolved problems. Your DR plan, UAT, testinng and QA environments will not come\nfor free, you need to make them, and deeply integrate them into your processes.\n\n", "summary": "The job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person will have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort...", "date_published": "2026-04-03T20:44:55Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-03T20:44:55Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-47/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-47/", "title": "Ping 47", "content_text": "\n", "date_published": "2026-04-02T21:33:20Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-02T21:33:20Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-45/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-45/", "title": "The year of the supply chain attacks", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI think I’m starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eleast priveleged access\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edefault deny + explicit allow\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstand your blast radius\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGREASED\u003c/strong\u003e creds rotate process\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePIN EVERYTHING\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ekeep packages up to date\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebut not too up to date, use dependency cooldowns\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI think I'm starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.\n\n* least priveleged access\n* default deny + explicit allow\n* understand your blast radius\n* **GREASED** creds rotate process\n* PIN EVERYTHING\n* keep packages up to date\n* but not too up to date, use dependency cooldowns\n", "summary": "I think I'm starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.", "date_published": "2026-04-02T20:26:33Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-02T20:26:33Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-44/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-44/", "title": "The final nail for Windows?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eEasy anticheat for linux is out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition tip\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eTip\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elook at the date\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf this were real what would you play first? For me it’s \u003ccode\u003eskate .\u003c/code\u003e is really\nthe only thing I care about and I’m fine without it.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nEasy anticheat for linux is out.\n\n\n!!! tip\n\n look at the date\n\nIf this were real what would you play first? For me it's `skate .` is really\nthe only thing I care about and I'm fine without it.\n\n", "summary": "Easy anticheat for linux is out.", "date_published": "2026-04-01T20:23:53Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-01T20:23:53Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-43/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-43/", "title": "Ping 43", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eOkay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back…. probably not for long,\nbut we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great. [[\nthoughts-956 ]], [[ thoughts-958 ]], [[ thoughts-959 ]], Some typescript css\ntext layout with bouncing balls, bubbles, strings, and webcam video to text is\nblowing up [[ thoughts-957 ]]. This is the tech twitter I remember no sad news\nhow the world is corrupt by the other side.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nOkay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back.... probably not for long,\nbut we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great. [[\nthoughts-956 ]], [[ thoughts-958 ]], [[ thoughts-959 ]], Some typescript css\ntext layout with bouncing balls, bubbles, strings, and webcam video to text is\nblowing up [[ thoughts-957 ]]. This is the tech twitter I remember no sad news\nhow the world is corrupt by the other side.\n", "summary": "Okay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back.... probably not for long, but we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great....", "date_published": "2026-03-31T18:33:05Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-31T18:33:05Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-42/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-42/", "title": "Social Media is dead", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eSocial Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like\nI’m connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel\nlike I’m being shoveled slop from the slop machine, I’m sure mostly create by\nwell intentioned people just trying to make it in the world, trying to make\ntheir mark, trying to make something of themselves. The algos long lost the\nidea of subs and likes, and transitioned to how long you will pause on a topic.\nWhat used to be a series of recognizable faces, names, avatars, each with their\nown personality that I could come to learn and know who was just trollin, who\nwas serious, is now mostly unrecognizable. Platforms have changed and\nfractured communities people went separate ways, not all the same ways. No one\ncommunity is like it used to be, and its hard to find.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nSocial Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like\nI'm connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel\nlike I'm being shoveled slop from the slop machine, I'm sure mostly create by\nwell intentioned people just trying to make it in the world, trying to make\ntheir mark, trying to make something of themselves. The algos long lost the\nidea of subs and likes, and transitioned to how long you will pause on a topic.\nWhat used to be a series of recognizable faces, names, avatars, each with their\nown personality that I could come to learn and know who was just trollin, who\nwas serious, is now mostly unrecognizable. Platforms have changed and\nfractured communities people went separate ways, not all the same ways. No one\ncommunity is like it used to be, and its hard to find.\n", "summary": "Social Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like I'm connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel...", "date_published": "2026-03-28T12:17:44Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-28T12:17:44Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-37/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-37/", "title": "Where Is The Tech Industry Going", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAgents suck\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGet left behind if you don’t use them\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurn out if you use them too much\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe software world has been flipped upside down seemingly overnight. Slow at\nfirst, then all at once. It started with auto complete, to chat, to, ide\nintegrations, to agents that would f\u0026amp;!^ over your repo more than it would help.\nUp till this point we are just little bit better and more specific than copy\npaste from Stack Overflow. Then in Nov 2025 models learned how to effectively\nuse tools and do what you ask of them, sometimes more, sometimes less, but\ngenerally for the basic shit most of us make its a net positive with each\niteration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur techniques for managing work need to change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur expectations need to change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnout for a lot of folks is coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAgents suck\n\nGet left behind if you don't use them\n\nBurn out if you use them too much\n\nThe software world has been flipped upside down seemingly overnight. Slow at\nfirst, then all at once. It started with auto complete, to chat, to, ide\nintegrations, to agents that would f\u0026!^ over your repo more than it would help.\nUp till this point we are just little bit better and more specific than copy\npaste from Stack Overflow. Then in Nov 2025 models learned how to effectively\nuse tools and do what you ask of them, sometimes more, sometimes less, but\ngenerally for the basic shit most of us make its a net positive with each\niteration.\n\nOur techniques for managing work need to change.\n\nOur expectations need to change.\n\nBurnout for a lot of folks is coming.\n", "summary": "Agents suck", "date_published": "2026-03-27T14:11:49Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-27T14:11:49Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/is-compaction-the-issue/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/is-compaction-the-issue/", "title": "Is Compaction The Issue", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI saw today in work chat something along the lines of “we need bigger context\nwindows” “compaction times are holding us back”. Maybe I’m just blessed with\nthe lack of lord jira, maybe juggle too many projects at once and they are all\npretty much done when I get back. Maybe I do more long running specs and spend\ntime making good plans that it does not matter.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyways the point I’m getting to is that if you think that compaction is your\nmain issue slowing you down, and 10x this if you are a manager thinking this is\nwhat is slowing down your team you \u003cstrong\u003eneed\u003c/strong\u003e to look at your workflow. Not\nbecause it sucks. Not only because it could be better. Because you are\nsigning yourself and your team up for burnout if you are sitting there watching\nthese things run like waiting for paint to dry and firing more prompts at them\nas soon as they are done. It feels easy. It feels like you are going fast.\nIts eating more brainpower than you think, and its not getting you to your\ndestination any faster.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI saw today in work chat something along the lines of \"we need bigger context\nwindows\" \"compaction times are holding us back\". Maybe I'm just blessed with\nthe lack of lord jira, maybe juggle too many projects at once and they are all\npretty much done when I get back. Maybe I do more long running specs and spend\ntime making good plans that it does not matter. \n\nAnyways the point I'm getting to is that if you think that compaction is your\nmain issue slowing you down, and 10x this if you are a manager thinking this is\nwhat is slowing down your team you **need** to look at your workflow. Not\nbecause it sucks. Not only because it could be better. Because you are\nsigning yourself and your team up for burnout if you are sitting there watching\nthese things run like waiting for paint to dry and firing more prompts at them\nas soon as they are done. It feels easy. It feels like you are going fast.\nIts eating more brainpower than you think, and its not getting you to your\ndestination any faster.\n", "summary": "I saw today in work chat something along the lines of \"we need bigger context windows\" \"compaction times are holding us back\". Maybe I'm just blessed with...", "date_published": "2026-03-26T09:37:47Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-26T09:37:47Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/lets-land-the-plane/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/lets-land-the-plane/", "title": "Lets Land The Plane", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003ePart of @steveyegge ’s gastown/beads is a prompt “Lets land the plane”. It’s very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before finishing work, except the last part. The “generate a handoff prompt for the next session” was not something I’ve put much thought into. But now that I juggle 6 sessions at a time and often end up with 20 sessions open because I don’t want to close them and loose the last bit of context. This is what I need to keep from crippling my laptop memory from all of these stale sessions hanging around.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp\" alt=\"image\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: image\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken from \u003ca href=\"https://ianbull.com/posts/beads\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/ianbull.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/ianbull.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://ianbull.com/posts/beads\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "Part of @steveyegge 's gastown/beads is a prompt \"Lets land the plane\". It's very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before finishing work, except the last part. The \"generate a handoff prompt for the next session\" was not something I've put much thought into. But now that I juggle 6 sessions at a time and often end up with 20 sessions open because I don't want to close them and loose the last bit of context. This is what I need to keep from crippling my laptop memory from all of these stale sessions hanging around.\n\n![image](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp)\nTaken from https://ianbull.com/posts/beads\n", "summary": "Part of @steveyegge 's gastown/beads is a prompt \"Lets land the plane\". It's very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before...", "date_published": "2026-03-25T08:41:15Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-25T08:41:15Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-dont-want-someone-else-running-my-agents/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-dont-want-someone-else-running-my-agents/", "title": "I don't want someone else running my agents", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI don’t want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes\nclobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything\nchanging with agents writing more code than I can imagine in a day work looks\ndifferent now. I still want to work with real people. I want to collaborate\non ideas. I want someone to bounce ideas off with. I want someone else in the\nwar room with me on launch day, or when the whole thing goes down. But I don’t\nthem slopping in my sandbox, if someone is going to be stirring the slop in my\nproduct I want it to be me. Work is feeling different now. New lines need to\nbe drawn in new directions. Expectations are changing, the way work is\ncompleted is changing, and we are all here trying to figure out what this looks\nlike moving forward.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI don't want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes\nclobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything\nchanging with agents writing more code than I can imagine in a day work looks\ndifferent now. I still want to work with real people. I want to collaborate\non ideas. I want someone to bounce ideas off with. I want someone else in the\nwar room with me on launch day, or when the whole thing goes down. But I don't\nthem slopping in my sandbox, if someone is going to be stirring the slop in my\nproduct I want it to be me. Work is feeling different now. New lines need to\nbe drawn in new directions. Expectations are changing, the way work is\ncompleted is changing, and we are all here trying to figure out what this looks\nlike moving forward.\n", "summary": "I don't want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes clobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything changing...", "date_published": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-38/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-38/", "title": "Ping 38", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhen agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhen agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.\n", "summary": "When agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.", "date_published": "2026-03-22T09:56:48Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-22T09:56:48Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-35b/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-35b/", "title": "Learning to agent", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAll we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around\nNOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed\nprogrammers will be replaced in 6 months to now. Not all of them, but probably\nmost of us who are not extraordinary. If you fall into the camp of folks not\nadopting, I got no issues with that. No one is twisting your arm, well maybe\nyour boss or cto is, thats on them. I don’t mean to say this is the future as\nin, get in or get left behind. I mean it as this is where your other engineers\nprobably are, the junior to mid level engineers are here. If you are not\ntrying to meet them where they are how are you going to lead them.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAll we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around\nNOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed\nprogrammers will be replaced in 6 months to now. Not all of them, but probably\nmost of us who are not extraordinary. If you fall into the camp of folks not\nadopting, I got no issues with that. No one is twisting your arm, well maybe\nyour boss or cto is, thats on them. I don't mean to say this is the future as\nin, get in or get left behind. I mean it as this is where your other engineers\nprobably are, the junior to mid level engineers are here. If you are not\ntrying to meet them where they are how are you going to lead them.\n", "summary": "All we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around NOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed programmers...", "date_published": "2026-03-19T20:53:08Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-19T20:53:08Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-35/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-35/", "title": "Studio Ghibli Images in the Wild", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned\nthemself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of\ntime that it seemed to do this for everything. Its clearly the aesthetic that\nIt would do by default for that week, then would not do it whatsoever. I’d\nlink it, but its from an org chart. I mostly found it interesting how we now\nhave these recognizable artifacts from specific moments in time.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned\nthemself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of\ntime that it seemed to do this for everything. Its clearly the aesthetic that\nIt would do by default for that week, then would not do it whatsoever. I'd\nlink it, but its from an org chart. I mostly found it interesting how we now\nhave these recognizable artifacts from specific moments in time.\n", "summary": "I just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned themself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of...", "date_published": "2026-03-19T20:49:26Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-19T20:49:26Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-36/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-36/", "title": "Ping 36", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI feel like there’s an inevitable phase to every ai/agentic worked feature/epic\nwhere you have to get in and chat with it 2025 style (except it actually works\nand doesn’t turn your project to shit). Planning is great, planning out epics\nfor full orchestrator’s to churn for hours on is amazing, but it always leaves\nme with a handful of thorns multiplied by complexity level of things that I\ncan shout a list of 6 items at a time that it can one shot. I haven’t seen\nanyone put a name to this phase yet, so I’m going to call it the UAT phase\nfor now and it seems like a very necessary part of the SDLC. It was\nimportant before, but feels more so now as engineers distance themselves\nfrom the implementation.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI feel like there's an inevitable phase to every ai/agentic worked feature/epic\nwhere you have to get in and chat with it 2025 style (except it actually works\nand doesn't turn your project to shit). Planning is great, planning out epics\nfor full orchestrator's to churn for hours on is amazing, but it always leaves\nme with a handful of thorns multiplied by complexity level of things that I\ncan shout a list of 6 items at a time that it can one shot. I haven't seen\nanyone put a name to this phase yet, so I'm going to call it the UAT phase\nfor now and it seems like a very necessary part of the SDLC. It was\nimportant before, but feels more so now as engineers distance themselves\nfrom the implementation.\n", "summary": "I feel like there's an inevitable phase to every ai/agentic worked feature/epic where you have to get in and chat with it 2025 style (except it actually...", "date_published": "2026-03-19T17:42:56Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-19T17:42:56Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-34/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-34/", "title": "Research, Plan, Implement", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI heard this term yesterday, and I think a lot of people are missing out on\nstep 1. It’s important to experiment with agents and learn what they can do\nwell and what they cant, this changes every couple of weeks at this point. You\nmight be spending hours planning something that could have been implemented\nright away, or maybe wasted time planning something that needed more research,\nmore context engineering. Agents start fresh every session, they cant remember\nwhat you asked them to do 5 minutes ago in the other session, getting the right\ntokens in session is critical.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI heard this term yesterday, and I think a lot of people are missing out on\nstep 1. It's important to experiment with agents and learn what they can do\nwell and what they cant, this changes every couple of weeks at this point. You\nmight be spending hours planning something that could have been implemented\nright away, or maybe wasted time planning something that needed more research,\nmore context engineering. Agents start fresh every session, they cant remember\nwhat you asked them to do 5 minutes ago in the other session, getting the right\ntokens in session is critical.\n", "summary": "I heard this term yesterday, and I think a lot of people are missing out on step 1. It's important to experiment with agents and learn what they can do well...", "date_published": "2026-03-18T20:49:26Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-18T20:49:26Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-32/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-32/", "title": "Context Poisoning Was There All Along", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI wrote some code by hand on Sunday. Sat down with my son and started building\nout a game in pygame from scratch. We went to google, we searched how to do\nsomething, we copy and pasted from the docs. Not because we are dumb, but\nbecause we cant remember some aspects of the pygame api. Now that these\npatterns are established we no longer have to google them, we simply grep our\ncodebase and replicate the pattern. Easy right? It’s funny that it took ai to\ncoin the term \u003ccode\u003econtext poisoning\u003c/code\u003e even though it was there all along.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI wrote some code by hand on Sunday. Sat down with my son and started building\nout a game in pygame from scratch. We went to google, we searched how to do\nsomething, we copy and pasted from the docs. Not because we are dumb, but\nbecause we cant remember some aspects of the pygame api. Now that these\npatterns are established we no longer have to google them, we simply grep our\ncodebase and replicate the pattern. Easy right? It's funny that it took ai to\ncoin the term `context poisoning` even though it was there all along.\n", "summary": "I wrote some code by hand on Sunday. Sat down with my son and started building out a game in pygame from scratch. We went to google, we searched how to do...", "date_published": "2026-03-17T21:10:38Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-17T21:10:38Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-33/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-33/", "title": "Agents cannot replace the thinking, they only amplify it", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAgents cannot replace the thinking, they only amplify it. If you set the\nagents off in the wrong direction that’s where they will go. They will sprint\nthere faster than you can go. This is ok, its one of their advantages, they\ncan give you signal quick. Remember if they are off in the wrong direction\nmore research and planning is needed, and maybe a little bit more thinking on\nyour end to steer them in the right direction.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAgents cannot replace the thinking, they only amplify it. If you set the\nagents off in the wrong direction that's where they will go. They will sprint\nthere faster than you can go. This is ok, its one of their advantages, they\ncan give you signal quick. Remember if they are off in the wrong direction\nmore research and planning is needed, and maybe a little bit more thinking on\nyour end to steer them in the right direction.\n", "summary": "Agents cannot replace the thinking, they only amplify it. If you set the agents off in the wrong direction that's where they will go. They will sprint there...", "date_published": "2026-03-17T20:32:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-17T20:32:16Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-31/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-31/", "title": "Thinking about ai productivity again", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThinking about AI productivity again. It’s allowing massive amounts of work to\nget done, to levels that humans cannot physically type out in some cases. But\nnot all of this work is necessarily high value work. Right now I’m working on\none of the biggest PRs to an internal cli library. Probably the largest PR\nI’ve ever done professionally. It touches all of the cli, refactors every\ncommand, reaches into the business logic layers to drive deeper separation. I\nreaches into the common layers to drive consistency. It ensures that every\ncommand (50 or so) has similar flags, supports –plain, –no-color. It specs\nout contracts to ensure that data goes out stdout, any extra goes out stderr.\nThis makes everything unix pipe friendly. There was quite a bit of research and\nprep that went in, that turns out to already be distilled down into clig.dev.\nThe point is that this is all good work. It will make the product consistent,\nrepeatable, expected, and most of all boring. Most of the time, it will just\nwork. Since we did it ahead of a lot of other agentic work on the product its\nestablishing good patterns for the product moving forward. But its low value\nwork. We wouldn’t have likely put humans on this work wholesale and fixed\ncritical paths as they came up. Its not cutting cost, selling more product, or\ndriving critical business decisions. Yes it’s worth it now, but it would not\nhave bee in the past.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThinking about AI productivity again. It's allowing massive amounts of work to\nget done, to levels that humans cannot physically type out in some cases. But\nnot all of this work is necessarily high value work. Right now I'm working on\none of the biggest PRs to an internal cli library. Probably the largest PR\nI've ever done professionally. It touches all of the cli, refactors every\ncommand, reaches into the business logic layers to drive deeper separation. I\nreaches into the common layers to drive consistency. It ensures that every\ncommand (50 or so) has similar flags, supports --plain, --no-color. It specs\nout contracts to ensure that data goes out stdout, any extra goes out stderr.\nThis makes everything unix pipe friendly. There was quite a bit of research and\nprep that went in, that turns out to already be distilled down into clig.dev.\nThe point is that this is all good work. It will make the product consistent,\nrepeatable, expected, and most of all boring. Most of the time, it will just\nwork. Since we did it ahead of a lot of other agentic work on the product its\nestablishing good patterns for the product moving forward. But its low value\nwork. We wouldn't have likely put humans on this work wholesale and fixed\ncritical paths as they came up. Its not cutting cost, selling more product, or\ndriving critical business decisions. Yes it's worth it now, but it would not\nhave bee in the past.\n\n", "summary": "Thinking about AI productivity again. It's allowing massive amounts of work to get done, to levels that humans cannot physically type out in some cases. But...", "date_published": "2026-03-16T21:01:44Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-16T21:01:44Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "agents", "ai", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-29/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-29/", "title": "Did you even like to code?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHere’s something I’ve been wrestling with lately. I keep hearing people come\nto the realization that they never liked coding, they thought they did, but\nsecretly hated it the whole time. I dont think I’ve ever kidded myself about\nthis. I like building things. I like having an idea and see it come to life.\nJust because I like the end product more, and that coding really was a means to\nan end, something I will never do again in the same capacity that I have in the\npast, does not mean I did not enjoy the art of solving problems by typing\nsyntax into a file to tell a computer how to solve a problem.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nHere's something I've been wrestling with lately. I keep hearing people come\nto the realization that they never liked coding, they thought they did, but\nsecretly hated it the whole time. I dont think I've ever kidded myself about\nthis. I like building things. I like having an idea and see it come to life.\nJust because I like the end product more, and that coding really was a means to\nan end, something I will never do again in the same capacity that I have in the\npast, does not mean I did not enjoy the art of solving problems by typing\nsyntax into a file to tell a computer how to solve a problem.\n\n", "summary": "Here's something I've been wrestling with lately. I keep hearing people come to the realization that they never liked coding, they thought they did, but...", "date_published": "2026-03-07T20:59:39Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-07T20:59:39Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-28/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-28/", "title": "The only thing that seems interesting is AI right now", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThe only thing that seems interesting is AI right now, I’m writing less code,\nand I kinda just don’t care as much about the small open source stuff as I used\nto. I enjoy reading about what other people are thinking, doing, creating.\nBut when I go to grab a podcast while I wait on my clankers its one talking\nabout how other people are using them, how to make them more secure, more\neffective, how the new models change things, what models are good at what.\nIt’s all so new and changes so fast. Any sort of new open source project\nstarts out sus that it was just vibe coded anyways, So at the moment it feels\nlike ooh how did you get that, how do I make mine, and that the thing itself\nhas less value. I hate that its this way, but it is.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThe only thing that seems interesting is AI right now, I'm writing less code,\nand I kinda just don't care as much about the small open source stuff as I used\nto. I enjoy reading about what other people are thinking, doing, creating.\nBut when I go to grab a podcast while I wait on my clankers its one talking\nabout how other people are using them, how to make them more secure, more\neffective, how the new models change things, what models are good at what.\nIt's all so new and changes so fast. Any sort of new open source project\nstarts out sus that it was just vibe coded anyways, So at the moment it feels\nlike ooh how did you get that, how do I make mine, and that the thing itself\nhas less value. I hate that its this way, but it is.\n", "summary": "The only thing that seems interesting is AI right now, I'm writing less code, and I kinda just don't care as much about the small open source stuff as I used...", "date_published": "2026-03-06T20:55:26Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-06T20:55:26Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-27/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-27/", "title": "It's all moving so fast", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAI is moving so fast this year its hard to keep up, I’ve written 3 or 4\nversions of one blog post to replace \u003ca class=\"wikilink\" data-date=\"2025-08-27\" data-description=\"Its the year 2025 and we are only a few years into having 6 months to live before ai takes our jobs, and the big push right now is agents, managing agents. I...\" data-title=\"I\u0026#39;m Out On Agents\" href=\"/im-out-on-agents/\" data-preview=\"Its the year 2025 and we are only a few years into having 6 months to live before ai takes our jobs, and the big push right now is agents, managing agents. I...\"\u003eI\u0026#39;m Out On Agents\u003c/a\u003e, but it feels like\neverything changes before I can get it out.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAI is moving so fast this year its hard to keep up, I've written 3 or 4\nversions of one blog post to replace \u003ca href=\"/im-out-on-agents/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"I\u0026#39;m Out On Agents\" data-description=\"Its the year 2025 and we are only a few years into having 6 months to live before ai takes our jobs, and the big push right now is agents, managing agents. I...\" data-date=\"2025-08-27\"\u003eI\u0026#39;m Out On Agents\u003c/a\u003e, but it feels like\neverything changes before I can get it out.\n", "summary": "AI is moving so fast this year its hard to keep up, I've written 3 or 4 versions of one blog post to replace im-out-on-agents, but it feels like everything...", "date_published": "2026-03-05T20:53:59Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-05T20:53:59Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-30/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-30/", "title": "Is gpt-5.4 slow?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat you don’t have six agents orchestrating the work of 6 subagents yet. I\nsaw in a work chat that people were complaining about 5.4 being too slow and\nthey keep going back to opus. For me its been working great, I have it working\non critical infrastructure work, that I will need to maintain. I appreciate\nits accuracy and completeness. And honestly I’m \u003cstrong\u003erarely\u003c/strong\u003e watching agents\nrun. Its like watching paint dry at this point. Its interesting to read their\nthinking prompts, but not productive work. While its running I’m teeing up the\nnet prompt. Working with another set of agents to write a set of issues for\nthe next epic. I might be too privileged though. I own a whole platform and\nhave plenty of autonomy to work on what I see fit for the day. I don’t have a\nboss breathing down my neck waiting for a single ticket to be complete. I’m\nworking on 6 projects at a time. I’m taking walks to avoid becoming a burnt\nout zombie. I’m definitely not complaining about it kicking out massive\namounts of code too slow though.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhat you don't have six agents orchestrating the work of 6 subagents yet. I\nsaw in a work chat that people were complaining about 5.4 being too slow and\nthey keep going back to opus. For me its been working great, I have it working\non critical infrastructure work, that I will need to maintain. I appreciate\nits accuracy and completeness. And honestly I'm **rarely** watching agents\nrun. Its like watching paint dry at this point. Its interesting to read their\nthinking prompts, but not productive work. While its running I'm teeing up the\nnet prompt. Working with another set of agents to write a set of issues for\nthe next epic. I might be too privileged though. I own a whole platform and\nhave plenty of autonomy to work on what I see fit for the day. I don't have a\nboss breathing down my neck waiting for a single ticket to be complete. I'm\nworking on 6 projects at a time. I'm taking walks to avoid becoming a burnt\nout zombie. I'm definitely not complaining about it kicking out massive\namounts of code too slow though.\n", "summary": "What you don't have six agents orchestrating the work of 6 subagents yet. I saw in a work chat that people were complaining about 5.4 being too slow and they...", "date_published": "2026-03-04T20:47:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-04T20:47:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-26/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-26/", "title": "We are the Grey Beards", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIn November 2025 everyones beard lost its color, we aged into the next\ngeneration without realizing it. If you were getting paid to write code at\nthis point in time, you are part of a special point in history where we used to\nwrite code by hand. There will be systems air gapped systems somewhere devs\nwill continue to do it how we’ve always done it, some day they will peek out of\nthis cave and realize that they are the only ones left, no one else remembers\nwhat its like. Writing code will quickly become a hobby that people do, in a\nweird niche way. Not because you want to build something, but like the guy\nwith a mainframe in his garage that likes to watch the lights blink. Because\nits nostalgic, it’s a very cool skill, its fun and rewarding, but it won’t be\nto get something done.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIn November 2025 everyones beard lost its color, we aged into the next\ngeneration without realizing it. If you were getting paid to write code at\nthis point in time, you are part of a special point in history where we used to\nwrite code by hand. There will be systems air gapped systems somewhere devs\nwill continue to do it how we've always done it, some day they will peek out of\nthis cave and realize that they are the only ones left, no one else remembers\nwhat its like. Writing code will quickly become a hobby that people do, in a\nweird niche way. Not because you want to build something, but like the guy\nwith a mainframe in his garage that likes to watch the lights blink. Because\nits nostalgic, it's a very cool skill, its fun and rewarding, but it won't be\nto get something done.\n\n", "summary": "In November 2025 everyones beard lost its color, we aged into the next generation without realizing it. If you were getting paid to write code at this point...", "date_published": "2026-03-04T20:44:12Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-04T20:44:12Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-25/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-25/", "title": "Clankers got me tired", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI spent all day grinding on a 20 minute fix. I want the agents to do it. They\ncan do it, but they are missing the harnesses they need to replicate my\nworkflows of old.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI spent all day grinding on a 20 minute fix. I want the agents to do it. They\ncan do it, but they are missing the harnesses they need to replicate my\nworkflows of old.\n\n\n", "summary": "I spent all day grinding on a 20 minute fix. I want the agents to do it. They can do it, but they are missing the harnesses they need to replicate my...", "date_published": "2026-03-03T20:42:25Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-03T20:42:25Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "clankers", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-24/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-24/", "title": "The Ghostty Guy", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI was today years old when I realized that the ghostty guy is the Hashicorp guy.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI was today years old when I realized that the ghostty guy is the Hashicorp guy.\n", "summary": "I was today years old when I realized that the ghostty guy is the Hashicorp guy.", "date_published": "2026-02-26T18:49:39Z", "date_modified": "2026-02-26T18:49:39Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-23/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-23/", "title": "Ping 23", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI taught wyatt \u003cspan style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em;height:1em;background:#bada55;border:1px\nsolid #000;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ccode\u003e#bada55\u003c/code\u003e green, I apologize in advance, I underestimate\nthe power of immature humor has on him.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI taught wyatt \u003cspan\nstyle=\"display:inline-block;width:1em;height:1em;background:#bada55;border:1px\nsolid #000;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e `#bada55` green, I apologize in advance, I underestimate\nthe power of immature humor has on him.\n\n", "summary": "I taught wyatt green, I apologize in advance, I underestimate the power of immature humor has on him.", "date_published": "2026-02-03T16:50:52Z", "date_modified": "2026-02-03T16:50:52Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "parenthood", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-21/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-21/", "title": "Ping 21", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAgents right now\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecan I access the project you mentioned?\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eyes\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan i access /tmp\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eyes, just do it\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhile I’m I at it, \u003ccode\u003ekubctl delete...\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eyanks plug front internet\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAgents right now\n\n* can I access the project you mentioned?\n\n\u003e yes\n\n* Can i access /tmp\n\n\u003e yes, just do it\n\n* While I'm I at it, `kubctl delete...`\n\n\u003e yanks plug front internet\n", "summary": "Agents right now", "date_published": "2026-01-29T07:30:59Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-29T07:30:59Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-22/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-22/", "title": "Quick Tip To Get Agents Running Longer", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eHere’s a quick tip if you want to get your agents running longer, \u003cstrong\u003eprompt better\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nHere's a quick tip if you want to get your agents running longer, **prompt better**.\n", "summary": "Here's a quick tip if you want to get your agents running longer, **.", "date_published": "2026-01-21T16:22:26Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-21T16:22:26Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-19/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-19/", "title": "Ping 19", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat no one is talking about is that Deegs doesn’t get the red plate without\nAnstie on the ground.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/6cf67bcf-5111-4ee0-892e-0407eb1acdbe.mp4\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"image\"\u003e\u003cvideo autoplay loop muted playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" class=\"md-video\" poster=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/6cf67bcf-5111-4ee0-892e-0407eb1acdbe.webp?h=675\u0026w=1200\"\u003e\u003csource src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/6cf67bcf-5111-4ee0-892e-0407eb1acdbe.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"\u003eimage\u003c/video\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhat no one is talking about is that Deegs doesn't get the red plate without\nAnstie on the ground.\n\n![image](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/6cf67bcf-5111-4ee0-892e-0407eb1acdbe.mp4)\n", "summary": "What no one is talking about is that Deegs doesn't get the red plate without Anstie on the ground.", "date_published": "2026-01-18T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-18T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping", "supercross" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-18/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-18/", "title": "What is that", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI was unironically asked what is that about my keeb today. Followed by no way\nthat works, how would you type a, s, y, u, after showing, I go the “that’s\nweird” walk away.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI was unironically asked what is that about my keeb today. Followed by no way\nthat works, how would you type a, s, y, u, after showing, I go the \"that's\nweird\" walk away.\n", "summary": "I was unironically asked what is that about my keeb today. Followed by no way that works, how would you type a, s, y, u, after showing, I go the \"that's...", "date_published": "2026-01-15T19:22:47Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-15T19:22:47Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "keeb", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-17/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-17/", "title": "Ping 17", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI’m not sure if its good to keep issues and plans in the repo long term, but\nI’m going to give it a shot.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eread @pages/issues/issue-1.md create a plan to fix the issue, then write your\nplan to fix in @pages/plans/fix-issue-1.md\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI'm not sure if its good to keep issues and plans in the repo long term, but\nI'm going to give it a shot.\n\n\u003e read @pages/issues/issue-1.md create a plan to fix the issue, then write your\n\u003e plan to fix in @pages/plans/fix-issue-1.md\n", "summary": "I'm not sure if its good to keep issues and plans in the repo long term, but I'm going to give it a shot.", "date_published": "2026-01-12T12:01:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-12T12:01:16Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-16/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-16/", "title": "new keeb so good", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNew keeb feeling so good I don’t want to leave it. I’m going to go from having\nmy worse favorite at work, to having my new favorite at work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/9cf75771-e3a5-428f-a3a9-0e32fda0e037.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/9cf75771-e3a5-428f-a3a9-0e32fda0e037.webp\" alt=\"image\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: image\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nNew keeb feeling so good I don't want to leave it. I'm going to go from having\nmy worse favorite at work, to having my new favorite at work.\n\n![image](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/9cf75771-e3a5-428f-a3a9-0e32fda0e037.webp)\n", "summary": "New keeb feeling so good I don't want to leave it. I'm going to go from having my worse favorite at work, to having my new favorite at work.", "date_published": "2026-01-03T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-03T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "keeb", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-15/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-15/", "title": "Ping 15", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mise.jdx.dev/getting-started.html\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/mise.jdx.dev.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/mise.jdx.dev.png\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003emise\u003c/a\u003e looks like what I wanted nix to be for me.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\n[mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/getting-started.html) looks like what I wanted nix to be for me.\n", "summary": "mise looks like what I wanted nix to be for me.", "date_published": "2025-12-22T08:55:20Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-22T08:55:20Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping", "terminal" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-14/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-14/", "title": "Mise looks promising", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI’ve been all in on just for a while now, but mise looks so good it might\nbe my next move.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI've been all in on just for a while now, but mise looks so good it might\nbe my next move.\n", "summary": "I've been all in on just for a while now, but mise looks so good it might be my next move.", "date_published": "2025-12-21T10:52:57Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-21T10:52:57Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping", "terminal" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-13/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-13/", "title": "Gross phone", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs there a world that giving my phone to my kids does not result in it being\ncovered in peanut butter and snot?\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIs there a world that giving my phone to my kids does not result in it being\ncovered in peanut butter and snot?\n", "summary": "Is there a world that giving my phone to my kids does not result in it being covered in peanut butter and snot?", "date_published": "2025-12-19T09:51:00Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-19T09:51:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "parenthood", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-12/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-12/", "title": "Ping 12", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs \u003ccode\u003ebet\u003c/code\u003e new teen lingo? My kid is starting to say \u003cem\u003ebet\u003c/em\u003e in every sentence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo he explained it as “I’m down”, “You bet”, “Yes”, “I like that”, “You betcha”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIs `bet` new teen lingo? My kid is starting to say _bet_ in every sentence.\n\n\u003e So he explained it as \"I'm down\", \"You bet\", \"Yes\", \"I like that\", \"You betcha\"\n", "summary": "Is new teen lingo? My kid is starting to say _ in every sentence.", "date_published": "2025-12-16T11:44:47Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-16T11:44:47Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "parenthood", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-11/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/ping-11/", "title": "Ping 11", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNaming things is hard, pings will now be numbered.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nNaming things is hard, pings will now be numbered.\n", "summary": "Naming things is hard, pings will now be numbered.", "date_published": "2025-12-16T08:11:43Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-16T08:11:43Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "blog", "meta", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-m-being-gaslit-by-the-ai/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-m-being-gaslit-by-the-ai/", "title": "I'm being gaslit by the ai", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI’m being gaslit by the ai. It just did a big hard change, now cant do a seemingly basic change, and assures me that that its fixed my issue on every iteration.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI'm being gaslit by the ai. It just did a big hard change, now cant do a seemingly basic change, and assures me that that its fixed my issue on every iteration.\n", "summary": "I'm being gaslit by the ai. It just did a big hard change, now cant do a seemingly basic change, and assures me that that its fixed my issue on every iteration.", "date_published": "2025-12-15T16:16:12Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-15T16:16:12Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/notifications-for-static-site-builds/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/notifications-for-static-site-builds/", "title": "notifications for static site builds", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThis morning I set up notifications for changes to my static site builds\nleveraging \u003ca class=\"wikilink\" data-date=\"2025-12-12\" data-description=\"is a great way to see what files have changed in a git diff alongside the status code. I recently used this in a script to create a report of new and...\" data-title=\"git name status\" href=\"/git-name-status/\" data-preview=\"is a great way to see what files have changed in a git diff alongside the status code. I recently used this in a script to create a report of new and...\"\u003egit name status\u003c/a\u003e and ntfy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/1c69e648-5aa3-4f66-9085-a045b99450a5.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"notification of changes\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/1c69e648-5aa3-4f66-9085-a045b99450a5.webp\" alt=\"notification of changes\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: notification of changes\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThis morning I set up notifications for changes to my static site builds\nleveraging \u003ca href=\"/git-name-status/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"git name status\" data-description=\"is a great way to see what files have changed in a git diff alongside the status code. I recently used this in a script to create a report of new and...\" data-date=\"2025-12-12\"\u003egit name status\u003c/a\u003e and ntfy.\n\n![notification of changes](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/1c69e648-5aa3-4f66-9085-a045b99450a5.webp)\n", "summary": "This morning I set up notifications for changes to my static site builds leveraging git-name-status and ntfy.", "date_published": "2025-12-12T08:28:45Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-12T08:28:45Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/fast-changing-dev-server-today/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/fast-changing-dev-server-today/", "title": "fast changing dev server today", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThe dev server is cooking today, I’ve dropped markata builds from 2m40s (hot cache) in prod\nto 15s (hot cache) in dev. Currently building 2745 posts and 274 feeds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/c3e8b9de-d4be-4c7c-ab9b-a13a25c7673c.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"screenshot of the dev builds from k9s\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/c3e8b9de-d4be-4c7c-ab9b-a13a25c7673c.webp\" alt=\"screenshot of the dev builds from k9s\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: screenshot of the dev builds from k9s\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThe dev server is cooking today, I've dropped markata builds from 2m40s (hot cache) in prod\nto 15s (hot cache) in dev. Currently building 2745 posts and 274 feeds.\n\n![screenshot of the dev builds from k9s](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/c3e8b9de-d4be-4c7c-ab9b-a13a25c7673c.webp)\n", "summary": "The dev server is cooking today, I've dropped markata builds from 2m40s (hot cache) in prod to 15s (hot cache) in dev. Currently building 2745 posts and 274...", "date_published": "2025-12-10T13:45:49Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-10T13:45:49Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/not-every-print-needs-supports/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/not-every-print-needs-supports/", "title": "Not every print needs supports", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNot every print needs supports. So many models default to having it on,\nwhether needed or not. Well designed parts, designed for 3d printing almost\nnever need supports (depending on constraints).\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nNot every print needs supports. So many models default to having it on,\nwhether needed or not. Well designed parts, designed for 3d printing almost\nnever need supports (depending on constraints).\n", "summary": "Not every print needs supports. So many models default to having it on, whether needed or not. Well designed parts, designed for 3d printing almost never...", "date_published": "2025-12-08T14:17:05Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-08T14:17:05Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/reminder-include-steps-to-reproduce/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/reminder-include-steps-to-reproduce/", "title": "reminder Include steps to reproduce", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eInclude steps to reproduce your bug when you file a bug report or issue. You\nmay quickly forget how you got there, and no one can fix a bug that is not\nreproducible.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nInclude steps to reproduce your bug when you file a bug report or issue. You\nmay quickly forget how you got there, and no one can fix a bug that is not\nreproducible.\n", "summary": "Include steps to reproduce your bug when you file a bug report or issue. You may quickly forget how you got there, and no one can fix a bug that is not...", "date_published": "2025-12-08T10:09:23Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-08T10:09:23Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-filliment/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-filliment/", "title": "All I want for Christmas is, filliment", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAll I want for Christmas is filament\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don’t need gifts or fancy things\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI just wanna model, tinker, and print,\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewatch layers stack just right.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta, if you’re listening… PLA, PETG, ABS will do.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAll I want for Christmas is filament\n\nI don’t need gifts or fancy things\n\nI just wanna model, tinker, and print,\n\nwatch layers stack just right.\n\nSanta, if you’re listening... PLA, PETG, ABS will do.\n", "summary": "All I want for Christmas is filament", "date_published": "2025-12-07T16:38:30Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-07T16:38:30Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/git-worktrees-are-needed/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/git-worktrees-are-needed/", "title": "git worktrees are needed", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/glossary/git/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"Git is a version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development. In the beginning there were many, some were licensed. As...\"\u003egit\u003c/a\u003e worktrees are goated, and must be leaned on moving forward.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\ngit worktrees are goated, and must be leaned on moving forward.\n", "summary": "git worktrees are goated, and must be leaned on moving forward.", "date_published": "2025-12-06T09:58:06Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-06T09:58:06Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-got-the-kubernetes-in-my-basement-autism/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/i-got-the-kubernetes-in-my-basement-autism/", "title": "I got the kubernetes in my basement autism", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat flavor of autism did you guys get, I got the kind where I run kubernetes in my basement.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/49b356bc-f32c-4332-85ea-0eb2b7860091.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"My homelab as June 2025\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/49b356bc-f32c-4332-85ea-0eb2b7860091.webp\" alt=\"My homelab as June 2025\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: My homelab as June 2025\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Cac-cf5MOE\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.youtube.com.png\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Cac-cf5MOE\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhat flavor of autism did you guys get, I got the kind where I run kubernetes in my basement.\n\n![My homelab as June 2025](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/49b356bc-f32c-4332-85ea-0eb2b7860091.webp)\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Cac-cf5MOE\n", "summary": "What flavor of autism did you guys get, I got the kind where I run kubernetes in my basement.", "date_published": "2025-12-05T21:13:03Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-05T21:13:03Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/my-home-row/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/my-home-row/", "title": "my home row", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eMy home row layout. It’s not quite home row mods.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/4a7971fc-8d22-49b9-ae77-5551f5c8d914.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/4a7971fc-8d22-49b9-ae77-5551f5c8d914.webp\" alt=\"image\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: image\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/fd74f80e-ff5e-4548-8419-bd407144bb6c.excalidraw\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/dropper.waylonwalker.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/dropper.waylonwalker.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/fd74f80e-ff5e-4548-8419-bd407144bb6c.excalidraw\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nMy home row layout. It's not quite home row mods.\n\n![image](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/4a7971fc-8d22-49b9-ae77-5551f5c8d914.webp)\n\nhttps://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/fd74f80e-ff5e-4548-8419-bd407144bb6c.excalidraw\n", "summary": "My home row layout. It's not quite home row mods.", "image": "https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/4a7971fc-8d22-49b9-ae77-5551f5c8d914.webp", "date_published": "2025-12-05T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-05T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "keeb", "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/gpus-are-awesome/", "url": "https://new.waylonwalker.com/gpus-are-awesome/", "title": "gpus are awesome", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eGPU’s are awesome. I just added gpu support to my bambu-studio distrobox and\nits flying! On my wayland based system the native package has never worked,\n(arch or bazzite), but running in a distrobox does. Outside of distrobox the 3d\nrendering canvas is black, no output. It used to work fine without gpu\nsupport, was snappy enough, complex models were a bit sluggish, but fine.\nLately something happened and simple models bring it to its knees. It got\nunusable!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/a06bbf8b-abea-472e-8d96-4255d522444d.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\" aria-label=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/a06bbf8b-abea-472e-8d96-4255d522444d.webp\" alt=\"image\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: image\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print I happen to be working on is some custom designed gumdrops for a\ntheater set. The ui is working and not lagging 30s between clicks causing\nclicks to happen on the wrong ui element.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nGPU's are awesome. I just added gpu support to my bambu-studio distrobox and\nits flying! On my wayland based system the native package has never worked,\n(arch or bazzite), but running in a distrobox does. Outside of distrobox the 3d\nrendering canvas is black, no output. It used to work fine without gpu\nsupport, was snappy enough, complex models were a bit sluggish, but fine.\nLately something happened and simple models bring it to its knees. It got\nunusable!\n\n![image](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/a06bbf8b-abea-472e-8d96-4255d522444d.webp)\n\n\u003e The print I happen to be working on is some custom designed gumdrops for a\n\u003e theater set. The ui is working and not lagging 30s between clicks causing\n\u003e clicks to happen on the wrong ui element.\n", "summary": "GPU's are awesome. I just added gpu support to my bambu-studio distrobox and its flying! On my wayland based system the native package has never worked,...", "date_published": "2025-12-03T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-03T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] } ] }