@mikesusz social feed.

@annika yeah this was Grady's point - for Durable software, you either don't use AI, or you use it for very specific tasks and you verify the output. (his entire argument is that you still need knowledge of computer science to produce good software, LLMs are just a new abstraction layer to creating it)

@mathowie this is something Grady Booch described as the difference between software that is “disposable” versus software that (needs to be) “durable” AI excels at disposable software - single purpose, limited user, reliability is not paramount.

@threetonesun i think that’s a Ground Type

@BasicAppleGuy interesting! way back in the day, they would have different branding for education. i was a campus rep, and i got marketing stuff like this (circa 1996?)

@irafcummings excellent choice! possibly one of the last days to do it without bugs

my lunchtime project today was kinda up in the air.

Happy ‘Big Wind’ Day!

on April 12th, 1934, the weather observatory on top of Mount Washington recorded a wind gust of 231mph.

a google search will turn up a lot of various articles, here’s a few — a quick read from the mount washington staff a few years back:

https://mountwashington.org/a-look-at-the-big-wind-and-measuring-extreme-winds-at-mount-washington/

the original American Meteorological Society review article:

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/62/6/1520-0493_1934_62_186_wosfaa_2_0_co_2.xml

i declare this: Jinx Weekend! put the shovels away, drain the gas from the snowblower. change out the snow tires for summer wheels.

join me! *

* if we all do it, we can’t blame anyone individually when it snows again.

@jerzone eventually the sum total of one entire pizza arrived, yes

i say this for funnies but i really did explain IP addresses, domain names, and ports to them. the easiest metaphor is a building. a building has an address, a name, and several floors.

this building is at 390 park avenue (ip address)
it's called "lever house" (domain name)
there's a restaurant on the 3rd floor (port 3)
there are offices on floors 4-12 (ports 4-12)

or maybe i just make them watch Hackers again.

gave my kids the url to a service i have running in Docker on the server in the basement. they started asking “why does this domain not have a .com" and "what does :8000 mean" so...

we had _the talk_

@m750 probably nirvana.

@mathowie that’s so cool! when i lived in Everett, WA we would go up to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. i miss that.

okay here’s a measurement.

scientific deck-rail-o-meter

my brain keeps oscillating between “this isn’t funny anymore” and “this is utterly hilarious.”

i don’t even know if i posess the faculty to properly convey how tired i am.

@m750 here’s my office/corner.

I took the dogs out to play, and I caught a snowflake on my tongue and it tasted like hatred. Bitter, bitter hatred.

this is a new one for me. thankfully i was at home, and in the process of taking the watch off, so it didn’t fall.

@sarajw my wife puts vanilla soy milk in her coffee.

@mathowie LeeLoo (Milla Jovovich) actually released an album! it was pretty cool. https://youtu.be/fQ_I_aWsaRM

haha very funny!

@marcamos i asked a tax expert. ;)

1. if you’re involved in a corporation or entity that has to file also, the deadline for that entity is usually march 15th, so therefore any documents resulting from that filing won’t be available earlier.
2. certain retirement investment vehicles allow contributions for the prior tax year up to the filing deadline, so natually any tax documents resulting from those contributions would not be available until some time after the filing deadline.

@marcamos extension / wait

current status: balancing the emotional weight of: “the end of an era” vs. “no longer in limbo”

in case you were wondering how a pine needle thwarted my weather station, i found a fun gif explaining how this type of gauge works. the test for tomorrow (expecting rain) is whether i removed all of the pine needle or if there’s still a piece of it in there blocking the tipping-bucket from moving. 🤞

@Meyerweb @beep that’s why i built this thing. though it makes me
feel old.

https://time.sqd.co/?date=2006-03-21

lately i’ve been as tired at the end of the weekend as i am at the end of the week.

big change for my project: Obsidian MCP is now:

🎉 Markdown Vault MCP 🎉

same great functionality, but more accurately reflects that you can use it with: Obsidian vaults, Hugo / Jekyll / Astro sites, Bear, Typora, iA Writer, or Any folder of .md files.

This release also marks a simplication for permissions - no more .json config to specify how files can be accessed by the agent - each note is configurable in frontmatter.

release: https://github.com/mikesusz/markdown-vault-mcp/releases/tag/v3.0.0

project page: https://mikesusz.dev/projects/markdown-vault-mcp/

@mathowie 🤔 what if you played chess with charcuterie fodder and you literally got to eat the opponents pieces as you conquered them?

typical saturday:
✅ sleep a bit later
✅ trip to the transfer station
✅ frenzy of activity on projects/chores
✅ nap on couch with dogs
✅ sensibile dinner
✅ beer

went out to go to the bank and fill up my truck, was quite surprised (and delighted) to see No Kings demonstrators in my town.

@jerzone this station is all-in-one (ambient weather ws2902) my last station had all separate components and i got frustrated maintaining separate solar panels and batteries and whatnot.

@jerzone yeah mine should be two meters off the ground in a corner of my yard, but instead i installed it on a pole above my shed.

i ascend the ladder, contemplating how much effort it will take to disassemble and repair my weather station’s rain guage, possibly needing to wait for parts to arrive.

i lower the mast, clamp it in place to work on the station.

i see a long-leaf pine needle stuck in the rain gauge funnel, and remove it.

nature: 1. mike: ?

@mescutia it is, but my kids go to school online, and i didn't get in touch with the local district early enough to get him in for testing there. lesson for the younger kid!

today i am in our state’s Capital. my son is taking the SAT and i’m taking … a nap in the car maybe.

…so i’m more alert to drive home.

it’s for safety! don’t judge me!

@cabel uncanny!

fun: today is the day. it’s been 9579 days since 01/01/2000. and 9579 days before that was the day i was born.

https://time.sqd.co/?date=2000-01-01

it is kinda neat that the snow on the ground melted but the snow in the trees remains.

i wanted to check if i had brew installed on my work mac so i typed:

which brew

then i laughed

i'm the worst

Release v2.0.0 of my Obsidian MCP.

no breaking changes in this one, but big new feature:

frontmatter-based per-note permissions, and a new permission level to completely hide a note from being parsed by the agent.

tl;dr: agent_access frontmatter can accept ‘hidden' ‘read' 'append' or 'edit'

https://github.com/mikesusz/obsidian-mcp/releases/tag/v2.0.0

and a sneak peek at my future roadmap: i'll be rebranding this to be agnostic to the editor you use, because really it just points to a directory of markdown files.

my
cat
is
chill

if you keep the ingredients stocked in your pantry, making chex mix is pretty quick. i’ve got the prep time down to around 20 minutes. here’s the recipe i use (only sub- i use pretzel-shaped pretzels)

https://www.onceuponachef.com/wprm_print/homemade-chex-mix

tired. it’s been a weird week.

@justsnook older. also, even with flossing, when you discover a popcorn hull rattling around in your mouth 2-3 days after you ate popcorn.

@cabel oh. well... hold it up to a lightbulb?