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Feb 28, 2026

I don't miss the bad old days of ssh into prod... but deploying a #faircamp site via rsync felt like a breath of fresh air compared to all the complexity I've fallen into accepting as table stakes.

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Feb 27, 2026

Watching Raspberry Pi basically double in price is a bummer. For irrational reasons, it makes the thought of working with the ones I already bought seem less fun.

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Feb 19, 2026

I really should make more of a point to use this rust scripting feature.

#! /usr/bin/env -S cargo +nightly -Zscript -q
---cargo
package.edition = "2024"
[dependencies]
rand = "0.9"
---

use rand::Rng;
fn main() {
    let mut rng = rand::rng();
    println!("Hello, world! {}", rng.random::<u32>());
}

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Jan 9, 2026

Seems like an ideal size for gridfinity in those cute little harbor freight toolboxes is 3 units deep by 3 units tall by whatever width is appropriate.

The drawer doesn't extend enough to easily get in the back so you want the bin to span the depth. If you keep it 3 tall or shorter you can put the bin in more easily than 4 even though 4 technically fits.

This vase mode model is working great for me.

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Sep 19, 2025

A piece of paper on a wooden desk. The paper reads "A great pleasure in life is doing what others say you can't.

I got a fortune cookie preaching to me about the joys of being nerd sniped.

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Sep 16, 2025

Cleanly carved test cut. Zoomed in on a sample of poplar with the letters "o" and "I" carved out.

I spent a decadent amount of time dialing in my Feeds and Speeds to get a clean test cut V Carving Poplar with my MPCNC.

#cnc #woodworking

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