Never thought I’d have nice things to say about the Indiana Toll Road but it’s a much more pleasant start to a vacation than I-35 in central Texas

Coding LLMs are just technical debt generators.

Hell yeah. https://bsky.app/profile/npr.org/post/3lsgtjlsnwh2d

I had no idea tarragon would survive as a perennial in my container garden. Or, bonus, that it would require regular haircuts. Anybody wanna make some fancy vinegar?

THIS IS A GODDAMNED LEGAL AGREEMENT FFS DOCUSIGN

I want a jollof - biryani - paella - kabsa - jambalaya restaurant. Basically, ‘explosive rice flavors around the world’

#Food

Party with the Kids Who Wanna Party with You

Cross-country move, complete. Back to the beans. (No recipe today, tho I’m tempted to write up “just make a pot of bean soup with whatever you have”)

“Is there anything special you’d like to do today?” <looks for an exit>

The name is bad and the aesthetics are awful, but as an introvert and also the father of a four year old, I totally get man caves

Good looking crowd on the 147 (Chicago’s far north side express bus to downtown)

And the DJ said there’s a Living Colour Tiny Desk Concert coming soon. It’s a rare day when I wish I still worked at NPR.

Current status (via KUTX): https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0?feature=shared

@BlockClubCh Honorary mention to @ChicagoSunTimes for clearly listing the location and times, but not leading with them https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/what-we-know-chicago-no-kings-protest

The Trib does get to the details, which is nice, but doesn’t make it easy to read https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/chicago-no-kings-protest-donald-trump/

Good on @BlockClubCh for doing the thing https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/12/no-kings-protest-in-chicago-heres-what-to-know-ahead-of-saturdays-anti-trump-march/ https://mastodon.social/@brianboyer/114020887757229419

Seven years ago I snuck a long talk about membership and news website user experience into a short talk about technology. Wish I wasn't fussing with my hair the whole time but still pretty happy with the whole thing. https://publishers.wordcamp.org/2018-chicago/session/why-we-ditched-amp-and-other-ux-choices-we-made-for-launching-membership/

Next time somebody says “founder”

Architecture is my passion.

Put on some Ted Leo this morning and yeah that was a good choice

Hell, put it in the traffic report https://mastodon.social/@brianboyer/114020887757229419