My favorite three things we shipped last week:

1. Navigation is 75% faster
2. Better all around performance
3. Improved form field contrast

Plus a bunch of ice

The standard breakfast shake my wife and I drink weekdays is:

1c chocolate milk
1c cooked oatmilk
2tsp whey
2tsp peanut butter powder
2tbsp greek yogurt
+ sometimes a banana

PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer 2 (2026) Ryan Gosling YouTube video by ONE Media

Super excited for this movie.

youtu.be/D9g_6zVnGm0?...

Our youngest child has informed us multiple times over the past few days that he wants to dress up as a subscribe button next year for Halloween. The year after he wants to be a pumpkin head.

said it forever and i’ll say it again for you guys in the cheap seats, it’s cool to be nice. being a huge dork is punk rock in its own way. be the full sized candy bars house at halloween. return the shopping carts. pick up that little piece of trash on the sidewalk. it’s cool to be mister rogers.

We have about 50 tickets left for Rocky Mountain Ruby in October... and you'll need to reserve one by Sept 10 to be guaranteed one of our cool shirts! (Remember this fun little friend from last year...?)

rockymtnruby.dev/tickets/

How to Make OpenTelemetry Better in the Browser Addressing the OpenTelemetry API’s design might make instrumentation more ergonomic, but just improving isn't enough.

Addressing the @opentelemetry.io API’s design might make instrumentation more ergonomic, but just improving isn't enough.

By @hazelweakly.me, thanks to @embrace.io

Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Rocky Mountain Ruby 2025: October 6 and 7 Rocky Mountain Ruby is a single track conference devoted to the Ruby programming language which features technical presentations, community events and outdoor experiences, in beautiful Boulder, Colora...

Rocky Mountain Ruby early bird tickets are up at rockymtnruby.dev. Join us in October for a great local conference!

You have two cakes inside you. One is angel food, one is devil food. You probably shouldn’t have eaten two whole cakes.

The Ruby Gems Podcast A Ruby Central podcast that takes an inside look at the people, projects, and progress shaping the Ruby community.  Discover the gems in Ruby and connect to this vibrant group of amazing people.

A fun announcement, @davidhill.dev and I are hosting a new podcast from @rubycentral.org. We dropped the first episode at #railsconf. @chadfowler.com joined us for the first episode on how this all got started.

How to Use Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.

There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable. www.wired.com/story/congre...

First poster for Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller 🚀

Trailer drops Monday.

Murderbot — The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon Opening Title Sequence | Apple TV+ YouTube video by Apple TV

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW29... #murderbot

Is a corndog a popsicle?

Developer Advocate | John Coghlan We are hiring on my team. Looking for people who are amazing at engaging developers. To be successful in those role, you must deeply understand the challenges developers face and want to help them ove...

Want to work with my team @gitlab.com ? See www.linkedin.com/posts/johnwc...

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go.

If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

Nice work @emilyfreeman.bsky.social! The success is well earned.

What are vector databases? YouTube video by Annie Sexton

You might have heard of vector databases, but I'll bet you haven't encountered this explanation before.

This shit is COOL AF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQql...

This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.

I'm urgently looking for work 🚨
Engineering manager or staff programmer

20 years ruby/rails
30 years of web dev/design
5+ years of eng mgmt

I'm based in Portland, Oregon
Open to local or remote work

https://linkedin.com/in/veganstraightedge

A clam on a wooden railing with a stormy grey sea in the background

There it is. The clam before the storm.

GitLab 17.11 released with Custom Compliance Frameworks GitLab 17.11 released with custom compliance frameworks, more AI features on GitLab Duo Self-Hosted, custom epic, issue, and task fields, CI/CD pipeline inputs, service accounts UI, and much more!

🚀 GitLab 17.11 is here with powerful new features!

🏷️ Custom Fields for Issues & Epics
⚙️ CI/CD Pipeline Inputs
👤 Service Accounts UI
🔄 Docker Hub Authentication UI

Upgrade: about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/04/17/gitlab-17-11-released/ @gitlab.com

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Colorado Rattlecam Livestream YouTube video by Project RattleCam

The rattlecam is back

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8C4...