{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Microblog on Swimming in the Earth", "icon": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/26/6721.jpg", "home_page_url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/", "feed_url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2026/09/07/withmodel-pgsearch.html", "title": "with_model 2.4.0, pg_search 2.4.0", "content_html": "

I’ve just released with_model 2.4.0 and pg_search 2.4.0.

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It’s just a coincidence that they are on the same version number!

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with_model 2.4.0

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pg_search 2.4.0

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That last part (removing SQL string manipulation) has been a very long time coming. I’ve essentially wanted to do that for over a decade. With modern AI agents, and a little help from GitHub’s stacked pull requests, I was finally able to tackle this tedious design problem.

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Had a great first day at RBQ Conf (a local Austin Ruby conference)

\n

On to day two…

\n", "date_published": "2026-03-27T09:30:34-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2026/03/27/had-a-great-first-day.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Ruby","Event"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2026/02/14/ive-been-doing-a-lot.html", "content_html": "

I’ve been doing a lot more AI Agent coding lately. My pair programming experience comes in quite handy, especially around proactively monitoring what the agent is doing and knowing when to step in and retake control.

\n

But another thing that I appreciate is the ability to flip the usual roles and have the AI Agent “navigate” what we are doing, while I actually perform the tasks. If I’m typing/copying/pasting the code, shell commands, etc., then I am able to give them my full attention and code review. And the AI Agent is won’t be able to trick me into doing something very stupid or dangerous (most of the time!).

\n", "date_published": "2026-02-14T11:13:35-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2026/02/14/ive-been-doing-a-lot.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/11/04/125936.html", "content_html": "

\"I

\n", "date_published": "2025-11-04T13:59:36-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/11/04/125936.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/10/25/hanging-out-at-the-xo.html", "content_html": "

Hanging out at the XO Ruby Austin conference today. I’ve run into a lot of old faces and some new ones as well. It’s great to see the Ruby community and how welcoming it has always been.

\n", "date_published": "2025-10-25T10:57:34-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/10/25/hanging-out-at-the-xo.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/07/09/kitty-cohens-happy-hour-all.html", "content_html": "

Kitty Cohen’s happy hour all day Monday-Wednesday this summer

\n\"A\n", "date_published": "2025-07-09T19:45:52-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/07/09/kitty-cohens-happy-hour-all.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/07/09/downtown-austin.html", "content_html": "

Downtown Austin

\n\"A\n", "date_published": "2025-07-09T08:57:42-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/07/09/downtown-austin.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/06/11/i-like-a-coffee-shop.html", "content_html": "

I like a coffee shop that plays classic rave music.

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At Civil Goat Coffee in Austin, TX.

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🎵 LFO - “To the Limit (Peel Session)”

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This silly game is more fun than I expected. I’m a big Picross/nonogram fan.

\n", "date_published": "2025-05-31T19:40:56-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/31/this-silly-game-is-more.html", "tags": ["Link","Microblog","Status","Play"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/05/30/103028.html", "content_html": "

🌮

\n", "date_published": "2025-05-30T10:30:28-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/30/103028.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/05/29/downloading-the-new-season-games.html", "content_html": "

Downloading the new Season 2 games for my Playdate and experiencing an unexpected color coincidence.

\n\"Playdate\n", "date_published": "2025-05-29T12:31:32-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/29/downloading-the-new-season-games.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image","Play"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/05/29/wow-jj-is-an-impressive.html", "content_html": "

Wow, jj is an impressive tool for going beyond Git for version control. I’m going to try to incorporate it into my daily workflow right away.

\n", "date_published": "2025-05-29T10:33:53-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/29/wow-jj-is-an-impressive.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/05/13/just-went-to-my-first.html", "content_html": "

Just went to my first EFF-Austin meetup. @manton spoke about micro.blog and we all had a lot of great conversations about social networks past, present, and future.

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2025-05-13T21:19:30-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/13/just-went-to-my-first.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Event"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2025/04/20/yesterday-was-the-th-anniversary.html", "content_html": "

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

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I grew up in Oklahoma City, and felt the blast that day from 15 miles away at my middle school.

\n

On the 10th anniversary, in 2005, I wrote a short article about my personal experience.

\n", "date_published": "2025-04-20T11:23:54-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/04/20/yesterday-was-the-th-anniversary.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/12/24/feast-of-the-seven-fishes.html", "content_html": "

Feast of the Seven Fishes at L’Oca d’Oro. 🐟

\n

I definitely recommend a pour of their house Amaro Campanella to pair with dessert.

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2024-12-24T22:17:23-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/12/24/feast-of-the-seven-fishes.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Food"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/12/21/just-switched-to.html", "content_html": "

Just switched to mise (from asdf) and liking it so far.

\n", "date_published": "2024-12-21T17:50:17-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/12/21/just-switched-to.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/10/06/puzzle-guesses-m.html", "content_html": "

🧩 Puzzle #439

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🤔 15 guesses

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⏱️ 2m 30s

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🔗 alphaguess.com

\n", "date_published": "2024-10-06T13:25:44-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/10/06/puzzle-guesses-m.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Play"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/08/11/after-years-ive.html", "content_html": "

After 2½ years, I’ve released a small update to pg_search. Version 2.3.7 adds support for Active Record 7.2 and various other small changes.

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I’ll probably release another version soon to add support for composite primary keys, a new Active Record 7.2 feature.

\n", "date_published": "2024-08-11T16:43:05-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/08/11/after-years-ive.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Ruby"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/05/02/we-can-have.html", "title": "We can have a different web", "content_html": "

We can have a different web:

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\n

Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.

\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-05-02T16:36:20-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/05/02/we-can-have.html", "tags": ["Link","Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2024/02/10/dna-is-an.html", "content_html": "

DNA is an acid that is made up of bases. 🤔

\n", "date_published": "2024-02-10T15:37:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2024/02/10/dna-is-an.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2023/11/15/had-a-great.html", "content_html": "

Had a great time seeing the Flaming Lips last week.

\n

They played two sets: the first being a full play-through of their excellent 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2023-11-15T15:16:14-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2023/11/15/had-a-great.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Event"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2023/03/22/hanging-out-with.html", "content_html": "

Hanging out with Dolly Parton at the Aristocrat Lounge

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2023-03-22T20:18:30-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2023/03/22/hanging-out-with.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2023/03/10/gowalla.html", "content_html": "

Gowalla!

\n", "date_published": "2023-03-10T23:04:49-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2023/03/10/gowalla.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2023/01/08/one-of-the.html", "content_html": "

One of the many entertaining things about the extremely slow process for getting repaid for my long lost Mt. Gox Bitcoin holdings is the continued use of the original Mt. Gox logo, unchanged since the Web 2.0 era.

\n\"Screenshot\n", "date_published": "2023-01-08T19:12:02-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2023/01/08/one-of-the.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2023/01/03/you-know-its.html", "content_html": "

You know it’s a new year when a change to how you handle time in your tests that you wrote eleven months ago starts breaking your build.

\n", "date_published": "2023-01-03T16:07:24-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2023/01/03/you-know-its.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/12/30/twitter-sucks-is.html", "content_html": "

Twitter Sucks is now live again, after migrating it from Heroku’s discontinued free plan to Fly.io.

\n

In the last thirteen years of running Twitter Sucks, I can’t imagine worse timing for extended downtime. At least it’s over now!

\n", "date_published": "2022-12-30T18:24:06-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/12/30/twitter-sucks-is.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/12/30/i-was-watching.html", "content_html": "

I was watching a YouTube video about Baby Jessica (after listening to the excellent You’re Wrong About podcast), and I found this:

\n\n

The editors accidentally exposed that they used a random YouTube video for B roll footage. Here’s the original video for comparison

\n", "date_published": "2022-12-30T11:53:16-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/12/30/i-was-watching.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/12/29/length-score-letter.html", "content_html": "

🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #8

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🌟 Length Score: 93%

\n

🚀 Letter Score: 65

\n

🔗 Play Wordiply: https://www.wordiply.com

\n

🎬 Today’s starter: 🅁🄴🄳

\n", "date_published": "2022-12-29T13:41:13-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/12/29/length-score-letter.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Play"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/12/17/got-some-prescription.html", "content_html": "

Got some prescription sunglasses for the first time in my life. Gonna take some getting used to. 😎

\n\"Photo\n", "date_published": "2022-12-17T14:16:12-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/12/17/got-some-prescription.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/12/16/just-watched-a.html", "content_html": "

Just watched a video about Jotai, a minimal state management library my team uses with React. Pretty amazing to see a very full-featured drawing app created with not very much code.

\n", "date_published": "2022-12-16T11:41:24-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/12/16/just-watched-a.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/11/30/i-just-migrated.html", "content_html": "

I just migrated my Mastodon account to nertzy@ruby.social. For now I think I’m going to try out keeping my micro.blog and Mastodon feeds separate, but we’ll see…

\n", "date_published": "2022-11-30T19:54:11-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/11/30/i-just-migrated.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/11/20/is-there-a.html", "content_html": "

Is there a paid service that I can point a DNS record to, and it hosts a private Mastodon instance for me?

\n

I’m feeling like that is closer to the future. My micro.blog account is partway there but not “full Mastodon”.

\n", "date_published": "2022-11-20T20:14:49-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/11/20/is-there-a.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Question"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/11/19/ghost-line-x.html", "content_html": "

Ghost Line X at Rosewood Park #dada

\n

\n", "date_published": "2022-11-19T22:11:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/11/19/ghost-line-x.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Audio"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/10/30/oh-i-get.html", "content_html": "

Oh, I get it. He’s “sinking” Twitter.

\n", "date_published": "2022-10-30T22:55:36-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/10/30/oh-i-get.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/10/23/another-week-another.html", "content_html": "

Another week, another playoff. Looking good so far! ⚽️ #austinfc

\n", "date_published": "2022-10-23T20:12:02-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/10/23/another-week-another.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Sports"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/10/16/lets-go-austin.html", "content_html": "

Let’s go Austin FC! ⚽️

\n", "date_published": "2022-10-16T14:53:12-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/10/16/lets-go-austin.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Sports"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/10/14/phoenix-at-acl.html", "content_html": "

Phoenix at ACL Festival

\n\"Phoenix\n", "date_published": "2022-10-14T18:46:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/10/14/phoenix-at-acl.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Event"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/10/14/arlo-parks-about.html", "content_html": "

Arlo Parks

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About to see Phoenix at ACL Festival for the third time.

\n

🎸

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2022-10-14T17:57:01-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/10/14/arlo-parks-about.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Event"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/09/17/daily-duotrigordle-guesses.html", "content_html": "

Daily Duotrigordle #199\nGuesses: X/37

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\n0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣\n1️⃣0️⃣ 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 🟥🟥\n🟥🟥 🟥🟥 3️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣\n3️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣\n2️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣\n2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣\n2️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣\n2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣\n
\n

duotrigordle.com

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Real Salt Lake 0 - Moussa Djitté 3 ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️ #austinfc

\n", "date_published": "2022-09-14T22:18:50-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/09/14/real-salt-lake.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Sports"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/09/09/seeing-stereolab-for.html", "content_html": "

Seeing Stereolab for the fifth time.🎹🎺 I was able to get a new red laundry bag at the merch table to replace my trusty green one from 2008 that the laundromat lost last year.

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2022-09-09T22:19:59-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/09/09/seeing-stereolab-for.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/09/08/rip-qe.html", "content_html": "

RIP QE2 👑

\n", "date_published": "2022-09-08T12:56:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/09/08/rip-qe.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/07/26/compiling-a-linux.html", "content_html": "

Compiling a Linux kernel by hand for the first time in about a decade. Wish me luck!

\n", "date_published": "2022-07-26T12:52:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/07/26/compiling-a-linux.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/07/24/oof-that-was.html", "content_html": "

Oof that was a tough loss. A lot of fun to watch! #austinfc ⚽️

\n", "date_published": "2022-07-24T21:12:55-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/07/24/oof-that-was.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/07/23/going-through-my.html", "content_html": "

Going through my vinyl collection. Found this “club reaction” form in a promo copy of an early Chemical Brothers remix.

\n\"IMG\n", "date_published": "2022-07-23T17:50:10-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/07/23/going-through-my.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/03/10/i-solved-semantle.html", "content_html": "

I solved Semantle #41 in 24 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.94. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 69.32. semantle.novalis.org

\n", "date_published": "2022-03-10T19:29:05-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/03/10/i-solved-semantle.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/01/18/absurdle.html", "content_html": "

Absurdle 6/∞

\n
\n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜\n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜\n⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜\n🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜\n🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨\n🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩\n
\n", "date_published": "2022-01-18T13:08:36-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/01/18/absurdle.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Play"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/01/06/i-just-released.html", "content_html": "

I just released pg_search 2.3.6 and with_model 2.1.6.

\n", "date_published": "2022-01-06T22:24:18-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/01/06/i-just-released.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Ruby"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2022/01/02/the-gift-of.html", "content_html": "

The Gift of It’s Your Problem Now - apenwarr:

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\n

Free software is a gift.

\n

Here’s the thing about gifts: the sender chooses them, not the recipient.

\n
\n", "date_published": "2022-01-02T14:45:45-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2022/01/02/the-gift-of.html", "tags": ["Link","Quote","Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/11/19/can-you-imagine.html", "content_html": "
\n

“Can you imagine having your entire adult identity wrapped up in something? Like, this is the only thing you’ve done? Can you imagine how hard it would be to admit that it has hurt people?”

\n
\n

Unfriended: Frances Haugen on Her Facebook Testimony and What Comes Next

\n", "date_published": "2021-11-19T12:08:09-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/11/19/can-you-imagine.html", "tags": ["Link","Quote","Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/11/14/my-friend-has.html", "content_html": "

My friend has a dog @stevedogs512k

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2021-11-14T17:12:47-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/11/14/my-friend-has.html", "tags": ["Link","Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/10/21/i-am-reading.html", "content_html": "

I am reading this article and finding that I agree with what it says is happening.

\n

Should we cool it with the historical present? - the jsomers.net blog

\n", "date_published": "2021-10-21T20:36:09-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/10/21/i-am-reading.html", "tags": ["Link","Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/10/16/donovan-keith-live.html", "content_html": "

Donovan Keith live at the Domain NORTHSIDE

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2021-10-16T17:20:35-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/10/16/donovan-keith-live.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Listen"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/09/26/great-to-see.html", "content_html": "

Great to see Austin FC playing a solid game. Two first goals by two great new players. 2-0 #verdelistos ⚽️

\n", "date_published": "2021-09-26T22:38:03-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/09/26/great-to-see.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/09/12/put-on-a.html", "content_html": "

Put on a spare tire for the first time.

\n\"The\n", "date_published": "2021-09-12T17:18:04-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/09/12/put-on-a.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/07/07/la-fc-at.html", "content_html": "

LA FC at Austin FC ⚽️

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2021-07-07T19:54:44-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/07/07/la-fc-at.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/07/05/agent-mobius-has.html", "content_html": "

Agent Mobius has access to many different soft drinks across the timeline, and he makes a choice that I would have made: Josta. #loki

\n", "date_published": "2021-07-05T15:00:56-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/07/05/agent-mobius-has.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/07/01/verdes-listos.html", "content_html": "

⚽️➡️🥅 ¡Verdes Listos!

\n", "date_published": "2021-07-01T21:11:23-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/07/01/verdes-listos.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/05/18/rainy-week-in.html", "content_html": "

Rainy week in Austin. Hoping for some good thunderstorms! ⛈

\n", "date_published": "2021-05-18T13:08:02-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/05/18/rainy-week-in.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/03/14/about-to-go.html", "content_html": "

About to go get a haircut for the first time in months. 💇🏻‍♂️

\n", "date_published": "2021-03-14T13:32:44-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/03/14/about-to-go.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/02/22/thanks-for-all.html", "content_html": "

Thanks for all the musique.

\n", "date_published": "2021-02-23T00:39:35-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/02/22/thanks-for-all.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/02/13/221922.html", "content_html": "\"Cactus\n", "date_published": "2021-02-13T23:19:22-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/02/13/221922.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/02/13/i-just-used.html", "content_html": "

I just used Hey to block someone from sending me an unsolicited Ruby on Rails job posting.

\n

So, thanks to Basecamp for building: a technology that makes me attractive to recruiters; and a technology I can use to ignore them.

\n", "date_published": "2021-02-13T23:11:52-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/02/13/i-just-used.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/02/09/just-started-the.html", "content_html": "

Just started “The Mystic Maze” by Magic Puzzle Company

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2021-02-09T21:38:46-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/02/09/just-started-the.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/02/02/today-my-wife.html", "content_html": "

Today my wife surprised me with ube mochi donuts from Bom Bakeshop! 💕🍩💕

\n\"Bom\n", "date_published": "2021-02-02T21:00:17-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/02/02/today-my-wife.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image","Food"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/01/10/i-had-fun.html", "content_html": "

I had fun today helping out the Archive Team with their quick-turnaround project to archive all of Parler. Good to get everything stored off somewhere for future historical analysis before it is shut off for good at midnight. Good riddance.

\n", "date_published": "2021-01-10T23:07:17-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/01/10/i-had-fun.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/01/10/its-funny-how.html", "content_html": "

It’s funny how conservatives want Big Government to step in to prevent natural market forces from sorting out how to run social media platforms.

\n", "date_published": "2021-01-10T14:58:45-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/01/10/its-funny-how.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2021/01/05/221608.html", "content_html": "\"Google\n", "date_published": "2021-01-05T23:16:08-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2021/01/05/221608.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/12/21/194656.html", "content_html": "\"\"\n", "date_published": "2020-12-21T20:46:56-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/12/21/194656.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/12/09/195256.html", "content_html": "

🎂

\n", "date_published": "2020-12-09T20:52:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/12/09/195256.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/11/17/i-watched-the.html", "content_html": "

I watched ♕ The Queen’s Gambit which is amazing. I rarely play chess, but have fond memories of playing with my father when I was young. The games depicted in the show felt very real. I’m not surprised that Garry Kasparov was involved.

\n", "date_published": "2020-11-17T19:35:37-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/11/17/i-watched-the.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/11/05/nytimes-this-has.html", "content_html": "

@nytimes This has been bothering me. That’s not time!

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2020-11-05T20:20:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/11/05/nytimes-this-has.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/11/03/205427.html", "content_html": "

🍔🍟📱

\n", "date_published": "2020-11-03T21:54:27-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/11/03/205427.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/11/03/thanks-to-all.html", "content_html": "

Thanks to all the DevOps teams at large media sites. It’s got to be a huge amount of work to handle all the frantic reloading. Here’s to a high cache hit ratio!

\n", "date_published": "2020-11-03T20:20:51-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/11/03/thanks-to-all.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/11/03/patience.html", "content_html": "

Patience.

\n", "date_published": "2020-11-03T19:20:19-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/11/03/patience.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/26/checking-out-nb.html", "content_html": "

Checking out nb, a pretty cool tool for keeping notes on the command line and syncing them between machines.

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-26T20:36:14-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/26/checking-out-nb.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/24/im-reading-how.html", "content_html": "

I’m reading How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? by @fancycomma

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-24T17:49:01-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/24/im-reading-how.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/17/just-hit-my.html", "content_html": "

Just hit my 1000th test run for pg_search over at Travis CI. Hope it passes! 🤞

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-17T14:24:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/17/just-hit-my.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Ruby"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/14/voting-the-line.html", "content_html": "

Voting! The line at the Holiday Inn in Travis County is short right now. About 10 minutes.

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-14T09:46:35-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/14/voting-the-line.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/10/anytime-i-read.html", "content_html": "

Anytime I read a news article that mentions the “novel coronavirus”, it makes me want to point out that this coronavirus sure isn’t novel anymore! Better to call it SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, or simply “the coronavirus”.

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-10T19:27:31-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/10/anytime-i-read.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/10/i-just-released.html", "content_html": "

I just released version 2.3.4 of pg_search.

\n\n", "date_published": "2020-10-10T19:04:24-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/10/i-just-released.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Ruby"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/07/200236.html", "content_html": "

🌮

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-07T20:02:36-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/07/200236.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/10/07/always-be-closing.html", "content_html": "

Always Be Closing (browser tabs) ❌

\n", "date_published": "2020-10-07T19:08:35-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/10/07/always-be-closing.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/09/29/195659.html", "content_html": "

🍿

\n", "date_published": "2020-09-29T19:56:59-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/09/29/195659.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/09/26/at-jester-king.html", "content_html": "

At Jester King brewery 🍻

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2020-09-26T19:01:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/09/26/at-jester-king.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/08/05/i-enjoyed-jason.html", "content_html": "

I enjoyed Jason Snell’s write-up about the Power Mac G5, which was my first Mac back in 2005.

\n", "date_published": "2020-08-05T07:27:59-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/08/05/i-enjoyed-jason.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/08/03/today-i-checked.html", "content_html": "

Today I checked my Timehop and I had content from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 19 years ago. It’s amazing that my digital footprint is starting to span multiple decades!

\n", "date_published": "2020-08-03T20:32:16-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/08/03/today-i-checked.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/08/02/i-migrated-this.html", "content_html": "

I migrated this blog to micro.blog hosting today. Definitely not missing managing my WordPress site. It’s the end of over fifteen years of self-hosting my blog. But the rest of my site remains self-hosted for now.

\n", "date_published": "2020-08-02T21:52:18-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/08/02/i-migrated-this.html", "tags": ["Microblog"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/08/02/we-watched-the.html", "content_html": "

We watched Domain, a fun sci-fi B-movie about a pandemic-ridden society that exclusively communicates over video chat. It’s a fun watch, and I found out about it from this Ars Technica review.

\n", "date_published": "2020-08-02T20:44:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/08/02/we-watched-the.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/07/25/chris-aldrich-sort.html", "content_html": "

@Chris Aldrich Sort of like a hyper-modern version of purple hyperlinks. It would also be fun to be able to see public likes and mentions from people I follow.

\n", "date_published": "2020-07-25T18:56:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/07/25/chris-aldrich-sort.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Reply"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/06/11/205707.html", "content_html": "

\"Looking

\n", "date_published": "2020-06-11T20:57:07-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/06/11/205707.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Image"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/05/03/ive-just-updated.html", "content_html": "

I’ve just updated a couple of my old personal project websites.

\n\n

Both applications are currently running on Heroku’s free tier. Once I get them modernized enough I may move them to the “Hobby” tier. I also upgraded both from their ancient Cedar-10 stack.

\n", "date_published": "2020-05-03T17:16:04-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/05/03/ive-just-updated.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Article"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/05/02/im-catching-up.html", "content_html": "

I’m catching up on MacStories’s “iPad at 10” coverage from last month.

\n

I keep coming across mentions of the original argument that the iPad is “just a bigger iPhone”. I always find that argument to be so strange, because the iPhone was a blockbuster category-defining device. I have never thought of the fact that an iPad is similar to a large iPhone as negative in any way. I also appreciate viewpoints like this one focused on accessibility that make it obvious that being like a bigger iPhone is an incredible advantage.

\n

It’s funny how aggressively people in the tech media will dismiss something just because it’s not completely novel.

\n

Anyway, 10 years later, I have finally gotten to the point where I don’t own a laptop and use an iPad for all my mobile computing tasks.

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Been having fun the last couple days working on some Rails jobs that download multi-gigabyte gzipped tarballs via SFTP.

\n

It’s been a fun challenge to avoid using a lot of RAM and disk space so that the jobs can easily run on our Heroku workers.

\n", "date_published": "2020-04-22T21:22:21-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/04/22/been-having-fun.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Note","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/03/15/my-wife-and.html", "content_html": "

My wife and I have been having fun staying in this weekend and watching season 1 of The Outsider.

\n", "date_published": "2020-03-15T22:11:52-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/03/15/my-wife-and.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Watch"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/03/08/i-just-read.html", "content_html": "

I just read Dealing With a Once-In-A-Century Pathogen and I feel like COVID-19 will prove to be very different than anything that’s come before it.

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On Super Tuesday, I was surprised to find a new episode of Election Profit Makers in my podcast player. This was my favorite podcast back in 2016. They follow the election by making bets on election outcomes on PredictIt.org. They also do things like read JavaScript source code live.

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It has been great catching up with my former coworker Joe Masilotti who happened to come to IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin with me!

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-23T17:44:44-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/23/it-has-been.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/23/today-at-indiewebcamp.html", "content_html": "

Today at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin I’m figuring out what my personal site nertzy.com has on it and running it through indiewebify.me to get some basics like h-card set up. After that, I’ll be looking into social reader apps. 🤓

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It’s been a fun afternoon of discussions at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin today.

\n

I just led a breakout discussion about what we can do to reclaim our personal data from social media silos #reclaimyourweb

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-22T18:01:40-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/22/its-been-a.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/22/everyone-is-presenting.html", "content_html": "

Everyone is presenting their personal websites. I just hopped up and presented nertzy.com and how I have copies of my older blogs at http://old.nertzy.com and http://old.nertzy.com/old/ and how I want to merge that old content into my site someday.

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-22T12:23:54-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/22/everyone-is-presenting.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Article"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/22/im-going-to.html", "content_html": "

I’m going to post a lot today 😉

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-22T11:36:59-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/22/im-going-to.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/22/nataliekayh-at-indiewebcamp.html", "content_html": "

@nataliekayh at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin talking about people coming over to micro.blog: “It’s not the dark side, it’s the light side”

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-22T11:28:05-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/22/nataliekayh-at-indiewebcamp.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/22/im-at-indiewebcamp.html", "content_html": "

I’m at IndieWebCamp Austin 2020 this weekend.

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-22T11:26:26-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/22/im-at-indiewebcamp.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/19/windows-variat.html", "title": "WINDOWS VARIAT~1", "content_html": "

Loving this Windows-MIDI-themed tribute album

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https://soundcloud.com/sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle/sets/staffcirc-vol-60-windows-variat1

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-19T21:03:54-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/19/windows-variat.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Listen","Audio"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/02/02/at-t-at.html", "content_html": "

At T22 at 2:02 on 2/2/2020 (@ Tumble 22 in Austin, TX) via Swarm

\n", "date_published": "2020-02-02T15:03:00-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/02/02/at-t-at.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status","Article"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/01/26/my-wife-and.html", "content_html": "

My wife and I tried out climbing at Austin Bouldering Project last Friday. It was a blast! 🧗‍♂️

\n\"\"\n", "date_published": "2020-01-26T16:27:29-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/01/26/my-wife-and.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/01/13/had-a-great.html", "content_html": "

Had a great first day at my new job. Great view on this foggy 🌫 day from our corner office. Looking forward to kicking things off in Dallas tomorrow.

\n\n", "date_published": "2020-01-13T23:24:20-05:00", "url": "https://blog.nertzy.com/2020/01/13/had-a-great.html", "tags": ["Microblog","Status"] }, { "id": "http://nertzy.micro.blog/2020/01/12/i-just-started.html", "content_html": "

I just started reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. I appreciate his attention to detail and willingness to be open about the complexities behind his British Cycling example in the first chapter. Read his update here.

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I'm getting excited about Play Date, an upcoming handheld video game system from Panic. They released an update and things are looking really good for a release later this year!

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Grabbing some cookies from Tiny’s 🍪

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Had a great time at the IndieWeb meetup tonight here in Austin. Met some new folks, and recognized a couple people from many years back.

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