Nostr notes by jacquelines 🌟

does anyone remember when it was generally agreed that a large ...

2026-10-27T22:17:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…nvvy
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does anyone remember when it was generally agreed that a large amount of boilerplate in a project was a sign of bad design, and that you should seek to improve things through abstraction or refactoring rather than simply automating and codegen-ing your way through?

does anyone remember when people would talk about code smells. or ...

2026-10-27T22:14:22Z

does anyone remember when people would talk about code smells. or design patterns. or application architecture principles.

i feel the root cause here is that computer security companies ...

2026-10-21T23:43:21Z

i feel the root cause here is that computer security companies have eleventy billion trillion dollars to spend on vuln research, whilst your average open source project's security budget is ten bucks and a half-empty can of monster someone left in an office fridge

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2026-09-25T09:09:00Z

how do you pronounce 'xfce' ?

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2026-09-25T00:38:59Z

beautiful women named IBus Notification are dming me

my opinion on a potential pine64 mp3 player is that pine64 do not ...

2026-09-24T21:21:13Z

my opinion on a potential pine64 mp3 player is that pine64 do not make open source hardware so i don’t care. stop mentioning me about it.

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2026-09-18T04:25:32Z

chat i ordered parts for an improved tangara pcb

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2026-09-03T02:51:55Z

how to defeat fascism quick easy diy site:reddit.com

fedi, what's a good instance for hosting my bot's posts? ...

2026-08-31T23:14:02Z

fedi, what's a good instance for hosting my bot's posts? bots in dot space is no more :(

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2026-08-23T21:30:08Z

hmm

RE: https://hails.org/@hailey/117069968760959217 but here i am, ...

2026-08-11T00:17:44Z

RE: https://hails.org/@hailey/117069968760959217

but here i am, with asbestos in my walls, in my car brakes, in my oven gloves. i'm not comfortable with it, but the utility is just too great for me to take a principled stance here. i like it, and i want it, so i'm using it. maybe that's morally questionable, or worse. but, as i said: here i am
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fedi has anyone tried adjusting the tp4056's PROG resistor ...

2026-08-06T07:22:49Z

fedi has anyone tried adjusting the tp4056's PROG resistor during a charge? did it work? your timely response could save me as many as two hours tomorrow

regarding tangara 2 development, i am pleased to announce that we ...

2026-08-01T07:32:54Z

regarding tangara 2 development, i am pleased to announce that we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish

i'm the girl who keeps applying a 45 degree thermal relief ...

2026-07-09T03:53:35Z

i'm the girl who keeps applying a 45 degree thermal relief offset to random footprints in the kicad standard library. i do it because it annoys people. i'm not sorry.

two maintainers pasting llm output back and forth, emdashes and ...

2026-07-07T04:58:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…qgtc
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two maintainers pasting llm output back and forth, emdashes and all, as 'code review'. what are we doing here. what kind of fucking joke has this industry become.

i come from a place of great privilege in the sense that this is ...

2026-07-07T04:57:47Z

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i come from a place of great privilege in the sense that this is my first time tracking down a breakage caused by upstream and discovering a slop pr

sigh https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/pull/9986

2026-07-07T04:56:38Z

sigh https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/pull/9986

"Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning ...

2026-06-10T22:39:00Z

"Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning and reading comprehension, we find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up. [..] These findings are particularly concerning because persistence is foundational to skill acquisition and is one of the strongest predictors of long-term learning"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721

every ai guy says "u can't argue the quality; new models ...

2026-06-03T07:57:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…h7lr
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every ai guy says "u can't argue the quality; new models actually are genuinely good" and then u actually read the code and it's dogshit

every ai guy says "i carefully reviewed everything!" but ...

2026-06-03T07:57:23Z

every ai guy says "i carefully reviewed everything!" but then u actually read the code and it's dogshit

we actually have tangara 2 ready to go, but for public safety we ...

2026-05-29T01:12:34Z

we actually have tangara 2 ready to go, but for public safety we haven't rolled it out yet. it's too powerful.

>Do you ever have flashes of insight or an idea worth ...

2026-05-21T04:23:50Z

>Do you ever have flashes of insight or an idea worth remembering? This happens to me 5-10 times every day. If I don't write down the thought immediately, it slips out of my mind.

i set up https://goaccess.io/ recently. it's good software, i ...

2026-05-19T11:50:00Z

i set up https://goaccess.io/ recently. it's good software, i would recommend it.

basically instead of everything going directly to my house via a ...

2026-05-18T23:43:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…fkuj
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basically instead of everything going directly to my house via a static ip, everything now goes to a vps that proxies to my house via a wireguard tunnel. this saves me $25/month.

i changed some details about how forum.cooltech.zone et al are ...

2026-05-18T23:42:07Z

i changed some details about how forum.cooltech.zone et al are hosted. if it looks broken then tell me about it ig

i find that the state of the world is quite bad for my ...

2026-05-13T06:00:00Z

i find that the state of the world is quite bad for my productivity

rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business ...

2026-05-12T07:13:54Z

rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/

new blog post from me! https://jacqueline.id.au/agentic-ai/

2026-05-05T07:34:56Z

new blog post from me! https://jacqueline.id.au/agentic-ai/

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2026-05-03T10:24:19Z

Co-authored-by: vim <vim-announce@vim.org>

my dev environment preferences have shifted over the years from ...

2026-04-30T07:21:37Z

my dev environment preferences have shifted over the years from “ides are so good why would u ever *not* use one?” to “if u make me leave the terminal i will kill you”

hey, thanks so much for your pr! before i review, could u please ...

2026-04-29T02:40:34Z

hey, thanks so much for your pr! before i review, could u please confirm that you've followed all our contribution guidelines? u can read them here: https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf

“is there a docker dev container?” no, learn to use your ...

2026-04-26T05:23:16Z

“is there a docker dev container?” no, learn to use your computer

i have read so many datasheets and none have sparked joy

2026-03-26T07:34:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…fqea
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i have read so many datasheets and none have sparked joy

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2026-03-26T07:33:38Z

does anyone know a good A2DP-capable bluetooth module

i will continue to post low-effort bait until i have blocked ...

2026-03-16T22:10:33Z

i will continue to post low-effort bait until i have blocked every annoying asshole replyguy on the entire fediverse. thank you for your attention in this matter!

u programmed this with claude? the ai platform for bombing ...

2026-03-12T20:56:32Z

u programmed this with claude? the ai platform for bombing schools?

there's a new tangara release. it's good if u like to ...

2026-02-23T02:44:40Z

there's a new tangara release. it's good if u like to organise your music via some kind of obtuse directory structure. u can download the new version here https://codeberg.org/cool-tech-zone/tangara-fw/releases/tag/v2.1.0

oh look another one https://poc.bcachefs.org/

2026-02-22T20:35:44Z

oh look another one https://poc.bcachefs.org/

i feel like i don't have the words to properly describe how ...

2026-02-17T05:59:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…nz6a
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i feel like i don't have the words to properly describe how it feels to see people who opinions i respected and valued slowly fall into ai psychosis. it's so slow and so subtle at first. "i'm just experimenting! i'm not an ai booster!"

then wait a few months, and they start explaining with the usual flawed, incoherent reasoning how actually it's all very interesting and thought-provoking, whilst pointing at an LLM that is so obviously just a reflection of their own ego.

every blog post i read about 'agentic LLMs' just makes me ...

2026-02-17T05:44:14Z

every blog post i read about 'agentic LLMs' just makes me feel concerned for the author. it would be embarrassing if it wasn't so deeply sad.

electronics fedi please link the best test clip set available on ...

2026-02-12T09:58:02Z

electronics fedi please link the best test clip set available on aliexpress thank you cc ailurux (npub183r…lwxj)

my website isn’t ‘down’ i’m committing small web ...

2026-02-08T00:26:27Z

my website isn’t ‘down’ i’m committing small web decentralisation praxis by normalising not being able to access my website when my power is out

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2026-01-31T09:51:29Z

from https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills

> We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery. On a quiz that covered concepts they’d used just a few minutes before, participants in the AI group scored 17% lower than those who coded by hand, or the equivalent of nearly two letter grades. Using AI sped up the task slightly, but this didn’t reach the threshold of statistical significance.

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2026-01-23T03:52:06Z

tangara development update i’m recovering from surgery

you know how there’s an increasingly large dataset showing that ...

2026-01-15T02:25:44Z

you know how there’s an increasingly large dataset showing that talking to LLMs a lot is like really really bad for your brain? there’s no ‘except for software developers’ carve-out. just fyi !

some girls on here ...

2026-01-11T04:28:21Z

some girls on here

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2025-12-18T05:42:54Z

i am now on holiday for xmas

getting good quality audio out of a portable device is quite a ...

2025-12-13T03:35:40Z

getting good quality audio out of a portable device is quite a lot harder than people seem to think ime

i found the perfect part for tangara gen 2 but it only comes in a ...

2025-12-12T22:25:07Z

i found the perfect part for tangara gen 2 but it only comes in a 36-pin 0.4mm pitch bga package

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2025-12-08T02:29:44Z

there will be a great new tangara firmware release this friday!

today i am practicing being kind with myself (opening a new bag ...

2025-10-27T22:39:50Z

today i am practicing being kind with myself (opening a new bag of jumper leads instead of digging through my big messy bag of loose ones)

omg look!!!! ...

2025-10-20T03:35:42Z

omg look!!!! https://codeberg.org/cool-tech-zone/tangara-fw/releases/tag/v1.5.0

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2025-10-18T05:06:44Z

i’m properly back to linux desktop now. i forgot how nice it is.

i have an nvidia graphics card with the nouveau driver, plus ...

2025-10-17T06:52:30Z

i have an nvidia graphics card with the nouveau driver, plus wayland and gnome. my second monitor is not automatically detected. fedi reply guys now is your time in my hour of need please tell me how to use my computer. debian btw.

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2025-10-10T04:46:18Z

gnu emacs the everything app

hard at work ...

2025-10-09T09:30:13Z

hard at work

this is great, now my mastodon and bsky feeds are both all drama ...

2025-10-09T09:15:58Z

this is great, now my mastodon and bsky feeds are both all drama and discourse about big orgs run by 'apolitical' dickheads. maybe i will live in the woods.

thank you so much to whichever team at gmail that thought this ...

2025-09-30T23:24:30Z

thank you so much to whichever team at gmail that thought this would be a good idea

i feel strongly that offering to adjust the colour of the sky in ...

2025-09-16T02:56:44Z

i feel strongly that offering to adjust the colour of the sky in a photo i took in 2015 is an insult to life and the human experience

it's on github. it's on codeberg. you can get it on ...

2025-09-10T07:16:39Z

it's on github. it's on codeberg. you can get it on sourcehut. it's totally on gitea

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2025-09-05T00:39:15Z

there will be a new tangara firmware release today maybe

my hypothesis is that there’s overlap between average mastodon ...

2025-08-29T21:18:26Z

my hypothesis is that there’s overlap between average mastodon dot social annoying guy and average bsky discover feed annoying guy. our next post will put this to the test.

wow! no! ...

2025-08-28T22:23:24Z

wow! no!

it used to be mainstream to use the www subdomain, and ...

2025-08-16T05:08:53Z

it used to be mainstream to use the www subdomain, and counterculture to not use it. but now it’s mainstream to not use it, and counterculture to have your site on www

thank u to codeberg for going down we will have lunch early today ...

2025-08-15T01:46:13Z

thank u to codeberg for going down we will have lunch early today instead of working

the main difficulty of electronics is when u wire something up ...

2025-08-12T04:04:13Z

the main difficulty of electronics is when u wire something up with full knowledge of how it will work, then u wait a few weeks to get the boards back, and then u have to work out how it works again to make the firmware

if u have a tangara and u want to play music using apple's ...

2025-08-08T02:06:56Z

if u have a tangara and u want to play music using apple's lossless audio codec, then there is some very good news for you in today's release https://codeberg.org/cool-tech-zone/tangara-fw/releases/tag/v1.4.0

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2025-08-06T09:06:10Z

hello mastodon

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2025-07-29T06:03:00Z

iykyk

embedded software is so much nicer than the stuff we did earlier ...

2025-07-22T00:40:24Z

embedded software is so much nicer than the stuff we did earlier in our career. generally stuff is pretty simple, with sensible abstractions, and things are designed to be reasonably performant. would take this over the fucking mess that was android dev any day.

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2025-07-18T01:07:44Z

finally

got one of the first parts for tangara 2! we’re gonna keep ...

2025-07-15T00:24:44Z

got one of the first parts for tangara 2! we’re gonna keep making them bigger the more people complain!

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2025-06-27T01:48:30Z

go is just a worse java imo

the most frustrating thing about this era of big tech fucking ...

2025-06-26T23:07:03Z

the most frustrating thing about this era of big tech fucking garbage is that the floss freaks were kind of right

employ 👏 technical 👏 writers

2025-06-25T03:35:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…a6gg
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employ 👏 technical 👏 writers

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2025-06-25T03:35:25Z

active-low pin labeled 'shutdown'

artificial general intelligence? brother we don’t even have the ...

2025-06-10T03:10:58Z

artificial general intelligence? brother we don’t even have the technology to create a robotic pet cat.

these mfs think they’re inventing god but they can’t even replicate a dumbass who shits in a box

also contrast ratio is a trick made up by Big Accessibility to ...

2025-06-09T23:28:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…c0mu
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also contrast ratio is a trick made up by Big Accessibility to try to corrupt your bold artistic vision. DON'T LET THEM WIN

it is essential as a tech company to fire your entire ux ...

2025-06-09T23:07:48Z

it is essential as a tech company to fire your entire ux leadership and redesign everything every few years. incremental improvement and learning from your mistakes are NOT 10x thinking

back on that grind !! ...

2025-05-30T02:51:03Z

back on that grind !!

it's pocketing time :3

2025-05-29T10:13:42Z

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it's pocketing time :3

let's go gamers ...

2025-05-29T06:59:16Z

let's go gamers

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2025-05-28T06:30:42Z

gamer tip: if u stare at a pcb layout all day u will be tired

some girls on here ...

2025-05-28T03:33:40Z

some girls on here

Dear Murata Electronics, Please invent a 22uF 50V MLCC that does ...

2025-05-28T00:56:32Z

Dear Murata Electronics,

Please invent a 22uF 50V MLCC that does not derate due to DC bias and costs maybe 50c each maximum.

Thanks!
Jacquelines

mastodon FR: post type where any replies with more than 2x the ...

2025-05-27T02:41:06Z

mastodon FR: post type where any replies with more than 2x the character count of the OP are automatically deleted

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2025-05-14T01:12:50Z

FUCK GIT SUBMODULES

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2025-05-13T11:01:29Z

did fastmail force anyone else to reauth today?

the COWARDLY diode d7 will be removed from this dev board for the ...

2025-05-01T03:43:30Z

the COWARDLY diode d7 will be removed from this dev board for the crime of reducing the supposed '5v' output to a mere 4.7 volts

same, dude ...

2025-04-29T01:45:48Z

same, dude

so far our review of being an open source maintainer is that ...

2025-04-28T00:33:17Z

so far our review of being an open source maintainer is that there are some weird fucking people out there

y’all like cats? here’s one ...

2025-04-24T23:54:00Z

y’all like cats? here’s one

example kind of bug report the gets u banned ...

2025-04-24T02:18:28Z

example kind of bug report the gets u banned https://codeberg.org/cool-tech-zone/tangara-fw/issues/344

the bad part of getting a job is less time to focus on spreading ...

2025-04-16T06:18:57Z

the bad part of getting a job is less time to focus on spreading joy to the world via gay music players

the good part of getting a job is number in bank account go up

pressing 'run' in pulseview causes our computer's ...

2025-04-15T01:56:35Z

pressing 'run' in pulseview causes our computer's entire usb stack to restart. flipping the orientation of the usb-c cable plugged into the logic analyser fixes this.

probably fine.

new webcam view feat. tangara parts ...

2025-04-06T03:24:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…hneu
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new webcam view feat. tangara parts

main change was moving our computer out of the bedroom and into ...

2025-04-06T03:22:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…fjaq
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main change was moving our computer out of the bedroom and into what we're now calling 'the office'. previously this room held a combination of tangara parts and an untidy pile of junk. the tangara parts are still here tho.

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2025-04-06T03:21:11Z

the great pre-new-job room rearranging is complete...

starting a new gig on tuesday btw! pretty exciting they're ...

2025-04-05T02:03:54Z

starting a new gig on tuesday btw! pretty exciting they're letting us be an "electronics engineer" these days!

if u write an ogg encoder that includes albumart as a 400KiB ...

2025-03-28T03:29:52Z

if u write an ogg encoder that includes albumart as a 400KiB vorbis comment then u are our personal enemy and u will not be escaping samsara