Had a great first day at RBQ Conf (a local Austin Ruby conference) On to day two…
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. But another thing ... https://blog.nertzy.com/2026/02/14/ive-been-doing-a-lot.html
Scripting News: The new blog discourse system, post 0: "The first thing to know is that all comments are blog posts. You write the comment on a blog that you own. And maybe that will be the only way anyone other than you will ev... https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/11/25/scripting-news-the-new-blog.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.
Kitty Cohen’s happy hour all day Monday-Wednesday this summer
Checking out the new browser landscape: https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/07/02/checking-out-the-new-browser.html
I like a coffee shop that plays classic rave music. At Civil Goat Coffee in Austin, TX. 🎵 LFO - “To the Limit (Peel Session)”
This silly game is more fun than I expected. I’m a big Picross/nonogram fan.
Downloading the new Season 2 games for my Playdate and experiencing an unexpected color coincidence.
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.
I’m enjoying listening to a conversation between two of my old colleagues from my New York days about building projects in today’s world. Listen to the first episode of the new More Makers podcast by Steve Berry at Thought Mercha... https://blog.nertzy.com/2025/05/29/im-enjoying-listening-to-a.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.
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. I grew up in Oklahoma City, and felt the blast that day from 15 miles away at my middle school. On the 10th anniversary, in 2005, I wrote a short article about my personal experience.
The great [Cory Doctorow speaking truth here at the Fediverse House at SXSW. “When life gives you SARS, make sarsaparilla”
Great to see new ideas for user experience for the social web coming together here at the Fediverse House at SXSW. This is a demo of the new upcoming Surf browser.
Hanging out at the Fediverse House at SXSW. Listening to panels about new social platforms and generally hanging out for the day. You can get in without a badge!
Also worth a timely read, related to both 18F and the USDS (the agency that was gutted to create “DOGE”). www.wired.com/2017/01/r…
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
Thanks to 18F for lots of true government efficiency work. Sorry to see them go. 18f.org
Feast of the Seven Fishes at L’Oca d’Oro. 🐟 I definitely recommend a pour of their house Amaro Campanella to pair with dessert.
At Matt’s El Rancho for the first time. Long overdue. Small Bob + shared the beef fajitas. Mexican martini. Perfect. No notes. 🍸🍹
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. I’ll probably release another version soon to add support for composite primary keys, a new Active Record 7.2 feature.