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Software engineer, founder of facilethings.com 🔹Local-First 🔹React 🔹Ruby on Rails 🔹Data Science🔹Python 🔹Linux🔹Getting Things Done

Just fixed a few issues in the MCP server (dropping unused connections to free memory, raising idle timeout) and added support to other tools (Gemini CLI, Hermes). One very productive hour!

Fastmail—the Australia-based indie email provider—is going to let you choose if you want your data in the US or the EU starting August 1. Fastmail's COO Bek Fraser says this will make your experience faster if you're based in the EU and you switch to those servers.

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Regardless of the model used, Claude Code has greatly improved its workflow. It now creates its own temporary code to verify the validity of changes, benchmarks, convergence tests, and so on. I still do it, but reviewing the code is becoming increasingly unnecessary.

Wait, you… use libraries? Code that other people wrote for you? You just… download it? Do you even read the code? Do you not care about the craft, the knowledge that comes from putting in the work yourself? Aren’t you afraid your skills will atrophy?

America didn’t just lose a World Cup match. We lost credibility. A President personally intervened with FIFA over a disciplinary decision and created the appearance that political power could influence the rules of the game. The reputational cost was far greater than the sporting cost.