Jimmy
@jimmypiraino.com
Aspiring gardener and verified dad. I also do tech things. Hi. stackandsignal.com
My first computer caught on fire because I routed a wire too close to the GPU. I was twelve. I've been chasing that feeling ever since, except now I also have kids and doom-scroll guilt. jimmypiraino.com/blog/interne...
The Internet Made Me Who I Am (And Now I Don't Know What to Do With It)
Just another late-30's dude complaining about how the Internet is different than it used to be.
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Hot off the #vibecoding presses... 4 new weird little joy machines! - WiFi personality reader - Motivation from someone who just woke up - Vibe check this color! - Apologize to an inanimate object All weird, all ready to be clicked. joy.jimmypiraino.com/
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
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"Our API can do anything" = you'll be writing custom code forever "Most customers don't need that" = the feature doesn't exist "Let's schedule a quick call about pricing" = we're charging you based on vibes All the vendor red flags I watch for now jimmypiraino.com/blog/vendor-red-flags/
Vendor Red Flags I've Learned to Spot
After years of evaluating marketing technology, these are the warning signs I watch for before signing anything.
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You know that feeling. Three hours in. There are diagrams now. Edge cases with a 0.3% chance of occurring. I built a quiz to externalize the voice you're too busy to hear while adding "just one more thing". stackandsignal.com/projects/ove...
Am I Overengineering This?
A satirical quiz to help you realize you probably are.
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Added 4 new weird little joy machines! - A color apologizes to you - Emails from your sleep paralysis demon's HR dept - You can throw your feelings into a void - Micro-achievement generator! All normal website stuff. joy.stackandsignal.com
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
joy.stackandsignal.com
Why is your cat mad at you today? Find out 😸 I got to use the very fun Cat API for this one!
Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today | Weird Little Joy Machines
Today's grievance, served fresh
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Instead of sleeping I made a bunch more: - Fortune Cookie But Unhelpful - Why Your Cat Is Mad at You Today - Hold This Button to Feel Something - Click Here to Be Perceived - Every Time You Refresh This Sentence Gets Worse - A PDF Is Loading It Will Never Finish
Jimmy@jimmypiraino.com · 7mo agoFound some more free time today. Added another weird little joy machine: Infinite Potato Zoom! Enjoy 🤘 joy.stackandsignal.com #SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
Found some more free time today. Added another weird little joy machine: Infinite Potato Zoom! Enjoy 🤘 joy.stackandsignal.com #SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun #potato
Weird Little Joy Machines | Small Distractions for Hard Days
A collection of absurdist web toys with early 2000s internet vibes. Rate clouds, zoom into potatoes, get compliments from Victorian ghosts, and more.
joy.stackandsignal.com
I know I know…. It’s another newsletter.
Another Newsletter Enters the Chat
Building things. Breaking things. Writing it down.
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The world is a lot right now, so I built dumb little web toys to make you smile. Find out what your houseplant named itself. Get a compliment from a very specific person. Generate corporate excuses so jargon-filled they're meaningless. joy.stackandsignal.com #SmallJoys #IndieWeb #JustForFun
Weird Little Joy Machines
Small distractions for hard days. A collection of absurdist web toys.
joy.stackandsignal.com
I built a free email deliverability checker called SendReady. Checks SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and one-click unsubscribe headers. Nobody asked for it. Plenty of other tools exist. I built it anyway. sendready.stackandsignal.com
SendReady - Email Compliance Checker
Free tool to check SPF, DKIM, and DMARC compliance for your sending domains. Validate email headers for one-click unsubscribe compliance.
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Launched a website with exactly one post about a coffee calculator I made. There’s a newsletter too. No schedule, chaotic topics. Should be fun! stackandsignal.com
Stack & Signal
A website about marketing technology, side projects, and building things on the internet.
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The gap between "I just got a 3D printer" and "I now have opinions about bed adhesion" is about 72 hours.
One of my favorites from the Point Defiance Rose Garden in 📍Tacoma, WA
My wife sewed this for our cat. It’s like a turtle shell sweater. This may come as a surprise but our cat hates it.
Had a really cool fungus grow in my raised bed. It’s called Lysurus mokusin, aka lizard’s claw. Apparently it’s edible in its early stages! I’m… going to pass though.
