this is a wild statistic for a "major" city... > By the numbers: In Mecklenburg County, 94.2% of households have at least one car, according to U.S. Census data. Only 5.8% have none.
Josh Finnie
@joshfinnie.dev
https://links.jfin.us 🏠 Charlotte, NC ☀️ Software Engineer @ PDL 🌙 Building PicSkyApp.com Lover of data, cycling, fountain pens, writing, and photograph
♫ My Top 5 played artists in the past week: The National (32), Geese (17), LCD Soundsystem (15), Wilco (11), & Modest Mouse (7). Via #LastFM ♫
I know I am probably weird for this take, but I am not a huge fan of hardcover books. So excited to get this ordered and to have and to hold!
my partner and I are having a little staycation. we're playing the any% "love a house on Ugliest House in America" speed run. I might be winning...
explored using impeccable.style for my blog and wrote up my thoughts. read it here! www.joshfinnie.com/blog/what-im...
What Impeccable Found When I Pointed It at My Own Blog
I used Impeccable, a design skill for Claude Code, to document this blog's actual design system and then critique it against its own rules. Here is what it caught, from a shadow rule three components were quietly breaking to a blog index rendering ten H1 tags on one page.
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♫ My Top 5 played artists in the past week: Geese (7), The Decemberists (7), Fred again.. (5), Bon Iver (4), & CCFX (3). Via #LastFM ♫
for all the shit I give Universe Beyond card in Magic, this is going to be a $1,000 card easily! I don't like it, but game knows game... #mtg
Looks like PNC updated their perfectly fine online banking experience to something that is incredibly slow and a pain to work with :-/
i think the announcers are warm in LA this afternoon... they've only said it's hot there 1000x so far. #worldcup
looking to write a blog post of "prompts that get production ready code" anyone have any examples they'd like to share? I'll link your site back as attribution.
gotta love when the second most expensive card is a UB card with limited reprint ability. cool... #mtg www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7865896...
Mono-Black Pox by BlogBoy Deck
Mono-Black Pox by BlogBoy deck list with prices for Magic: the Gathering (MTG).
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everyone loves the ABS in MLB games, but I'm here for the catcher -> pitcher communication that allows us to see each type of pitch thrown. that's so cool!
Have been a huge fan of @biomejs.dev and wrote what I did to set it up for my blog. read it here: www.joshfinnie.com/blog/from-es...
Trading ESLint and Prettier for Biome
A while back I added ESLint and Prettier to this blog. This year I pulled both out and replaced them with Biome, a single Rust-based tool that formats and lints in one pass. Here is why, and what the switch actually looked like.
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♫ My Top 5 played artists in the past week: Geese (11), Clipse (3), Father John Misty (3), Phoebe Bridgers (3), & Geordie Greep (2). Via #LastFM ♫
does anyone else think this Macy's 4th firework show is a fever dream? what am I watching?
This is an amazing video I recommend everyone watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BPY...
why the communists are winning
YouTube video by Michael Burns
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Tell Congress: Don’t Force Age Checks Online! This is a terrible and dangerous bill... seems to have bipartisan support too! act.eff.org/action/tell-...
Tell Congress: Don’t Force Age Checks Online
Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sweeping internet bill that would pressure websites and apps to determine users’ ages before allowing them to read websites, send private messages, or ...
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♫ My Top 5 played artists in the past week: Death Grips (8), JID (8), Run the Jewels (7), Tyler, The Creator (5), & Clipse (4). Via #LastFM ♫
The Xteink X4 is 20% off for Amazon Prime Day. I absolutely love this ereader... it has made me read infinitely more since I got it. amzn.to/4w7zBTr (Affiliate Link)
Amazon.com: XTEINK X4 E-Book Reader (Developer Edition), 4.3" Pocket E-Ink eReader, Physical Page-Turn Buttons, Ultra-Thin 0.23" & 2.72 oz, Magnetic-Ready Design, Distraction-Free Reading, 16GB, Mist ...
Amazon.com: XTEINK X4 E-Book Reader (Developer Edition), 4.3" Pocket E-Ink eReader, Physical Page-Turn Buttons, Ultra-Thin 0.23" & 2.72 oz, Magnetic-Ready Design, Distraction-Free Reading, 16GB, Mist ...
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♫ My Top 5 played artists in the past week: Bon Iver (2), Holy Two (2), Alice Boman (1), Bombay Bicycle Club (1), & Chairlift (1). Via #LastFM ♫
this is too funny not to share! Josh Finnie (@joshfinnie) on Roost roostsocial.app/profile/josh...
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absolutely love to see it! just wish I still lived there to cast my vote!
