Climbing and the Fear of Failure
Notes on a passage from The Trad Climber's Bible about climbing free of the fear of failure, and how it reframed my own fear of falling and failing.
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A Github CLI Extension for Issue Types
A GitHub CLI extension for working with issue types on organization repositories.
LLM Wiki
A look at Karpathy's llm-wiki pattern, where an LLM writes and maintains a structured wiki as a persistent knowledge artifact. Includes my own experience applying the concept and a pointer to AST-based tooling for software projects.
The Dark Wizard
The Dark Wizard is a four-part HBO Max docuseries about Dean Potter, one of climbing's most legendary and controversial figures. It premieres April 14 and screens at the Boulder International Film Festival on April 10.
Claude Code as Infrastructure
On treating Claude Code as infrastructure, not a chatbot, and what that's meant for running a business and this blog as a solo developer.
Linked List Blogging
A roundup of seminal posts on link blogging, with commentary on the format's history and my own approach to curating links worth sharing.
The 49MB Web Page
Shubham Bose audits the bloat of modern news sites — plus how this site compares at roughly 2,000× leaner than nytimes.com.
Why Blog If Nobody Reads It?
A reflection on why blogging matters even without readers, and a commitment to documenting the highs and lows of going indie.
What happened to WASD keyboards?
WASD Keyboards has shut down — a personal farewell to a company whose keyboards have been the most used tool of my craft for over a decade.
Going Indie
After a decade of building software for other companies, I'm going indie!
Monthly Recap: March
A recap of March: 58.6 miles, 8,967 feet of elevation gain, and a new love of trail running.
How to Export Kindle Highlights
How to export Kindle highlights and clean them up using regex in Sublime Text.
🧗🏻♂️ My First Freeway
Solo climbing Freeway on the Second Flatiron — a Boulder classic with a famous diving board jump.
📚 Demon in White
My highlights from Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio — book three of The Sun Eater series.
⛄️ Ceran Saint Vrain Trail Snow Shoeing (2024.03.17)
First time snow shoeing on the Ceran Saint Vrain Trail — easy on packed snow, hard when breaking trail.
🏃🏻♂️ Neighborhood Run (2024.03.17)
A simple 3.6-mile neighborhood run to get more miles under my feet.
Pour Over Coffee
My recipe for a clean, bright cup of pour over coffee using the three pour method.
🏃🏻♂️ Mount Sanitas via Lion's Lair Trail Run (2024.03.13)
A morning trail run up Mount Sanitas via Lion's Lair — great mountain views, deer sightings, tough pacing.
🏃🏻♂️ Sanitas Valley and Dakota Ridge Trail Run (2024.03.11)
A sunrise trail run up Dakota Ridge with great views of Boulder and the Front Range.
📚 Howling Dark
My highlights from Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio — book two of The Sun Eater series.
Training for Adventure
Kellie and I start a 6-week fitness program to prepare for climbing, hiking, and backpacking.
📚 Empire of Silence
My highlights from Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio — the first book in The Sun Eater series.
🏔️ A New Year, A New Beginning 🥽
Starting 2024 with a new role on Apple's visionOS team in Colorado after 5½ years on Health in California.
Chess Pie
Chess pie. A delicious and very southern pie with a weird name.
May Your Trails Be Crooked
Edward Abbey's beautiful benedicto from the preface of Desert Solitaire.
A Week In Chattanooga
A week in Chattanooga with Kellie — rain kept us from hiking, so we explored the city instead.
In Memory Of George
In memory of George. June 1, 2015 — April 15, 2023. The sweetest cat to ever nibble your elbow.
Experimenting with Sobriety
Marking the day I stopped drinking alcohol as a health experiment.
A Mother's Day Tray
A handmade wooden tray built from reclaimed wood as a Mother's Day gift — my first woodworking project of the pandemic.
Nashville Favorites
Living in California during the pandemic definitely has me missing home. I thought it would be helpful to put together a list of my favorite spots back in Music City.
Swift Tips Series
My full Swift Tips series.
Bear Writer
My current note taking solution.
Evernote Alternative?
A peak into my thoughts on a custom Evernote alternative.
Initial Thoughts - Apple Special Event, Sept. 9, 2015
My initial thoughts & observation about Apple's latest keynote.
Swift Scripts at CocoaHeads
Links to my Swift Scripting presentation and repository.
Swift 1.2
I'm really excited about the changes to Swift in the current Xcode 6.3 beta. Apple has answered several of my biggest gripes with Swift. Here are some of the highlights.
Youtube View Counter
Explanation behind the Youtube View Counter Breaking