# backyard ultra (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover backyard ultra. Page: Feed: --- ## [Small tools, shared with agents: a CloudWatch Insights example](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2026-05-01-cloudwatch-insights-tool/) _2026-05-01 · skagedal.tech_ I've always enjoyed making small tools for myself to improve daily life as a software developer. Most of the time they are CLI tools, since the command line is where I live most of my life. With the advent of agentic coding, this tendency of mine has multiplied. I'm writing more tools now. Agents are really good at writing small, self-contained tools, and you can kick one off from the Claude app… ## [Lifecycle script permissions in pnpm](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-11-29-npm-built-dependencies/) _2025-12-06 · skagedal.tech_ If you are using the pnpm package manager for Node.js projects, chances are that you have seen a warning about "ignored build scripts" when you run pnpm install , or other commands that install packages, such as pnpm add . What do these warnings mean? And how are you supposed to act on them? Dealing with these can require digging into implementation details of things you wish would just work. In… ## [Commenting is now available on this blog!](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-11-23-comments-now-available/) _2025-11-23 · skagedal.tech_ I wrote my first blog system in 2003, or something like that. It had very rudimentary authoring and commenting functionality. It was written in Python and stored things in a PostgreSQL database, running on my friends' server helgo.net (which I think has been down for some time). It was called "blogdans", a pun on the Swedish word "logdans" ("barn dance"). Not the funniest of puns, but there you… ## [Week 14, 2025: Links and things](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-04-07-week-14-links-and-things/) _2025-04-07 · skagedal.tech_ Following Week 13, 2025: Links and things , here comes Week 14, 25: Links and things! Although it is already the monday of Week 15. Let's kick off with some AI stuff: AI 2027 is a nauseating read: "We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution." Scott Alexander introduces the project at Astral Codex Ten , and I hope… ## [Week 13, 2025: Links and things](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-03-30-week-13-links-and-things/) _2025-03-30 · skagedal.tech_ Let's do another links and things! Last week was fun! Let's start with some Java stuff. I linked to a Gunnar Morling post last week as well. I would say he is one of the best Java bloggers out there. And this week he's doing my favorite kind of blog posts, a "let's take a look at..." post – about Ahead-of-Time Class loading and Linking . Since I've mentioned gatherers for two weeks in a row,… ## [Week 12, 2025: Links and things](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-03-23-week-12-links-and-things/) _2025-03-23 · skagedal.tech_ Continuing the trend from last week , here are some links and things that I've found interesting this week. Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers? – fun story about a sequence of unfortunate design decisions that led to the unintended behavior of Git pausing for 0.1 seconds before executing a mistyped command. A patch has now landed in git 2.49 – see Github's Highlights from Git… ## [Week 11, 2025: Links and things](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-03-16-week-11-links-and-things/) _2025-03-16 · skagedal.tech_ Various links and things that I've found interesting this week. Julia Evans wrote a great post on escape codes and the standards, or lack of standards, or lack of well-working standards in the area, especially regarding the terminfo database. I've been feeling this problem lately as I moved to ghostty as my terminal emulator of choice, and haven't yet set it up properly on my remote hosts. ( This… ## [The backyard ultra timer](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-01-21-backyard-ultra/) _2025-01-21 · skagedal.tech_ There is a kind of ultramarathon race called a backyard ultra . Here's how it works. Every hour a new lap starts. You need to finish the lap within the hour. The person who runs the most laps wins 1 . Each lap is 6.7 km, or 4.1 miles – it is set to this distance so that if you complete 24 laps, i.e stay in the race for 24 hours, you have run 100 miles. I was in the mood for a random little web… ## [The second overflow bug: Implementing a clock in React](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2025-01-06-seconds-aligned-time-source-in-react/) _2025-01-06 · skagedal.tech_ I recently built a small race timer tool for the browser using React . I think I will write a separate blog post about that 1 , but first I wanted to discuss a specific issue. I will demonstrate it by building a simple clock widget. The post assumes some previous experience of using modern React with hooks. First, let's just have a component that shows the time: function WatchFace ( { date }: {… ## [Creating example git log data with jc](https://skagedal.tech/posts/2024-12-29-creating-example-git-log-data-with-jc/) _2024-12-29 · skagedal.tech_ The other day, I was playing around with some React code. I have some ideas of a simple deploy tool, and basically just wanted to try out some UI ideas. One part of this would be to build a component that would show a git log. I wasn't going to write any real git integration right at the moment, as that wasn't the purpose of my current exploration, but I still wanted to have some real data to use… ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dklUXq0e8qZX) _2024-12-28 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Belgium – World Team Champion 2025!!](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/belgium-world-team-champion-2025/) _2024-10-24 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra T minus one year (and counting).that was the longest saturday.the last 3 belgians went so longthat our race site had been completely cleared,and i was down to the last dozen or so flags to fold and put waybefore the race finally ended..there were two things that stood out most in this \[ \] ## [Hour 66](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-66-2/) _2024-10-22 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard hour 66:.how can i possibly describe what it is like in camp?tent city with holes like missing teethwhere the tents of the casualties once stood.watching the shambling forms of the 8 remaining warriorslooking like refugees of some apocalyptic event as they leave the glow of lightand fade into the darkness..when they return \[ \] ## [Hour 56](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-56-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra hour 56: and sometimes it is the weather.i was so relieved last week when the weather finally broke.and real fall came (allegedly)up until then every day i went out into sweltering heat.temperatures were in the 80s and 90sand i was worried team usa was going to cook in my backyard. then \[ \] ## [Hour 55](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-55-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra hour 55: right now the biggest challenge facing team manager is keeping the runners on the course.the number of runners seems to change every hour. right now,at this momentbelgium, usa, and australia all have 11 running.japan has 10.it is only 81 yards from belgium to japan.if any team could retain its \[ \] ## [Hour 54](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-54-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big s backyard ultra hour 54: the biggest news is that the belgians finally broke.it was looking like they might have 15 runners go 100 yards! actually, 4 of the belgians are now out,actually giving them fewer runners on the course than team usa.prior to that development,the lead had been built to 38 yards.it would seem \[ \] ## [Hour 53](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-53-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra starting hour 53: the long game has begun.team backyard is a game with more than one part.the setup period is roughly the first half of the race.during the first half of the race,the key is to keep the team intact as long as possible.as players droptheir team loses ground to teams \[ \] ## [Hours 51 & 52](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hours-51-52/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra: hours 51 and 52: it came time for a nap,i realized it when i tried to wait on the tracking sheet to all get updated.the important thing was that i not oversleep the next whistlewhich depends on your definition of oversleep!i performed all of the functions to start the 52nd yard,but \[ \] ## [Hour 50](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-50-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra 50 hours: this is it.this is where the race begins! seriously,even though what belgium has done so far transcends anything i imagined possible,there is no need for team usa to despair.considering what guatemala didand icelandthere is no format more favorable to coming from behind… but, eventually they have to have someone \[ \] ## [Hour 49](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-49-2/) _2024-10-21 · Lazarus Lake · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big s backyard ultra hour 49: so here is what i get from the tracking sheet173 people in 24 countries just finished doing 200 miles in less than 48 hours.these are numbers so unimaginable that they redefine human potential.congratulations to the worldwide backyard family! ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/q5bQtuyMRjjf) _2024-10-21 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Hour 48](https://bigsbackyardultra.com/hour-48-2/) _2024-10-21 · Mike Dobies · Big's Backyard Ultra_ big dog s backyard ultra 48 hours!!!!! and so we head into the 200 mile hour.i am anxious to see how many make it… 177 runners in 24 countries completed the 47th hour,the satellite championships are about to produce more 200 milers in under 48 hours than anyone ever imagined possible.the participants in this race are \[ \]