# busy week — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover busy week. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wanted by the Vampire - Chapter 13](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/wanted-by-the-vampire-chapter-13) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ The fever took him two hours after I’d tended his wounds. ## [Portugal with Kids: Cascais, Lisbon & the Algarve](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/portugal-with-kids-cascais-lisbon) _2026-08-19 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ Family of Five, A Beach Vacation with a Side of Culture ☀️ 🇵🇹 ## [Crafting With the Briarpatch: Pencil Garland!](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/crafting-with-the-briarpatch-pencil) _2026-08-18 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Our Sunday afternoon crafting Live, now available for replay ## [This New App Will Change How You Track Weather](https://tornadotitans.substack.com/p/this-new-app-will-change-how-you) _2026-08-17 · Tornado Titans · Tornado Titans_ Introducing you to TitanTrack, our new free app available everywhere today. ## [Announcing some improvements to \`renovate-pretty-log-tui\`](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/17/renovate-pretty-log/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-17 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ As I've blogged about before, I've written a tool for improving the experience of working with Renovate's debug logs , providing a more targeted experience for viewing the logs. While there are a few options out there at the moment, including part of our products at Mend, it's also nice having an agnostic tool I can use across different products, or where a customer or a user has provided logs to… ## [8/17: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/817-happy-monday) _2026-08-17 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ I'm (sort of) OOO for two weeks! ## [Why I still hand write my commit messages](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/17/hand-write-commits/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-17 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ For over a decade, I've been a proponent of writing detailed Git commit messages. I find it a valuable use of my time, and continue to double down on it, even in a world where you can get a Large Language Model (LLM) to write it for you. In the past, I've written about at least 89 strong feelings I have about Git commits , so I'm naturally biased to the benefit of commit messages, but why does… ## [Week Notes 26#33](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/33/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-16 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ The main thing this week has been GopherCon UK - an expensive week, and unfortunately not as good as previous years - but you can see my writeup for more info On Tuesday night when I got in, I went over to Monohon Ramen which was nice Met some nice folks and had some good chats Went up to Smithfields Market to get a view of the eclipse, but as we didn't have glasses, didn't try and actually see… ## [Always Sniff the Tide Stick + your weekend reads](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/always-sniff-the-tide-stick-your-db1) _2026-08-15 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ So, I have a white dress with little blue flowers on it that I love. ## [My Recent Fall Purchases 👀](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/my-recent-fall-purchases) _2026-08-14 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ A few fall finds I couldn’t resist (but I promise I’m not rushing summer!!) ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NfCqR45UJ4Fp) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Hosting Hacks, Restaurant Fails, and DJ Camp : August Hosting Week 2](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/hosting-hacks-restaurant-fails-and) _2026-08-14 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Listen now | The one where we get back to it. ## [GopherCon UK 2026](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/14/gophercon-uk-2026/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-14 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ For the 3rd year running, I've been at GopherCon UK and am surprised to have survived the heat in London - highs of 36 degrees yesterday - but thankfully The Brewery is a lovely and cool event space. I'm writing this on the train home, with a slightly tired voice, and a little tired after a good time - thanks again to the organisers for putting it on! How to Stay Passionate in the Age of AI… ## [Beauty Items I Swear by - August Edition](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/beauty-items-i-swear-by-august-edition) _2026-08-13 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ A few of my forever favorites + the new beauty finds I’m loving right now ## [Finding which PRs have been taken out of the Merge Queue due to failed status checks](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/11/github-merge-queue-prs/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-11 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ 🤖 This post includes some LLM-derived content 🤖 In the Renovate project, we use the Merge Queue to merge PRs. If a PR fails its status checks, it will be pulled out of the Merge Queue, and a maintainer will need to re-queue it, if it is a transient error. For those of you unaware, GitHub are having a pretty hard time recently with outages , which means that we're seeing an increase in the number… ## [8/11: Happy Tuesday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/811-happy-tuesday) _2026-08-11 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ A fun week ahead. ## [Wanted by the Vampire - Chapter 12](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/wanted-by-the-vampire-chapter-12) _2026-08-11 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ Trying to get a man built like a Viking anywhere when he was barely walking under his own power was a struggle. ## [Week Notes 26#32](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/32/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-09 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ Ditto to last week: still not finished my Canada blog post Was a bit of a busier week with Anna in the office for a good chunk of the week And a pretty intense week at work on top of that 😬 Continuing to try and refine the plan Claude needs to implement for my Micropub rewrite Had a nice weekend down in London for my mum's birthday The a very bad drive down - took an extra ~90 minutes, including… ## [The SW Ridge Continues to Drive Weather Activity](https://tornadotitans.substack.com/p/the-sw-ridge-continues-to-drive-weather) _2026-08-08 · Tornado Titans · Tornado Titans_ From fires in the northwest to severe weather on the Plains. The summertime ridge is fierce this year. ## [What I've Worn in Portugal](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/what-ive-worn-in-portugal) _2026-08-07 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ The outfits I’ve been living in since we got here ## [\*gasp\* should I get rid of books? + bookclub!](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/gasp-should-i-get-rid-of-books-bookclub) _2026-08-07 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ If you don’t know, like half my things have been in storage since… late 2022? ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OiDDiIWuOzyr) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [A Back to School Craft, Fall Prep, and Living in the in Between: August Week 1](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/a-back-to-school-craft-fall-prep) _2026-08-07 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Hi, hello!! ## [Wanted by the Vampire - Chapter 11](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/wanted-by-the-vampire-chapter-11) _2026-08-03 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ Chapter 11 ## [8/3: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/83-happy-monday) _2026-08-03 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ August is here. ☀️ ## [4.5 Star Books, The Secret Garden, and Cookbook Countdown: July's Group Chat](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/45-star-books-the-secret-garden-and) _2026-08-03 · The Briarpatch_ Everything we couldn't stop talking about this month. ## [Week Notes 26#31](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/31/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-02 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ Ditto to last week: still not finished my Canada blog post Work's been particular busy this week with various bits going on, and an accidental major release And as it'd been a pretty intense week, Friday was a little bit more a "catch your breath" day where I worked on a couple of bits, got Claude Fable to investigate some things for me (and it got some pretty good investigations, similar to what… ## [How much AI can a maintainer get away with using without losing their humanity?](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/02/ai-maintainer/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-02 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ 🤖 This post includes some LLM-derived content 🤖 I've been recently thinking about how Open Source maintenance seems to be becoming a little more a slog recently - largely with the increased amount of contributions possible with AI agents - and how it impacts being a maintainer. I'm very fortunate that my literal job is to be an Open Source project maintainer (among other things) and that it's a… ## [July's Briarpatch Live + Summer Nostalgia Book Club No. 2](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/julys-briarpatch-live-summer-nostalgia) _2026-07-31 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ A recording from The Briarpatch's live video ## [Pick my August hobby! + books for you](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/pick-my-august-hobby-books-for-you) _2026-07-31 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ I’m in the middle of taking the Unhinged Life Tracking course where you track your time 24/7, which has been a blast! ## [Severe Weather in the Central Plains Today](https://tornadotitans.substack.com/p/severe-weather-in-the-central-plains) _2026-07-30 · Tornado Titans · Tornado Titans_ More damaging winds. It's been that type of summer. ## [My Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/my-nordstrom-anniversary-sale-picks) _2026-07-30 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ Hi Team!! ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3Us0YKcbFW6w) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Merging the default branch into a PR, from the API](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/07/30/gh-update-branch/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-30 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ When contributors raise PRs to Renovate , there are times where they'll merge main into their PR while they're waiting for a merge. Because we use a Merge Queue, we don't necessarily need this - as maintainers we'll manually merge main into a PR if we think it needs it, but it's mostly a case of waiting for the Merge Queue to handle it. Although we have a label that we add if we notice the author… ## [7/27: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/727-happy-monday) _2026-07-27 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ July is flying by. ☀️ ## [Wanted by the Vampire - Chapter 10](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/wanted-by-the-vampire-chapter-10) _2026-07-27 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ I found the mirror easily on Gavin’s alter, right where I’d picked it up the first time. ## [Week Notes 26#30](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/30/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-26 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ A busy week at work Got accepted to the Claude for Open Source program I've been looking, again, at rewriting my Micropub endpoint - it's been a long time on my list but I've never sat down with the time to do so - I'd like to get it into a nice place, but the time is always the difficulty. With that in mind, today I've been seeing if Claude can dig through my codebase, get some bits together to… ## [Life Lately](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/life-lately) _2026-07-25 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ A very belated check in - What I've been up to this summer!! ## [Kittens! + weekend reads](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/kittens-weekend-reads) _2026-07-24 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ We have a barn cat who had kittens a couple of weeks ago, and they’re finally starting to get around outside and they’re super stinking cute. ## [How Do You Cut a Watermelon?, Second Ear Piercings, and Pivoting: Marriage Week 3](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/how-do-you-cut-a-watermelon-second) _2026-07-24 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Listen now | The one where we shift plans and share ## [Reducing overly nested Vendir paths](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/07/21/vendir-nesting/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-21 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ 🤖 This post includes some LLM-derived content 🤖 I've recently been using the pattern I described to combine Renovate and Vendir to sync files in a number of repos, as a means to track OpenAPI spec dependencies. However, one thing I've found a bit painful is that when using Vendir to track these dependencies, the directory structure gets very nested. For instance, with config such as: # via… ## [7/20: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/720-happy-monday) _2026-07-20 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ Halfway through July! ## [Wanted by the Vampire - Chapter 9](https://mirandathorn.substack.com/p/wanted-by-the-vampire-chapter-9) _2026-07-20 · Miranda Thorn · Miranda Thorn_ Dizziness blurred my vision and I closed my eyes when my stomach swooped. ## [Week Notes 26#29](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/29/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-19 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ A busy week back at work, catching up on what I'd missed, doing some decision making + Product-y thinking A fair bit of stuff to catch up did make it a slightly stressful start to the week, though Had a fun time at the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund's "Red Team - Repository Under Attack" event GitHub Secure Open Source Fund: Red Team - Repository Under Attack: A Hands-On Incident Response Exercise… ## [Swim Meet, Luke + Kyle on the pod, and Existential Hair Dread: Marriage Week 2](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/swim-meet-luke-kyle-on-the-pod-and) _2026-07-17 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Listen now | The one where we get the boys on the mic. ## [7/13: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/713-happy-monday) _2026-07-13 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ Another busy week. ## [Summertime Pattern Is On](https://tornadotitans.substack.com/p/summertime-pattern-is-on) _2026-07-13 · Tornado Titans · Tornado Titans_ Jet stream is vacationing in Canada and the Monsoon’s time has come… ## [Week Notes 26#28](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/28/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-12 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ (Full Canada holiday writeup to come) Got ~1 hour sleep on the plane, and ~1 hour in the cab home, so didn't get going to pick up Cookie right away from Anna's parents - but after some caffeine I was ready to drive us to pick up Cookie Then Cookie decided to be rather alert during the night, so didn't catch up on sleep particularly well, and then last night Morph was the annoying pet 😅 So hoping… ## [Week Notes 26#27](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/27/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-12 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ (Full Canada holiday writeup to come) Reading: Tiamat's Wrath Leviathan Falls Watched: The Drama (2026) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) Switzerland vs Algeria (World Cup 2026) Canada vs Morocco (World Cup 2026) ## [Week Notes 26#26](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/26/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-07-12 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ A busy week before our trip to Canada 🎉 (Full Canada holiday writeup to come) It was very toasty this week As a way to reduce the overall heat, I ended up leaving my PC off while working, and found that worked quite well - but does mean I need to listen to music through my phone, which isn't ideal Sainsburys had the shutters down over their fridges But people didn't put them back after perusing -… ## [We're Movie People Now, Taylor + Travis, and The Magic of Beard Dye: Marriage Week 1](https://fromthebriarpatch.substack.com/p/were-movie-people-now-taylor-travis) _2026-07-10 · The Briarpatch · The Briarpatch_ Listen now | The one where we share marriage observations and discuss the wedding of our lifetime. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206071368/6a94544f58d29442d1060bc4baf89f3d.mp3) ## [My Guide to Nantucket](https://elizabethljoy.substack.com/p/my-guide-to-nantucket) _2026-07-07 · Liz Joy · Elizabeth L. Joy_ My favorite places, hidden gems, and can't-miss stops on ACK. ## [7/6: Happy Monday!](https://laurenharano.substack.com/p/76-happy-monday) _2026-07-06 · Lauren Harano · Lauren's Latest_ I'm back in New York. 🗽