# empty (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover empty. Page: Feed: --- ## [Using Code Review Personas in Claude Code](https://tommcfarlin.com/code-review-personas-in-claude-code/) _2026-08-17 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ Generate tailored review personas for any project. Reads the codebase, presents a role menu, and produces persona files with domain-specific expertise, review criteria, and voice. ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2759/) _2026-08-16 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2758/) _2026-08-14 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2757/) _2026-08-14 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source ## [Current status…](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/current-status-34/) _2026-08-13 · Zin · Pokeau_ wd gaster in deltarune built it all from an empty room yukarin yeah that is gaster- ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2756/) _2026-08-12 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source ## [How I Set Up My 2026 MacBook Pro](https://tommcfarlin.com/2026-macbook-pro/) _2026-08-10 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ How I set up my 2026 MacBook Pro, along with the software I installed and the method I used for each (Mac App Store, Homebrew, or direct download). ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2755/) _2026-08-08 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source ## [🎨](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/%f0%9f%8e%a8-2754/) _2026-08-07 · Zin · Pokeau_ Source [Listen](https://pokeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/eggfinal.mp4) ## [Annie](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/annie/) _2026-08-06 · Zin · Pokeau_ she/her Well, you know what they say it s rude to talk about someone who s listening. This profile is a placeholder and largely empty! Come back later! ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/B2DaIulwJD77) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Tei](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/tei/) _2026-08-06 · Zin · Pokeau_ she/her A young trickster at heart, Tei is a spunky kid who follows her own beat. This profile is a placeholder and largely empty! Come back later! ## [Niji](https://pokeau.com/2026/08/niji/) _2026-08-06 · Zin · Pokeau_ she/her While she may be upbeat and social, Niji lives a sheltered life aloof to the strange circumstances around her. This profile is a placeholder and largely empty! Come back later! ## [Network-Wide Ad Blocking with Pi-hole, Unbound, and Tailscale: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://tommcfarlin.com/ad-blocking-with-pi-hole-unbound-and-tailscale/) _2026-08-03 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ Here is the step-by-step process to set up network-wide ad-blocking with Pi-hole that can filter traffic at home and when mobile. ## [how history is made](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/how-history-is-made/) _2026-08-02 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ this is clear: you will die, eventually. eventually, no one will remember. your bones, eventually, will be excavated. they will ponder your life. they will get things wrong. they will argue theories versus theories versus geological theories. careers will be made on the lengths of your ligaments. academics will be heckled by journalists. politicians & hucksters will retell your story for vacuous… ## [nums.size() vs int n = nums.size() in a For Loop: Which One Should You Actually Use?](https://antcode.bearblog.dev/numssize-vs-int-n-numssize-in-a-for-loop-which-one-should-you-actually-use/) _2026-08-01 · antcode · 0 to 1_ You write this loop a hundred times a week and never think about it: for ( int i = 0 ; i \< nums . size (); i ++ ) { } It compiles. It passes your tests. It ships. Then, months later — or thirty seconds into a coding interview — someone feeds it an empty vector, and everything goes sideways. Not a crash you can point to on line 12. Just... your loop runs forever, or reads garbage memory, or returns… ## [This is Not a Poem About Generative A.I.](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/this-is-not-a-poem-about-generative-ai/) _2026-07-28 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ stop all efficiencies. lounge in dappled light warming kitchen tile. take heed of the cat: what does she need? not you. the day will unfurl as days are wont to unfurl. so too the work. write a little. walk. meet friends. ignore your phone. cross no wine-dark seas without emergency cash & well-inked pens. edit but slightly drunk. beware fools bearing cups empty of wisdom. damn deadlines. write a… ## [Remove Empty Shortcodes: And Do It in All the Places](https://tommcfarlin.com/remove-empty-shortcodes-and-do-it-in-all-the-places/) _2026-07-27 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ Remove Empty Shortcodes effectively strips out inactive shortcodes and it worked. It just didn't work everywhere. And now it does. ## [advanced reader copy](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/advanced-reader-copy/) _2026-07-22 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ the books teeter in piles & still my days are marked by pages read & unread, notes dashed, cascades of footnotes & marginalia, annotations unattended, spines splitting, covers dinged & the damned mad scribbler pencils lines faster than I can edit ## [Where Can I Watch? 1.5.0: A Richer Detail Page, and Search by Person](https://tommcfarlin.com/where-can-i-watch-1-5-0-a-richer-detail-page-and-search-by-person/) _2026-07-20 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ Ratings, runtime, a clearer view of which of your services actually carry a title, and searching by the people in front of the camera. ## [Evacuate Yourselves](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/evacuate-yourselves/) _2026-07-20 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ On the night of 5–6 July 2026, Russia launched one of the largest attacks on Kyiv since the war began. I spent it in a hotel basement in Podil, following drone trajectories on one browser tab and a World Cup score on the other ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PwmDIB0lCGtY) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [NULL vs Empty String: Why "No Data" Isn't Always the Same Thing](https://antcode.bearblog.dev/null-vs-empty-string-why-no-data-isnt-always-the-same-thing/) _2026-07-17 · antcode · 0 to 1_ If you've worked with databases for more than a week, you've probably hit this moment: a text field has no data, and you have to decide: do I leave it NULL , or do I set it to an empty string '' ? It looks like a trivial choice. It isn't. Pick wrong (or pick inconsistently) and you'll spend years explaining weird bugs in your reports. Let's break down what each one actually means, why most… ## [It's 2026: Mike Love is on Tour, Paul McCartney was on Chicken Shop Date, & The Rolling Stones Released a New Album](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/its-2026-mike-love-is-on-tour-paul-mccartney-was-on-chicken-shop-date-the-rolling-stones-released-a-new-album/) _2026-07-13 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ all your heroes die deaths of over exposure or scattered obscurity, even the ones who made crossroad deals with the devil in the pale moonlight; they die doing what they love, their fans old & sad & grasping too hard at past straws, the groupies now throwing support bras & popping arthritis pills, riding home on mobility scooters soon to be abandoned in empty parking lots & yes, sometimes the… ## [Remove Empty Shortcodes: Now It Removes the Shortcodes That Were the Whole Point](https://tommcfarlin.com/remove-empty-shortcodes-110/) _2026-07-13 · Tom · Tom McFarlin_ As of this version, Remove Empty Shortcodes now has better support for removing shortcodes that are introduced by page builders. ## [some non-poetic thoughts on prompt-based text generators](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/some-non-poetic-thoughts-on-prompt-based-text-generators/) _2026-07-01 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ Writing is a social contract between writer & reader that only the writer is obliged to uphold: you write forward across space & time & hope the words find a home in the heart or mind (or maybe both) of whomever reads your words & for this reason & this reason alone writing is an innately human endeavor, like most artistic endeavors. AI & LLMs are not writing machines; they are algorithmic word… ## [What I've Learned About Relationships After Being Married for 33 Years](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/what-ive-learned-about-relationships-after-being-married-for-33-years/) _2026-06-29 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ To hear her tell it: Not a damn thing . Me? I agree. ## [at glaser's drugs, st. louis](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/at-glasers-drugs-st-louis/) _2026-06-28 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ I'm still waiting for my life to resemble the cover of a thirty-five cent thriller hot-headed killer cold-hearted lover silhouettes with nothing going on or taking off the rack spins with lurid colors gold key comics & uncle scrooge cussing at money & the bad girls lean a certain way & the bad boys lean a certain way & you too lean a certain way which is to say toward whatever it is they're… ## [pizza for one](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/pizza-for-one/) _2026-06-25 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ in the frozen section tiktokers stroke phones for views while wrinkled divorcées curse carts & ex-husbands & shake their heads remembering a past when they too were worth looking at unfiltered & unaware of the economy ahead & the siren calls of steakums & mrs. paul & pot pies in bed ## [goo goo g'joob](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/goo-goo-gjoob/) _2026-06-24 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ when everything smells like clams & cornflakes where you gonna put your walrus when it rains ## [broken haiku #78](https://jankylinebreaks.bearblog.dev/broken-haiku-78/) _2026-06-23 · jankylinebreaks · janky line breaks_ solstice quarter moon summer evening wanes wrens bicker in honeysuckle ## [Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD): What They Are and How to Actually Choose the Right One](https://antcode.bearblog.dev/slowly-changing-dimensions-scd-what-they-are-and-how-to-actually-choose-the-right-one/) _2026-04-27 · antcode · 0 to 1_ When you're working with data, one thing is guaranteed: data changes . Customers move, prices get updated, employees switch roles. The real question isn’t if data changes, it’s how you handle those changes without breaking your analytics later . That’s where Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) come in. First, What Are SCDs? SCDs are just different ways of handling updates to dimension data. Whenever… ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LPVCWQfC35hF) _2026-04-27 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [On a Rock:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-a-rock/) _2026-04-23 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ I've seen him in the halls Taking away empty beds from the unit Returning them newly occupied Paper blue scrubs and a cap Always a smile Brighter than scialytic lamps Always a "How ya doin'?" It's been fourteen years I couldn't even tell you his name Though I've always known (Without really knowing) Exactly the measure of his soul It wasn't until today that the concrete evidence bared itself On… ## [On The Impossible Thing:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-the-impossible-thing/) _2026-04-20 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ "Everything is going to be ok." I'd like you to contemplate for just a moment The gravity of such a statement When spoken by someone like me Dismal origins Hemorrhaged into tragic months, years, decades Development that should've choked as it bled Starting with a neural tube defect Not fit for birth But somehow The universe demonstrated grace Permitted my entry Into chaos Nights we fled Days we… ## [On Doing the Work:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-doing-the-work/) _2026-04-14 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ “You just haven’t been yourself lately.” Right. You see, I can’t swim. More importantly, I cannot swim and I’ve found myself treading water in the middle of the Atlantic with a hurricane whipping the sea into a frenzy all around me. I want to die. I’ve found myself saying this at least once a day. Sitting in the car. Alone. Staring at nothing in particular. “Keep swimming.” I can’t. I never… ## [On Transmutation:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-transmutation/) _2026-04-14 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ I say I need time away I say I need sunshine I say I need peace The truth is I didn’t know what pulled me here To the red rocks The snowy mountains The never-ending miles of sand and cacti The purpose never reveals itself easily I’m not chasing theoretical knowledge I’m digging with both hands I am dirty and I am hungry and I am tired But I come back Changed I put myself into situations that… ## [On Addictions:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-addictions/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ The ache is impossibly, frustratingly familiar The pattern is only visible in hindsight I’m told with more therapy I’ll see it sooner Next time Must I do this all over again? Maybe like The slow burn of a cigarette The sip of whiskey The clock reading 0228 Him I know this is bad for me But the taste on my lips The warmth that fills me from my toes to the tip of my nose Overrides survival instincts… ## [On Consumption:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-consumption/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ On consumption: “Eat me up” I don’t say it But it underlies The catch of a glance When we pass in an empty hallway The downward pitch in his tone When he isn’t allowed to speak the words The lingering fingertips When I pass him an FYI And I’m cooked Char broiled Seared to perfection Crisp edges, soft center I gather the data “How do you like your eggs?” And scramble myself in the pan Breakfast in… ## [On Biohazards:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-biohazards/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ It’s taken months (Of watching the clock tick second by second) It’s taken clarity of mind (While scrubbing off the grime of seeping wounds now reopened) It’s taken reflection (While reminding myself that I am safely tucked away in 2025 amidst echoes of 1995) The words have surfaced Like clearing layers of chiseled stone away from ancient bones buried beneath decades of defense mechanisms They… ## [On Identity as an Equation:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-identity-as-an-equation/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ My daily struggle is mourning Everything I can’t remember about my past Everything I don’t know about where I came from Everything I was never taught and had to learn on my own All of it adding up to an undeveloped identity Put on the back burner when the priority was surviving a life I never asked for How can I finish the puzzle if I’m missing half the pieces? Variables undefined Corrupt data… ## [On my favorite animal:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-my-favorite-animal/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ I can measure the time since I’ve last felt her breath on my neck By the angle at which I carry myself through this world Standing taller Straighter I am older And wiser Than the last time she was released The low rumble of a chuckle Accompanied by the acrid smell of sulfur and burning hair Scars and teeth and eyes black Not empty But bottomless Endless Something primal inside me Made separate to… ## [On becoming whole:](https://wholeness.bearblog.dev/on-becoming-whole/) _2026-02-02 · wholeness · Writing Wholeness_ Identity is not fixed It is fluid I never needed to reassemble fractured shards of self I needed to melt into the scattered drippings of a raging sea I feared would drown anyone around me The tide recedes to return a tsunami And all the shame I stitched together and in futility draped overhead Nothing more than a torn umbrella, useless against the storm that blinded me regardless A return to self… ## [The Blurring](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/) _2025-10-07 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss. ## [The Leisure Paradox](https://ludd.life/leisure-paradox/) _2025-08-29 · luddlife · Luddlife_ True leisure requires effort, but not the kind we think. Exploring the paradox of working at not working and finding genuine rest in our restless world. ## [The Art of Necessary Absences](https://ludd.life/the-art-of-necessary-absences/) _2025-08-23 · luddlife · Luddlife_ February arrived without fanfare, and I found myself doing something revolutionary: nothing worth posting about. For three weeks, I've sat with this empty screen, not because I lacked ideas, but because I was living them instead of documenting them. There's something beautifully ironic about a blog dedicated to intentional idleness becoming yet another obligation, another item on the endless list… ## [The Selection Effect: Exporting Burnout as Best Practice](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/the-selection-effect-exporting-burnout-as-best-practice/) _2025-07-22 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ The tech industry has a selection problem: extreme work culture gets amplified globally while sustainable practices stay quiet. For those learning about Silicon Valley from a distance, this creates a dangerously distorted picture of what actually drives success. ## [The Loneliest Conversation](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/the-loneliest-conversation/) _2025-06-08 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ Widowhood creates a cruel paradox: needing connection more while finding it harder to achieve. From Christmas parties to casual conversations, I navigate a world where my reality makes others uncomfortable, editing my life to protect their comfort while isolating myself further. ## [Why I Find It Hard to Write About Being a Widow](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-it-hard-to-write-about-being-a-widow/) _2025-06-03 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ Why is it so hard to write about being a widow? My story has no redemptive arc. No community rallied, no family came together, no strength was discovered. Just sudden loss and ongoing adaptation without resolution. These are the widowhood stories we don't want to hear but need to tell. ## [Widowhood as a Memory Buffer Problem](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/widowhood-as-a-memory-buffer-problem/) _2025-06-03 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ Widowhood isn't just about missing someone—it's about losing your own biography. So much of my life only existed in shared memory. The cruel paradox: learning to live alone requires forgetting how we lived together, erasing the very past I'm fighting to remember. ## [Walking San Francisco 1: Kite Hill to Ord Street](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/walking-san-francisco-1-kite-hill-to-ord-street/) _2025-05-10 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ San Francisco isn't built for straight lines. The hills interrupt them, as do the dead-ends, back alleys, and staircases that thread between properties. This walk reveals the city's hidden pathways, earthquake shacks, and the geology, zoning, and transit history beneath the views. ## [The Fog Economy: What If This Is Stagflation?](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/the-fog-economy-what-if-this-is-stagflation/) _2025-05-08 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ When stagflation last arrived, we saw gas lines and garbage piles. Today brings empty shelves and ships that never dock. As indicators contradict and familiar policies fail, history isn't repeating—it's mutating. We're entering a new economic fog, not by accident but by deliberate policy choice. ## [The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can't Stop Talking About Housing](https://www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cost-of-saying-no-why-i-cant-stop-talking-about-housing/) _2025-04-29 · Data and Politics · Data and Politics_ Atlanta isn't just building structures. It is filling them with life. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, we keep fighting over everything except how to make room for each other. Cities, like lives, are made of choices. Say no long enough, and you run out of chances to say yes.