# retrospective part (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover retrospective part. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Inflection Point](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/the-inflection-point) _2026-07-29 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Perhaps if we turn the chart upside down, everything will trend upward again ## [Community](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/community) _2026-07-24 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Without Chevy Chase ## [Tunic - Late Review](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/tunic-late-review) _2026-07-01 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Green shirt, sword, shield... This fox looks awfully familiar... ## [van-monitor: Our camper van's energy systems at a glance](https://james.li/2026/van-monitor/) _2026-06-27 · James Li's Website_ Introduction Overview Hardware design and philosophy Hardware development Software development Conclusions Acknowledgements Introduction Our camper van now has three different "smart" energy-related devices, all of which require their own phone app to view their status: I was getting tired of constantly pulling out my phone to check these three apps—I'd much rather disconnect and be phone-free on… ## [Late Update #3](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/late-update-3) _2026-06-17 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ So many games announced during the summer showcases! None of them discussed here! ## [Why bundles of corporate practices make it hard to change the AI culture](https://josephmosby.com/why-bundles-of-corporate-practices-make-it-hard-to-change-the-ai-culture/) _2026-05-27 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ I think about work as a set of formal processes, like a production line. Not rigid, like an auto factory. More like a flexible machinist's shop or custom PCB design. You don't have 100% repeatability over and over, but you do have some repeatability infused with a bit of individual creativity and craft. When I think of AI, I'm fitting it into that structure. First, define a job to be done as a set… ## [The Music of Wonder](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/the-music-of-wonder) _2026-05-20 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Super Mario Wonder's music elevates me long after playing the game ## [Learning to slide my Miata](https://james.li/2026/oversteer/) _2026-05-18 · James Li's Website_ In my opinion, the coolest thing one can do with a car is to operate it safely, responsibly, and efficiently to transport people and goods where they need to go. The second-coolest thing is smooth and controlled oversteer (a.k.a. sliding of the rear wheels). I think I've gotten pretty decent at the first coolest thing, so lately I've been working on learning how to do the second. Last year's GGLC… ## [Details](https://josephmosby.com/details/) _2026-05-15 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ Details Four weeks into my first-ever people management gig, 80% of my team quit. Some followed their old manager to a new gig. Others just decided the team shakeup wasn't for them. It stung. But before it stung, I was panicking. How were we going to get all this work done with 80% of the team? It wasn't pretty, and it definitely wasn't quite on time, but we got there. I had to beg for people from… ## [Modeling and 3D printing a replacement porch light body for our van](https://james.li/2026/van-porch-light/) _2026-05-13 · James Li's Website_ A few months ago, I noticed that the passenger side exterior porch light on our Winnebago Solis 59P camper van was starting to peel and lift away from the van body at the leading edge. Unfortunately I didn't take a great picture, but the separation is circled here. If you have this problem, you could probably just use some non-silicone sealant like Lexel to seal the gap, rather than taking the… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iPVgZsUd4CJu) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [A short meditation on trust](https://josephmosby.com/a-short-meditation-on-trust/) _2026-05-12 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ Consider an opportunity to join a secret society of brilliant, likable, highly-talented individuals. You can trust implicitly that if they say they’ll do something, they’re good for it. If you need support - financial, emotional, physical, or otherwise - they’re good for it. There’s no cost of admission beside the general expectation that if you can help another member, and it is within your… ## [What we want out of software](https://josephmosby.com/what-we-want-out-of-software/) _2026-05-06 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ The best software engineers are endlessly curious about how things work in a way that can bewilder other brain orientations. Once upon a time I attended a DEFCON talk given by an engineer who found three old wireless routers of unknown provenance, and he decided he wanted to figure out how they worked. He could tell the chips had 14 16-bit registers (similar to an 8086 chip), and he was able to… ## [Sabbatical retrospective part 2: Illness, staying afloat, and learnings](https://james.li/2026/sabbatical-retrospective-2/) _2026-05-06 · James Li's Website_ This post is part 2 of 3. Part 1 is here , and part 3 is coming later. Pneumonia Upon our return from Tokyo the first week of May, I started to resume daily errands and chores, expecting that my lingering cough would go away by itself. However, about one week after our return, my cough got suddenly worse, and then that night I started coughing up small amounts of blood. I couldn't sleep for more… ## [Sabbatical retrospective part 1: Travel, getting engaged, and more travel](https://james.li/2026/sabbatical-retrospective-1/) _2026-05-06 · James Li's Website_ Introduction At the end of 2024, I left my role as a systems engineer at Butlr to take some time off, rest, and contemplate my next steps. (I'm really grateful to my colleagues and leadership at Butlr for their support and encouragement in my taking this sabbatical!) I originally planned the sabbatical as a four-month break, with flexibility to extend. For a variety of reasons (travel, illness,… ## [Arcane: A Tale of Two Sisters](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/arcane-a-tale-of-two-sisters) _2026-04-22 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Everybody wants to be my enemy ## [Some wedding photos + Sharlene's wedding costs writeup](https://james.li/2026/wedding/) _2026-04-21 · James Li's Website_ Sharlene and I had our wedding celebration exactly one month ago, on March 21st, 2026! It was a lot of work and strife planning the big weekend, but it was very worth it. We were so lucky to celebrate our marriage surrounded by all of our amazing friends and family. Background We'd actually gotten legally married in October of last year, but this event in March was the real celebration. For us, we… ## [Bristol Video Games Expo](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/bristol-video-games-expo) _2026-04-15 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ A congregation of video game geeks, myself included ## [Super Metroid - Late Retrospective - Part 2](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/super-metroid-late-retrospective-part-2) _2026-04-04 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ A tale of two mothers ## [Super Metroid - Late Retrospective - Part 1](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/super-metroid-late-retrospective) _2026-03-30 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ The last Metroid is in captivity... The galaxy is at peace... ## [Late Update #2](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/late-update-2) _2026-03-23 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Where stranger things are afoot, and my life got flipped, turned upside down ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SuKlDCAISj4u) _2026-03-23 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [Electrical upgrades for our Winnebago Solis camper van](https://james.li/2026/van-electrical-upgrades/) _2026-03-05 · James Li's Website_ Introduction Summary of changes The original system Project goals 1. Lithium (LiFePO4) house battery 2. Li-BIM 225 isolation module 3. Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 portable power station 4. Lithium-compatible shore power converter 5. Hardwired charging for the Anker power station 6. MPPT solar controller Conclusions Resources Introduction Back in October 2025, Sharlene and I bought a lightly used 2022… ## [Notes on a multi-repo codebase intelligence system](https://josephmosby.com/notes-on-a-multi-repo-codebase-intelligence-system/) _2026-03-01 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ Most coding agents still struggle when repositories hit a certain level of complexity. (Granted, many human agents struggle at this point, too.) CLAUDE.md patterns - my favorite coding tool - has a tendency to think it's operating within a single git repository. But most codebases of sufficient complexity to be meaningful stretch across multiple repos and use different languages, all while… ## [Acme Weather](https://james.li/2026/acme-weather/) _2026-02-25 · James Li's Website_ I complained on this blog three years ago about the death of Dark Sky, my favorite weather app, after its acquisition by Apple. Even now, years later, Apple Weather still feels like a poor replacement and I often find myself missing Dark Sky. However, yesterday I learned from my friend Henry that the creators of Dark Sky just last week launched a new weather app called Acme Weather ! My initial… ## [Acme Weather](https://james.li/2026/acme-weather/) _2026-02-25 · James Li's Website_ I complained on this blog three years ago about the death of Dark Sky, my favorite weather app, after its acquisition by Apple. Even now, years later, Apple Weather still feels like a poor replacement and I often find myself missing Dark Sky. However, yesterday I learned from my friend Henry that the creators of Dark Sky just last week launched a new weather app called Acme Weather ! My initial… ## [Transcendence](https://josephmosby.com/transcendence/) _2026-02-17 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ I wonder if we could create the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel today. We have the paints, and we certainly have the craftspeople. All of what was known to Michelangelo is known to us, as far as technique is concerned. We could create the physical artifact of paint on wood. But it would not be the Sistine Chapel. There is an element of human transcendence that permeates the Sistine Chapel. The… ## [A few minutes with Hanselman](https://ericlippert.com/2026/01/22/a-few-minutes-with-hanselman/) _2026-01-22 · ericlippert · Fabulous adventures in coding_ Scott Hanselman, the Microsoft VP for developer community outreach and general all around good guy was kind enough to ask me to be on his podcast, HanselMinutes, to talk about my upcoming book. I was delighted to spend a few Continue reading ## [Books I read in 2025](https://james.li/2025/books/) _2026-01-05 · James Li's Website_ I have a more detailed format for my reading list this year, with page counts and comments. As in the past, the exclamation mark ( ! ) indicates books that I particularly liked. In 2025, I started 20 books and finished 15 of those. This is down from 2024 (started 27, finished 23), which itself was down from a peak in 2023 (started 45, finished 35). I think reading was just less of a priority for… ## [Book early-access discount code](https://ericlippert.com/2025/11/17/book-early-access-discount-code/) _2025-11-17 · ericlippert · Fabulous adventures in coding_ Hey everyone, I first want to say a heartfelt thank you so much for the warm comments and supportive feedback I ve gotten since I announced that I m in process of writing Fabulous Adventures In Data Structures And Algorithms. It means Continue reading ## [I’m writing another book!](https://ericlippert.com/2025/10/30/im-writing-another-book/) _2025-10-30 · ericlippert · Fabulous adventures in coding_ Hey everyone, I ve finally turned this blog into a book! Or, rather, I am deep in the process of turning this blog into a book. Yes, it s about 20 years, give or take, after I first thought of doing so, Continue reading ## [Four months with my Ricoh GR IIIx](https://james.li/2025/ricoh-four-months/) _2025-09-27 · James Li's Website_ Back in May, I bought myself my first brand-new dedicated camera in about a decade. It's a Ricoh GR IIIx, a pocket-sized digital camera with an APS-C size sensor and a fixed 26.1mm f/2.8 lens (equivalent to 40mm on full frame). I'd known about these Ricohs before, but it wasn't until I actually picked up a GR IIIx in a Bic Camera store in Tokyo that I realized how much I liked it. It's small but… ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DEzzuZYNryTN) _2025-09-26 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [The Millennial SaaS-era Retrospective: Finale](https://josephmosby.com/the-millennial-saas-era-retrospective-finale/) _2025-04-18 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ "I'm a Millennial. You can't hurt me with financial despair." - Reddit user whichwitch9, one day after the Trump tariffs Tech has always been a team sport. Sure, it's easy to point at Jack Kilby as the individual inventor of the integrated circuit. It's a great story. Kilby doesn't have any summer vacation as he starts his job at Texas Instruments, so he spends his spare time fiddling with an idea… ## [The Millennial SaaS-era Retrospective: Part 5](https://josephmosby.com/the-millennial-saas-era-retrospective-part-5/) _2025-04-18 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ "Hey. Steven. You're not on mute. Steven. STEVEN. Can you please mute yourself?" I was at a comedy show at the Lincoln Theater in DC on the night of March 12th, 2020. It was packed. The comic had flown in from Ireland, and I only remember one crack about people getting sick in China and Italy in an attempt to lighten the mood. A few of my coworkers had returned from a San Francisco conference… ## [The Millennial SaaS-era Retrospective: Interlude](https://josephmosby.com/the-millennial-saas-era-retrospective-interlude/) _2025-04-18 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ “Strange memories on this nervous night in Denver. Eight years later? Nine? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle 2010s was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run ... but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing… ## [The Millennial SaaS-era Retrospective: Part 4](https://josephmosby.com/the-millennial-saas-era-retrospective-part-4/) _2025-04-18 · josephmosby · Joe Mosby's blog_ Technology has always had two edges. A tool for farming or fishing becomes a weapon of war. And institutions, even in their best forms, always have to reckon with individual human fallibility. Twitter had never been particularly concerned with acting as an arbiter of truth. They saw themselves primarily as an engagement and commentary platform, never a news one. Yet as journalists and media…