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Wanted to take a minute to share out a little project I've been working on: Costbot! A price tracker that works with all your favorite...

Wanted to take a minute to share out a little project I've been working on: Costbot! A price tracker that works with all your favorite sites. Check it out at https://www.costbot.net

Have learned a TON building it. Scraping, web extensions, browser stuff, some AI / ML in there, search, etc. Very fun! Planning to do a write-up on it on the blog at some point in the future

Was able to find one of those "just turn this flag on for magic performance improvements" things at work today we hadn't done...

Was able to find one of those "just turn this flag on for magic performance improvements" things at work today we hadn't done yet. So rare, so tasty.

Writing something on consistent hashing applied to cron-style work. Had only read about and used it (sparingly) for load-evening for API...

Writing something on consistent hashing applied to cron-style work. Had only read about and used it (sparingly) for load-evening for API servers and the like, but it works quite well in the cron world, too

Roofers and the #rain in California for the last month

Roofers and the #rain in California for the last month

Got a "smokeless" fire pit over the holidays and although I was a bit skeptical at first it really has held up. Much more...

Got a "smokeless" fire pit over the holidays and although I was a bit skeptical at first it really has held up. Much more enjoyable fire-sitting experience

I am the furthest thing from a monarchist, but "Zadok the Priest" (British coronation anthem) is absolutely epic. We've been...

I am the furthest thing from a monarchist, but "Zadok the Priest" (British coronation anthem) is absolutely epic. We've been watching the 👑

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