It feels a lot like we've decided to pin the entire economy on subprime mortgages.
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
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Staff Software Engineer at JOB.
Previously: Platform Tooling at #Splice, Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at #Fantagraphics Books.
Played drums in #SharksKeepMoving, #Nineironspitfire, and #Screwjack, and session drums for #RockyVotolato.
Trained in #photography. Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in #ceramics.
Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 06, 2026
Now that LLMs are infecting every facet of work, I’m going to have to completely separate work computer from non-work data and systems. I feel like getting owned by one of the supply chain attacks is only a matter of time.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 06, 2026
Best email app for #Linux?
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 04, 2026
jesus christ do not give claude a pet name have you ever heard of engagement hacking
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 03, 2026
Seems weird that these billionaires are subsidizing every line of code generated by every startup right now. It's probably fine though right.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 03, 2026
One 9 is the new five 9s in this brave new world.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 03, 2026
92% of modern software architecture is "we did a bunch of dumb shit with this new technique that this new technique solves".
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Mar 03, 2026
Patiently waiting for Sourceforge to announce their acquisition of Github.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Feb 20, 2026
Looking back, a large part of my career has been fixing the technical debt left behind after founder exits.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Feb 20, 2026
The confirmation-bias-machine hard at work:
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
@dandean@indieweb.social
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Feb 20, 2026
Any recommendations for fun #Java tutorials?
Must be short and straight forward, and produce something you can see run and interact with within the span of a few hours.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Feb 20, 2026
Part of my job is helping developers across the org be productive. This unfortunately means learning AI tools so that I can support developers who use AI tools.
So I had Claude help create a skills file...
But the Skills file format it produced was invalid. It didn't follow its own spec.
So I had it read its own spec and create a `/create-skills` skill so that folks can easily create them correctly...
And the resulting skill was un-executable.
This took 3 hours.
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Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
indieweb.social
Dan Dean
@dandean@indieweb.social
Mostly unprofessional venting. Run! Staff Software Engineer at JOB. Previously: Platform Tooling at # Splice , Frontend at Simple (the bank), WordFly, and POP, and long-ago art director at # Fantagraphics Books. Played drums in # SharksKeepMoving , # Nineironspitfire , and # Screwjack , and session drums for # RockyVotolato . Trained in # photography . Exhibited interactive installations. Hobbyist in # ceramics . Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. DEI is good, actually. 2 week posts
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Feb 18, 2026
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