dsh's recent activity
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
dsh Link ParentI would love to read the books eventually - but the show is incredible. Glad to hear the books are just as good (would you say better? different?)I would love to read the books eventually - but the show is incredible. Glad to hear the books are just as good (would you say better? different?)
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Comment on Toy Story's villain is a lie in ~movies
dsh LinkThis is awesome - we just recently watched this with my kid and it was the first movie he ever sat all the way through. I love this kind of analysis. While watching I was thinking about how Woody...This is awesome - we just recently watched this with my kid and it was the first movie he ever sat all the way through. I love this kind of analysis. While watching I was thinking about how Woody is definitely not a good guy, and this video does a great job at laying out why/how.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
dsh LinkYii3 finally launched and I've been going through the documentation and playing around with it a bit. I have been doing a lot of pet projects with a Slim/Twig/PHP-DI/Custom Domain Code set up and...Yii3 finally launched and I've been going through the documentation and playing around with it a bit. I have been doing a lot of pet projects with a Slim/Twig/PHP-DI/Custom Domain Code set up and I am finding that the new Yii3 patterns are very similar to what I was bootstrapping myself. As with all these frameworks, there is a lot of overhead to learn but I think I really like the concepts that the Yii team has come up with for the framework. I am going to work on a simple application that will help me organize my contract audio work - Clients, Quotes, Jobs, Invoices, etc.
Along with that, I was recently introduced to the bhvr stack for JavaScript/TypeScript and I have been curious about doing something with that.
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Comment on Sweden won its third title at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – the first all-European final since 2016 in ~sports.hockey
dsh LinkI'll always be a hoser who loves Canadian dominance in junior hockey - but I ultimately believe this final was really good for the game; Even if the two countries are notable Hockey countries, my...I'll always be a hoser who loves Canadian dominance in junior hockey - but I ultimately believe this final was really good for the game; Even if the two countries are notable Hockey countries, my understanding is that the junior game isn't nearly as watched as it is over here.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
dsh LinkMy buddy got me on Westside Gunn and Griselda. There is some fantastic beat production, great rhymes and hilarious ad libs. The wrestling references are also fantastic. Just a fun listen. Also...My buddy got me on Westside Gunn and Griselda. There is some fantastic beat production, great rhymes and hilarious ad libs. The wrestling references are also fantastic. Just a fun listen.
Also have been keeping Action Bronson on rotation as well.
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
dsh LinkI'm also a Canadian dude in his 30s who works in software development (though its light-manufacturing, not really application or "product" development). I'm also a dad.I'm also a Canadian dude in his 30s who works in software development (though its light-manufacturing, not really application or "product" development). I'm also a dad.
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Comment on Oscars shock: YouTube wins TV rights to host Academy Awards from 2029 in ~movies
dsh Link ParentI am curious how your experience with live Netflix events has been to warrant that dig at them? I have watched a lot of WWE events this year on Netflix without any issues in the broadcast....I am curious how your experience with live Netflix events has been to warrant that dig at them? I have watched a lot of WWE events this year on Netflix without any issues in the broadcast. Granted, that's the only live thing I have watched on their services.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
dsh LinkNot a particular project but I'm going to do a little bit of inter-business consulting. My company has sister companies that also do e-commerce and one of the businesses seems to be struggling...Not a particular project but I'm going to do a little bit of inter-business consulting. My company has sister companies that also do e-commerce and one of the businesses seems to be struggling with their backend so I'm looking over a Rails and React app (both things I have little experience with) to figure out where we can make some improvements.
For myself, I am thinking of working on a small program that lets me manage clients, jobs, and generate invoices for some of the freelance audio work that I do. I have following Gleam a lot and I think this is a great tool for building the application.
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Comment on Bun is joining Anthropic in ~tech
dsh LinkI am very skeptical on the direction of Bun now that Anthropic will be at the helm. From the press releases, yes, it looks like Jared and team are still going to work on Bun and push it forward....I am very skeptical on the direction of Bun now that Anthropic will be at the helm. From the press releases, yes, it looks like Jared and team are still going to work on Bun and push it forward. However, being owned by a company that needs to turn a profit will mean compromises to the product to push that agenda. Its inevitable. Its always been the big question with Bun - how are they going to make money to maintain our project? - and it looks like Anthropic said "we need your engineering capacity so we'll solve that money problem for you."
We have started going in on Bun at work and the developers love it. There is a lot of plus side to the developer Experience moving to Bun from Node.js + TSC. I would have been just as fine with the team moving to Deno but they chose Bun (and who am I to get in the way of what developers want?). So I'll be keeping an eye on the changes and releases a little closer now.
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Comment on Conway's Game of Life, but musical in ~creative
dsh LinkMy first encounter of Conway's Game of life was actually a homebrew sequencer for the NDS called glitchDS. The more I learned about the algorithm the more it became apparent that this is indeed a...My first encounter of Conway's Game of life was actually a homebrew sequencer for the NDS called glitchDS. The more I learned about the algorithm the more it became apparent that this is indeed a novel way to sequence music.
This is awesome.
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Comment on Anthropic to bring its AI to hundreds of teachers in Iceland with pilot scheme – aim of helping them with lesson planning, classroom materials, and administrative work in ~tech
dsh LinkI am not from Iceland, but I do have a child who will be entering the public school system next year and one of my biggest fears is big-tech putting their tentacles into the classroom and slurping...I am not from Iceland, but I do have a child who will be entering the public school system next year and one of my biggest fears is big-tech putting their tentacles into the classroom and slurping up all that data about the school, teachers, and most importantly the students.
There is no information in the article about what Classroom Claude will actually be doing and what data they are privy to. This particular line caught my eye:
The AI will learn from each educator's unique teaching methods and materials.
How? How will it do that? What data will go into determining those things?
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Comment on Is there a postman alternative without the bloat? in ~tech
dsh Link ParentA developer on my team was showing off Yaak the other day - it looks like it has a tonne of promise for workflows like - make request to auth, use token for further requests, etc.A developer on my team was showing off Yaak the other day - it looks like it has a tonne of promise for workflows like - make request to auth, use token for further requests, etc.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
dsh Link ParentI'm a flag nerd and queer man 100% with take 3. The other takes gave me a lot to chew on (especially since I'm in a hetero-normative marriage so effectively presenting as a hetero cis male). Great...I'm a flag nerd and queer man 100% with take 3. The other takes gave me a lot to chew on (especially since I'm in a hetero-normative marriage so effectively presenting as a hetero cis male). Great read, thank you!
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Comment on What happens when the internet goes out at your work? in ~tech
dsh LinkI manage a team of developers in a hybrid situation. Our VPN is self-hosted on-prem so if the internet goes out here, it hopefully kicks over to our much slow but very reliable 5G line. If both...I manage a team of developers in a hybrid situation. Our VPN is self-hosted on-prem so if the internet goes out here, it hopefully kicks over to our much slow but very reliable 5G line. If both lines go out then we are without VPN. This hinders our ability to test and deploy some of our services since they live behind the VPN.
This halts our production facility almost entirely. This does not impact the rest of the org that much. Maybe our finance team since they have on-prem VMs for QB and other sensitive data we host on-prem.
For myself, if I'm at home and the internet goes out but my work phone has a 5G connection, I can hotspot from that and run up the company phone bill on data.
A few years back one of the biggests ISPs in the country went out (Canadians everywhere remember the Rogers outage) and we just shut down the office and told everyone to take the day off.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
dsh LinkI finally finished Player Piano. It was a good book, but reads a lot more stiff than Vonnegut's other work. Also, seeing the "love of the machine" themes in the book and applying it to the current...I finally finished Player Piano. It was a good book, but reads a lot more stiff than Vonnegut's other work. Also, seeing the "love of the machine" themes in the book and applying it to the current state of the tech industry really hit home.
I think my next read is going to be Andromeda Nebula (Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale) by Ivan Yefremov. I saw the recommendation under a Soviet-wave playlist on YouTube and decided to give it a spin.
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Comment on Does anyone here enjoy a whisk(e)y ? in ~food
dsh Link ParentI'm not a whiskey guy, but I am a Gin drinker and can attest to how good Dillon's is - always have a bottle at home.I'm not a whiskey guy, but I am a Gin drinker and can attest to how good Dillon's is - always have a bottle at home.
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Comment on Moser's Frame Shop: I am an AI hater in ~tech
dsh Link ParentIts for the author's benefit to organize their thoughts, and collate the links to the evidence of why this technology is, in fact, bad. I see it as a proclamation of: I am human, I like human...Its for the author's benefit to organize their thoughts, and collate the links to the evidence of why this technology is, in fact, bad.
I see it as a proclamation of: I am human, I like human things, these machines will never be human and I am tired of pretending they can be.
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Comment on What's your current PC wallpaper? in ~tech
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
dsh Link ParentI can understand that - I tried reading it when I was reading his stuff a lot when I was younger and couldn't get through it. I feel like I have more patience for it right now and I am years and...I can understand that - I tried reading it when I was reading his stuff a lot when I was younger and couldn't get through it. I feel like I have more patience for it right now and I am years and years away from reading his other work.
I am reading through Karen Hao's Empire of AI after hearing her on a myriad of podcasts I like (especially Tech Wont Save Us). Its incredible how a book written over the years of 2021 to 2024 still feels so relevant and important. I feel like the way a lot of people are talking about AI and especially the tech industry just echos the thread that Karen is pulling between these companies and how they work. Great read, very verbose, and slightly horrifying.
Alongside with that, I am finally reading the third book in the Ripliad - Ripley's Game. I'm about 4 or 5 chapters in and not nearly as captivated as I was with the first two books (The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Ripley Underground). Highsmith is a good author, and I am expected this story to really take off, but so far I'm kind of just bored.
Before all that I just finished the Andromeda: A Space Age Tale and let me tell you - that was a real snooze-fest. I got the recommendation from a Youtube comment on a Sovietwave music mix and was really excited about reading some Soviet scifi but man that book went no where. I'm glad I read it but I would not recommend it.