Matthew Phillips

When We Stop Reading Code https://matthewphillips.info/programming/posts/when-we-stop-reading-code/

This post is 100% correct https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/

Stop coping, start doing.

RE: @matthewp@c.im

I see an interesting post. I engage with the poster in respectful way, disagreeing with some of what they say. They reply and like my post. Then a few minutes later they get mad and block me.

The Fediverse is too prone to group think.

The fun thing about getting a live Christmas tree is knowing no matter how much you clean up the needles, you're still going to keep finding them for all of the next year.

@loucyx@mastodon.social yeah totally, both can exist

@PolyWolf@social.treehouse.systems Yeah definitely, not in a dev/prod sort of way but we've fixed many bugs as a result of this refactor and that improves reliability for everyone.

This from antirez is what I've been feeling for a long time but have been unable to express:

> I have a single suggestion for you, my friend. Whatever you believe about what the Right Thing should be, you can't control it by refusing what is happening right now.

https://antirez.com/news/158

@bkardell@toot.cafe I have some clothes that I don't dry out of fear of shrinking, but I just don't dry them. I don't "less dry" them. What does the less dry even accomplish? Just don't have to hang dry as long?