Adactio: Notes

follow: @[email protected]

Posts

Reading Nobber by Oisín Fagan.

Met this little cutie on the beach.

My first book was published twenty years ago: https://domscripting.com/ Back then, I never could’ve imagined that it might one day be ripped off to train a hallucinating autocomplete. Follow your dreams, writers!

I’m sure the people who stayed in Omelas had lots of earnest discussions about harm reduction.

Some nightmare fuel in the attic of the beach house.

Cat’s Paw Marina, Saint Augustine, Florida.

↳ Replying to a post on snarfed.org

Going to Saint Augustine. brb

> All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah, they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me. https://www.rte.ie/news/presidential-election/2025/0905/1531932-bertie-ahern-presidency

Thursday session

I’m seeing more and more companies referring to their tech stack as using “traditional machine learning” …presumably to distance themselves from the slopaganda of “AI” grifters before the bubble pops.

Wednesday session

Walking the walk with https://webdayout.com/

Reading Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang.

Tuesday session

I am very, *very* excited about this …Web Day Out! https://webdayout.com/ A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today: Brighton, 12 March 2026!

It’s funny because it’s true https://youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJX3npiQ?si=UubNFW7tqzWBlwQp

↳ Replying to a post on tess.oconnor.cx

Thursday session

Accessibility, performance, privacy, security, sustainability …some of the things I value more than “developer experience” when I’m working on thesession.org

Thursday session

Thursday session

Wednesday session

Did a live server migration over the weekend, switching over DNS like… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gU35Tgtlmg

I just found out that Stephanie “Steve” Shirley passed away. She was an absolute hero to me.

Reading Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Float like a bee, sting like a butterfly.

The last of the Apollo 8 crew is gone.

I’m somewhat obsessed with CMAT’s Euro Country. An opening verse in Irish and a blistering bridge that might single-handedly scupper Bertie Ahern's presidential ambitions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SVNTv44C4g

Thursday session

Wednesday session

Tuesday session

Ceol sa cultúrlann i mBéal Féirste

Saturday afternoon session in Belfast

Táim i gaeltacht Bhéal Feirste!