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Charlie Harrington

@whatrocks

Software engineer, cub novelist, putterer.

 California
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Joined August 2010
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My 2022 writing challenge, inspired by Ray Bradbury: a new short story, every week, for a whole year. Maybe one of them will even be good? f52.charlieharrington.com/
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A while ago @oznova_ said we can only celebrate subscribers if they are powers of two, so hooray for 2^11
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Here’s to hoping that you can finally get the Triforce in the Ocarina of Time remake. Eleven-year-old me spent countless hours on that forum-fueled quest for the “Overture of Sages.”
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Number of people who've sailed solo around the world is about the number of people in this photo (or less). Number of people who did it non-stop wouldn't fill a subway car. Far fewer than the number of humans who've been in space. There are still frontiers out there.
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No image has ever better captured our sense of cultural exhaustion, our sense that it's all been done before, than this one:
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Oz@oznova_Jan 21
My workflow has been to read the textbook then brainstorm a relevant miniproject with Gemini, distilled down to a 1-2 paragraph "programming challenge". Then I go think about it, do more research, and hand code the educational parts (using Claude Code for routine stuff)
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Ben Reinhart
@benjreinhartJan 13
Replying to @whatrocks
Sftp still the goat
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If you’re SFTP-curious, then I wrote a fun post for you all about internet protocols, FTP vs SFTP, the Arpanet, and buying stuff online: folio.co/blog/sftp-still-del…
SFTP still delivers the goods - Folio

SFTP still delivers the goods - Folio

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Here’s a bit of a love-letter to hypertext and the Web that also explains what my company does folio.co/blog/how-folio-conn…
How Folio connects with suppliers - Folio

How Folio connects with suppliers - Folio

folio.co
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Daily affirmations of an LLM: charlieharrington.com/daily-…
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Oz@oznova_31 Mar 2025
When is binge learning better than consistency? Some people seem to do better with highly structured study routines whereas others prefer compulsive deep dives. Or is it more about the topic than the person?
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Solarpunk vibes
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@pitdesi6 Mar 2025
TIL: SF had the largest swimming pool in the world—1,000' x 150', big enough to accommodate 10,000 swimmers at once. Lifeguards patrolled thewater in rowboats! They pumped water from the Pacific (right there), filtered, and heated it. Now it's the zoo.
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Belvedere Challenge III
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Justin Skycak
@justinskycak22 Jan 2025
Keep your hands on the boulder.
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Justin Skycak
@justinskycak20 Jan 2025
Replying to @justinskycak @oznova_ @whatrocks @csprimer @_MathAcademy_
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Justin Skycak
@justinskycak20 Jan 2025
Had a great chat with @oznova_ and @whatrocks on the @csprimer show! Some things we covered in the 1hr podcast (link in comments): -- @_MathAcademy_ was originally built to support a school program. How come it also works so well for adults? -- What makes someone a student a good fit for Math Academy? What's required to succeed? -- The idea of calibrating to student interest/motivation profiles in the future, just like we currently calibrate to student knowledge profiles
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Call it the Super Nintendo Switch. I’m begging you.
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Xmas Lemmings (1991)
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Tyler Angert
@tylerangert13 Dec 2024
One of the only real mass market examples I’ve seen of true inter-product composability is guitar pedals / pedal boards
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Oz@oznova_10 Dec 2024
Some software engineers become dramatically more capable than others, over time. There are many factors, but much of it comes down to a few simple practices that anyone can adopt:
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If you enjoy coding listening to the Halt and Catch Fire soundtrack, let me introduce you to walking around at night, literally anywhere, listening to the Halt and Catch Fire soundtrack.
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Oz@oznova_17 Nov 2024
Interesting to think about skills in terms of @whatrocks "levels of interaction with a system" Why do some people reach the blue/purple stages of many different skills while others are stuck at green/yellow for everything?
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