Lots of small, wry things from David resonates with my experience

not a single person on earth is capable of publishing a valid and logical RSS feed

It’s remarkable how “temporary” turns into technical debt so quickly

My solution stress tested the phrase “it ain’t stupid if it works”.

I wrongly assumed 3rd-party data would be in any shape coherent. How naive I was.

Some very relatable lines here:

I’m just looking for a few libraries to build a website. Why does everything have to be a lifestyle choice?

My codebase is 100 megabytes and I’ve yet to write a single line of code. My project’s root directory is littered with JSON, YML, and dot files.

I wrote about dot files in 2021 and it still strikes a chord.

I prefer to manually syndicate. I.e. copy & paste a link and write a thoughtful gist. I think scripting that would be less engaging. Personally I don’t care for automated feeds. I can’t expect others to interact with mine if I automated it.

Me too!

I have to admit — and I realize I need to just get over this, I suppose — I feel this same hesitancy when others post and you can tell it’s automated (like cross-posting). It’s this feeling of, “Should I respond to this? Idk…” It’s like you can feel just a tinge of the “A robot posted this, do I respond?”

Earlier this year I rewrote [my app] from scratch. I corrected old bugs and design flaws in favour of new bugs and design flaws.

Lol yup, sounds about right.