Subtractive Mixing
When learning sound engineering, a mentor of mine, would ask me what I should remove from the mix to make something else louder... now that is a good question.
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Notes about things I'm learning
When learning sound engineering, a mentor of mine, would ask me what I should remove from the mix to make something else louder... now that is a good question.
Spark joy in the little things… like when helicopters fly over your house be the cheerleader for your kids to watch and marvel - talking about them and smiling.
I'm not leaving the tech industry...I'm just bringing it with me...
Here's the TL;DR that I learned: Bumping your build number, changing nothing, and re-submitting your app _is_ indeed an option.
Just block YouTube on your firewall
Apple rejected my app for not disclosing my use of iCloud Storage in - app… so I just removed it entirely and made an export improving privacy for Ping.
Before I wrote any code I had my tree forts. My childhood was all about them. Now, with AI code tools I feel that rush of building again.
Using my UniFi Talk desk phone as a baby monitor has been a game changer!
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Using UniFi Protect as a baby monitor
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AI failures stem from bad design, not bad AI. Over-reliance is the real risk. AI should aid, not replace, humans. Poor safeguards are an engineering failure.
With the latest news of the DoJ potentially forcing Google to sell off Chrome, I've been thinking about the potential impact on the web ecosystem.
One of my all-time favorite books is *The Phoenix Project*. Toward the end, the character Erik shares this insight: > “I’ve long believed that to effectively manage IT is not only a critical competency but a significant predictor of company performance,” he explains. “One of these days, I’d like to create a hedge fund that invests in companies, taking long positions on companies with great IT organizations that help the business win, and short the companies where IT lets everyone down. I think we’ d make a killing. What better way is there to force the next generation of CEOs to give a shit about IT?”
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Just a quick post with the audio of the MX Speed Silver and MX Brown switches on the ZSA Moonlander. First is the MX Speed Sliver, Second is the...
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I wrote a post over on synaptiq.ai's site where I shared some lessons about how we're keeping some of our costs down. It's great for us and our...
I was doing a quick update on a NextJS project and found that the layout="responsive" prop was deprecated in version 13. I've found that...