There's a special spot in my wallet where my "front door key" lives, but - despite the practical reasons to do so - I've resisted adding the Chicory House key in that spot. Instead, I've found myself keeping it in the "secondary key" spot, as a tiny reminder that the current state of affairs is a temporary one.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/04/13/chicory-keys/

#article #flood-2026 #houses #keys #moving #psychology #publishedOnGemini

I keep hearing from developer friends who are 'expected' by their employer to demonstrate that they're using AI, even for tasks at which the AI is demonstrably a suboptimal choice. So - as a joke - I came up with a git post-commit hook that makes it look like they're doing so, even when they're not.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/03/03/ai-agent-logging/

#article #ai #bash #git #openSource #programming #publishedOnGemini #work

It's been only twelve days since our house flooded (it feels like a lot longer!), and progress is slow on getting damage assessments and medium-term accommodation planning sorted.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/02/25/f-day-plus-12/

#article #children #dog #dogs #flood #flood-2026 #floods #oxford #parenting #publishedOnGemini #school #travel

Lionel Dricot explains why the big tech companies are mostly American, not European (and why that's a good thing). It's a cultural difference that also results in Europeans being behind so many of the most-important open source and open standards projects in the world.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/02/06/why-theres-no-european-google/

#repost #brexit #europe #google #openSource #politics #publishedOnGemini #usa

I recently finished reading Clive Barker's Imajica for what I think is the fourth time. It remains one of my favourite fantasy novels, and I'd love to tell you why.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/01/13/imajica-by-clive-barker/

#article #book #books #feminism #gender #identity #publishedOnGemini #reading #sexuality #trans

After dusting off and modernising a joke I first read in a chain email from 1996, I can tell you conclusively that the reason that I'm tired is because I'm overworked.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/01/09/why-i-am-so-tired/

#article #dancast #email #funny #joke #nostalgia #publishedOnGemini #work

Some suggested starting apps for your Unraid NAS, inspired by a conversation this week with a teammate who's an aspiring Unraider. Selfhosting FTW!
Read more: https://danq.me/2024/04/27/5-cool-apps-for-your-unraid-nas/

#article #docker #email #freshrss #geeky #nas #publishedOnGemini #rss #technology