D. Rench

@drench
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https://dren.ch aka kree10 when "drench" wasn't available. Coding, music, local history, language, with occasional overlap. Shermerville, Illinois.
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D. RenchDec 11
"Danny" RenchDec 11
"This is the ultimate example of the industry solving a problem for the people in the industry, and assuming everyone else will understand it and feel the same way about it. Because why wouldn't you? How can you not get it? How can you not think the same way?" www.leahreich.com/maybe-the-a-...

Maybe the "A" in AI Sometimes ...
Maybe the "A" in AI Sometimes Stands For Asshole

Earlier today, I had an appointment with my favorite doctor. As is our habit, we spent my entire visit discussing something totally unrelated to my health. I lay face down on a procedure table while he stuck extremely large needles into my back to—as he once described it—give

Leah Reich | Meets Most
D. RenchOct 25
Iván Sánchez OrtegaOct 24

I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs made with copilot".

Meanwhile, there's a grand total of zero requests for "plz put copilot in more stuff".

This should be significative of the attitude of veteran coders towards #LLM creep.

D. RenchSep 22
"Danny" RenchSep 21, 2025
Saving this one for Tuesday youtu.be/516iMYBspS0

Turn On Your Funk-A-Phizor
Turn On Your Funk-A-Phizor

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D. RenchMay 17, 2025
The Long TailMay 17, 2025
This is an important, but difficult read on so many levels, but particularly because no one likes to think of themselves as cognitively disabled.
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/foggy-feeds/
Foggy feeds: the decline in my feed reader subscriptions

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

D. RenchApr 10, 2025
Show thread"Danny" RenchApr 8, 2025
Even without git history, I can imagine how this github.com/antiwork/gum... began as a US-specific bank account model, but evolved into a single-table-inheritance base class without losing its US-centrism. I've seen worse cases of STI but this one has the advantage of being available to point at.
gumroad/app/models/bank_account.rb at main · antiwork/gumroad

Contribute to antiwork/gumroad development by creating an account on GitHub.

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D. RenchApr 10, 2025
"Danny" RenchApr 8, 2025
Yes Gumroad sucks for multiple reasons, but… This (don't call it "open"!) source release is worth examining if you work in #Rails: github.com/antiwork/gum...

GitHub - antiwork/gumroad
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D. RenchMar 20, 2025
half/byteMar 20, 2025

This stuff makes me so angry. The open web only works so well, because, well, it is open. These companies (and the people running them, let's not forget that) are willing to tear this all down for some (imagined) short term profit. Nothing matters to them. Not robots.txt, not basic decency.

We will lose a lot in the coming years. And I don't think these people are thinking this through to the end. But then again, why would they.

https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/

(via, well, everyone basically)

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

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D. RenchFeb 1, 2025
Show threadMatthew GreenFeb 1, 2025

So why am I tweeting about this on a Saturday? Because something funny happened recently.

I heard (thirdhand) from a person at Big Company X that they were under pressure to disable end-to-end encryption for cloud backup.

D. RenchJan 26, 2025

I made a #FindAGrave #userscript update to use the "original name" from the page in searches, if it exists.

It's common to find an "original name" listed on pages for people who used pen names or stage names. This should have no effect on pages without it.

https://github.com/drench/userscripts/blob/main/findagrave-extras.user.js

#genealogy

userscripts/findagrave-extras.user.js at main · drench/userscripts

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D. RenchNov 11, 2024

My mom took me to see her when I was 3, and decades later I took my own kids to see her #EllaJenkins #RIP

https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2024/11/10/ella-jenkins-obituary-childrens-music-culture-entertainment-chicago

Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100

From her town house in Lincoln Park Ella Jenkins traveled the world, performing for generations of kids who never forgot listening to and performing with her. She received a Grammy Award and her music is in the Library of Congress.

Chicago Sun-Times