I got called to come to my son's school to help change his insulin pod. I got there to discover that the app on his phone had thrown a memory corruption error and wiped out all of his insulin dosage settings

Fortunately, I have been keeping a copy of those settings in a self-hosted git repository, mostly so that I could look through the git history and see how the numbers change over time. This helps me understand the impacts that some of these changes are having

So there I am in his school's office on my phone reading a CSV off of my @forgejo instance and plugging all of his dosage settings back into the app on his phone

We use these tools to store our source code. But here I am using it for the code that keeps my son alive.
#t1d

the destruction of 18F is a wrecking ball to the real and meaningful efforts—by some of the best and sharpest people in US tech—to make government work *for people*. such a kick to the chest.

I like people who tell me what they love more than what they hate.

There’s no shame in comfort food. No shame in comfort movies. Cherish your comfort.

If you work from home, you may go several days without speaking to another human being, but there are also disadvantages.

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

How unfillable is the hole in your soul that one could be the literal richest person in the world and then be upset that America has an agency that helps the poorest in the world?

The deepest, most horrible pit of sadness is bad and all but have you tried working a full day in 2025