{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Brad Barrish","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/bradbarrish","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"5607","username":"bradbarrish","bio":"Location: Los Angeles, CA <br><br>\nBeen doing this web thing since the early aughts. Technology still excites me like nothing else, especially hardware. Currently CTO of Frank &amp; Eileen. Former VP of Customer Experience at Oura and Director of Customer Experience at Sonos. 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I ended up watching <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/nine-inch-noize-coachella-2026\">the Nine Inch Noize performance</a> before bed last night and WOW! The production was absolutely stunning and the performance is, perhaps, one of the best in Coachella history.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/13/we-watched-a-few-coachella.html","date_published":"2026-04-13T15:54:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 15:54","date_timestamp":1776095670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116398208535551496"]}},{"id":"88129511","content_html":"<p>Don’t you just love capitalism?</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>One company owns Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Reebok, Champion, Dockers, and 50+ other brands you grew up with. They don’t design anything. They don’t manufacture anything. They buy beloved brands out of bankruptcy, fire the people who made the products, and rent the logo to whoever pays. The stores close. The workers lose their jobs. The brand lives on as a zombie.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Found <a href=\"https://www.worseonpurpose.com/\">a great new (to me) newsletter</a> that I instantly subscribed to after coming across <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/1sgops9/ysk_that_brooks_brothers_eddie_bauer_reebok/\">this reddit thread</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/12/dont-you-just-love-capitalism.html","date_published":"2026-04-12T23:10:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 23:10","date_timestamp":1776035419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116394264257698259"]}},{"id":"88027223","content_html":"<p>Shadowy Rabbit Holes: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/10/shadowy-rabbit-holes.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/10/shadowy-rabbit-holes.html","date_published":"2026-04-11T04:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-11 04:03","date_timestamp":1775880232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88000181","content_html":"<p>You know what would be really nice? If a company lowered prices! I am so sick of these subscription price increases where the apps and services provide no incremental value or delight. In most cases, it’s quite the opposite! Spotify, I’m looking your way.</p>\n<p>I will say though that YouTube Premium is one of the...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/10/you-know-what-would-be.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/10/you-know-what-would-be.html","date_published":"2026-04-10T19:02:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 19:02","date_timestamp":1775847744,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116381964197921642"]}},{"id":"87743634","content_html":"<p>Few do the kind of deep investigative reporting that Ronan Farrow is known to do. <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted\">His latest piece on Sam Altman</a> in The New Yorker is something.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/06/few-do-the-kind-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T04:56:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 04:56","date_timestamp":1775537784,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116361647541599702"]}},{"id":"87742946","content_html":"<p>Friday night is movie night in our house and we’ve gotten to the point where coming up with a movie is especially tough. Last Friday we chose Uncle Buck, but we ended up stopping it. The 13yo (daughter) was creeped out by it and the 11yo (son) didn’t think it was all that great, despite Kevin McCallister...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/06/friday-night-is-movie-night.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/06/friday-night-is-movie-night.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T04:34:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 04:34","date_timestamp":1775536473,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87741577","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>When you save the book for after the movie, it’s like getting an extended director’s cut that includes so much more material, and lets you dive into that world even deeper with characters and details that weren’t captured on screen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"https://chadcomello.com/dont-read-the-book-before-the-movie/\">Don’t read the book before the movie</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/06/when-you-save-the-book.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T04:01:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 04:01","date_timestamp":1775534514,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116361432362988278"]}},{"id":"87491960","content_html":"<p>As is the case for many macOS users, I have an overcrowded menubar, especially since my MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have the notch. I’ve been a long-time user of a little macOS menubar utility called <a href=\"https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice\">Ice</a>, which hasn’t received updates for a while. It seems to still work pretty well, but I have been low-key...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/02/as-is-the-case-for.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/04/02/as-is-the-case-for.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T20:43:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 20:43","date_timestamp":1775162606,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87158684","content_html":"<p>So cool to see <a href=\"https://artforecast.substack.com/p/what-artists-wear\">what artists wear</a>. I love this. /via <a href=\"https://clone.fyi/\">clone.fyi</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/28/so-cool-to-see-what.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T20:12:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 20:12","date_timestamp":1774728747,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116308662510762236"]}},{"id":"87021568","content_html":"<p>Definitely installing the <a href=\"https://mw.rat.bz/wgterm/\">WarGames Terminal Fonts</a> in iTerm.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/26/definitely-installing-the-wargames-terminal.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T18:36:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 18:36","date_timestamp":1774550208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116296923543820890"]}},{"id":"86741778","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kaa\">@kaa</a> what’s your review? Worth it?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/86741778","date_published":"2026-03-22T20:01:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 20:01","date_timestamp":1774209698,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86741498","content_html":"<p>One quick follow-up to my post about <a href=\"https://github.com/lhl/tweetxvault/\">Leonard’s handy Twitter archiving tool</a>. I ran into an issue where I had a couple older archives that were done with the Grailbird format, Twitter’s old archive format used before ~2018. I had Codex and Claude collab on a Python script that converts old archives like mine...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/22/one-quick-followup-to-my.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/22/one-quick-followup-to-my.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T19:55:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 19:55","date_timestamp":1774209343,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116274586917696630"]}},{"id":"86707546","content_html":"<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https://github.com/lhl/tweetxvault/\">my friend Leonard’s new tool</a> and the fact that I archived my tweets before I deleted almost everything, I now have a database with all of my tweets, likes and bookmarks in a database. While I haven’t tweeted in a while, I do still log in for AI Twitter. Absolutely nothing else like it.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/cleanshot-2026-03-21-at-20.31.262x.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/21/thanks-to-my-friend-leonards.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T04:59:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 04:59","date_timestamp":1774155593,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116271063380421280"]}},{"id":"86705334","content_html":"<p>For some reason, the <a href=\"https://quiche.industries/browser/\">Quiche Browser</a> surfaced in my feeds, despite not being new, having any big releases or being particularly popular. I’m downloading it again since I haven’t tried it in a long time. Lately I’ve been using <a href=\"https://orionbrowser.com/\">Kagi’s Orion</a> browser as my main mobile browser. Dia is what I continue to use and...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/21/for-some-reason-the-quiche.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/21/for-some-reason-the-quiche.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T03:12:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 03:12","date_timestamp":1774149134,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116270638475225803"]}},{"id":"86362880","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/birdfeeder/jurassic-park-theme-1000-slower\">The Jurassic Park Theme slowed down 1000%</a> is lovely.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/16/the-jurassic-park-theme-slowed.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T05:27:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 05:27","date_timestamp":1773725225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116242857907255265"]}},{"id":"86211764","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Excited to listen to the second part. I like Rick as an interviewer because he’s so curious and asks great questions that a lot of the circuit hosts don’t ask. He also gets access to people that many others do not.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/86211764","date_published":"2026-03-14T20:11:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 20:11","date_timestamp":1773519065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86004729","content_html":"<p>I did not sign up for this bullshit.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/cleanshot-2026-03-11-at-14.58.312x.png\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/eps-z500a-wus-36.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/11/i-did-not-sign-up.html","date_published":"2026-03-11T22:00:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 22:00","date_timestamp":1773266450,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116212791103638275"]}},{"id":"85947338","content_html":"<p>Feeling pretty good about having cancelled my <a href=\"https://www.platformer.news/grammarly-expert-review-reviewed/\">Grammarly</a> subscription. Been a happy <a href=\"https://writewithharper.com/\">Harper</a> user for while now. If you need something more substantial because you’re a serious writer, try <a href=\"https://sudowrite.com/\">Sudowrite</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/10/feeling-pretty-good-about-having.html","date_published":"2026-03-11T03:52:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 03:52","date_timestamp":1773201120,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85802223","content_html":"<p>I like what <a href=\"https://chrishannah.me/\">Chris</a> is doing with <a href=\"https://www.miniroll.app/\">Miniroll</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/03/08/i-like-what-chris-is.html","date_published":"2026-03-09T02:31:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 02:31","date_timestamp":1773023490,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85255136","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://lucasgelfond.online/\">Lucas Gelfond</a> put togeher <a href=\"https://searchwhole.earth/\">the (searchable) Whole Earth</a>. What a cool <a href=\"https://github.com/lucasgelfond/search-whole-earth\">project</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/28/lucas-gelfond-put-togeher-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-01T04:30:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 04:30","date_timestamp":1772339419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84900652","content_html":"<p>I dunno… <a href=\"https://acmeweather.com/blog/introducing-acme-weather\">$25/year for a weather seems</a> steep to me. And I’ve probably spent at least double that on weather apps for my iPhone as long as I’ve been using one. I asked Claude to talk me out of it, but instead it made me laugh.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/cleanshot-2026-02-23-at-20.33.282x.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/23/i-dunno-year-for-a.html","date_published":"2026-02-24T04:34:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 04:34","date_timestamp":1771907696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116123747780671199"]}},{"id":"84889856","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.gravitynotes.app/\">Gravity</a> is a really nice app that definitely fills a certain void for me. I use Obsidian for pretty much all text, but I find it a little to slow sometimes for when I just need to jot some things down on a digital scrap piece of paper. Drafts used to serve this purpose for me.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/23/gravity-is-a-really-nice.html","date_published":"2026-02-23T23:45:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 23:45","date_timestamp":1771890332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116122622490660329"]}},{"id":"84238864","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker\">@antonzuiker</a> there goes your weekend.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/84238864","date_published":"2026-02-14T03:35:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 03:35","date_timestamp":1771040117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84154953","content_html":"<p>Well, I can cross off making a Google Docs for markdown files from my list of things to build for myself. <a href=\"https://interconnected.org/home/2026/02/12/mist\">Matt did it</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/12/well-i-can-cross-off.html","date_published":"2026-02-12T22:51:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 22:51","date_timestamp":1770936664,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116060106096080822"]}},{"id":"84101885","content_html":"With all of the messing around with AI that I’ve been doing, mostly with Claude Code, I’m spending a lot more time in Terminal. Working with a machine and instructing it using natural language is absolutely wild. Over the last few months, the time I spend in in a TUI is upwards of 50% of my time and I abso... <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/11/with-all-of-the-messing.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/11/with-all-of-the-messing.html","date_published":"2026-02-12T07:05:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 07:05","date_timestamp":1770879909,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87158983","content_html":"<p>With all of the messing around with AI that I’ve been doing, mostly with <a href=\"https://claude.com/product/claude-code\">Claude Code</a>, I’m spending <strong>a lot</strong> more time in Terminal. Working with a machine and instructing it using natural language is absolutely wild. Over the last few months, the time I spend in in a TUI is upwards of 50% of my time and I...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/12/with-all-of-the-messing.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/02/12/with-all-of-the-messing.html","date_published":"2026-02-12T07:05:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 07:05","date_timestamp":1770879909,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83881894","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cheesemaker\">@cheesemaker</a> where was this??</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/83881894","date_published":"2026-02-09T05:56:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 05:56","date_timestamp":1770616567,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83823642","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/roelio\">@roelio</a> it’s a local-first bookmark/tab hoarding system. It captures browser tabs from Dia (my daily driver browser) via AppleScript, auto-tags them using k-NN against the corpus of existing bookmarks, and syncs to Raindrop.io.<br>\nThe core workflow is:<br>\nCapture - Grab open browser tabs instantly into an “inbox” (SQLite database)<br>\nProcess - Generate embeddings (all-MiniLM-L6-v2), infer tags from similar bookmarks, optionally refine with Claude Haiku<br>\nSearch - Semantic or keyword search via a FastAPI server and web UI<br>\nSync - Push bookmarks to Raindrop.io for mobile access and backup</p>\n<p>The primary interfaces are Raycast script commands (keyboard shortcuts for capture, search, tagging) and a simple web UI. The API server can run locally, but I have it running on a remote (in my garage) Mac Mini running Ubuntu and every device is connected over Tailscale.</p>\n<p>It’s essentially a personal search engine for everything I’ve bookmarked (or had open in a tab), with automatic categorization so things are findable later.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/83823642","date_published":"2026-02-08T06:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 06:43","date_timestamp":1770532980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81418075","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/alxblk\">@alxblk</a> thanks for the h/t. I also love their website.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81418075","date_published":"2026-01-05T20:55:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 20:55","date_timestamp":1767646543,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81417832","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/alxblk\">@alxblk</a> Nice! My favorites are Poor Charlie’s Almanac, Get Together, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81417832","date_published":"2026-01-05T20:53:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 20:53","date_timestamp":1767646382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81295246","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I do the same.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81295246","date_published":"2026-01-03T23:38:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 23:38","date_timestamp":1767483496,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81267217","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I was thinking more by topic or something like that.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81267217","date_published":"2026-01-03T15:54:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 15:54","date_timestamp":1767455651,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81078890","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/nyquildotorg@gts.nyquil.org\" class=\"u-url mention\">@nyquildotorg</a></span> fixed.Thanks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81078890","date_published":"2025-12-31T16:31:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-31 16:31","date_timestamp":1767198701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80186725","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/johnbrayton\">@johnbrayton</a> couldn’t live without it. Been my main RSS reader for many years. Congrats and well-deserved.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/80186725","date_published":"2025-12-17T04:34:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-17 04:34","date_timestamp":1765946060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79443325","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> thank you</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/79443325","date_published":"2025-12-06T05:38:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-06 05:38","date_timestamp":1764999494,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76923113","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. My heart goes out to you. I lost mine this year as well. We lost my dad in 2007. Having been able to witness both of them pass was such a blessing.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/76923113","date_published":"2025-10-30T04:29:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-30 04:29","date_timestamp":1761798546,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74817531","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/agiletortoise@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@agiletortoise</a></span> viewing contact cards in the Contacts app is such a disaster. Absolutely awful.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/74817531","date_published":"2025-10-02T01:16:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-02 01:16","date_timestamp":1759367795,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74378234","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/zenkat@sfba.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@zenkat</a></span> indeed!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/74378234","date_published":"2025-09-26T05:47:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-26 05:47","date_timestamp":1758865639,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73369484","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> <a href=\"https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/\">this</a> was also a great read.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/73369484","date_published":"2025-09-12T03:59:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-12 03:59","date_timestamp":1757649555,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73369452","content_html":"<p>@gar I just showed it to my kids. Hope you enjoyed it. They’re a really special band.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/73369452","date_published":"2025-09-12T03:57:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-12 03:57","date_timestamp":1757649470,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72907212","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> pretty sure they can worry about both at the same time.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72907212","date_published":"2025-09-06T06:52:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-06 06:52","date_timestamp":1757141522,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72480871","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bjhess\">@bjhess</a> I use it, but if you are concerned about them getting bought, maybe give Tiller a look. I used it for many years and really liked it. Unfortunately my wife HATED it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72480871","date_published":"2025-09-01T01:57:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-01 01:57","date_timestamp":1756691857,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72463363","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bitdepth\">@bitdepth</a> such a fun movie. Seeing this reminded me it’s probably time to watch it again.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72463363","date_published":"2025-08-31T19:11:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 19:11","date_timestamp":1756667468,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72463270","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kaa\">@kaa</a> good luck! Our daughter started a new school this year as well. She started a couple weeks ago and so far, so good!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72463270","date_published":"2025-08-31T19:09:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 19:09","date_timestamp":1756667354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72295167","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cleverdevil\">@cleverdevil</a> if only there were other planets.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72295167","date_published":"2025-08-29T04:33:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-29 04:33","date_timestamp":1756442028,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72033281","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> really enjoyed this one.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/72033281","date_published":"2025-08-25T19:05:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-25 19:05","date_timestamp":1756148724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71627947","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jean@social.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@jean</a></span> I’m so sorry for your loss, Jean. We lost my mom in April this year. Tsunami is a good metaphor. Sending you and your family love and strength.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/71627947","date_published":"2025-08-20T00:56:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-20 00:56","date_timestamp":1755651391,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71456633","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bjhess\">@bjhess</a> definitely not the setup for a caf/no caf household</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/71456633","date_published":"2025-08-17T19:48:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-17 19:48","date_timestamp":1755460139,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}