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This one was new to me: this scammer sent me a “fake” iMessage, trying to hide the fact that it’s an SMS.

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Despite the proliferation of AI agents in B2B, it’s still very difficult to actually make or use them as a consumer. I don’t really want to use MCP locally to power all of this, so I’ve just been throwing relay.app at everything to do structured research and interpretation.

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This now a real alternative to eslint.

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I’m a huge fan of snapshot testing, especially in JavaScript/TypeScript where types often lie, ane especially in backend. This article was a good reminder to me why I think it’s such a powerful tool in the arsenal.

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I’m a huge fan of snapshot testing, especially in JavaScript/TypeScript where types often lie, ane especially in backend. This article was a good reminder to me why I think it’s such a powerful tool in the arsenal.

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Remeda: caseychow.micro.blog

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obsidian-omnisearch: caseychow.micro.blog

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Egoless Engineering: caseychow.micro.blog

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@vcarl.com One visit to the UK 10 years ago and my Google Maps price ranges are still in GBP.

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Gleam, coming from Erlang: caseychow.micro.blog

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A Mostly Sane Guide to Root Cause Analysis: casey.so

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A Mostly Sane Guide to Root Cause Analysis: caseychow.micro.blog

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