![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F51759e83-372f-4407-ba5e-44403adfe971-sunset-fairway-medium.jpeg\")
Today I learned about the Adaptive Tab Bar Color extension for Firefox. It changes the colour of your Firefox theme to match the website, much like Safari does.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/29/today-i-learned/","date_published":"2026-04-29T21:45:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 21:45","date_timestamp":1777499117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89223877","content_html":"Ghostty is leaving GitHub: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/29/ghostty-is-leaving-github/","date_published":"2026-04-29T06:55:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 06:55","date_timestamp":1777445737,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89112317","content_html":"I might have found a notes system that sticks: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/27/i-might-have-found-a-notes-system-that-sticks/","date_published":"2026-04-27T16:54:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 16:54","date_timestamp":1777308870,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89061977","content_html":"The Packers are looking good after the draft: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/26/the-packers-are-looking-good-after-the-draft/","date_published":"2026-04-26T20:51:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 20:51","date_timestamp":1777236691,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88959548","content_html":"A good night for Drew, winning his game 5&3 for the Fereneze team against Cowglen. He has lots of team matches coming up over the next few weeks. Going to be busy!
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Breaking in these new golf shoes tonight by watching my youngest play his first team match of the season. He’s playing well so far.
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@retrophisch I’ve replaced Bear with Obsidian. Bear is a great notes app but Obsidian is more flexible to make it replace a number of other apps for me. I’m also using the LLM wiki pattern to automate keeping my notes updated.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88900895","date_published":"2026-04-24T03:53:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 03:53","date_timestamp":1777002794,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88884907","content_html":"Today I cancelled my Bear and Instapaper subscriptions. I’ve had both for what seems like years, but for very different reasons, I have cancelled both. My Instapaper had been unused for months. Bear, on the other hand, was still being used daily, but I have moved in another direction for my notes.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/23/today-i-cancelled/","date_published":"2026-04-23T21:42:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 21:42","date_timestamp":1776980550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88882675","content_html":"@manton For me, it’s the NFL and Ruby communities. While there is a good-sized NFL community on Bluesky, it seems the teams are still prohibited from creating accounts there, despite already having accounts on Instagram and, presumably, Facebook. I suspect there is still a sizable Ruby community on X. I don’t see much of a Ruby community elsewhere, aside from the ruby.social Mastodon instance.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88882675","date_published":"2026-04-23T21:14:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 21:14","date_timestamp":1776978890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88833992","content_html":"The subscription visualiser originally shared by Tina Roth Eisenberg is a neat tool to see where all your money is going. I’m already going through a major change in how I use a number of subscriptions, but it won’t be another month until it’s complete. It should result in a lot fewer subscriptions.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/23/the-subscription-visualiser-https-visualize-nguyenvu-dev/","date_published":"2026-04-23T06:49:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 06:49","date_timestamp":1776926975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88369811","content_html":"James Somers asks if we can achieve more time offline with AI.
\n\n\n\n\nCould we get the best of both worlds? In other words, shouldn’t one goal of rapid technical advancement be some melding of the physical and virtual worlds such that I can sit quietly in an easy chair with pen and pad; or lay cards out on a table to organize my thoughts; or turn a room into the embodiment of a project; and yet have the same flexibility, portability, persistence, and remixability as in the digital versions of these things?
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I love the idea of advances in AI that let us spend less time looking at screens.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/16/james-somers-asks/","date_published":"2026-04-16T12:02:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 12:02","date_timestamp":1776340940,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88369810","content_html":"Rather than using Sourcehut’s builds to deploy my changes to Dailymuse, I’ve replaced it with a bash script that I run locally. It triggers the release to Hatchbox and monitors it from my terminal. I’ve written bash scripts before, but nothing like this. Really happy with the way it turned out.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/14/rather-than-using/","date_published":"2026-04-14T19:18:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 19:18","date_timestamp":1776194332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88369809","content_html":"I have another opportunity to use Kamal to deploy and manage a Rails application. Definitely going to run with it this time. I struggled a bit the first time, but I am coming around to its benefits and the reduced cost.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/13/i-have-another/","date_published":"2026-04-13T21:56:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 21:56","date_timestamp":1776117398,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88146143","content_html":"@vincent Congrats mate! A fantastic milestone! 👏
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88146143","date_published":"2026-04-13T06:59:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 06:59","date_timestamp":1776063586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88099318","content_html":"Ben Child’s Top 10 Superhero movies of all time certainly gets you thinking about what constitutes a superhero movie. I agree with some of the choices and disagree with others, but I love that he included Dredd in his top 10. I never considered it to be a superhero movie myself, but it clearly is.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/12/ben-child-s-top/","date_published":"2026-04-12T12:28:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 12:28","date_timestamp":1775996916,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88036003","content_html":"I’m not on board with a fully automated agent-driven programming process. It might have its uses in certain scenarios, but as a solo developer, I have my own process. Research and write a detailed prompt, review and refine the results, and ship the final code when I am good and ready.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/11/i-m-not-on/","date_published":"2026-04-11T08:33:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-11 08:33","date_timestamp":1775896387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87791284","content_html":"A fantastic day of golf for Drew and me today. We both played great today, and the weather was fantastic. Roll on the summer!
\n\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F6aa84078-684d-4882-ace6-718432f22678-last-of-winter-golf-medium.jpeg\")
We’re watching the live mission coverage of Artemis II on YouTube as they begin their lunar observations. Amazing that even now, there are still landmarks on the moon that we are just seeing for the first time.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/06/we-re-watching-the/","date_published":"2026-04-06T18:56:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 18:56","date_timestamp":1775501779,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87715080","content_html":"Enjoyed a spot of ten-pin bowling this afternoon and grabbed some dinner from Wingstop. I finished last in each bowling game, but at least I couldn’t lose with my choice of wings for dinner.
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@numericcitizen To be clear, I didn’t build it, but it is good-looking.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/87599654","date_published":"2026-04-04T17:28:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 17:28","date_timestamp":1775323722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87588242","content_html":"@AlexKucera I use VS Code at work but I’ve managed to move away from it outside of work. I use Zed now and they have a Git tool coming out soon also. I believe it’s part of the text editor but can be run in a separate window. I used Sublime Text at the beginning of my Rails career. I haven’t used it for quite some time now.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/87588242","date_published":"2026-04-04T13:02:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 13:02","date_timestamp":1775307734,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87586367","content_html":"I’ve started keeping a section on my website called the den, for things I look up often. There are just a couple of pages here so far, but I expect it will grow gradually. It’s not in the website’s main navigation bar for a good reason, but I may share it here from time to time.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/04/i-ve-started-keeping/","date_published":"2026-04-04T11:59:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 11:59","date_timestamp":1775303996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87584896","content_html":"@AlexKucera The built-in git tools in VS Code cover most of the features I used with GitKraken. I’m also finding that I have more than enough git commands and scripts to handle some of the features GitKraken provides. I wasn’t a heavy user of the product, but it helped initially. Over the last year, I have definitely reached for it less and less.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/87584896","date_published":"2026-04-04T11:15:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 11:15","date_timestamp":1775301359,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87583209","content_html":"Cancelling my GitKraken.dev subscription this morning, as I no longer use it. What should be a straightforward process has turned into contacting support to stop them from trying to renew my subscription and cancel my account. You would think a dev support company would have this covered.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/04/cancelling-my-gitkraken-dev/","date_published":"2026-04-04T09:58:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 09:58","date_timestamp":1775296738,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87578440","content_html":"The Artemis II tracker is fantastic. Going to be keeping an eye on this for the rest of the mission.
\n\nAlthough Artemis II is only travelling to the moon, the distance is still vast, and even if it is currently travelling at around 1.24km per second, it will still take four days to reach the moon.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/04/the-artemis-ii/","date_published":"2026-04-04T07:55:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 07:55","date_timestamp":1775289343,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87530196","content_html":"I can’t remember the last time I had a Rails codebase that was completely my own, and at the point where I could start implementing patterns and refactorings that actually improve an aspect of the application. Too many of my applications get forgotten about or thrown away. Not this one!
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/03/i-can-t-remember/","date_published":"2026-04-03T13:46:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 13:46","date_timestamp":1775223960,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87495612","content_html":"Looking forward to a few days off. With nothing special planned, we’re just taking each day as it comes.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/02/looking-forward-to/","date_published":"2026-04-02T21:01:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 21:01","date_timestamp":1775163719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87421476","content_html":"Now page updated.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/01/now-page-https-www-matthewlang-me-now-updated/","date_published":"2026-04-01T21:02:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 21:02","date_timestamp":1775077330,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87146896","content_html":"This morning, I watched Steve Schoger of TailwindCSS take an AI-generated landing page and refine it using Claude Code. Interesting watching how Steve used just the bare bones of Claude Code to achieve the final result. There were definitely some great tips in here worth checking out.
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\nWeather app looks great btw!
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\nGiven that we can follow accounts and websites, outside of Micro.blog, then it makes sense to allow us to filter by them as well. My initial suggestion would be a stepping stone toward perhaps user-set custom filters.
\nAnd yes, I could probably do this in Feedbin, and it would separate everything for me, but by behaviour, any timeline could be compared to a “lite” RSS reader. Whether it should have these filters is up to the owners, but I would like to see some form of filter on the Micro.blog timeline page.
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