Weeknotes 224

This is probably one for my therapist, but I genuinely screamed at my printer this week. A proper, guttural, scream. You’ve guessed it, it would not print.

It wouldn’t print because it was not connected to the network. I couldn’t work out why until the next day when I noticed that my Kindle was also offline. The printer and Kindle would not connect to the network but all the other devices in the house seemed to be fine – strange. Then I realised that those two devices only work on 2.4GHz WiFi, whilst the everything else can work on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

2.4GHz WiFi was not working for some reason. A reboot of the router fixed the issue. Computers, man.

Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature by Mitchell Hashimoto.

I’m regularly asked to share non-trivial examples of how I use AI and agentic coding tools and this felt like a golden opportunity to walk through my process with a well-scoped, non-trivial, real-world, shipping feature

I Swear is worth seeing. I really enjoyed it.

It’s hard to believe but there was even more Ruby drama this week to the point where I have now lost track. However, I do think Robby Russell is probably correct when he says that no one has the full story. There is some very strange behaviour on all sides it seems to me.

Not content with using my off-the-shelf cartridge inks with my fountain pen, I’m now taking the hobby to the next level – bottled inks. Why am I doing this? Mainly boredom and the excitement of packages arriving. But also a greater range of colours and inks.

After taking a break from the Game Boy scene, I am making a comeback in time for Christmas (I am sorry 🤮). Prepare for further disappointment, I know I am. Money has been spent, orders have been made.

I filled up a whole notebook with my new journalling habit this week – 123 pages of hand-written words. I wouldn’t say this is a concrete habit, but I have managed it without a break for over a month. Why is that? Why has this stuck relatively easily whilst other habits fall to the wayside?

The trip to Edinburgh happened and I’m glad I made the effort. It was nice to catch up with a few friendly faces, and spending a bit of time walking around Edinburgh is always worth it. The main attraction, the Scottish Ruby meetup, had two interesting talks on LLMs, and I did learn quite a lot.

My phone has been doing this weird thing recently. When charging, but not particularly low on battery, it will become somewhat unresponsive and begin to stutter and lag. The actual UI lags and doesn’t seem to receive input. Unplugging the charging cable seems to fix things.

I don’t think I’ve ever had an iPhone do this in all the years I’ve been using them, so it’s very strange. I suppose I’ll keep an eye on it and make sure I’m backed up.

My car goes into the garage next week. Wish me luck.