Software engineer. Been playing on the computer in my jammies since I was 3. CTO @ 🐟 https://bluefin.one at-astro-loader: https://npmx.dev/package/at-astro-loaderhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mllb35n7ds25Wait until you’re questioning consciousness, you’ll finally understand why I had an existential crisis my entire first year studying cognitive science [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllb35n7ds25https://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mljiuxrgcc2dNow, my personal blog includes posts from @offprint.app, @pckt.blog, and @leaflet.pub! And you can have that too, if you use Astro, `at-astro-loader`, and the standard site renderer. https://leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/3mljiuuaf4c2d10 May 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljiuxrgcc2dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mliuh7vj3c2eHappy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there- also cat moms and dog moms I see you10 May 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliuh7vj3c2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mldpj6mlm22vI didn’t know it would declare my character across Bluesky. How fun!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldpj6mlm22vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mldp54el3s2vI don’t know why but I didn’t expect it to move that fast [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldp54el3s2vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3ml32l6kljk2uOh my god, I can’t wait. Biggest missing feature so far for me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml32l6kljk2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mkyf5qhxbc2zPublished a new article, Offprint as an Astro CMS. I got rendering working using `at-astro-loader` on my personal #astro website so that Offprint posts show up inline with the rest of my blog posts. https://chrisvanderloo.com/posts/a/3mkydjpwul723-offprint-as-an-astro-cms/ https://chrisvander.offprint.app/a/3mkydjpwul723-offprint-as-an-astro-cms04 May 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyf5qhxbc2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mkdgvbot622jQuick tip: @zed.dev lets you use Ollama for tab-completion, so I use the `qwen2.5-coder:3b` model. If I had a machine with more memory, I might use a bigger model, but this one is reasonable and provides such a low-latency edit prediction experience that I love it. No server reliance here!25 Apr 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdgvbot622jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mjxnxz2nmk2lWill John Ternus have an iconic "Good Morning"? Or does he have to say something else?20 Apr 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxnxz2nmk2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mjxkppmjlc2ySo happy for John, and well deserved. Can’t wait for the John Apple era. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxkppmjlc2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mja3tgbs4223Did you hear that? It’s the sound of millions of wallpapers changing to photos of the moon.11 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja3tgbs4223https://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mijf42xrcc2qMy favorite part of the Claude Code leak is the “frustration detector”. It’s just a long list of profane words, and any response with one of those words gets logged. Pulling back the curtain on a magical, industry leading AI product reveals… a glorified word search?02 Apr 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijf42xrcc2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3migzcyrdy22rI can’t proudly wear my jerrified badge anymore.01 Apr 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3migzcyrdy22rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mid3uoqs7k2xHell yeah I’m a wizard31 Mar 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid3uoqs7k2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mid3hqxkic2xI grew up on the internet but it’s still confusing to see the pitchforks come out for the most minor things. Bluesky is an opportunity to reinvent social media and with that opportunity, a bunch of people think “well maybe I still want to just be angry 😤”. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid3hqxkic2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mia7k7pf2s2fI love watching the jetstream, feels stalkerish to see stuff that hasn't passed "the algorithm" yet29 Mar 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia7k7pf2s2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mi4vhnuvfs2kHope everyone is having fun at #atmosphereconf!! If anyone is building on Astro, check out my ATProto content loader - feedback appreciated 😁 https://github.com/chrisvander/at-astro-loader28 Mar 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4vhnuvfs2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mhoaq33smc2j@standard.site every implementation of comments I've seen piggyback off a Bluesky post. I think comments have slightly different needs, like quoting/highlighting, and it might not always be desirable to have a full Bluesky thread. Any thoughts on a lexicon for those?22 Mar 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoaq33smc2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mh5ce6lklc2xDid a little project this weekend to get caught up with #ATProto dev. Wrote a custom lexicon `com.chrisvanderloo.project`, wrote and published an Astro loader, and loaded my projects section on chrisvanderloo.com directly from my PDS. Package here: https://github.com/chrisvander/at-astro-loader16 Mar 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:3u26lcxyhiyq3ygsfyrc7xx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5ce6lklc2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/chrisvanderloo.com/post/3mgqmma27tc2vAstro is an insanely well thought out metaframework. Very diligent on developer experience and minimizing overhead. Great release! 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