Product Eng. @unsplash.com — Tinkerer, photographer, food enthusiast, ex-founder, recovering coffee snob, micro angel. MTL My links: https://alexcaza.com/linkshttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mkptugcjzk2zRewatching Halt and Catch Fire after a few years I think it might be one of the best television shows ever made. Masterclass in writing and cinematography.30 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkptugcjzk2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mk7dsc24q22lOk which planet is in retrograde or whatever? One of my hard drives failed, newly installed bathrooms tiles are chipping, services are acting weird. What’s going on?24 Apr 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7dsc24q22lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mipeczrr3c2bI wanted to play RE3 so badly but I’m so exhausted even playing videos games feels too taxing 😭04 Apr 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipeczrr3c2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mip4s2y4q227Same for me. And debugging certain aspects of daily life where you know enough to smell bullshit but enough enough to think orthogonally about the situation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip4s2y4q227https://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mikbjupe3s2eInstalling drywall on a ceiling SUCKS. I haven’t done enough overhead presses in my life for this 😭02 Apr 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikbjupe3s2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mi326bmkac2wJust had a memory pop in from the one time I tired IRC. I used ”ecosystem” to describe all the tooling/libs in JavaScript land then had people jump on me saying there is no such thing as an “ecosystem” in JavaScript. I vowed to never touch IRC again after that.27 Mar 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi326bmkac2whttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mhg5mlmolc24I’m thinking this spring might be motorcycle licence spring 🤔 Hopefully I’m not too burnt out from renovations to follow through on it.19 Mar 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg5mlmolc24https://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mgzvkvxt522aI’m sad I’m only experiencing the Resident Evil games now because I used to be too afraid to play them. Going through RE2 Remaster now on PC. So good! Great on Deck, too.14 Mar 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzvkvxt522ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mgpmeswqf22tAt what point does it become too many layers of abstraction? Three? Four? More? Seeing services that abstract away tools that abstract away platforms that abstract away infrastructure feels like too much.10 Mar 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpmeswqf22thttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mgn3z6567k2nA benefit to Agentic product dev I didn't expect: you need to be good at planning and communicating. With MCPs to pull context from Linear, etc. your projects/issues better be well written if you want to use them. Maybe people will put more thought into projects before committing to them 🥲09 Mar 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn3z6567k2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mg4tcdyomk2nChanged to smart switches instead of bulbs at the new place and they’re using Z-wave instead of wifi. Sooo much more reliable and responsive. Splurging for a few Inovelli Red + Presence was worth it, too.03 Mar 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4tcdyomk2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mf3tde4yz22tHead cold acquired. 3 days before we move. Now’s not the time 😭18 Feb 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3tde4yz22thttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3meyddeczoc25I think agents tend to mess up on simple tasks because they require complex solutions for simple requests. Asking an agent to pass optional args to a function within a file means it's writing & running a script to parse text. It takes 2x as long and is error prone vs me copy/pasting.16 Feb 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyddeczoc25https://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mevpfj366k2oIt’s going to feel weird not starting every day off at Home Depot once we’re moved in.15 Feb 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevpfj366k2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3me2ihbinbs2hBuying property is the same as inheriting a codebase. Lots of looking around wondering “wtf were they thinking here?”04 Feb 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2ihbinbs2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mdoddhde5k2bAs part of hell week my car—which was fully charged the night prior—showed zero range this morning. I guess -26°c really did a number on it. After letting it warm up for 20 minutes it reset, thankfully 😅 With the way this week was going I was expecting the worst.30 Jan 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdoddhde5k2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mdntjhxszk2zOnly 3 days until keys to the new place. The only thing getting me through this hell week.30 Jan 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdntjhxszk2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3md7nhnivy22wWatching Honnold free-solo Taipei 101: my extremities are tingling and I’m sweaty af. What a wild spectacle.25 Jan 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7nhnivy22whttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mbwxxxmxzs2hTraining wheels for our new place: helping my parents install floors in theirs. Getting to “apprentice” with my Dad directly, which is extremely helpful.08 Jan 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwxxxmxzs2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3mbayswghzs2hMy YT algorithm is all home renovation and woodworking now. I haven’t even moved into our new place yet.31 Dec 2025 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbayswghzs2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3maqjptjgzk2gIt's a nice feeling seeing your little npm package still be used consistently. I hope it continues to save devs some time dealing with simple CSV exports.24 Dec 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqjptjgzk2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3maoxemrxhs2nMade some gluten free Finnish pinwheel cookies with fig jam for Christmas. A bit wonky but still tasty.23 Dec 2025 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoxemrxhs2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3makcpphbxk2gIt’s that time of year where I switch how I’m tracking my todos. Back to Todoist after a romp with Reminders.22 Dec 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3makcpphbxk2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3m7zqo45xa227Car got towed due to the ambiguous and horrible snow removal planning at the start of this season. Online portal doesn’t have my car listed. The city # points you to other number. The other number is flooded and cant take incoming calls. Quebec really has their priorities straight.15 Dec 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zqo45xa227https://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3m7yebqnkls2rIt has now been 48hrs since the signs on our street have been up. The app hasn’t been updated. No one believes the signs anymore. Start of winter is always fun. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2025 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7yebqnkls2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3m7sv3b5fgs2zI think Patreon is finally starting to see that they can take on bigger players like YouTube and invest playback / discovery. I’m hopeful they’ll continue to seize the opportunity to build a platform for creators to “own” their audience without needing to build their own platform.12 Dec 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sv3b5fgs2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3m7q3ldythk2cA sign of aging I didn’t anticipate: understanding the purpose of vests. I always thought it was dumb to have a sweater with no arms. Now I get it. Sometimes you just need that little extra and a sweater is too much.11 Dec 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7q3ldythk2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/alexcaza.com/post/3m7nywaoy7k2jI’ve started emailing customer support for parts to repair items I’ve purchased and so far 9/10 times they’ll sell or send me a replacement. Even if it’s not listed on their site. Such a great way to extend product life.10 Dec 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:6lp7yaae3yhnrhqhpmqa6drg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nywaoy7k2j