nyc-based programmer and designer. alum @recurse.com. public transit enjoyer. azzajew. thoughts on local-first software, atproto, javascript frameworks, web components, css and other web minutiae. 🌐 https://jakelazaroff.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkljbn6b722hno oxford comma, the way it should be 😌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkljbn6b722hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkgtgjc6wc2ialready have one. it's called a band [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgtgjc6wc2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkgkdsntj22ewhich environmental scientists are doing the best work thinking about how fossil fuels reduce global warming? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgkdsntj22ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkbwwggisc25i've copied this lil web component i made into like six different projects and i can't wait til i can delete it from all of them [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbwwggisc25https://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkaksl2rvk2owe can't be friends if you lived through this era and don't feel even a tiny pang of nostalgia for that wavy CD tower [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaksl2rvk2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mkajn5are22jso are we just stuck with the caps lock key forever24 Apr 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkajn5are22jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjxmobxb6k22the only depressing thing here is a nine year old using a tool whose primary function is to replace their imagination20 Apr 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxmobxb6k22https://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjvdigpyms2gshameless plug for my 700-line bash script vercel on a VPS [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvdigpyms2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mju4catnyk2fthis is also why i've become disillusioned with local-first software powered by an open source sync servers that anyone can run if an app developer goes away. truly resilient software needs public and community-run infrastructure. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju4catnyk2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjsmbcwxcc2n🙋🏻‍♂️ for me it was expage and xanga is there a single major digital space today that embraces computers as a dynamic visual medium? [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsmbcwxcc2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjsir4yspk2nretvrn to self-deprecating acknowledgments that humans are bad at making software https://blog.codinghorror.com/we-make-shitty-software-with-bugs/18 Apr 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsir4yspk2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjsfgjatu22oi don't need every AI take to be balanced and nuanced but i would appreciate if they wouldn't straight up lie to my face [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsfgjatu22ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjrugl5r3c2mdon't forget the original [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrugl5r3c2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjozq2jhkc2wi made a blocklist for llm agent accounts can't promise i'll keep this thing updated but i *can* promise i won't use it in service of petty beefs [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjozq2jhkc2whttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjnk5y5w322ta lot of technical folks who should know better seem to have decided that post-mortems are no longer blameless if you use AI 😕16 Apr 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnk5y5w322thttps://blacksky.community/profile/jakelazaroff.com/post/3mjkbkwek222yeverything old is new again [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:vrrdgcidwpvn4omvn7uuufoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkbkwek222y