I Merged My Git Branch, Deleted It on GitHub, and It’s STILL HERE! What Kind of Sorcery Is This?
Merged your Git branch? Deleted it on GitHub? So why is it STILL on your computer? The answer reveals something Git never told you…
What Is Up With the TikTok Algorithm? Or Why Did Half My Videos Fall Through a Trapdoor?
TikTok used to give my videos something. Now zero views arrive in clusters. I found one September change that may explain…
Chrome Browser: Close Tabs to the Right, or How to Delete 27 Tiny Regrets Without Closing the One Tab You Actually Need
Chrome has a tiny tab-menu trick that can erase a whole pile of browser clutter in one click, and somehow I ignored it until…
ChatGPT Plugins: How to Survive December 11 Without Giving Away the Secret Recipe
Your GPT has a secret recipe. December 11 is coming, and ChatGPT plugins may expose more than you think. Here’s what you need to…
Friday Night Laughs: Windows Keyboard on a Mac, or Why Ctrl, Alt, and the Windows Key Need New Name Tags
Your Windows keyboard works on a Mac, but three familiar keys are lying about who they are. Fix them once and suddenly…
AWS re:Invent 2026, Round 2: I Favorited Six Sessions, Reserved Zero Chairs, and Accidentally Built a Single Point of Failure
I favorited six re:Invent sessions. Two are walk-up only, four are full, and my carefully engineered plan has now become…
September Review: X Found the Turbo Button, the Website Found a Trapdoor, and Sales Stayed Mythical
September sent X and TikTok soaring while site traffic cratered and sales stayed imaginary. So what actually worked…
Music That Moves Me: Episode 12 — Billy Joel’s Turn the Lights Back On, or How a Song I Did Not Love Kept Winning Anyway
I heard Billy Joel’s comeback song live and thought he had waited too long. Forty listens later, I was wondering if…
The Grand Debate: Does Coffee Hydrate or Dehydrate? Or Has Your Morning Cup Been Framed?
Coffee has been accused of dehydrating us for years. The science says your morning cup may be far less guilty than…
CS302 Episode 6: Language Design Tradeoffs, or Why Every Programming Language Makes You Pay Somewhere
Every programming language gives you power, takes something back, and quietly sends the bill somewhere else. The trick is knowing where…