Josh Mock

If you write code for a living and you aren't your own boss, there's a solid chance by now that you are using AI-powered coding tools somewhere in your workflow, whether you want to or not.

I've been experimenting with specification-driven development (SDD) using GitHub's Spec Kit on some greenfield work as well as for some long-open issues on a couple TypeScript projects I maintain at work.

It's been a while!

Happy Halloween, and happy Samhain to everyone except for all involved with the production of Halloween II that failed to catch that Dr.

I've built up a fairly robust strategy for how I manage my personal files.

I've come across a few threads this week giving helpful advice, following the reversal of Roe vs.

I recently read Finite and Infinite Games by James P.

In light of, you know, the whole internet yelling about this week's Twitter news, I figured I'd write down some (more) thoughts about my experiences with SSB after using it for the last few weeks as a social media alternative.

I've been experimenting with Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB), a protocol that powers a decentralized social network where posts are propagated peer-to-peer with no central server like Twitter or Facebook.

It was another rough year all around, and yet the musicians kept us all going.

Happy Thanksgiving week, friends.

On occasion, I share a few links that have given me inspiration, revelation or joy.

In my ongoing quest to divest from Big Tech, social media's moment on the chopping block has been lingering for a while.

In the spirit of I Miss Your Smell and Tom MacWright’s “recently” posts, I’m going to try sharing a few links that have given me inspiration, revelation or joy.

In 2020, I found myself spending more time with extreme forms of music—harsh noise, experimental, drone, and all forms of metal and hardcore.

Over the past year, I’ve been building out a NAS-based file archival and backup system for our home.

I’ve spent a good part of this past year moving bits and pieces of my digital life around in an attempt to break my dependence on large tech companies.

I'm trying to own my own data and divest from social media.